K9 City - San Juan Capistrano, California

Michelle De La Vara

I brought my 10 month old Rottweiler to Paul at K9 City and left her there for a 10 day training. Prior to the training, she was jumping all over us at home, nipping (not aggressively), tearing up our outdoor cushions, and jumping on our windows and screens. I did not feel safe outside with her by myself. She was 95 pounds of puppy and did not realize her strength. I took her to K9 City where Paul worked with her and when we picked her up the changes were unbelievable. I feel her training experience was "MAGICAL" and we came home with a new dog!!! Paul taught us how to reinforce the training so she behaved the way we wanted. We had two follow up appointments with the entire family and our other dogs. It was so helpful!! I highly recommend Paul at K9 City and would DEFINITELY use him again. Thank you Paul!

Ben Tibbs

Paul was amazing. He helped us understand our dogs motivations and how to communicate with them. They are already so much better just a week after using Paul's advice. Could not have asked for a better training session. He took his time and trained us as much as our dog. If you love your dog and want to help them reach their potential. This is the place.

linda richardson

Second time in 20 years we’ve called on Paul to assist with some aggressive behavior in our new rescue dog.
Honestly, there is no one out there like Paul (cept maybe Caesar Milan) that understands dog behavior and how to train any dog to be the best and most reliable companion one could ask for.

We spent one private 1/2 day session with Paul and have practiced what he taught us daily for the past two weeks. We have seen a very positive change in our relationship with her and in her confidence growing. Can’t recommend Paul enough! You will be pleased too, for sure!

Bruce

We have worked with Paul with 3 generations of rescues over the last 20 years and have recommend countless people to him. He has an authentic method of training that empowers an owner to become the best trainer for a dog that they can be by establishing a clear hierarchy and then working from there. Paul has helped us turn rescues with behavioral issues into loving parts of our family. I cannot recommend his training enough.

Elana Blumenthal

We did the package for 10 days boarding and training.  We were skeptical at first, but it was truly worth every single penny!  We brought our dog in for training because of his anxiety and fear of abandonment.  I was giving him LOTS and LOTS of different drugs to try to get him to calm down.  After the training I don't have to give him any more anxiety drugs. He is still the loving sweet dog that I knew he was, but WOW 10000% better behaved.  Paul seriously worked a miracle on our dog and I could not be any happier. Paul includes training for us, the owners, so we can handle our dog the same way he trained him at K-9 city.  If anyone needs a dog trainer due to extreme behavioral issues, this truly is the place to go.

Chelsea Lund

The staff is so kind and caring, not only for our fur baby, but for the parents' worried hearts. I hate to leave her behind, but there is no other place I'd go!

Danean Fernandez

Connected with Paul for my two Labrador puppies. I was really overwhelmed with them before Paul. He has helped so much and I now enjoy taking them out on adventures. They are a joy now Thanks to Paul’s help!

Danielle Lobao

So glad we took our pup to Paul. About 15-20 years ago he worked with two of my parents' dogs growing up via home visits/lessons (a Mini Dachshund and a St Bernard). So when I realized my 10 month old St Bernard mix was acting aggressive towards people after nipping at a neighbor, my parents referred me to Paul. First, we took our pup (Oliver) in for a consultation. The consultation was a little over an hour and he stayed until after 7pm to meet with us. Paul has a very direct style and was honest with us about what he saw in Oliver. While he's seen much, much, much worse, he said human aggression could be in his DNA and unfixable, but he was willing to spend time with him and had some exercises he wanted to try. I was pretty defeated after the consultation because I was hoping he would say this is fixable. But this was our reality and I wasn't going to give up on our dog just yet. We ended up scheduling him for a day lesson with just Paul at k9 city, with a private lesson involving us afterwards. When we showed up at the end of the day for the private lesson, Oliver was acting different than I've ever seen. Paul told us about the day and said without us around, he was actually a really good dog. (Like I said, Paul is direct with his approach, so for a split second it hurt our feelings but woke us up at the same time). Turns out we "dog parents" were part of his problem... We were not direct/commanding enough with Oliver (babied him too much), therefore he felt the need to protect himself. He had taken obedience classes for sit/stay/lay down etc but I had never seen him so focused on leash as he was when Paul had him. Paul told us that he was even able to use some of the neighbors around K9 City throughout the day to practice around strangers (they are apparently used to him coming around with dogs who have issues). Oliver was suddenly a working dog and we were coached how to keep him attentive to us, and how as dog parents we could show him we are "pack leaders". We left with some exercises that we implemented the next few weeks before booking our second private lesson to learn "come" - so he will come to us no matter the distraction even off leash (dogs, people, food, animals, if he has something he shouldn't etc). Oliver's progress has been amazing - but no matter what Paul can do/teach he was adamant that it's up to the dog owner to follow through with the exercises. We have been diligent every day in practicing at least one of the exercises, and are still cautious with Oliver around new people, but have absolutely seen a change for the better in our dog. I definitely recommend at least a consultation if you have a dog with aggression or an issue. I re-homed a dog due a number of years ago due to dog-aggression with another one of my dogs and even though he has an amazing home and family now I am so sad that I didn't know about/take him to Paul.