Doggee Harmony

I wish there were more than 5 stars to rate Joy — she is beyond amazing and the best dog trainer in the area. I love her careful and smart approach to dog training — she really understands dog psychology and trains with soft methods that make your dog think and figure things out.
Joy is currently helping us train our 3 months old Labradoodle puppy. I am beyond grateful for her input and guidance. Our puppy is growing into a wonderful dog and I can’t wait to get to know the adult he will be. I want to show him off to everybody and recommend Joy to any puppy owner. Starting training early is key and helps prevent behavioral issues and establish a good communication and relationship with your dog!
Not only is Joy knowledgeable, experienced and professional, but also a great person with a BIG heart for dogs. She is very dedicated and passionate about what she is doing. She responds to any of my many questions — let it be in one of our meetings where she listens patiently to my concerns and questions or the email (s) I send her. She is really there for us and our puppy when we need her and you can feel and see her excitement when we succeed in training our puppy a new trick or behavior.
I highly recommend Joy and am grateful for her!

I first met Joy in a pet CPR class she was teaching a few years ago. Since then, she has been gracious in allowing me to shadow her while she works with certain aggression cases. As a pet sitter, I use techniques she has taught me everyday.
More recently, I adopted a feral pup and, with Joy’s guidance, a lot of patience and hard work, my girl has (almost magically) pretty much overcome her separation anxiety and we are looking forward to soon joining a fearful dog workshop.
Joy is a wonderful trainer who really understands the psychology of dogs, and is very careful in her approach. I recommend her to clients often, without hesitation. I only refer my clients to the best!

Joy is amazing, and I have recommended her to several friends who are as happy with her as I am. When I moved to Santa Barbara, I brought with me my dog whom I had recently adopted from a shelter in my hometown. My ACD had serious reactivity issues toward other dogs – to the point where I would try to walk him at night so we would avoid seeing other people because I was always humiliated and discouraged by his aggressive lunging.
I finally called Joy after reading a few reviews on Unilocal about how wonderful she is. She was a miracle worker! She came to my apartment to meet Kriegs and conduct an initial consultation and he instantly loved her, which set my mind at ease. Later in the week, she took him for a Nanny 911 session (a one-​on-​one session with her while I was at work), and she sent me pictures of him having a great time all around SB. She gave me a full report of his behavior, including the fact that his aggression issues toward other dogs barely showed – which meant that it was me who needed training with Kriegs, not just him on his own. For the next several months we worked together every week on walks, taking Kriegs to places we knew other dogs would be so she could better attune me to his behavioral signals (before it turned into full-​blown lunging), and so she could observe what I was doing and what he was responding to in terms of my behavior.
Joy was always positive and very encouraging, and she was truly a beacon of hope when I thought I had adopted a dog too «damaged» by his past to be happy in public with other dogs. She always made me feel like Krieger and I were a team working toward a common goal, and she helped me articulate what exactly that goal was: he’s not happy as a daily daycare dog (though he did have a successful day at Dioji!), but he does very happily make new friends as long as I take control of a slow introduction. It’s really more than I believed was possible, and I am so much happier knowing that the little guy is happier too. Thanks so much, Joy – you changed our lives, and I am so lucky to have met you!

If it wasn’t for joy my wife would have returned our devil dog back to the pound. Now our dog is 99.9% angel and just 0.01% devil. Our favorite is to get weekly emails from joy with pictures of our dog getting trained about own. Thank you joy… you are the best trainer in santa barbara!

Gosh, I only WISH there were more good trainers out there.
Truthfully, the OWNERS are the ones who need training. It’s good to see someone who gets that.

Joy with Doggee Harmony helped me train my first puppy Lola. She helped her with basic training, separation anxiety, and helped her move in from her fear of her leash. Lola was afraid of her leash, and Joy taught her to play ‘touch’ where she would come up and touch items with her nose as a game, and using this tactic, Lola became comfortable with her leash, and now gets excited about it! Joy also helped me with my second adopted dog, Beni. She helped me long distance, as I have moved, and referred me to some local resources. Doggee Harmony fulfills the name! Highly recommended :)

I am pleased to be the first reviewer for Doggee Harmony! I am an avid dog lover in Santa Barbara and a owner of a local Pet Care business and I ALWAYS go to Joy for help with training tips and methods. Having Joy steer me in the right direction of how to approach different clients has made me a successful Pet Sitter and I cannot thank her enough! She is always there for me and always takes the time to make sure her clients are a priority!
Having 2 dogs of my own I have ran into problems, especially with my Bully’s stubbornness. Joy has helped me through transitional times with her that I just could not of gotten through without her direction. I think as animal lovers we tend to approach our pets with a human love instinct instead of an animal love instinct and that can make our pups confused about being the pack leader. Joy has a way with explaining just what are pups need to be calm and trusting in our love. Believe me, with the advice I have implemented into many of the dogs I spend time with, I have become a confident, loving Pack Leader– Thank You Joy!
If you are looking for the best trainer in Santa Barbara– Call Doggee Harmony!