Digman Canine Academy

We just graduated from the Digman Academy. Our 9 month old GSP learned a lot. The lessons were geared for our lifestyle. The trainer (Ethan) listened to our needs and shaped the training for our family goals. He included our 12 year old and it was a huge benefit for us to learn together. Private lessons were worth the investment. We achieved our initial goals and have built on his skills and our skills as good owners.

Behavior is significantly improved after the seven session training program. My dog got along great Ethan who cares for both dogs and people in the program. Highly recommend.

My little Fitz did a 3 week Stay & Train with Claire. When I dropped him off he was a 6 month old mini-bernedoodle with a great personality but no self-control, way too much excitement around all living things, and a non-stop bark. When Claire brought him back to me, his sweet personality was unchanged, but now he can sit, down, stay, place, heel, and so much more. I am able to take him walking off leash, he can be in rooms full of kids and dogs and hold a place (silently). He is a changed dog. He has been home for few weeks now and he is retaining everything. (I think that means that the 2-hour return home training that Claire did for Fitz’s human also worked.) I am blown away but what Claire was able to do in just 3 weeks. I cannot recommend her and the DCA team highly enough!

Wow, we can’t praise Ethan and Digman Academy enough, our dog Gretchen was such a challenge, from leash pulling, no social skills, bad behavior around company among many other issues but we did a 7 pack training with Ethan and found out we needed as much training as Gretchen did. She has changed so much in just 2 months, from heel to social skills, we took her yesterday to Lowe’s shopping and she did so great, no more lunging at people just walking along so wonderful. Her in home attitude has changed so much also, much calmer, no jumping on us or visitors, a much more relaxed dog. Thank you a million times over.

Claire and the trainers at Digmans are top notch! We have two playful doodles…one stubborn and one that lacked focus. Both were barkers and dog reactive. After 7 working sessions, they both are able to stay in place, heel, walk by other dogs and barking in and out of the house is reduced by a ton!!! There’s still work to be done and we’re committed since they have come SO far! We loved the way things were explained and we never felt pressure to do anything since day 1…it was all recommendations and we decide. Highly recommended for any dog to correct behavior or learn new skills. Worth the time and money!