Bark Busters Home Dog Training

Reaching out to bark busters and Justin has been a great decision and I would 100% recommend it to anyone looking to improve they’re relationship with their dog. We reached out for help with our 4 month old german shepherds pup a couple months ago. We were constantly being bit at home and dealing with leash reactivity towards other dogs outside. This created a lot of stress and frustration for us. We didn’t want these things to get any worse so we had to take action. Justin has been so understanding since the first encounter and was very honest with us. An advanced dog requires advanced leadership skills and we needed to build those. He gives us homework and exercises to do at home and constantly checks in with us. We have a very sensitive pup, but he is also very stubborn which can sometimes serve as a barrier to progress. Justin has been super understanding and humble enough to try different things. His focus is on finding techniques that will help our dog and not forcing a technique to work. I’m most grateful for his eagerness to help and having constant open communication with honest feedback. We don’t need someone to sugar code everything for us, we need someone to be assertive and tell us what it is we need to fix. Our boy is a work in progress but we cannot be happier. He walks so much better, reacts significantly less to other dogs, and most importantly has a new found respect for us as leaders.

I absolutely recommend hiring Justin as a dog trainer! He is incredibly passionate about what he does, and has transformed our Chili into a calm well behaved dog. We’ve been working together since she was a very small puppy and we couldn’t get her to stop barking in her crate. He showed us how to fix that in our first session. Along the way Justin has shown us how to keep her in a calm and relaxed state. He’s shown us how to fix her reactivity and barking which was driving us crazy, both in the house and on walks. He has been so helpful and responsive along the way, and I’m not sure how we would have had a shot figuring out this stuff without him. Couldn’t recommend him more!

We cannot say enough positive things about JD and his training style! We have been struggling with our two dogs barking incessantly, jumping up on us and other people, and overall not listening to our directions (they are very cute so we let them get away with too much for too long). JD spent a couple hours with us and it already feels like we have completely different versions of our dogs (in the absolute best way). Not only did his style of training work extremely quickly to eliminate unwanted behaviors, it has also significantly reduced their overall anxiety as well. Since our first session they have not been barking (or if they bark once they immediately stop when we correct), walk next to us without going ahead on walks, and haven’t been jumping up on us at all which is a HUGE deal since we have been trying to work on that for the last year. We never thought we could see results so quickly and the positive impact is not only affecting us but also our pups. They loved JD instantly and he was so patient with them and us. We are amazed at the quick change we have seen and are so excited to keep up with the training!