This article says it all. This training facility is a nightmare. I literally cry when I think what my darling puppy went through. Please don't take your sweet dog there.
Rose U.
Dec 2023
I've been debating on writing a review but my mom just told me this place was shut down. Not sure if that's true but I did see Linda was arrested?? We took our 5 year old German Shepard, Deezel, here after my best friend had recommended this to us after her dog was trained here. Her dog was so calm when we saw him after the training that it sold us. Mind you, her dog has also gone back to some old ways since he left training and that was back in June or July of 2023. My fiance called and talked to Linda (I believe) to get information and told her it's $500 off but ends today so we jumped on the opportunity (still costing over 3k) for their 3 week program. We took Deezel at the end of August and sat with Lilly and talked about what we wanted as far as training and they said there would be no issues at all as they guarantee your dog will be trained. We specifically asked for help with his hyperness, being able to walk him without pulling, controlling himself around cats since we have 2, and his excessive barking. All told this could be done. I honestly didn't have the best feeling while talking to Lilly because she kept talking about other dogs and trainings they did, and it was just too much talking. We heard all these wonderful stories from her, but I felt like they were TRYING to sell us. We were also told we can text anytime to check in. We made a group text with Lilly and we checked in often but would get short answers like "he's great!" And a few pictures - which was nice but I felt she was being really short. I thought to myself, maybe they're busy and to just trust the process but it still didn't sit well with me. I ended up looking at reviews (should've done this beforehand but we were honestly desperate for help) and saw all these horror stories. Our pick up date kept getting pushed back, saying he wasn't ready. After 4 1/2 weeks (picked him up October 3rd 2023) we go back for the "graduation" and I thought Lilly would be there! It was only Anthony. I thought that was weird, after she talked our ear off in the beginning. The "2 hour graduation" was maybe 45 minutes. Although Anthony was very nice and I could see he seemed cared but idk, something was off. We walked our dog back and forth, was shown how to get him to "sit" "stay" "down" with the assistance of hotdogs and an e collar. He said him being reactive to cats wasn't really improved on which was definitely disappointing. We got in the car to take him back to Tampa and I noticed a HORRIDDDD smell, like sour diarrhea coming from Deezel. We were told he was bathed and groomed but we ended up coming home to bathe him. We ended up bathing him another 3 times because it wouldn't go away. Deezel had a look in his eyes like he was sad. I even joked that maybe they hypnotized him. He was doing fine at home, a lot calmer and not much barking like before but he did have diarrhea for a few days so we watched him. He was Just acting like a lazy, sad dog... not what we wanted. I did notice a cpl days after getting home I was outside with him and he went to bark and it sounded like it hurt him. His bark was off. We continued to use the e collar because we were told he responds very well to it and he does but if we didn't have it, he'd be back to his old ways. I do take him on walks around our neighborhood and he has gotten better but again, I need the e collar on him. We were planning to go on a vacation shortly after and asked about boarding him, and Anthony said he would have lily reach out with the pricing but she never did. Never checked in to see how he was doing either, but ok. After hearing Linda was arrested, i knew something is up. We never got a tour or anything when we got there, they took Deezel as soon he jumped out of the car and we didn't see him until we picked him up. I can only imagine what he went thru and what he saw while staying there :( I feel horrible for the other pet owners who had a worse experience than us. We pay a
Sophia Marie H.
Nov 2023
Additional review and update to Stella H on Maggie. She continues to improve slowly and responds well to all 3 human handlers after she had to go through a mini boot camp after a short period of fun with a visitor who didn't follow through with proper commands and rough house played with Maggie because he could. The follow up training with the 3 of us after her mini boot camp was an integral component to her success. She's obviously treated well during her training because we recently boarded her there for 5 days and when we arrived she leapt out of the van to greet her trainer with her tail wagging vigorously and a ready licking. When she was picked up 5 days later she was a calmer dog, following commands better ready but not super eager to leave. Happy to see me for sure but she was torn between staying with Lily and going back home with me. There's an element of fun with control and a large area to run with sticks that's hard to compete with a yard with a fence, unconditional love, food and treats, lol.
Sharon B.
Aug 2023
It's so disheartening to hear about the poor dogs that got sick and some even dying at this facility. I took 2 of my dogs in for a board and train a few years back and feel very thankful that Ray Khatibi was there to train my dogs at the time. Ray took good care of them, working with them daily and they both came home as quite different dogs. I wouldn't hesitate to hire him again because of the outstanding experience that he gained while training dogs in Germany. BTW, the photo of the Swiss chalet that this company uses on their social media is VERY misleading. This place is run out of a dumpy trailer!
scott macdowell
Aug 2023
I can say enough good things about the team at Europrok9. I started my 3 German Shepherd’s in the group protection training I can’t believe the progress in just 3 weeks so I signed up for 6 months and will resign when that time passes. Linda, Cedrik, Anthony and Lilly are there every Sunday to instruct and teach you and your dog. These are 6 star people that will treat you like family from the start. If you are looking to create a dog that will protect you and your family this is the place to go. During these times there is no better feeling to have a guardian at home to keep your loved ones safe. Hope to see you every Sunday morning starting @ 9:30 am. ?rating.
