OC Dogs Unleashed

I feel absolutely stupid for not coming online and actually reading the reviews on Vince. I, as so many others I am coming to find out, have been taken advantage of and royally screwed.
Vince came to my home to meet with my 2 boxers. They arent’ two yet and they have a lot of energy and frankly some bad manners. I chose to pursue a trainer that would come to my home rather than a boodcamp because I didn’t want them gone for a month. He was extremely professional and really seemed to know his stuff. He agreed and brought me a contract and told me that he will be leaving me notes daily, etc. Of course, I paid him upfront. This went on for only a couple weeks. …
Eventually I am noticing that he has not been coming. I finally got ahold of him after several attempts, and he informed me that his mother passed away. Of course, I told him to take the time and we can just resume when he was ready. After two weeks went by, I attempted to get ahold of him again to find out when he would be returning. He said he would be to my house that week. No call, No show. Another week goes by of me constantly calling and texting… still nothing. Finally I get a goodbye text informing me that he has too much going on with family and he would issue me a refund. STILL WAITING!!!
The last time I was contacted by him was on May 9, 2012, telling me that he had an assistant that he could get up to speed and she could cover him. Never heard from her. And at this point it may be best to just issue a refund. That was over a month ago, and I still cannot get him to respond.
Very sad that I have been reduced to writing this review in hopes that I will finally get a response. He abandoned my boys and their training. He abandoned me. After reviewing these other reviews, I can see very clearly that this is a pattern. If his mother did pass away, thats horrible. If he is just using another excuse, that’s WORSE!
I have since found someone new that takes the boys out on activites and outtings. She stays for overnight visits… extremely responsible and more than reliable. Please let me know if you would like information.
Do your homework and know who you’re getting so that you don’t end up yet another victim of Vincent Strattman.

I had a 90 minute consultation with Vince yesterday. He is extremely professional and answered all my questions and provided me with a ton of very useful information right off the bat. I will most likely start training with Vince on a regular basis.

When I got a puppy last year, I worked with Vince for several weeks. He really helped me with all the questions I had as far as raising the puppy and socialization. He also was very helpful with questions regarding feeding and potty training so a great trainer for basic obedience.
Where I thought in Vince’s training method was problematic was introducing my puppy to the existing cat. Vince is not experienced with cats (which he admitted) and I did not agree with his approach. My puppy didn’t like the cat from the beginning. I believe she has some ‘ratting’ instinct in her breeding and she chased the cat in an aggressive way. So, Vince chose to reinforce my puppy’s ‘prey drive’ by using clicker training when the puppy locked in on the cat then rewarding her. This method only served to make my puppy absolutely obsessed with this cat. She became more and more aggressive towards the her and eventually attacked her. They never got over this.
We didn’t work with Vince for a while but when my puppy became 10 months old, she started having a fear of men and children. I called Vince for help as I had still several unused sessions left. Vince came and worked on the aggression problem and said we needed at least 10 more sessions to solve it. I said ok and signed up for a few more sessions. Vince never showed up to the next session and I didn’t hear from him for over a week in spite of my many attempts to contact him. Finally, he emailed me that he no longer wanted to work with me and that I should find another trainer.
I really felt abandoned by Vince in a time I really needed him most. There was no explanation.
I gave Vince two stars as i thought is basic training was very good. In fact, I’d give Vince 5 stars for that. I give Vince zero stars for abandoning my dog and me when the going was apparently too complicated for him to deal with.

I got my initial «consultation» money back from Vince probably only due to my Unilocal review which I think is great hes reading them. But more can still be done on his business practice side. Needless to say I wont be calling him again.

I made an appointment with him via his internet scheduling tool and he never showed up. I also called him and he never responded. I would not recommend him to anyone due to lack of professionalism.

I’ve been working with Vince from OC Dogs Unleashed for over two months now. Vince started working with my Golden Retriever puppy, Wyatt, the week after I brought him home. The results have been fantastic.
I presently have a 17 week old puppy that knows a lot; house trained, sit, down, stand, go to his mat and lay down, drop it, get in his crate, loose leash walking, fetch, shake… the list goes on.
More importantly, I have a dog that has a great demeanor and is very well behaved and socialized. He gets along great with other dogs and people. He’s afraid of nothing.
I owe a lot of this great behavior to Vince and the advice he has given us throughout the puppy raising process.
The most annoying part of getting a puppy was the endless «experts» I encountered every day. It seemed like everyone I came across had all the answers. My head would spin from all the advice I would get from random people.
It was nice to have a valuable opinion that I could trust, thanks to Vince.
He provides dog training, behavior correction and even boarding!
Vince will be a part of Wyatt’s life for a long time.