Gold Coast K-9 Inc

We (parents and 2 teens) began lessons with Nick and our 12 week old pup. Our whole family participated, and we learned an incredible amount from Nick. We then decided to send our pup to stay with Nick for a few weeks bc we weren't confident that we would be able to train him to where we would like him to be. He's going to be a fairly large dog. Nick did an incredible job. He sent us videos regularly so we could see what he was doing and watch the progress. When the training was done, Nick came to our house a few more times to continue to train us (the humans). He has given us so many valuable lessons on how to properly and effectively communicate with our pup. Our pup came back to us so well trained, and now we are trained too. We all feel confident and relaxed with our big guy. Nick does

If you are looking for a dog trainer who has the knowledge and experience, look no further than Nick Messina of Gold Coast K9! We recently hired Nick to help us with our one year old golden retriever puppy who needed behavioral intervention. Upon meeting Nick, we were assured that once trained, our Finley would not come back as the same wild, undisciplined, adolescent dog who ruined our window blinds, ate through our wall, ripped out leather sofas, scratched up our bathroom door, dug holes in the backyard and grab things off our kitchen counter. Nick had our lovable yet wild dog for 7 weeks including training sessions with Finley in our home. Nick video taped daily the training sessions, while explaining his techniques used through the course training. Additionally, Nick treated Finley l

If you are in search of a dog trainer, hire Nick Messina of Gold Coast K-9. He is brilliant and thorough. I truly cannot recommend him enough. My husband I sent our 5 month Belgian Malinois to Nick's board and train program and it was one of the best decisions we've ever made. We also continue to work with Nick to keep up and stay on top of it. It has been so much fun for all of us. And we have a beautifully well behaved dog to show for it.

The BEST decision we ever made was to use Nick Messina as our K9 trainer. He gave our dog and our family peace and quality of life back. We had already gone through 3 other trainers and were recommended medicating our dog when our veterinarian seeing our struggle recommended Nick. Our dog, a 3 year old terrier rescue suffered from anxiety and major dog reactivity. From the start we could see his approach was different from the rest. He was clear about the process and what to expect. He provided frequent if not daily feedback through the entire process and even after course completion he would come by the house and make sure we were comfortable and situated, his support never wavering, always available for a call to review any questions that may arise. We are forever grateful for your amazi

Gold Coast K9 and head trainer Nick is the Real Deal! We sent our dog Leon to him for training because our house was complete chaos. Nick was calm, knowledgeable and professional. He took our dog for several weeks and when he came back we had a well behaved pet!! Nick is the BEST!! Choosing him to train our dog was the BEST DECISION WE EVER MADE!! He has only been home a couple of days and our lives are calmer. There is no more destruction of furniture and our dog is very happy. We could tell throughout the process that Nick was making headway. He would send us videos to keep us informed almost daily. I recommend Gold Coast K9 to any dog owner!! He is first rate!! I had interviewed many trainers before making the decision to move forward with Nick. I know without a doubt that I made t