Joel our trainer was outstanding to work with and helped us achieve great accomplishments with my dog. Very knowledgeable and patient and will most likely be getting the next level up in the near future with them. The company itself was not as present as they should have been on some matters, but was definitely worth the money to relieve the stress of having un-trained dog.

POSITIVES: Sam Ivy K9 Consultants is very professional and consumer oriented. It is very convenient that they travel to your home to train the dog. I also liked Sam Ivy K9 Consultants because they teach you how to train your dog and give you the tools that you need to maintain the training throughout the dog’s life. Our trainer, Gina, was very kind, helpful, and approachable! She was very responsive and would always answer my texts/calls or questions right away. She was also adaptable (would even meet us outside of a grocery store or to a park to practice obedience in a high distraction area). She would do training checklists after every session and would really spend the time to review everything we worked on during the session and outline EVERYTHING that I needed to know to practice on my own. She always made sure that my questions were answered. (Gina was 5 stars! I rated the program a little lower.) NEGATIVES: It is a big time investment (have to practice with your dog a lot outside of the sessions in order for them to learn the behavior). You are paying them not to train your dog, but for them to train you how to train your dog. So if you are pressed for time, this is probably not for you. Our dog did not have temperament or confidence issues (skittish, aggressive behavior, excessive barking etc.) so we worked on obedience. His obedience skills are phenomenal and we only have to work on them a few minutes a day. That said, I feel that this program would be more valuable for people whose dogs have temperament/confidence issues (or rescue dogs) than for people who only want to teach their dog obedience... Our dog recently graduated but is still pulling on the leash (despite wearing the prong collar and saying “No”), jumping (despite shocking him and saying “No”), and has separation anxiety when we leave the house (he barks and is traumatized despite us working on this for months and shocking him). We were hoping these issues would have been resolved completely with the program. Overall: We would recommend Sam Ivy to our friends, but would recommend they have reasonable expectations heading into the program about what can be accomplished before graduation (per above).