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Prior to my experience with Sam Ivy K9 Consultants, I had never worked with a professional dog trainer. What I like most about this company is that they do not simply teach your dog tricks, nor do they train your dog for you. Rather, they teach you how to become the dog trainer and give you the confidence and skills to handle any situation on your own. The trainer we worked with, Noura, is a fantastic trainer and teacher. She helped us to feel more comfortable and confident handling our animals and was patient with us throughout the process. She never pushed us to use any training tool that we were not comfortable with and reassured us throughout the training process. One of our rescue dogs, Jerry, experienced severe anxiety around strangers. We were never able to take him to the many dog friendly bars and restaurants around Tampa for fear that he would lash out at someone. After working with Noura we are now able to take Jerry with us (a freedom he was never able to enjoy previously) and he is calm and comfortable. Noura also helped us tackle Jerry's anxiety at the vet. Before training the vet would have to heavily sedate Jerry just to examine him and give him vaccinations. Noura met us at the vet several times and taught me how to help Jerry work through his anxiety. We were able to get to the point where the vet could pet Jerry after just a few weeks of training, a major milestone for him. We still have more work to do, but now I know how to correct his behavior and how to redirect his anxiety to help him remain calm in stressful situations. Overall, I am extremely pleased with the Sam Ivy experience and I now feel that I can confidently handle my dogs in any situation. I also know that I can apply the skills that I learned through the training process to any dog that I might adopt in the future.