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TrainPetDog has a rating of 4.8 stars from 3,058 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with TrainPetDog most frequently mention good ideas, potty training, and right things. TrainPetDog ranks 1st among Dogs sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 97.9%
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Business's Favorite Review

“The tips you gave me worked like a charm”

Margaret T.
9/26/19

The tips you gave me worked like a charm. Chase is actually a Labradoodle. 4 months, extremely intelligent, born and raised in a barn until I got him. He only had one accident in the house and was completely housebroken in 2 days. His buddy is a Maltese he loves to hump, and Charlie snaps at him every time and growls. I was told it's a status thing on who's dominant. Your tips worked great. Thank you so very much.

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Top Positive Review

“Your approaches have helped me with King already.”

Michelle N.
7/11/19

I would first like to thank you for the emails. I greatly appreciate them! Your approaches have helped me with King already. When he's jumping and I simply ignore his behavior, as you said, he stops within a very short amount of time. Also, praising him with just simply saying good has worked great. I'm not sure if that has worked or made a difference for anyone else but it truly did for me. Thank you for free tips and advice. I'd not be fortunate enough to have something like this otherwise.

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Pennsylvania
2 reviews
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March 14th, 2022
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They are very nice and try to find the type of training for your situation and dog/puppy's personality.
What ever the problem is they will try and help.

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Thumbnail of user christineg1058
Indiana
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September 9th, 2021
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There is so much to know and we have such a small space for the things we want to teach our dog, but Sally adapted her instructions to fit the space and time we have.

Reason I chose this business:

We talked about his biting and nipping, evening zoomies, and "leave it."

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Indiana
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September 28th, 2023
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I appreciate the call and all the ideas and information. I love the website and the course and really appreciate all the expertise and the fun ways it is presented.

Reason I chose this business:

How to get my dog to not bark and jump on people when they come

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Indiana
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December 28th, 2023
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Encouraged - I am in over my head with this dog and with caring for my husband, but Sally gave me some easy things to try to finish her housebreaking and I think I can get it done.

Reason I chose this business:

Housetraining

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Indiana
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June 24th, 2021
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Very encouraging! I am 85 and training my dog and had lost confidence in my ability to train, but Sally assured me I knew what I am doing and I just need to keep on keeping on.

Reason I chose this business:

I learned I can put my dog in a time out when he doesn't obey me.

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Jon
Pennsylvania
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March 30th, 2022
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Very good advice. I learned a lot from Sally. Would love to talk to her again. The one on one phone are very help nice lady explains questions good verry helpful

Reason I chose this business:

To get more training and knowledge on the cane corso I want my pup to be the best she can

Very good advice
March 24th, 2022
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Very good advice. I learned a lot from Sally. Would love to talk to her again.

Reason I chose this business:

Down vs off vs floor

Everything Sally said tonight made perfect sense to...
March 24th, 2022
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Everything Sally said tonight made perfect sense to me. I loved learning the commands and how to teach them.

Reason I chose this business:

Floor vs. Down vs. Off; Leave it; what to chew; Heel and sit

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North Carolina
1 review
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April 12th, 2011

trainpetdog.com is a scam. Do not sign up for the free mini course or buy the site membership access! Read reviews and understand the trainpetdog scam at this web site: www.nancyrichards.org

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California
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September 15th, 2020
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I have trained my puppy Rottweiler about 15 yrs ago an now I am training puppies( Boxerdoodles) I am a little rusty. These training steps has been very helpful thank you

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Idaho
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July 11th, 2020
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I was insulted by your offer of a deluxe course in which I would learn things that should be, and I believe your video claimed, would be contained in the basic course.

Reason I chose this business:

Our rescue Doberman has some behavioral issues that I hope to correct.

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Indiana
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December 2nd, 2021
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I had no idea where to start with getting my dog to obey commands and Sally made it sound fairly easy if I work on a couple of commands a couple of times a day.

Reason I chose this business:

Housetraining, going down steps of deck, command training.

Housebreaking our puppy
November 8th, 2021
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The call was nice, and Thomas gave us a lot of good information. The videos and audios we have checked out have been quite useful.

Reason I chose this business:

Working on our potty training.

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Illinois
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April 27th, 2023
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I have talked to Emily in the past and gotten many good ideas, but talked to Sally tonight and she was quite helpful. I'm glad the trainers have so many good ideas to try.

Reason I chose this business:

We talked about how to phase out treats for every time he sits, how to get him to quit pulling on a walk, and how to get his attention to "watch me" more.

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Indiana
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July 28th, 2022
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I talked with Sally last time, so I wanted to talk to her again and give an update and get some advice. I was happy to hear her voice and chat with her.

Reason I chose this business:

We talked about my dog jumping, about her hip dysplasia, and a fun story with a skunk.

The call was enjoyable!
June 20th, 2022
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Reason I chose this business:

How to work on potty training again.

The call went very nicely, and I've got plenty to tell...
November 19th, 2021
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The call went very nicely, and I've got plenty to tell my wife about.

Reason I chose this business:

Getting the dog to not put their mouth on us.

We are very appreciative to Sally for all her tips...
September 30th, 2021
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We are very appreciative to Sally for all her tips and pointers. We talked last week and have been working hard on the things she told us and are seeing good progress with our dog.

Reason I chose this business:

Pulling on walks - not as bad as it was but we still need to get her to go our speed.

I was so relieved to get Sally again!
September 23rd, 2021
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I was so relieved to get Sally again! She was so encouraging and had simple, workable ideas!

Reason I chose this business:

Jumping on people and chewing

Reason I chose this product:

Absolutely yes!

I liked talking to Sally better than the guy I talked...
September 16th, 2021
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I liked talking to Sally better than the guy I talked to. Sally agrees with what I am doing for "no bite" and what he told me didn't work at all and I got knocked down by my dog.