Scott M.
Aug 2023
I can say enough good things about the team at Europrok9. I started my 3 German Shepherd's in the group protection training I can't believe the progress in just 3 weeks so I signed up for 6 months and will resign when that time passes. Linda, Cedrik, Anthony and Lilly are there every Sunday to instruct and teach you and your dog. These are 6 star people that will treat you like family from the start. If you are looking to create a dog that will protect you and your family this is the place to go. During these times there is no better feeling to have a guardian at home to keep your loved ones safe. Hope to see you every Sunday morning starting @ 9:30 am. rating.
Scott M
Aug 2023
I can say enough good things about the team at Europrok9. I started my 3 German Shepherds in the group protection training I cant believe the progress in just 3 weeks so I signed up for 6 months and will resign when that time passes. *****, ******, ******* and ***** are there every Sunday to instruct and teach you and your dog. These are 6 star people that will treat you like family from the start. If you are looking to create a dog that will protect you and your family this is the place to go. During these times there is no better feeling to have a guardian at home to keep your loved ones safe. Hope to see you every Sunday morning starting @ 9:30 am. ??rating.
Lilly Bob
Jul 2023
Hello my name is Lilly Parker and my husbands name is Bob Parker. We took our two puppies here and had a great experience! Friendly staff Lilly and Brandon groomed my puppies they are all around loving and caring people we even met the owner Linda, Lilly is the training director and manager also a professional dog groomer she gave me great advice!! My puppies got the best haircut ever!! I will be bringing them back for training as soon as I’m able to!!
Losia Tomlinson
Jun 2023
Friendly staff, however my dog only seems to listen to the staff there. When I took her home, I did the routine religiously and practiced with her often, still no results. They took her back over a weekend free of charge to refresh, which I appreciated. However it still didn’t stick. When I shared this concern I was told from a worker “I see her as a dog, not a pet so it might be a dominance issue” which made me think if I didnt treat her like an animal she wouldn’t listen. So if you are taking a PET to be trained, don’t take them here… asked for my money back considering I paid over $3000 for the 3 week program and refunds are not a thing here. I had high hopes since the staff was so friendly but been disappointed other wise.
Beverly Mort
Jun 2023
While I did not have direct dealings with Lily or AJ my daughter, Michelle, did. I do know they went over and above to see that our darling Ginger had a chance for a loving furever home. They worked with her so caring that now she is back with us and is finally realizing this is forever. Without Lily and AJ this would not have been possible. We can't thank them enough and would recommend them to anyone needing help with their puppies and dogs! They are truly the very best!!
julie f.
This article says it all. This training facility is a nightmare. I literally cry when I think what my darling puppy went through. Please don't take your sweet dog there.
Rose U.
I've been debating on writing a review but my mom just told me this place was shut down. Not sure if that's true but I did see Linda was arrested?? We took our 5 year old German Shepard, Deezel, here after my best friend had recommended this to us after her dog was trained here. Her dog was so calm when we saw him after the training that it sold us. Mind you, her dog has also gone back to some old ways since he left training and that was back in June or July of 2023. My fiance called and talked to Linda (I believe) to get information and told her it's $500 off but ends today so we jumped on the opportunity (still costing over 3k) for their 3 week program. We took Deezel at the end of August and sat with Lilly and talked about what we wanted as far as training and they said there would be no issues at all as they guarantee your dog will be trained. We specifically asked for help with his hyperness, being able to walk him without pulling, controlling himself around cats since we have 2, and his excessive barking. All told this could be done. I honestly didn't have the best feeling while talking to Lilly because she kept talking about other dogs and trainings they did, and it was just too much talking. We heard all these wonderful stories from her, but I felt like they were TRYING to sell us. We were also told we can text anytime to check in. We made a group text with Lilly and we checked in often but would get short answers like "he's great!" And a few pictures - which was nice but I felt she was being really short. I thought to myself, maybe they're busy and to just trust the process but it still didn't sit well with me. I ended up looking at reviews (should've done this beforehand but we were honestly desperate for help) and saw all these horror stories. Our pick up date kept getting pushed back, saying he wasn't ready. After 4 1/2 weeks (picked him up October 3rd 2023) we go back for the "graduation" and I thought Lilly would be there! It was only Anthony. I thought that was weird, after she talked our ear off in the beginning. The "2 hour graduation" was maybe 45 minutes. Although Anthony was very nice and I could see he seemed cared but idk, something was off. We walked our dog back and forth, was shown how to get him to "sit" "stay" "down" with the assistance of hotdogs and an e collar. He said him being reactive to cats wasn't really improved on which was definitely disappointing. We got in the car to take him back to Tampa and I noticed a HORRIDDDD smell, like sour diarrhea coming from Deezel. We were told he was bathed and groomed but we ended up coming home to bathe him. We ended up bathing him another 3 times because it wouldn't go away. Deezel had a look in his eyes like he was sad. I even joked that maybe they hypnotized him. He was doing fine at home, a lot calmer and not much barking like before but he did have diarrhea for a few days so we watched him. He was Just acting like a lazy, sad dog... not what we wanted. I did notice a cpl days after getting home I was outside with him and he went to bark and it sounded like it hurt him. His bark was off. We continued to use the e collar because we were told he responds very well to it and he does but if we didn't have it, he'd be back to his old ways. I do take him on walks around our neighborhood and he has gotten better but again, I need the e collar on him. We were planning to go on a vacation shortly after and asked about boarding him, and Anthony said he would have lily reach out with the pricing but she never did. Never checked in to see how he was doing either, but ok. After hearing Linda was arrested, i knew something is up. We never got a tour or anything when we got there, they took Deezel as soon he jumped out of the car and we didn't see him until we picked him up. I can only imagine what he went thru and what he saw while staying there :( I feel horrible for the other pet owners who had a worse experience than us. We pay a
Sophia Marie H.
