A Malinois's Story: Kicked Out of Dog Care, Now Walking Anywhere Without Fear

Where she started

She is an 18-month-old Belgian Malinois. Her owner calls her "super smart and sweet." She had also been kicked out of dog care and the dog park because of her intensity, and after that her owner could not walk near other dogs with her.

Then her owner had to go out of town for a week, and had a hard time finding the right people to leave her with.

The training journey

Her owner talked with Jesse on the phone for about an hour and decided to give us a try. Jesse and our team trained her while she stayed with us. Her owner wrote that she was treated "like their own."

Her owner got an update every day on how she was doing and how her training was going. After her stay, Jesse taught her owner more about how to train her at home.

What actually changed

• She learned. "My dog learned a lot for a week."
• She looks confident. Her owner's words: "she looks so confident."
• Her owner learned too. How to keep training her at home.
• Walks. "Now my dog and I can enjoy walking anywhere we want without fear."

★★★★★

“I have a 18 months old Belgian Malinos who got kicked out from dog care and dog park due to her intensity in the path. Although she is super smart and sweet, I could never walked near other dogs with her ever since. […] He and his team trained my dog while she was staying with them, and they treated her like their own. […] My dog learned a lot for a week and she looks so confident. I learned how to train her at home more from Jessie after her training and I would say the boarding training days worth every penny. Now my dog and I can enjoy walking anywhere we want without fear and we found a life time relationship with the trainer for my dog.”

Yuko Watanabe, Google review, November 2022

What it changed for her owner

Her owner said the boarding and training days were "worth every penny." The line that stays with us is the last one in the review: "we found a life time relationship with the trainer for my dog."

Why her story matters to us

Being turned away from dog care and the dog park is a hard spot for an owner, especially with a trip coming up. We are glad this owner picked up the phone and talked it through with Jesse at Off Leash K9 Training Bakersfield.

Her stay lasted about a week. The 1 Week Board and Train is our one-week program, and the 2 Week Board and Train is the longer option. Every program and price is on our plans and pricing page.