NJ Canine Coach

Kathleen is a knowledgeable, patient, and dedicated to helping both dogs and their owners. We noticed a huge improvement in our dog after the first lesson and she showed us how to reinforce the training at home. We highly recommend NJ Canine Coach. More...

Kathleen from NJ canine coach is absolutely wonderful to work with. She's not only incredibly flexible, reliable, and talented, but also remarkably kind and patient with my 1-year-old rescue, Kira. I was amazed at how quickly Kira progressed. Within just one week, she was walking beautifully on a leash, without pulling. Kathleen's positive reinforcement techniques were incredibly effective, and her patience with Kira's anxiety /stubbornness was truly appreciated. She also taught Kira essential commands like "No," "Place," "sit," "lay," and "off." My absolute favorite trick is that Kira now sits politely at the door when she needs to go out! We're continuing to work on other training, and I'm so excited to see how much more Kira can learn with Kathleen's guidance. More...

We highly recommend NJ Canine Coach. Kathleen has far exceeded all of our expectations! Her communication, knowledge, patience, and passion for what she does is truly outstanding.
We adopted a very large(75lb) untrained 6 month old German Shepard puppy. And boy was he a handful (Jumping up, scratching, barking, etc)and completely out of control!!! We took him to a local 6 week training school, which helped very little. He was still wildly jumping and nearly pulling us to the ground on our walks. He also began to have some behavioral problems like aggression towards visitors and strangers. We needed some serious help and didn't know who we could possibly trust to train him (and not break him).

My partner and Lucas had a chance meeting with Kathleen at a local Home depot. She came over to say Hi to Lucas and was instantly at ease with him. After careful consideration, we decided to have her come to our home for a free evaluation. She patiently addressed all of our concerns and gave us reassurance that she could help us with Lucas. After our evaluation, we were sent a very professional and thorough proposal. We decided to give her a chance and it turned out to be the best decision we could have made.

Our dog, Lucas, was enrolled in one on one training, 3 days a week. First, for a month and then we kept renewing because the progress has been incredible. Kathleen sent us progress photos and videos of Lucas following commands of sit, heal, go place, come, muzzle training, etc. We couldn't believe it was our dog. She worked with him to calm his excessive prey drive around deer, etc. One of the biggest achievements was crate training. We were concerned Lucas would never be crate trained, especially at one year old. We tried to gently coax him into his crate and he was not having any part of it. He even refused to go into the room where the crate was sitting. Success was achieved by Kathleen in about a day! Now when we give the "crate" command, he runs right in without hesitation.

Lucas is still his quirky exuberant self, but now he’s much more manageable. We can take him out on leash, without being dragged and pulled around....making walks a more enjoyable experience. Lucas's enthusiastic jumping and scratching have been toned down, making us feel more at ease.

What really stood out to us was Kathleen's willingness to go the extra mile. She frequently accommodated special requests during his training—and always made herself available for questions before or after the lessons. She made sure we were as educated as our puppy, giving us extra time to ensure we could continue and reinforce the training at home.

If you’re looking for a dog training service that truly has the talent and cares about you and your dog, Kathleen is the real deal. She is committed to helping you and your dog thrive. We feel so fortunate to have found her. Five stars all the way! More...

Kathleen was fantastic. She was able to form such an incredible bond with Jax. He truly looked forward to every training day with her. Kathleen's knowledge and understanding of dogs behavior and such insight to the owners love for their dogs. She has helped us tremendously. She was able to tap into Jax's potential. I highly recommend her services. More...