Additional review and update to Stella H on Maggie. She continues to improve slowly and responds well to all 3 human handlers after she had to go through a mini boot camp after a short period of fun with a visitor who didn't follow through with proper commands and rough house played with Maggie because he could. The follow up training with the 3 of us after her mini boot camp was an integral component to her success. She's obviously treated well during her training because we recently boarded her there for 5 days and when we arrived she leapt out of the van to greet her trainer with her tail wagging vigorously and a ready licking. When she was picked up 5 days later she was a calmer dog, following commands better ready but not super eager to leave. Happy to see me for sure but she was torn between staying with Lily and going back home with me. There's an element of fun with control and a large area to run with sticks that's hard to compete with a yard with a fence, unconditional love, food and treats, lol.
Sharon B.
It's so disheartening to hear about the poor dogs that got sick and some even dying at this facility. I took 2 of my dogs in for a board and train a few years back and feel very thankful that Ray Khatibi was there to train my dogs at the time. Ray took good care of them, working with them daily and they both came home as quite different dogs. I wouldn't hesitate to hire him again because of the outstanding experience that he gained while training dogs in Germany. BTW, the photo of the Swiss chalet that this company uses on their social media is VERY misleading. This place is run out of a dumpy trailer!
scott macdowell
I can say enough good things about the team at Europrok9. I started my 3 German Shepherd’s in the group protection training I can’t believe the progress in just 3 weeks so I signed up for 6 months and will resign when that time passes. Linda, Cedrik, Anthony and Lilly are there every Sunday to instruct and teach you and your dog. These are 6 star people that will treat you like family from the start. If you are looking to create a dog that will protect you and your family this is the place to go. During these times there is no better feeling to have a guardian at home to keep your loved ones safe. Hope to see you every Sunday morning starting @ 9:30 am. ?rating.
Scott M.
I can say enough good things about the team at Europrok9. I started my 3 German Shepherd's in the group protection training I can't believe the progress in just 3 weeks so I signed up for 6 months and will resign when that time passes. Linda, Cedrik, Anthony and Lilly are there every Sunday to instruct and teach you and your dog. These are 6 star people that will treat you like family from the start. If you are looking to create a dog that will protect you and your family this is the place to go. During these times there is no better feeling to have a guardian at home to keep your loved ones safe. Hope to see you every Sunday morning starting @ 9:30 am. rating.
Scott M
I can say enough good things about the team at Europrok9. I started my 3 German Shepherds in the group protection training I cant believe the progress in just 3 weeks so I signed up for 6 months and will resign when that time passes. *****, ******, ******* and ***** are there every Sunday to instruct and teach you and your dog. These are 6 star people that will treat you like family from the start. If you are looking to create a dog that will protect you and your family this is the place to go. During these times there is no better feeling to have a guardian at home to keep your loved ones safe. Hope to see you every Sunday morning starting @ 9:30 am. ??rating.
Lilly Bob
Hello my name is Lilly Parker and my husbands name is Bob Parker. We took our two puppies here and had a great experience! Friendly staff Lilly and Brandon groomed my puppies they are all around loving and caring people we even met the owner Linda, Lilly is the training director and manager also a professional dog groomer she gave me great advice!! My puppies got the best haircut ever!! I will be bringing them back for training as soon as I’m able to!!
Losia Tomlinson
Friendly staff, however my dog only seems to listen to the staff there. When I took her home, I did the routine religiously and practiced with her often, still no results. They took her back over a weekend free of charge to refresh, which I appreciated. However it still didn’t stick. When I shared this concern I was told from a worker “I see her as a dog, not a pet so it might be a dominance issue” which made me think if I didnt treat her like an animal she wouldn’t listen. So if you are taking a PET to be trained, don’t take them here… asked for my money back considering I paid over $3000 for the 3 week program and refunds are not a thing here. I had high hopes since the staff was so friendly but been disappointed other wise.
Beverly Mort
While I did not have direct dealings with Lily or AJ my daughter, Michelle, did. I do know they went over and above to see that our darling Ginger had a chance for a loving furever home. They worked with her so caring that now she is back with us and is finally realizing this is forever. Without Lily and AJ this would not have been possible. We can't thank them enough and would recommend them to anyone needing help with their puppies and dogs! They are truly the very best!!