Reason I chose this business:

We covered "floor," "no bite" with a time out, "in the house," "come" and several other things.

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Indiana
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January 19th, 2023
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It was fun and encouraging to talk with Sally and hear that her dog is so similar, but the things she is telling me to try are the things that are working with her dog.

Reason I chose this business:

Barking! Sally had several good suggestions including the time out for not obeying the command of "no bark."

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Indiana
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January 21st, 2021
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I really appreciate all the tips to get my dog to walk with me, how to work with a terrier, and how to help my granddaughter and the terrier get along.

Reason I chose this business:

Just great help with the issues we are having.

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Indiana
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January 5th, 2023
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I feel comforted that things will get better and I feel better prepared for my dog's behavior issues and I better understand why she has some of the issues she does.

Reason I chose this business:

We talked at length about her marking which I didn't realize was marking and didn't know why she did it.

Thumbnail of user margueriteu1
Indiana
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April 1st, 2021
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Turned me around. I thought the dog was protecting me because I was the pack leader, but Sally says she is protecting me because I am not acting as the pack leader!

Reason I chose this business:

How to be a pack leader.

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Indiana
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February 22nd, 2024
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Good advice. I really liked her example of saying "hush" several times vs saying "leave it" once

Reason I chose this business:

Keeping my dog from barking randomly at what seems to be nothing

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Indiana
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May 12th, 2022
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Very helpful advice. I liked that Sally knew the two breeds in my dog and feels they are neither on barkers, so we should be able to get this under control.

Reason I chose this business:

Lots of crazy barking

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Hawaii
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June 4th, 2022
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I had 2 calls; regarding potty training indoors and outdoors. The other one involved chewing.
Both trainers were very helpful & gave practical advise. Thank you!

Reason I chose this business:

Fantastic ideas about teething puppies.

The call was great!
May 30th, 2022
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Reason I chose this business:

Fantastic ideas about teething puppies.

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Paul B.
California
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February 12th, 2020

Yes I did receive the first 2 emails, thank you. I've already implemented ignoring bad behaviour of biting & snapping, it worked; I'm still going to follow all these great tips. So thankful.

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North Carolina
1 review
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March 4th, 2015

I, like so many others, was sucked into the cute little cartoon video with the cute little Abby Chihuahua being a bad puppy and her owner at her wits end dealing with animal control threatening to take poor Abby away if she doesn't get trained. I was thisclose to signing up for the $37.00, only by midnight, offer and the guarantee of a 120 day money back guarantee plus the elite club and the free calls with trainers and vets etc. Before I entered my credit card number I thought twice and decided to see if the lovely Nancy Richards had any reviews of success to make sure I wasn't getting something I didn't want and then I found this site as well as many others not boasting about the site but instead bewaring people about the site. It's a shame because people who are sucked in by that adorable cartoon video and don't check for reviews before joining are going to be left holding nothing but a big bag of dog poo. That's not right. I'm reporting this site on Yelp! And to the better business bureau to get it shut down asap. It kills me that the adorable Nancy has been at this since 2007 and it's now 2015 and she's still at it. Wow! That's all I can say and a debt if gratitude for the warnings. Stay away from this site if you value your money.

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Florida
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February 22nd, 2022

I paid $67. For the TPD training program. But I can not get *******@NancyRichards to send me the link (or whatever I need) to download the dog training program. And begin trainning my puppy.
I have requested the link at least 6 times.
I paid through PayPal and know the payment cleared, I have the receipt. I am only postiing here because I feel I have no otrher choice to get the attention I need.

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Don't use this supplier

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Thumbnail of user rjb18
California
1 review
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June 25th, 2018

DO NOT BUY FROM HER THIS IS A HUGE SCAM I HAVE TRIED TO SEND EMAILS AND DISCONTINUE THIS AFTER THE TRIAL I AM POSTING ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA THIS IS AWFUL IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET IT IS A SCAM THIS IS CAUSING ME TO CANCEL MY BANK CARD FOR ACTION AS THEY CHARGE FROM CYPRESS FROM INDIA AND NO NUMBER TO REACH THESE THEIFS!

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Nancy R. – TrainPetDog Rep

Our phone number, email contact and ticketing link are clearly mentioned in our website. https://www.trainpetdog.com/contact-us.html. Anyone contacting us gets prompt refund. Its easy to post comments here - even without trying to get in touch with us.

Thumbnail of user georgeb25
Colorado
1 review
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July 1st, 2013

Signed up for free news letter, was billed $5 and paid via PayPal. Received complete crap. Clicked on unsubscribe. PayPal, which I used to pay the $5, was billed and paid them $37 from my bank account, to reocurr monthly. I did not authorize this. Not sure what to do. If this isn't fraud I don't know what is. DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE PEOPLE!

Thumbnail of user laurar1223
Indiana
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October 27th, 2020
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I didn't really appreciate the trainer telling me I was provoking my dog and shouldn't be putting my hands in her food or petting her while she was eating.

Reason I chose this business:

I learned that my idea of making my dog more submissive is provoking her to be aggressive.
Note from the trainer: Any time I hear that you are using a baseball bat with your dog, you are going to get a lecture from me.

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TrainPetDog provides breed-specific dog training and housebreaking information.

Business Highlights

  • Breed Specific Dog Training
  • Online Access To All Courses
  • Has Worked For 96,000 Dog Owners Already

Business History

TrainPetDog.com started as a small website in 2007. Over the years, we have helped more than 875,000 dog owners around the world develop a better bond with their furry family members.

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Nancy R.
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For the last 20 years, Nancy has personally raised and trained several dogs. Dogs are her passion and she always does the best she can when it's for the good of man's best friend.

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