For Dog’s Sake

Kristi works miracles. My dog was spoiled rotten, out of control, and disobedient to the point that I was a nervous wreck taking her for walks every day (and she is 12 years old!). Even after our first meeting, she was so much better! Kristi has made such a difference. I highly recommend Kristi /​For Dogs Sake.
I wished I had done this years ago!
C. Green

Kristi is amazing! I don’t know what are family would have done without her help and guidance! We have a puppy and an 9 year old aggressive dog that does not get along with the puppy. With Kristi ‘s help, we know have a workable situation. Kristi is professional, calm, and effective with people and dogs! We highly recommend her!

Let me just start by saying, I am a CRAZY DOG LADY. I am obsessed with my furbabies (some may think a little too obsessed, but I don’t care). So you better believe I want nothing but the best, safest, healthiest, etc. etc. etc. for them.
So here’s my story:
We have a 2 year old frenchie and a 3 month old frenchie (brother and sister). They are the CUTEST ever, but CRAZY, and it became super hectic in our house; we needed some guidelines, some rules. Now I know this chaotic environment was my fault because I pretty much let them rule my life (hey, Im honest), but it was time to simmer.
I decided to call Kristi and ask her a few questions, tell her my story… and immediately she made me feel better, dried my tears, and we booked our first training session.
Since starting our in-​home training, things have been SO GREAT. Everyone that comes over sees a huge difference; our dogs are actually listening now and know how to CHILL!!!
Kristi is so kind, and smart, and knows her business! We feel so comfortable with her and confident in each meeting.
So if you have a big dog, small dog, young, or old. and you need a little help «showing them who’s boss». and you want the BEST. CALL KRISTI.

Kristi is awesome! We have an energetic and hard-​headed french mastiff/​boxer mix, and Kristi gave us the tools we needed to help evolve our Crazy Daisy into a sweet, lovable girl that is the center of our family. Daisy is likely a product of bad breeding and unfortunately usually responds to new stimuli out of fear/​anxiety first, but commands Kristi has taught us have enabled her to become better socialized to both people and other animals. We’ve become so completely trusting of Kristi that we recently boarded Daisy with her when we were on vacation. It was so nice to know that our baby was with someone who understood her issues and could support her developmental needs while we were away. As an added nice touch, Kristi sent us fun photos of our baby playing with her dogs and enjoying life while we were away, which really put our minds at ease. Training with Kristi was the best thing we could do for Daisy and we’ll gladly bring any new pets we get to her in the future :)

Kristi is amazing! Very personable and professional. This girl really knows her stuff. She makes training look as easy as breathing. Great with all breeds, ages and temperaments. I’m so happy I found For Dog’s Sake.
I contacted Kristi before my pit bull puppy was born. I was looking for an affordable, knowledgeable and honest trainer that could teach me the skills needed to develop an otherwise «risky» breed into a respectable representation of the pit bull family. And now, a year later, he is just that.
The monthly group classes are very helpful and fun too! A safe environment for your dog to bond with you, learn and be around other dogs.
I highly recommend For Dog’s Sake for all of your dog training needs!

Amazing dog trainer! She fixed all the problems that my dog had!!! Thank you Kristi.

Working with Kristi and For Dog’s Sake has been a delightful, stress-​free and transformational experience for me and my dog! My husband and I rescued a stray lab-​shepherd mix who came into our home with a slew of anxiety issues towards people. Through Kristi’s careful guidance and one-​on-​one expertise she has helped me ease my dog into a much more relaxed, social and easy going guy. Although some of my dog’s fear of people may be in his genetics, Kristi has taught me how to cope during his bouts of timid behavior and he has come such a long way thanks to her private in-​home sessions and monthly group class. Not only did she help him become a more confident easy going dog, she has also helped me nail his general obedience skills. He is now a pro at his, sit, down, stay, heel, and place commands! I cannot recommend Kristi highly enough. Kristi has amazing service skills and you can text her anytime you have a question pop up! Her kind and thoughtful demeanor will put you at ease and the investment in the training of your dog will be well worth it. Kristi is a true gem and her services are actually very affordable when you consider all the knowledge and skills you come away with. If you are considering hiring a dog trainer, stop reading this and call Kristi ASAP! You will not be disappointed!

We have a giant schnauzer full of energy and a mini schnauzer we rescued, who is very timid of other dogs as he was not socialized as a puppy. We had a very chaotic household with baby gates to separate the cats and dogs, rough housing, fighting over toys and food, counter surfing, cat chasing, barking and countless other issues just to name a few. I was at my wit’s end when I was referred to Kristi by my vet, Dr. Owens at Rancho Regional Vet Hospital (On a side note, I VERY much recommend her in my 28 years of owning pets, she is the best vet I’ve ever worked with). Kristi came and I set up the 5 week program with the free monthly session for the life of the dogs. She came for a consultation to let us know if we were going to be able to work out all of the behavioral issues we were facing and she seemed very positive and sure that we could fix it as long as we put in the work.
When we started the program, she put both dogs on a prong collar. I was extremely apprehensive of this at first because you hear so often how «bad» they can be for dogs, or horror stories of imbedded prong collars, etc. I talked it over with my vet and Kristi and they both explained that when used properly they are very beneficial and they cannot harm the dogs. They’re actually safer than a traditional choke chain because they only close so far before they cannot close anymore. The prongs on the collar are blunt and cannot pierce the dog’s skin in any way, especially Kristi’s collars as she gets them from a company in Germany. They are better quality and the ends are more rounded than you would find at a pet store. Once I got my head around this and instructions on how to correct the behaviors we started seeing a LOT of improvement.
Kristi is very helpful and VERY detailed in her e-​mails and texts, which I really appreciated, because it can be difficult for some people to communicate over e-​mail effectively, but she did a great job of it whenever I had questions in between sessions. My main focus was the behavior issues we were having with both dogs, the energy level of one and the confidence of the other and both of them conflicting together; so, I asked Kristi to cater the sessions around those issues rather than the obedience/​marker training. We are still going to go over the most important obedience and marker training commands to work on obedience as well in upcoming sessions. Since our lessons began, we no longer have the baby gate up, the cats and dogs intermingle with only a very occasional chase, which is corrected and is getting better, the dogs do not rough house inside, and we are overall a happy household. Understanding completely what needed to be done, how and when to give a correction and understanding the way dogs think is exactly what Kristi teaches and has helped us immensely. I have already referred her to a friend and hope they can benefit as well. I highly recommend Kristi, she has worked miracles!

