Our trainer, Jamie Walker, is incredible. Most importantly, she immediately bonded with our dog, Sophie, and understood how to motivate and communicate with her. That led to quick and lasting behavioral changes that improved quality of life for us and our pup.
Jamie is a total professional. Beyond being an expert at what she does, Jamie is on-time, communicative, and kind. We looked forward to training every week because she made it fun and stress-free.
(Backstory: Jamie helped train Sophie when she was a puppy back in 2020. Fast forward five years, and my husband and I are expecting our first child. We were debating doing additional training with Sophie to help prepare her for having a baby in the house, but we weren't sure if it was necessary. When we saw that Jamie had availability to work with Sophie again, the decision was made in a snap. We knew the value of Jamie's guidance from our first round of training, and we signed up again right away, and we're SO glad we did.)
- Allison Hickson
Chip absolutely loves working with Helena in Dropoff Training, and we appreciate all of her updates. We have already seen improvements in Chip's behavior. He is always so tired when we pick him up and we are so glad he is getting a lot of exercise. When we walk there to drop him off, Chip gets excited the second we turn onto Carpenter!
- Haley Budish
Lily had a great time at the Confidence Builder puppy social, and Helena was fantastic. Can't wait to come back!
- Sam Mosiniak
Maureen is WONDERFUL!! I was so nervous about finding a trainer who would prioritize respect and comfort for my pup. She has gone above and beyond and helped my pup become a more confident and brave version of herself. She makes concepts and exercises easy to understand and truly cares about dogs becoming their best selves!
- Julia Namm
Courtney was fantastic. My husband and I were overwhelmed with puppy training and she was able to come in and put our minds at ease and help us.
- Niki Reznicek
So glad we did all three levels of training through Tucker Pup’s. The classes were organized and the instructors are awesome!
- Roshni Gehi Patel
The Adult Manners class was excellent. I loved the small class size and individual attention we received. Jamie was a patient and knowledgeable trainer and I appreciated that she modified the exercises to my dog's specific needs. I also appreciated that she would stay after class to answer any questions I had. I would definitely recommend a class with her and with Tucker Pup's in general.
- Megan Craig
Brought my 3 month old boxer puppy Archie in for a socialization. Was a bit nervous with him being so little but Helena was fantastic in handling all puppies and making sure Archie was protected and included with the group. Yesterday was our third social and we’re looking forward to more!
- Tim Kavanaugh
Courtney was great in the Advanced Manners class, and so helpful in explaining how to engage Molly!
- Andrea Berdusco
Jamie was a great trainer and my girl really loved her. She was helpful and throughout the class made sure each dog had individual attention. She addressed any concerns and offered tips readily and was extremely knowledgeable. I would love to have her as a trainer in any future classes at Tucker Pup's.
- Kaitlyn Williams
Jessie was awesome, we really enjoyed class with her and our experience in general at Tucker Pup's and will gladly come back! Our pup, Lumi, has learned a lot too!
- Joseph Wilson
Maureen is very knowledgeable and made working together with my pup very approachable. I will continue to work with you in the future.
- Charlotte Graham
Jessie is great to work with and really helped us out!
- Brighty Sullivan
Natalie was a fantastic trainer! Winnie came in to Adult Manners class not knowing how to sit, and left knowing sit, down, stay, touch, come, leave it, go say hi, wait, and more. Her recall is so much better than it was, as is her impulse control. Natalie was really helpful with tailoring the cues to each individual dog if they were having a hard time with anything, and answered tons of Q&A each week to help us with training other behaviors at home! Would definitely sign up for more training classes at Tucker Pup's, they were great.
- Jody Joynt
Jessie was phenomenal, always going above and beyond and showed genuine love and care for our pups.
- Kerry Walsh
We had 3 sessions for our Puppy Starter program with Jessie for my little pup Mia.
Jessie was patient, easy to work with and listened to what I wanted to work on with Mia. She clearly knows what she’s doing and provided clear instructions plus she was lovely with Mia as well who adored her!
Thank you Jessie for your help, was much appreciated and I look forward to doing the Puppy Manners class in the new year!
- Jessica Farrow
Isabel was great, Albie had a ball.
- Joshua Deyer
Shaina has been awesome, lots of practical tips and guidance to get our dog on the right track. Very professional. Always on time.
- Jochen Renz
Helena was amazing. I am normally very anxious with puppy play time due to a bad experience years ago. I didn't have any anxiety at all during the puppy social.
- Meghan Chandler
I loved the small class size for this training and the instructor, Jessie was so sweet and patient. She also made sure to give each dog individualized attention as well!
- Lauren Skirvin
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