What others say about us
The Best in Victoria area.
Through love and direction they not only train your pet , provide Day Care , Rehabilitation services, and socialize your 4 legged child ; they provide direction to the owners. Bonsai has gone from zero socialization skills due to being attacked by other dogs to being fully immersed into Sara’s and Dane’s pack as well as with other dogs . Sara’s and Dane’s love of dogs plus their experience make them the perfect fit as trainers. They may look young but they are experienced !!!! Bonsai just spent a week with them as I had to be out of town She was perfectly happy for the week No stress Just direction love and fun Happy to be at home but ready to go back any time If nothing else take your dog to “Street Wise” training You will be amazed at what they learn and how quickly they do it.
My wife and I would like to highly recommend Dane & Sara to anyone; we’d rate their service and help they gave us with – 5 STARS!
From the get-go, our 11 month old Lab/Husky cross, Solo, has proved a challenge to us acting more so like an 80/lb monkey who’d previously had a penchant for leaping, pulling sled-dog hard on the leash, coming (recall) if and when he felt like it, and wouldn’t ‘stay’ for more than a few seconds. Solo is a rescue dog from the SPCA and we were fortun…ate to adopt him at only 10 wks.
Thanks to Dane & Sara’s innate and intuitive understanding of a dog’s psyche and their great – often times comical – ability to communicate how dogs really ‘think’, after only a few short lessons we are now well on our way to addressing Solo’s behavioral issues with the tools they have given us.
Of particular help to us was Dane & Sara’s ‘tell-it-like-is’ and no BS style of letting us know just how off-base we were about previous training techniques we were totally unsuccessful with.
I’ll never forget how Sara explained it to me when I told her about the recall issues we were having with him as he would often take-off after other dogs, or, people with reckless abandon – oblivious to our calls.
She told me that we had to give Solo a good reason and incentive to get excited about coming to us when we called him. She then matter-of-factually explained to me – gesturing with her arms, one held way up high, the other down low – “Terry, in the realm of things that get Solo excited in his world right now, a squirrel is way up here and you are way down there. We have to change that.”
I would unequivocally recommend the services of this great young couple to anyone.
Best of Luck to both of you, Sara & Dane.
Warmest regards, Terry, Vicki, Solo & May
Sara and Dane are the best trainers I’ve worked with. Their equal parts of knowledge on the programs they teach and dogs they work with are matched only by their love for the animals they help. I’ve run two dogs through classes with these two….and the results have been amazing!I’ve seen big changes in the dogs’ behavior, and their classes have also provided me with the tools and training to be a better dog owner. I will continue to take them to K9 Goodlife classes and would recommend them to anyone who would like a healthier, happier dog!
I have been fortunate enough to have Sara work with a few of my dogs. When Shrek was still with us, Sara was very patient with my old boy and showed so much love towards him. Then we got a puppy, a rescue we named Nodin. Sara worked with his from the time he was 3 months, he is a very good dog and is so gentle and walks great on leash. BUT her biggest accomplishment with my pets is Turok, our gorgeous German shepherd, he has been working with Sara for over a year now and he is a handful. He is crazy excitable and very much a 100lb puppy. But he adores Sara and she is so good with him, I just have to say her name and he starts to “cry” with excitement. In fact, she is so wonderful, we call her “Aunty Sara”. If you want someone who will take the time, and give you the support you need, you can’t go wrong with K9 Goodlife.
Definition of a ‘Dane Walk’: when your dog bats its eyes at the blonde guy and then proceeds to make you look like a fool as said dog performs perfectly with blonde guy. Usually ended with dog not wanting to go back to the person who feeds, houses and loves it, instead preferring to sit obediently by blonde guys side, throwing adoring glances to him. You know it’s good for your dog, but you feel like you don’t exist anymore. Dane Walk.
