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March 2024 by Jessica Bancroft
We had truly the best experience with Olympia Kennels! Anes made the whole process smooth and kept everything black and white, with no surprises and kept us updated during the whole process! We have had our new pup for one week and we couldn't be happier! The thing that has impressed us the most about Olympia Kennels is that Anes has reached out several times since we got our pup to make sure all is going well. At Olympia Kennels they care for the dogs, and they don't forget about you once you walk out the door. We highly recommend them to anyone looking for a German Shepherd! We were very impressed with their knowledge and facility and will be bringing our pup back for some training soon!
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March 2024 by Dj Williams
We are loving life with our Hannah she is probably smartest dog I’ve ever seen. Learned to ring bell to go out in first night. Arnes thank you so much for all the time you spent talking with me and responding to emails. This puppy is beautiful and has been a life saver. Thank you Olympia kennels
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December 2023 by Michael Porcaro
Hands down, the best German Shepherd training. We have a 3 year old GS and went to 3 other trainers before finding Olympia. No one else was able to get through to our dog like Olympia AND get through to us for the right techniques and habits. I highly recommend them!
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December 2023 by Maureen Demers
Trip has been coming here for training. He does wonderful with Ashley!
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December 2023 by Rose Fichera
A few years ago we ended up with a dog who was dog aggressive and we were in need of some help when a friend recommended Olympia Kennels recently. The staff was understanding and knowledgeable. Highly recommend.
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December 2023 by Jay
GREAT PLACE, GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT DOGS! I FOUND THIS PLACE TO BE "MORALLY" DE-STRESSING! I WILL REFER EVERYONE I KNOW!
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December 2023 by Tanner Wood
We initially approached the breeder with the hope of welcoming a new puppy into our lives, but the encounter was marked by a series of unscrupulous actions. We bought our first puppy from this breeder. The puppy unfortunately got intussusception. The breeder first suggested that we euthanize the puppy we received, offering to provide a "half off" discount on a replacement. This proposal was morally distressing, and we declined. The breeder then vacillated, suggesting at first that a new puppy would be given to us for free. However, the situation took another turn when the breeder claimed not to have a litter of puppies available at that time. Instead, they presented us with a 16-week-old puppy. Upon arrival to collect the puppy, the breeder finally confessed that the puppy was almost six months old, a significant discrepancy from what was originally communicated. Moreover, we were assured that the puppy was well-trained, but it became abundantly clear that he lacked any meaningful training when we brought him home. The communication from the breeder was inconsistent and deceptive throughout the process, leading us to question their integrity and professionalism. To our dismay, we later learned that the breeder is expecting a new litter next week, which raises further concerns about their breeding practices and ethical standards. The overall experience left us feeling disillusioned and disappointed, as the breeder's actions appeared to be motivated by deceit and a lack of transparency. It is regrettable to encounter such dishonesty and unprofessional behavior from someone involved in animal breeding. We went off these google reviews before we made our original purchase. After our negative experience we did more research to see if others had a similar experience and found a bunch of negative reviews on their yelp page. I recommend viewing that page before doing any business with Olympia.
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May 2023 by S W
We have a GSD family for all my life. Our current Shepherd came from Olympia and he is outstanding. We use them now for boarding when going on trips (most of the time the dog comes with us but every now and then we can’t bring him. Staff is excellent, owner is excellent, and we know our boy is getting trained and in good hands at Olympia.
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December 2022 by Steph S.
We had the pleasure of training a beautiful German Shepherd named Eddie that was purchased at Olymia Kennels. Eddie was 6 months old and needed socialization and training with other animals and people. Eddies owner was a Retired Veteran that developed health issues and was authorized to have a service dog. Having trained many service dogs over the years it was our pleasure to work with Eddie and the breeder where Eddie was purchased. Olympia Kennels and Mike were first class trainers, breeders and experts in their field. I would highly recommend buying, boarding and training your dogs with Olympia Kennels. Their passion and knowledge about dogs is impecable! :-)
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July 2022 by Louise F.
