Animal Behavior Specialists, Inc.'s

Mar 2024

Karlene has helped me with my dogs over the past 12 years. I've done both classes and private appointments. With her expertise, I have learned how to modify many different behaviors. When I adopted my 5th dog, Gracie, (a 5 month old rescue), the trouble began several months later. Daily I had multiple fights sometimes involving all 5 dogs. It was a nightmare. Nine years later, I still have Gracie and she is a registered therapy dog. There's no way I could have worked through this without Karlene. She helped me to see what was going on and how to address the specific behaviors that were leading to the fights. She's helped with other aggression issues that some of my other...read full review

Jan 2024

Carleen clearly cares about dogs and their well-being. I am so thankful for her help. She is extremely knowledgeable and very friendly. She was patient, punctual, and really helped us sort out what the issues were. At no point did I feel like she was rushing us. I look forward to working with her more to make Calvin and Hobbes 2 happy, well-behaved dogs..

Nov 2023

We have been training with Karlene for almost 2yrs. It started when we needed reinforcements with one of our service dogs that was not fully trained. We were referred to Karlene by our atty. fast forward, we had to retire that dog because of the kids at my daughter’s school. I literally called Karlene in tears. She said I have the perfect SD for your daughter (Karlene was fostering him and was going to keep him as her SD. Karlene said she was willing to let us try him as my daughter needed him more than she did) we met the dog and decided to give him a chance. We have been through all the classes and have been told in public what a well trained dog he is. I drive over...read full review