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July 2023 by Jason Felix
Mike and his team have shown the utmost professionalism, kindness, punctuality, consistency of any dog training and dog care services I have ever encountered. His respectful, realistic, non-invasive, comfortable approach while working with my 2 giant breed rescues (Anatolian shepherd and great Pyrenees) has developed them into working therapy dogs in NYC. As a life long dog owner and dog rescuer I have not encountered a safer and flexible program for dogs to learn and grow.Thank you ABCsOfDogTraining for always being there for my fur babies and I.
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August 2020 by Samantha A.
mike is sent from the doggie gods! he boarded and trained our nearly 5 month old mini golden doodle who was (sort of) house trained & biting everything (including us!) when mike picked him up. He came back to us a trained, non-biting gentleman! mike was always accessible, responsive to texts, and quick to share photos and videos of our puppy, VIDEO. He's incredibly kind, knowledgeable, flexible and informative. we can't thank him enough for taking such great care of our puppy as well as training him. he also provided detailed videos of VIDEO mastering commands so we would know what to do. can't recommend abc's and mike more highly. hire him and/or board with him, NOW!
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June 2020 by Lucy Almadovar
I love ABC’S of dog training. I have two dogs one y I do a service dog who was not trained until he was 5 years old. So difference in my dog was night and day. Well behaved listens to all commands. Rocco had not training I had to leave on business for 2 months. I returned to a new dog awesome!
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January 2020 by Casey Deleon
We have had the pleasure and opportunity of working with Mike twice. From the moment I spoke to him on the phone regarding our inquiry and goals, he was very professional, knowledgeable, informative and flexible. Once our dog turned 6 months old, Mike was willing to take him on and trained him beyond our expectations. Now, our Dash is a service dog for our eldest son who has special needs and medical concerns. Mike has this great passion and ability to work with dogs that is almost magical. His patience to teach our family and our special needs son how to maintain training and explaining how to approach certain behaviors was nothing short of amazing. Mike is also very accommodating. Just recently, while the family went on vacation, we decided to have Dash board and continue training with Mike. In one week time, Dash was safely returned to us with his training polished. Just today (Christmas day), Dash followed simple commands such as leave it and bit not one piece of wrapping paper amongst a sea of gifts, nor did he bite or take not one of our three children's toys. For a young dog to display such control, means he was trained well. Our family highly recommends Mike at ABC's of dog training for both training and boarding. We look forward to working with Mike again in the future for more advanced training for our Dash.
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May 2019 by M K.
I adopted my first dog two years ago, the organization I adopted him from told me that the 6-week-old terrier mix I was bringing home would grow to a max of 30 lbs. It was a surprise when he continued to grow bigger and bigger - and bigger. After countless training sessions at Unleashed, as well as, one-on-one sessions with random dog trainers that I found online - my 75 lb. terrier akita mix was still difficult on a leash and anxious around large dogs. And then someone told me about Mike!! Mike is a true professional and animal lover. He's worked closely with my dog in one-on-one sessions and group sessions. He taught my dog how to walk on leash at ease, how to interact with large dogs, and how to keep his anxiety down in situations that used to set him off. Beyond the amazing work he does with pets, he has taught me how to be a better dog mom. Recommending training equipment and alternate walking techniques. I continue to bring my dog to him from time to time for maintenance training and have boarded my dog at his facility while I've been out of town. I would highly recommended his services to anyone looking for assistance with their dog!
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April 2019 by Lainie M.
Fantastic!! I have a (now) 6 month German Shepherd. I didn't do my investigation and got him from a friend of a friend who's dad breeds them in PA. When I got my pup (Ollie), he was a little scared of other dogs. He would bark at them and go crazy, he will also see certain people and go nuts as well. If you got into an elevator with me and him, he would bark at you. Not in an aggressive way, more like who are you give me love kinda of way. He also loved to pull and drag me or whoever walked him around. I had already trained him with potty training, but was concerned that his behavior kept getting worse. My neighbor also has a German Shepherd and her dog is insane. She can barely control him and he's also super aggressive. My fear was that Ollie would wind up like that and that I'd have to give him up because I wouldn't be able to control him). After reading a lot of reviews, I contacted Abcs of Dog Training, and spoke to Michael. I was interested in the three week training. Michael was very clear and honest from the start. Seemed to know what he was doing. He agreed to come pick up Ollie. While away, Michael sent me updates. He taught him commands and socialized Ollie. Now when I take him for walks, Ollie never barks at anyone, not even at other dogs. The only time when he barks is when we are inside the home and there's someone approaching the door from the outside. He walks great on the leash, and listens to me. You have to keep on practicing the commands (heel, sit, leave it, lay down, stay, drop it, measure walk, and a few more). I'm extremely grateful for Michael and his training. Training was a bit expensive but so worth it. Michael also offers the two week follow up and is there for any questions you may have before and after the process.
