Karma Dog Training

When the initial excitement of puppy love has begun to turn into puppy stress, Karma Dog will help remedy this plight.
Our experience with this 5 star company has been wonderful. The level of professionalism and loving staff (Jennifer) is a business model that any company would be grateful to possess.

After my first session, I can already see more confidence in my pup. She feels comfortable playing with bigger dogs after socializing and can already sit and lay on her own.
My dog, only 3lbs right now as a puppy, acts like she is bigger than most because of the socializing.
The trainers are great with all the dogs, and they really know their information!
I would recommend this to anyone who just got a puppy, looking for training advice and also looking for their new puppy to get more socializing with other dogs!
Love it! Can’t wait to go back next week!

Karma dog training has been one of the best experiences for me and my dog, Elvis. The puppy classes are great and the trainers are amazing! Angelika is the best! She has worked with Elvis and I personally and has been so kind and helpful. Angelika watches Elvis in her home every Thursday from 8 – 4 while I’m in class. At first I was uneasy about leaving Elvis with someone I didn’t know but I trust Angelika 100%. She does such a wonderful job with him and always keeps me posted throughout the day. She is very professional and reliable. She always uses positive reinforcement and it is very effective. She has even taken the time to help fix some of Elvis’s behavioral issues while he stays with her during the day. I can already see so much progress in him! She is incredibly knowledgable and I can tell she really cares for each dog she trains. Elvis loves spending time with her and her playful dog Pearson. I am so happy we found her! This has been such a pleasant and rewarding experience. I would recommend Angelika to anyone! She is amazing!

There are not enough stars to show how Incredibly Happy my family & I are after our experience with Jennifer at Karma Dog. Jennifer B. was very professional, knowledgable & always positive with our dog… as well as punctual for private at-​home lessons.
Our 5 month old Labradoodle, Sadie, is well on her way to becoming a well trained, & pleasant family dog that we’ve always dreamed of! We now have the tools & knowledge we need to continue to help our dog along in her training, in addition, Jennifer is always available to answer any of our questions. Our dog is doing so well in her training that we are now considering having her trained as a Therapy Dog!
I would highly recommend Karma Dog to anyone looking for a great dog training experience.

When two very cute pit mix puppies were left on our doorstep we realized we were in a world of insanity if we didn’t get them in a puppy kindergarten class asap. We chose Karma based on the Unilocal reviews, and we were greeted with exactly what we had read about. The cost and location were wonderful and the trainers are beyond amazing.
They teach for the «7 Requests for Success» rather than command, dominance or discipline type trainings. I wasn’t sure at first about «rewarding the good things and ignoring the bad causing them to disappear», but within the first week the puppies were picking up the «good things» so quickly.
We had done two classes when they gave us a 2 week break so we didn’t have to bus the puppies in during ACL (Karma was meeting at Casa de Luz right off of Lamar and Barton Springs at the time). We decided that we didn’t want to kill the momentum so we took them up on some private in-​home training. Reed (one of the trainers) came to the house and before we stared working with the puppies took some time to ask us what the things we wanted to work on were and if there were any specific issues. When we mentioned the major issues, she had what I now refer to as «the hard talk» with us. She asked what we knew about raising littermates together. When we said, «very little» she told us about Littermate Syndrome, and then walked us through what behavioral issues we should watch out for and what we could do to curb them. It was going to be a lot of work. She made sure we understood that we had to make a choice. Either we spend the next year keeping them separated (walks, sleeping, playing, eating, EVERYTHING) so they have a chance to grow up as predictable, whole dogs or we make the tough decision to adopt one out. We did a ton of research that night. There were emotions and waffling, but we couldn’t find a single bit of research pointing to the contrary. So we made the choice and adopted one of them out. It was hard. But they were both brand new dogs within days. Reed came to our house and sat at our table and had a very hard conversation with us. That kind of courage doesn’t come often. Karma could have capitalized on our puppies with increasing behavioral problems for years.
If it was just this alone, we would recommend Karma to anyone. The fact that we have an extremely well behaved, attentive 7 month old puppy is why I wanted to spend time telling all of you.
Since we got Tesla, cooking dinner was a two person job. One of us cooked and the other entertained the puppy. After the «go to your bed» class, I put the bed we worked with in the kitchen. It took a few rounds, but within minutes he was staying there long enough for me to season the meat, then cut an onion, then carrots, eventually he just laid down and I finished up dinner. IT WAS AMAZING!!! When Thanksgiving rolled around a couple of weeks later, everyone was in awe of how polite he was while dinner was being prepared. They even mentioned possibly getting a puppy. I told them this wasn’t magic, it was Karma and a lot of work. One of the biggest things we learned was that the training was more for the human than the dog. And boy are we learning ;)
Recommend to everyone!

My fiancé and I took our sweet 9 week old Schnoodle (half schnauzer, half miniature poodle) to Karma Dog Training to help with her socialization skills, basic commands, and some puppy biting/​growling. We chose Karma Dog Training on a whim, and we are so glad that we did! The classes were very helpful, and we were surprised how much our pup could pick up and retain all that was taught. My fiancé and I actually had a great time at the classes — a room full of super cute pups and a really nice, helpful instructor. how could we not?!
While the classes didn’t solely focus on teaching how to curb biting and growling behaviors, we definitely have seen a change in our pup. The more classes she has taken, the more well mannered she has become! We are really happy with Karma, and would recommend it to anyone.

My husband and I started bringing our puppy Pogi to puppy kindergarten at Karma Dog Training when he was 9 weeks old. We were so happy to find a place that recommended early socialization and sterilized the training room so we didn’t have to worry about parvo before he got all of his shots. We are also a fan of make up classes and refresher classes included in the price of the program. I think that really sets them apart from other training classes and is the best value.
It has been so wonderful to be able to socialize Pogi from the start and get help with basic training. Kelly is friendly, patient, and a very knowledgable dog trainer. We look forward to Sunday afternoons with our fellow puppy parent friends and are excited for Pogi to graduate to the next level! Pogi loves getting to play with dogs his age and size and is always sooo worn out after class that he passes out as soon as we get home. I highly recommend Karma Dog Training!

Jennifer Burns did an amazing job with our rescue dog Mia. She worked with Mia in our home to crate train her and reduce her separation anxiety and fear of noises. Jennifer was so patient and loving toward Mia. We can’t say enough good things about her. We have been singing her praises to everyone we know.

Reverse Board Training + Mariyah Swanson was the magical combo my poor little ADHD puppy needed! I had very little time to spend teaching my dog anything at all, but after only a couple days with Mariyah she was already understanding the basic commands. Mariyah was extremely sweet and patient with her, and I really enjoyed the daily recaps (with photos) that I received. My dog came away with much better manners, and I came away with an understanding of how to continue the progress once our time with Mariyah was complete. I would highly recommend both Karma’s training and Mariyah to anyone whose pup needs a bit of guidance!