The Pooch Coach

Hard to recommend. Not the warmest bed side manner while competent. Her home based training environment is not fantastic. Pricing very high for training sessions and cannot really say $200 an hour is warranted. Detail oriented training advice is effective but nothing you haven't already read if you actually picked up a training book. Does give useful insight on how to implement training techniques not easily conveyed via the written word. Does not sugar coat advice, trustworthy. Seems to see dogs more as working than family. Her advice is reasonable but the less risky path; we as rescue fosters are willing to put more time and effort into a dog than we get back while still managing the risk of failure. She is very black and white in her analysis. Update: 3 years later; our foster foun

I have nothing but positive things to say about Beverly. I am currently training two eight-month-old puppies with her and we’ve been attending training session for about three months. I’ve lost count of the compliments I’ve received on how well-trained my pups are. Restaurants that don’t normally allow dogs (even outside) allow my pups to sit next to me on the patio. People can’t believe they are only eight-months-old! At the consultation, Beverly was able to assess each dog’s personality almost immediately. The dogs learn so quickly from her and she has never been aggressive or mean to them. The bottom line is you have to do the work. This is not some place you drop your dogs off for two weeks and expect them to come home fully trained. Beverly know dogs and knows what they respond to.

I've been working with Beverly for several months now, and have seen a huge improvement in my previously aggressive and fearful Jack Russel/Chihuahua mix. He is infinitely happier and has a far more positive relationship with other people than ever before in his 6 years! Beverly is incredibly knowledgeable and insightful about all things dog psychology and has a very sensible approach to her training. I've found each of the trainings to be somewhat academic in structure, they are easy to follow and each lesson builds on the previous one in a logical way. Beverly provides a clear, customized written breakdown after each lesson with resources to review what we covered and help with homework. Since ALL dog training depends on consistency on the part of the owner, her course is self-paced, and

TLDR Beverly's reactive/aggressive dog training services didn't turn out like I thought they would. She said it'd be personalized, but, in my opinion, this was the most cookie-cutter training I could’ve gotten. Most of the training is self-driven based on old articles and videos you can find on her website that she compiles into emails and tells you to perfect before meeting again. Yelp reviews seemed more aligned with my experience than Google fyi. ——- Even though Beverly was on TV before, from my experience, she wasn't friendly like you'd expect from a “celebrity” trainer. I thought maybe her experience made up for it. But, what she said her training would be like and what it was like were totally different. The biggest difference between my expectations and reality was that she effec

I attended a seminar at Babies "R" Us in Colma on Introducing your baby and your doggie. Beverly, The Pooch Coach was the instructor. I've seen her on TV a couple times and I liked her training style. I learned so much from Beverly. She provided some great tips on introducing your baby and your dog, many things I hadn't thought about before. Beverly made me think about how the baby affects doggie from the dogs perspective which I think is important to understand as well. Everything she said made sense. Beverly was funny too. I really enjoyed this seminar. If I have any problems introducing my four legged family member to my baby, I'll be calling The Pooch Coach!