We have nothing but great things to say about Kristi! We brag about her to anyone and everyone! What a difference she made in our home. We called her for our wild boxer puppy and found out he wasn’t the only problem, our 2 older dogs were making things worse. But that has all changed now! We still have some work to do but we are on the right track thanks to Kristi!
Highly recommend to anyone!!!

I highly recommend Kristi at, «For Dog’s Sake.» I was referred to Kristi by my Vet who I really trust. I already had a large trained but spoiled Golden Retriever. Bella was well trained and already had her CGC certification; however her mom was letting her slide when it came to some of her good behaviors. Bella was not a leash puller she was more a stop every ten seconds kind of dog that was allowed on the furniture and pester guests for attention. I then ended up rescuing a boxer/​lab mix. Vino was very happy to be adopted and was smart and very energetic. I wanted to spoil him because he was in poor shape when I got him. Did I mention I also have a bad back. Having two large misbehaving dogs was not going to work. Thankfully I hired Kristi! I knew I was the one who needed the training; however, I asked her to help me train my dogs. Kristi is an amazing trainer. She is tiny but boy does she know how to work with and train dogs of every size and temperament, and most importantly their owners. She gives you life long training techniques and explains why they work… and they do! Both my dogs now walk well together on their leashes. They know to stand back away from the door when I answer it. I ended up in a cast for five months shortly after starting MY training with Kristi, had I not started and had the basic skills down with the two dogs together my household would have been a nightmare. I just recently pulled out my homework paperwork I received from Kristi because I have started slipping up on my enforcement. I will review and reinforce behaviors and then I plan on contacting Kristi again to possibly get my dogs certified as therapy dogs. I had used two different dog trainers in my life and by far Kristi is the best and you definitely get what you pay for!!!

Working with Kristi has been one of the best things we could have done for our family, but mostly for our two large dogs. We have two very smart, and very driven Shepherd mixes that are a huge part of our family. Over the years, we lost control of their behaviors, and they became so dependent on one another; developing such an unhealthy relationship together. Our female dog was the dominant dog and highly anxious, and our male dog followed in her footsteps, doing as she did. He began to pick up on all her bad behaviors, which made it very difficult for us to handle.
They would both become overly excited, whine, nip at each other, and bounce all over when we would get their leashes and collars ready to take them for walks. That problem is fixed. They now wait patiently and quietly as we get them ready for their walk.
They used to pull us on walks, and our male dog was horrible on a leash! That problem is fixed. They now walk perfectly behind us, following our every footstep. They are now focused and effectively draining their energy during our morning walks. I am able to carry my 5 month old daughter, hold a drink, and handle both my dogs all at the same time! Its amazing!
Lastly, in addition to several other bad behaviors Kristi helped us with, our dogs no longer rush us, jump on us, and bark incessantly when we walk in the door. They now know to walk directly to their «place» when we enter the house, and to wait there until we are ready to approach them!
We highly recommend Kristi to anyone who is interested in dog training. However, you need to be serious about wanting to train your dog or it wont work. We created the problem, and we are responsible for fixing it. You have to be committed to making a change and a healthier lifestyle for your dogs. In the end, you are the one being trained and learning how to work with your dogs individual personalities. Were so glad we sought out Kristi! She taught us so much about our dogs! Now were the pack leaders, and they do as we say! Its been such an amazing transformation! And because of the knowledge we gained from Kristi, we saw changes in our dogs behaviors immediately!

I got my chihuahua/​jack russell terrier mix, Spencer, 11 years ago as a puppy. Unfortunately I was a teenager and did not train Spencer they way I should have, thinking it was cute when he «defended» me by snapping at people when they got too close. As I matured I realized I created a monster. We were kicked out of groomers because of his behavior. After meeting with Kristi and having her train ME the way I should have been acting for years, Spencer has stopped lunging at every dog and person that we walk by. We even made new two legged and four legged friends that we walk with every night now! But best of all, the groomers, vet, and boarding facilities no longer cringe when they see us walk in. Treated my dog the way he was meant to be treated makes him happier, healthier, and well rounded. This makes me a very happy dog owner!

If your looking for a huge reward in a small package you must see Kristi. We went from being pulled all over when walking our Riley to now being able to have a focused controlled walk. We got Riley from a rescue and although he had some training, he definitely was feeling the water and trying to be the head of household. When we first met Kristie she outlined exactly what she was about and her strategies. By the first training lesson we saw an improvement. As we continued to work with Riley we could see an improvement in behavior, a changed dog! Each week we added new techniques that were easy to remember and enforce at home! Thank you Kirstie from Riley and Fam :)