Happy Tails Ranch Inc - Island Lake, Illinois

Dorothy Robin

Very pleased with Steve our trainer. He is teaching the intermediate obedience class where our dogs have the opportunity to earn the AKC Canine Good Citizen certification, and improve human-dog communication. My dog and I have enjoyed learning new skills that are helpful in real life.

Steve is a patient, calm, knowledgeable trainer. His explanations are clear and he is always open for questions. He obviously loves dogs and works extremely well with each of the different personalities present in our class. We continue to look forward to each next lesson.

The facility is very nice for training: A large room, with mirrors on one wall so you can see behind you what your dog is doing. The office building has a restroom that you can use with your dog. It has a variety of tools available for training your dog... Including some stuffed animal dogs that were present the week before for a distraction.

Happy Tails Ranch training was recommended by Vanessa at Lucky-e Training. ( We took our puppy obedience class and subsequent 2 classes with Vanessa and we're extremely pleased with her also We took our puppy obedience class and subsequent 2 classes with Vanessa and were extremely pleased with her and her staff also! )

Be Polish-American woman

The Best kennel where my dogs loved to stay!!! They don’t even say goodbye when I drop them off.
Amy Bieri the owner is also the best Boxer Breeder I know. She has the most beautiful looking boxers with very good behavior.
I just purchased my second boxer from her and this time I decided to make his a show dog.
If you never got a boxer from her and you are considering a cheaper option then her don’t do it!!!
She is very experienced in breeding, showing boxers and I give up on $1500 puppy from another person and bought my lovely puppy from Amy.
Check pictures for my previous boxer who passed away in April and out new puppy!!!

Veronica Dabrowski

I highly recommend this training facility. The staff is nothing short from amazing! Extremely knowledgeable, kind, and happy to help you. I took the Therapy Dog Class here with Beth and just finished the Trick Dog Class with Adria. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! Adria is an excellent trainer. She was able to show me how to teach my dogs tricks I never thought my dog could learn, and the way she would teach us my dog caught on within the first minute! This is a facility I am very willing to travel to! Happy Tails Ranch, thank you for offering such fun classes! Your staff is excellent!

Natalie Hodgins

Love this place. Penny always comes home so tired and he gets so excited whenever we pull into the parking lot of Happy Tails Ranch. Also, the staff are incredibly friendly and care about the dogs. We’ve taken our fur baby to a couple of different doggy daycares in the McHenry area and to say that NONE OF THEM even come CLOSE to Happy Tails Ranch is an UNDERSTATEMENT! Happy Tails Ranch is the BEST doggy daycare around!

Cyndi Balon

We were looking for a new place to board our dog and we took a chance on Happy Tails Ranch and we were not disappointed.
They took such good care of our Dixie girl!! We booked another overnight and we are considering extra training for her. Thank you for a great experience!!!

Linda Whiteside

I have been a customer at Happy Tails for 20 years, with 3 different dogs. This is a caring facility with a great staff. We have used the grooming, doggy daycare, boarding, board & train, private training sessions and group classes.

Each of my rescue dogs have had issues with leash reactivity, and the trainers at HTR have been a godsend. Truly life changing stuff!

One thing I appreciate is that the staff will customize care for dogs, for example they provide one-on-one time for my fearful, skittish dog. They insure safe, controlled socialization which has been amazing. When I leave my dogs for daycare and boarding, I know they are in good hands and are well cared for - this gives me peace of mind.

I have worked with multiple HTR trainers, including Amy the owner, and they are all excellent. They are truly invested in our success and are very knowledgeable and caring. To be honest, it feels like family. I’m really grateful for the services and level of care provided by HTR.

Elaine McFee

Great trainers. They are a pleasure to work with. The trainers are great working with my labadore. When Mississippi Belle gets private training they send videos while training Mississippi. Can't say enough great things about Happy Tails Ranch. Mississippi Belle loves going there she gets so very excited to go.

Kim Leone

They take such good care of our dog. The classes have been fantastic as well! Great staff!