Sherwood Barks

SMALL BREED OWNER: We started our Chihuahua puppy Paxton at (12) weeks old with Jen. In the fall of 2007. We had a (1) hour training session in our home. We started Puppy Classes at Sherwood Barks when Paxton was (18) weeks old. He was so small but the training I had started at home and Jen working with us to accommodate his needs as a small breed we completed the puppy classes and returned to complete Agility Level I and then Agility Level II. With Jen’s guidance I managed to work through my issues as a small dog owner and my dog’s issues. He is a bright, funny, attentive, polite Chihuahua. Yes it is possible!
After I had completed my training with Paxton I have since added two more Chihuahua’s to our home. Madison and Willow and yes I was able to apply the knowledge shared by Jen with all my dogs.
I started a Small Breed Dog Play Group MIghty Mutts in March 2009 and have hosted over (400) meetups with owners of small breed dogs. I attritubute my sucess to the skills I learned in my classes at Sherwood Barks.
Thank you for your patience and understaning Jen.

What I find strange, is prior to myself leaving my first review, there was only two others (and a few that were not recommended). Since I posted this review, there has coincidentally been many more, 4 or 5 star reviews posted, thankfully Unilocal had not recommended them. The same thing happened with my Facebook review, there were 10 reviews on top of mine with only 1 review being posted before i posted mine.
Seems a bit strange to me. Unfortunately the owner of this business would rather drown out a person whos review is slightly tarnishing rather than speak to them personally to try to make amends (which may be been able to been done). I thought that was always number 1 when it came to online reviews and customer service, however it just goes to show the lack thereof.
I’m pretty disappointed in this as I paid close to $ 200 plus supplies for a puppy class that was so unorganized we were not able to get anything out of, let alone the instructor even caring to learn either myself or my pups name.
Unfortunately, I felt the need to lower my rating from 2 stars to 1 because they owner decided to try to drown me out rather than actually speak to me to try to remedy things. Another reason not to recommend this place.

When I first rescued my puppy, she came with a ton of bad habits, but the worst was biting… not puppy nipping — BITING! I called Jen at Sherwood Barks and although her next puppy class was full, she let me come anyways… I was desperate. Puppy class was awesome for us. As a new dog owner, Jen was always willing to address specific issues and help not only the dogs become more confident, but the owners too.
The training is clicker/​reward (food and/​or toy) based, which is awesome! I would have to say the best thing about puppy class is that, weather permitting, it is outdoors. There is also off-​leash playtime, which is INVALUABLE for puppy socialization. This is the only training class I have found that you don’t have to keep the dogs calm, controlled and leashed for the full hour and I LOVE THAT!
Now, three years after our first class, my dog and I are taking foundations, which teaches the basics of agility, and we are having so much fun!
All in all, I would have to say that I highly recommend Sherwood Barks for anyone with a high energy dog (like mine) that needs unstructured playtime in order to be able to focus and learn. You will notice at your first class that this type of training is unlike anything you’ve tried before and if you trust it, it can really work for you!