My trainer is Deanna Green. She gave me so much confidence and in turn my dog now has so much confidence. She was so knowledgeable about what a dog truly needs to be a happy dog and the tools we need to use to teach them how to learn correctly. Now I can take my dog anywhere and trust my dog to listen to me and obey me even with distractions.

I have a now 5 month old Yorkie that I wanted to get trained. I searched the internet for days. I found one lady and decided to try her and all she did was sit, talk, suggest and took my money. Well, that’s not what I was use to, being that I have 4 year old Maltipoo that was trained, so I New what to expect. My search continued and I found Sam Ivy. Sam came out, gave me a consult and told me about the options for my Gabby. Before Sam left, I didn’t hesitate to sign Gabby up. A few days later, a trainer by the name of Deanna came just to talk the first day, explain more of what she was going to do and the legalities. We scheduled our first session for Gabby and to my amazement, Gabby was trained with her first command of “spot”. Each day Deanna came, we went over the basics and commands and believe or not, Gabby is doing amazing. Now she gets a little stubborn when Deanna comes, because she knows she has to work, but eventually, she goes with the flow. I can now tell Gabby to “sit” and “down”, with and without a leash. Deanna knows how frustrating it has been with me trying to get Gabby trained with two other dogs, but not once has she not been there for me, my frustrations and questions. She is an amazing trainer. Sam Ivy consultants is an awesome K-9 training company, and I am glad I found them to help. This company doesn’t just teach basic training, they go above and beyond and I thank them 1000%.

I started with Sam Ivey to curb my dog Sophie from bad habits and to decrease her leash anxiety so she could become a pleasure to be around and stop her from nonsense barking and lunging at other dogs and people. Our Trainer Alexis reminded me that arming Sophie and me with the resources on a consistent basis would soon become a good habit long term. We graduated today and I feel confident that I can continue on my own. Thank you Alexis. I will miss you

Toby used to be a very rambunctious rat terrier who jumped on everything and everyone, barked constantly at any activity going on outside our window, dug holes in our furniture, and was very anxious when out of our sight... until Gina came along. What a blessing! She helped us teach Toby to be respectful to us and our home. I was amazed at how quickly he learned to behave once he knew what we expected from him. Toby is still our same buddy, but abides by our rules not his. We have a peaceful home back again with our loving Toby by our side. We continue to use the tools that Gina provided us with to enhance other behaviors as needed. Toby is more relaxed, listens to our commands the FIRST time, and no longer has his bad habits. Thank you Gina and the Sam Ivy team!

Best trainer in the Tampa area. Highly recommended. We worked with Sam personally 8 years ago with our other dog and enjoyed his insight. This go around Miguel was our trainer and was 10/10. Luka is now on the path to becoming a well behaved husky. Their approach is professional and focuses on results that are lasting and can be built upon. I really liked how they train the owner and explain each step in detail. I look forward to spreading the word and telling my neighbors. Great job Miguel, thank you!

We adopted a rescue, being told she was about 4 years old, house trained and good with kids. Well, she is good with kids. She is not 4 yrs old, still a puppy with lots of energy, and had odd bathroom habits, mostly indoors. She was more than half crazy, a little less than half love bug. Also, there was no schedule to her bathroom times, so I ended up taking her outside throughout the night. I was as exhausted as when I had a newborn. This dog would poop in her crate. I tried scouring the internet for help. I knew I needed training! Based on the positive reviews, I scheduled an assessment with Sam Ivy K9. Claudia was very nice and was clear in her explanations. To be honest, I was skeptical and resistant to some of their training techniques, that was based on a lack of knowledge on my part. Desperate, I signed up and BLAS came for our first training session. I take the training seriously, knowing from the get go, I was the one being trained on how to properly deal with this spitfire we adopted. We have completed 8 sessions so far and the difference is fantastic. She is mostly on a regular bathroom schedule, doesn’t prefer pooping on hard surfaces anymore but will poop in the grass and goes to the door when she has to go outside. Walking her is easy peasy now and no longer an effort of trying to walk a dog that performed like a circus dog, jumping, laying down refusing to move, grabbing her own leash while I was trying to walk her, getting in-between my feet to where I tripped numerous times, and pooping on the sidewalk or the road. I would say now she is 1/4 crazy and 3/4 love bug! We have an older dog, they play really well together. Cues I didn’t know I was missing before, BLAS helped open my eyes to dog behavior and what it means. Our dog came from a house of hoarders and most likely experienced abuse. While we do not know completely what she has dealt with in her short life so far, Blas was willing to work within her ‘limits’ while still sticking with the Sam Ivy program. She still has a little ways to go, but I feel like I have gotten my money’s worth. Most of what is left, is me continuing to reinforce what she has been taught, so she continues to grow and feel more and more secure. Interestingly, I heard from the person that fostered her after her rescue, wanting to know how things were going. When I told her we hired a dog trainer and she is responding very well, the foster person said, “That’s great, we thought she was untrainable.” We have just had her 6 weeks, and thanks to BLAS she has become an enjoyable part of our family.

We started our pup "Riley" in training when she was about three-months-old. We wanted to prevent her from starting bad habits and learn some basic skills/moves. We just completed Intermediate On-Leash Training and are very happy with our results! Alexis, our trainer, is very knowledgable. She is firm while also being very loving and Riley loves her