Pet Boarding Training in Santa Barbara

“Todd is the best... He is so good with dogs, and with people too (which is half of the equation, right?). He empowered my 76-year-old aunt to handle a (pretty crazy) 90+ lb dog safely. Then when my aunt passed away, he kindly offered to give the new owner a lesson to bring them up to speed on his training. Completely decent human being, and the training was reasonable and so worth every penny. I will look no further for training or boarding needs in the future. Thank you Todd! ??“

“Eric is a miracle worker! I came to Eric with an 8 month old puppy that is a complete goofball that just wants to have fun and do whatever he wants. I had already attended two obedience classes and my guy had made great progress, but we were hitting a wall. We’ve had four sessions with Eric and he’s always so helpful and equips me with the knowledge I need to better communicate with my trouble maker. Within three sessions, Eric had built the foundation for eliminating crying in the crate in the early hours of the morning and I’m happy to say that we are sleeping through the night in total peace. Finances are tight for me, but after watching Eric’s content on Instagram and YouTube, I could tell he knew what he was doing and didn’t hesitate to contact him. I highly recommend using Follow the Leader K9!“

“We Didn't Think It Could Be Done!Before I get into some of the details, here's the one sentence headline:Our training with Joe has been an unqualified success and he has done for us exactly what he said he would do. If we knew then what we know now, we would have done this ages ago.Ok, so that was two sentences, sorry.How did we get here?Our dog Enzo, five and a half at the time he started with Joe, had been under-socialized. The result was that he was reactive with other dogs - nervous about life and the world (can relate!) and had figured out that he could cause other dogs and people to leave him alone if he barked and lunged and generally acted scary.We had a neighborhood reputation of having the sort of dog where you cross the street when you see 'em. Not. Great.Enzo was amazing with us at home but since he unpredictable with others, it bred a pattern of insularity where we didn't invite people over, didn't take him to meet other dogs and the like. Enzo was alone on our little island - he was getting out to walk but not really experiencing the world the way a dog should be able to. Enzo was overly sheltered because we were nervous.If this sounds like your situation, keep reading because it doesn't have to be this way!We had done training before with, at best, so-so results. Even though it was not our first time, I don't think we realized it could be done so differently.I will say, when we first talked to Joe, our initial impression was: 'whoa, this guy is sort of hardcore'. There were rules that he told us we needed to impose if we wanted to be successful that we hadn't even thought of as problems.Nothing unreasonable but definitely changes in our regular routine and a more disciplined approach. That was new - previous trainers didn't have much to say about the big picture or changing the home life, though in retrospect, this part was critical.We met for our first day - a multi-hour session to get everything started. We didn't know what to expect but we were willing to give it a go and let him direct us. Our expectation was that it would take at least weeks to see results.We were wayyyyyy wrong. Even after that first session, we made major progress.Joe's philosophy is to help dogs be dogs and it turns out that when you swim with the tide instead of against it, things go a lot more smoothly.Enzo is a changed dog. Our lives are better and most importantly his life is much better. He's out running and playing with other dogs daily, something that we thought was impossible just weeks ago.Joe delivers and we give him a hearty recommendation.“

“Quick and thorough. Kind service. Went for a wellness check for the cat and everyone was kind and straight to the point(didn't even have to wait to be seen)“