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Asheville Dog Academy transformed our nervous, highly energetic dog into a dog that understands now how to control herself and be more confident. She couldn't sit still, was obsessed with our other dog, counter surfing, and while she was clearly very smart, we couldn't figure out how to get her to retain anything. We didn't know how to communicate with her. We did the 21 day board and train and are continuing the have follow-up lessons - which are more for the humans than the dogs. Without these, training would quickly go out the window and these are SO valuable for educating and keeping us accountable so we can set our dog up for success. She stays on her place for 1+ hour at a time without making a fuss, walking loosely on a leash, is okay with approaching new places, and is able to control herself. She's truly a transformed dog and is thriving with the structure and training from ADA. Oh - and they send picture and videos updates about every other day which was super reassuring to see her and the progress!!

Chris is outstanding...he trained our 6 month old "wild man" golden doodle for three weeks and returned our dog behaving better than most mature dogs. We have always wanted a dog that was well trained and he did it for us! We are able to take our dog everywhere and are complemented on his behavior. My wife wants to send me away for 3 weeks with Chris to see if he can whip me into shape. We recommend Chris to anyone that wants world class training for their best friend. The Selmensberger Family

We rescued our dog in hopes of being able to take him almost everywhere with us and enjoy his company. He was a great dog from the beginning; however he needed some leash, stay, and place work. We found Asheville Dog Academy and decided to put Chance in the program. Chris and his team have a true love for the dogs and we could see that immediately. We picked him up almost a week ago from the 21 Day Board and Train program and have been so overjoyed with the results. I have had him out two days hiking and have been very pleased with him. We can all actually enjoy our time out. Chris and his team are great and 100% dedicated to your pups success. Thank you Asheville Dog Academy.

Amazing. Amazing results! Our dog is totally obidient . He stays in place, heels while walking, comes back when called. Chris is a great trainer who made our dog obeying all our commands on the first day out. Money well spent! Thank you Chris. Pure magic. I don’t know how it is possible! I would recommend extremely strongly - sign up your dog , you will be surprised how much your dog will learn. It totally exceeded my expectations.

Chris did an amazing job with our goldendoodle "The Dude". Before training, we had a sweet - but completely out of control - goldendoodle that dragged us around when on a leash and would literally flip himself over trying to reach people walking down the street! Now, people marvel at how well-behaved he is. He heels perfectly, stays and comes when called, and we are now able to take The Dude anywhere we go. We get to finally enjoy our life with him, and he gets to enjoy every moment too. We couldn’t be more grateful to Chris, and we wholeheartedly recommend the Asheville Dog Academy's 21-day board and train!

We have been amazed with results of the 21 day board and train program, hold on for a long review and the story of our pup. When our beloved German Shepard passed away from old age last year we decided to get another dog, a 6 month old golden retriever...meet Sampson! We were admittedly not prepared for the energy he brought into our household! We have two young kids (2 and 4) and while he was really sweet with them he was very rambunctious, mouthy, jumpy (especially at the door), and had really bad leash manners. He would also run away if given the opportunity. As he grew quickly to 80lbs he got very hard to handle and life inside the house was stressful. Releasing his energy was difficult since he was so bad on the leash...he would bite through harnesses, tug of war on the leash, jump and bite us, he even flipped our stroller with the kids in it. We are very active outside and my dream of a well mannered off leash dog seemed very distant, we couldn't even walk in the neighborhood! We met with other trainers and just weren't making progress, with a temporary move to Oregon coming up we were actually considering re-homing him. There was a dog in our neighborhood that had great manners who we watched walk on and off leash each morning, I finally stopped and talked briefly with his owner and found out he had been to the Asheville Dog Academy with Chris and the team. After talking with Chris we decided to sign up for the 21 day board and train, at this time Sampson was 10 months old. Luckily Chris was able to accommodate our schedule and get Sampson in quickly so we could be prepared for the move. During the 3 weeks Chris provided excellent communication with pictures each day and a few videos, what we saw was incredible. Chris also provided a great video series to prepare us for the hand-off as well. When the time came to pick up Mr. Sampson we were amazed at the change, we saw a strong recall, loose leash walking and healing, the ability to stay in place when commanded, and his jumping and nipping was almost non existent. It has been a little over a month since we picked him up and we have been working with Sampson daily to solidify training and help with generalization. Chris has been very supportive, answering any of my questions and meeting several times to help with my technique. Sampson is absolutely amazing now, it has been a game changer for our family, everyone is much happier. Sampson will stay in his place while the kids eat dinner or snack on the floor. He has a really nice loose leash heel and loves walking every day, we have even transitioned to off leash heeling both walking and riding bikes!! His off leash manners have been excellent he is now allowed to roam a bit in our driveway, front yard, and explore in the woods and creeks without fear of him running away. He is still the same pup with tons of energy but he has the ability to control it and will listen to us. We are truly impressed and others have noticed as well with many compliments on his behavior and disbelief at his age. We highly recommend the program, our expectations were exceeded!