Dog Training Company of Los Angeles

I only had a few phone calls with this «Dr. Polsky» character. My vet referred me to him for my dog’s separation anxiety. I was impressed with his website and credentials so I figured it would be worth the money. But I was completely shocked how douchey he was on the phone, so I did not engage his services after all. Omg he was just a complete ass. I don’t even remember what he said, but it was sarcastic, condescending, indifferent, arrogant, and just bad, plain bad.
I told my vet about the experience so they are no longer referring him.

I write this in response to Richard P.‘s comment to my review. I’ve been on a bit of a Unilocal hiatus, but I am compelled to set the record straight.
I am now downgrading my rating to 1 star because I really cannot believe that this business owner has accused me of making this review up. I am really not creative enough to make this up.
First, I did not go behind anyone’s back to write my review. I am free to express my opinion — it’s called the First Amendment. Second, I’m an attorney and my review is not slander. Before you accuse people of slander, perhaps you should do more research. I wrote my original review more than three years ago and the owner is only commenting now. Btw, as I’m sure everyone knows, Unilocal filters bogus reviews — good and bad. I really have no reason to fabricate this review. I actually have a life. It is really disappointing to see this comment. I did have a few positive things to say about the class, but really am stunned by this comment.
I also find it interesting that just days before this owner commented, a positive review was posted and talked about how the gentle leaders were only $ 20 and the same price as they were being sold at PetCo. I guess I really got ripped off three years ago when Dr. P sold it to me for $ 25.
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Update:
In Polsky’s rebuttal to my update above, he wrote the following:
«I do not know what you do with your life, you do not get anything out of this so-​called Unilocaling other than satisfaction of seeing your reviews posted. My suggestion is you get a life, get married, have some kids, develop some meaningful and close relationships with friends, write a book, etc. and then you will better understand the true meaning of life, rather than defaming an individul’s character on Unilocal.»
I think this says enough about Polsky’s character.

I am writing a review and rating of the puppy training classes that he offers.
We attended in Mar Vista with our puppy and were happy with it. It was fairly cheap compared to other programs especially since we took advantage of the extra classes.
Things I liked:
1. Socialization. It was good to have my young pup around other dogs and people and I feel like it was a good tool to help him learn to be comfortable with a variety of people and dogs.
2. Realistic Environment: I also really liked that it is held in a public park, so that my pup learned to pay attention to me and ‘stay’, even if there were kids running by kicking a soccer ball.
3. Basic Commands: The classes cover only very basic commands, but that was just what we needed to get started with our new unruly puppy. The main thing was just for us as owners to get the hang of how to best work with our new puppy. Once we learned that, it was easier to transition to more complex commands on our own.

I had Polsky’s behavior counseling because my dog had seperation anxiety. I paid $ 600.00 for one visit. His method was rediculous to me about keeping my dog in the kitchen (too difficult to explain here), but of course I had already paid. He told me to board my dog at a kennel, when I was not at home doing the 24-​hour-​a-​day behavior kitchen training, so my dog would never become accustomed to howling at home. He seemed dismayed I would not board my dog and was not sure he could help stop the separtion anxiety without me doing that. I took 3 days off work, stayed home, and tried his 24-​hours-​a-​day method of «treat rewards every minute when quiet «and «noise punishment when not quiet.» Who could keep that up? He told me many people give up on this method, so it knew it was basically impossible. He told me to get a certain RX from my vet which my vet would not prescribe. He considered that my dog might need a shock collar as the last resort (at the first visit) and gave me a practice dummy collar just in case we would need it – requiring a $ 25.00 check deposit. He said he would hold the check until I returned the dummy collar. He cashed my check 2 weeks later. I called and left a message about that on his perpetual anwsering machine but he didn’t return my call. I am writing this because the only reviews I could read before I went to him were glowing reviews which were of course on his own website. If you plan to see him, please ask him a lot of questions about his methods before you give him money.