Berkeley K-9 School For Dogs

Jan 2024

Great Results. We rescued a 7 month old puppy in June. She was so fearful and skittish that I could barely touch her. I couldn't figure out how to get her to feel more comfortable with us or how to teach her any commands. Then we moved, and I found this school. After only a couple of months, our puppy is much more relaxed. She has learned all of her basic commands, and now we are moving on to intermediate and advanced commands. Thanks to her training, she has learned to go up the ramp into the dog bath and stand relatively quietly for her bath. She loves to jump in the functional agility course at the school. She also loves to jump over my other dogs. I can...read full review

Nov 2023

Marvin is an old school trainer able to reach dogs other trainers or vets will abandon. I watched him work with a couple before me whose vet advised them to put down their dog. Marvin had their dog calm in moments and I was able to bring my Shepherd inside with their dog without incident. He does talk a lot, but most of his stories relate back to training your specific dog—so pay attention! He is helping me train my working dog and his methods have shown amazing results. Dog training is mostly owner training and once I realized that, things went amazingly well for me and my Shepherd. I highly recommend him and his school!

Oct 2023

Marvin has helped bring peace to our home. We had a shih tzu mix (Lilith) that had attacked our yorkie (Darcy) several times. (Imagine below shows some of the injuries my Yorkie received).Marvin helped us understand the dynamics that were happening between our dogs and how to stop it from happening. It has been a year since Lilith last attacked Darcy. It's still a work in progress, but we have made great strides. Lilith seems so much happier now and is working on long-distance discipline. Marvin makes their time spent training fun. Lilith is always excited to go to training.We also have an elderly Pomeranian (Toby) he has no teeth (he's 14), and his tongue would hang...read full review