About South Bay Dog Training
South Bay Dog Training offers positive reinforcement training in a gentle and positive environment. Their curriculum includes PuppyGarten, Manners 1, and Manners 2 classes, and they offer many classes for training essentials or more specialized behavior needs. Classes are small, ensuring each dog and handler receive individual attention. Trainers, like Kimberly and Nathalie, are expert, effective, and praised for their helpfulness and positive energy. The training has been successful for many dogs and their owners. Clients report improvements and have the best behaved dogs. South Bay Dog Training helps dogs learn essential skills such as sit, stay, down, recall, loose leash walking, and body handling. They deliver awesome training of all kinds and the BEST Puppy Socials for young pups to learn how to behave, build confidence, and overcome fear. Owners feel their bond with their dogs has strengthened through the training process.
I can't speak highly enough about my experience taking my 9-week-old puppy Klondike to South Bay Dog Training. I participated in PuppyGarten 1 and Puppy socials.
PuppyGarten 1 was a great experience for both me and Klondike - Kimberly is a great instructor and walked the class through the basics (it is said you're training the owners, not the dogs, and I needed a refresher after 6 years since raising my last puppy :) !). Klondike made great progress during the course and got to have some critical socialization with other puppies.
Thursday Puppy Socials were also a godsend. Klondike got training, play, and perhaps most importantly, came home TIRED. Kimberly...read full review
I was at a loss with my new land shark of a puppy. She could not self regulate, had 0 bite inhibition, and I had no idea how to navigate her. Kimberly helped me so much through the puppy day school program. She has grown so much and is gunna be a great dog!!
Kimberly and Larry have been amazing with our dog, Medo. We’ve been bringing him to them since he was 11 weeks old, and over the past 4 months we’ve seen such a huge transformation in him. He went from hiding behind us to becoming a confident, well-socialized dog who truly understands good play.
Even though he’s now a big boy at 95 pounds, he has learned how to be gentle with younger and smaller pups. One of the sweetest things is watching him naturally come down to their level, even laying down when he realizes another dog is shy or needs a calmer approach. We really credit Kimberly and Larry for helping shape that behavior.
They’ve...read full review