Signed my 3 year old dog Bear up for 2 weeks of board and train that turned into 4 weeks at the advice of the owner. My dog arrived with basic training completed, including Canine Good Citizen, but had developed some food aggression and dominance issues and needed some work on advanced off leash training and I provided a fully written out summary off what he knew, what he needed for training and his likes/dislikes, basically everything they'd need to know about him.There were multiple issues but I'll try and sum it up as best as I can.The first huge issue was lack of communication. In the 31 days my dog was at the facility, it took 8 days simply to get an update on my dog, despite constant promises of pictures and videos. Day 21 was the first true update, 3 super short videos ranging from 11 - 30 seconds of basic behaviors he knew before going to Olympia.The owner did not have more than a 2 minute conversation with me until I started to email how unhappy I was with the lack of communication and then finally on day 28, the day my dog was due to be picked up, he finally talked with me for 16 minutes!! Yes, you read that right, I wasn't even contacted to be told when or how to pick up my dog and then he suggested I pick him up 3 days later!! On day 14 (by phone), 18 (email) and 27 (email) I asked if my dog needed food and was told someone would get back to me (day 14 by phone) or entirely ignored (the emails). When I picked up Bear on day 31, they had indeed ran out of food and he returned home with diarrhea caused by the food change which took over a week to settle.Bear sees a groomer every 5 weeks and was groomed a few days before and a few days after his return. His groomer noticed when bathing him that he had two distinctive newly healed injuries on the front of his neck, likely caused by an e-collar, and that his neck fur had been shaved and brought this to my attention. She also stated that Bear had become aggressive when she went to use clippers on his neck, something in 18 months with her he'd never done before, baring his teeth and growling. I immediately took Bear to the vet to get this confirmed by our veterinarian of 12 years.When I contacted the owner of Olympia, he flatly denied the injury, stating it was caused by Bear's Soresto collar. When I pointed out that this collar is something he'd been using since he was 16 weeks old, he changed it to Bear just had normal wear from a training collar being used for a month and that my groomer and vet and I quote "they love to find minor things and try to make a big deal over it so they can take your money." This was absurd as obviously my groomer nor my vet recieved any compensation, yet Olympia kennels profited to the tune of $4400!Every issue I have raised with Olympia has been met with gaslighting and blame being put elsewhere.Bear coming home with diarrhea, wasn't due to them changing his diet without permission, as confirmed by my vet, but by a change in water.His neck injuries, weren't caused by their overuse of an e-collar, rather it was the fantasies of a groomer and vet, or Soresto, or normal wear from training that caused scabs and scarring.Lack of communication, something his own website says is important to them, is due to short staffing, or a member of staff not following through.And to add insult to injury, the sent Bear home with a borrowed e-collar with no charger that stopped working after 36 hours, because the new one they were supposed to provide for him to go home with wasn't there. Have they mailed that out to me since? No of course not. Just more dishonesty.In the owners last email response, he accused me of being negative and just trying to find fault, then goes on to admonish me for not complimenting his staff/trainers. Every issue is always the fault of someone or something else and the lack of accountability is appalling.To address the training, because that is important, Bear did return more socialized due to the enviroment of being around so many dogs in outside kennels. I saw no eviden
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June 2022 by Claudia S.
I feel as I should write regarding the GSD I purchased in December 2021. This was after getting an outstanding dog that I lost to Lymphoma after only five years, Thus I was very excited to get my next puppy. She was a disaster from the get go! Nervous, jumping, barking and basically uncontrollable. This was after spending a lot for their in house training. They used the shock collar which had disastrous effects on this dog. She had frequent bouts of diahherea and vomiting, and at times wouldn't eat anything- even home made meals. She was so aggressive to people and other dogs it was frightening. I would see people recoil when she went crazy. Even though she didn't bite, it is very scary to see a GSD like this. I contacted Mike many times and he ghosted me. At first they said she would grow out of it. If I left her alone in the house, she would tear the place apart! So much nervousness and anxiety. I was going too see an animal behaviorist. I ended up giving her to her vet. When I contacted Mike about it, he got right back to me..... but it was too late.
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December 2021 by Tracey Doak
The most beautiful German Shepard’s ever!!! Beautiful kennels & property. They do amazing training for all dogs. Mike, Gina and the employees are all the best! Highly recommend.
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November 2021 by Patrick Redmond
Great trainers, both you and the dog learn a ton!
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October 2021 by Kristina A.
Emailed back and forth until they stopped responding. Paid for an eval my dog never received. Was told the owner was on vacation and they would email back in the fall. Training my dog for his BH in the spring and was hoping to get into bite work here. Pretty disappointed with the run around.
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September 2021 by Amy C.
I purchased an import puppy in 2017 from an outstanding bloodline. I paid a lot for my girl and she was amazing . She suffered a horrible UTI within the first few weeks we had her which unknown to us due to this UTI this lead to kidney disease. Less than two weeks ago my girl was not feeling well and I took her right into the vet which led to an emergency vet visit for an ultra sound which discovered my poor 4 1/2 yr old girl covered in non operative cancer in multiple organs and we lost her 2 days later. I called Olympia 10 days ago to find out if anyone from this litter had any other similar problems and also warn them since some were breeding from this litter and got no response. I then emailed 8 days ago with same info and still no response. I don't understand. They wanted to know how my girl was doing with her kidney disease and to keep them updated. She was the best dog and so loveable. I am devastated that I only got 1/3 of my dog and now she is gone. After this negative experience of non caring of their dogs I don't think I could ever recommend them to anyone. It is too bad because I loved this dog more than anything.
