Albree Dog Training

All the reviews are right! After working with Alan I feel like my dog and I have bonded better, she listens more and seems much calmer. Alan is a nice trainer too, I was nervous at first of hiring a trainer who would be too harsh with my dogs but he is calm and collected and the dogs love him! Highly recommended!

Alan and Renee are amazing. I saw Renee command a chicken to sit and he did. Training her was like hitting a moving target. My dog is a quick learner with a drive to do as she pleases. Alan and Renee were extremely helpful in giving me the tools to alter my approach for every turn. Their training is for the owners, not the dog.

Really thorough dog trainers. They really love dogs and respect them too. They train people as well as the dog. ;-)
They helped both me and my dog.
The fact you can go back and revisit a class that you feel you need work on is great.
Thank you guys! My dog Devin and I were able to bond better after our training. ;-)

Alan came over yesterday for a private session with our 3 dogs, one of which is a new rescue lab. He was so great and reassuring. He offered a wide variety of suggestions for problems that we are having, knowing that not all dogs react to the same corrections. We had a list of questions and he answered them all with ease. We are going to participate in the group classes he does at Tahoe Park starting in 3 weeks. Thank you Alan and Renee, we are so happy we found you.

So, I have used Alan’s training a few times now (Indianna, 2003 & more recently Bella Cruz, 2010) — Both GSD’s and the only dogs that I have ever had to get «help» for. I have left reviews for both of those dogs — during the years when we had gone thru «training». I’m here now, to again sing Alan & Renee’s praises. A friend of mine adopted a dog from the pound and already had cats — for those familiar with dogs, she’s not a dominant personality that some breeds especially need. Anyhow, she was at wits end, and I shoved her «lovingly» LOL to Albree Dog Training. After her first home session with Allen, not only was «Tanner» behaving/​respecting her more BUT The difference in my friend was amazing. She gained confidence in walking the HUGE beast of a dog. Which is one of the reasons I referred her to Albree — They don’t just train your furry family member, they train YOU — As your furry friend will read you & their behavior will feed off of you.
She & Tanner completed the training. Tanner is a great dog. I should know, as I am now his Mommy. Alan, «K «did as best she could but her lifestyle just wasn’t one for having a dog, she made a difficult decision. I have Tanner who has become Bella’s BFF. Yes, two GIANT dogs. HA HA Which you can imagine the looks I get when we go for walks. BUT Both dogs are well behaved, walk with me and don’t even glance at cats looming in other people’s yards. I will always refer people to you guys — You know what you are doing and clearly run an honest business… Referring to not sugar coating things like Prey instinct. People need honesty to know how to handle a dog or to know if they can actually keep a dog in their family.
That all said, please let Renee know, Tanner actually has NO pit bull in him. He’s a very odd combo of American Bull Mastiff & Plott Hound (recently discovered). His best human friend is my friend’s lil 3yr old daughter (Tanner is taller than her to say the least). The Gentle giant. Due to meeting Plott owners, and researching breed traits –I’ve made a point to socialize him with small children (neighbor kids, etc) as much as possible. Its paid off. He is consciously gentle with them versus the overly clumsy, knock you down accidentally, cause I’m huge response he once shown. Also, like Bella he LOVES the dog parks. Bella is 6 now (she was the «Non-​Dom, insecure GSD» and has really taken the role of «momma dog & teacher» to Tanner of dog things that are «not acceptable» as well. Such as SHE has taught him that «we don’t jump fences when we want back in the house, we sit at the gate & give one bark and wait» (You know his history). LOL, During «play» she has corrected him into being more gentle as well. (Play is ever constant it seems).
ANYHOW, You guys are amazing! PERIOD. I would trust no one else with any dog I know. If someone is looking for amazing dog training — look no further. just remember, you have to do some work too — practice practice practice. You won’t be sorry.

Alan just left our house after a 90 minute training session with me and my new rescue dog, Penny. I wish I could give 10 stars. I will practice everyday. He had my dog and I paying attention and following instructions in no time at all. I can actually walk my dog now without being dragged. We want our dogs to think we are magical… I won’t forget that. They offer group classes as well. I wanted to start with a one on one session… worth every penny. Thanks Alan and Albree dog training. You and Renee are great. He also told me to call him with any issues or follow problems. I want a well-​behaved dog. I just have to let Penny know that I am magical and I have the power.

Alan & Renee are amazing. I was terrified of going to a group class with my aggressive dog but they were fantastic, taught me how to train and handle my dog, and always encouraged me that he will get better and that they have seen dogs start off much worse. Made me feel very comfortable, welcome, and confident. They are amazing!

Alan came to my home in September to help me in handling my Yorkshire Terrier. I got her off of craigslist and had very little information about her past. She was not housebroken, barked incessently and aggression towards visitors in our home. Alan is very patient and worked with both of us on Zoey’s behavior. She is an entirely different dog now, having on occasional «accidents» in the house, usually when I have not let her outside often enough, and is crate-​trained at night. She is the dog I had hoped she would become; however, she is still aggressive towards people at times and I don’t have the leash on to remind her. I plan to enroll in the allbree training class when the weather warms up a little so that she gets used to more people and other animals. It’s usually just myself, my husband and Zoey most of the time, so she is not often exposed to other people. Thank you, Alan, for helping Zoey become a loving, well-​behaved (most of the time) dog. She is a great companion.

OK, are these two serious??? I recently adopted a giant pit/​mastiff/​lab (ect.) mixed puppy and I’m convinced she thought her name was NO. I have only done 2 classes with these two and already my pup walks on her leash without pulling, knows how to stay, and I can drop food on the floor on purpose and she leaves it alone! I can guarantee I will be writing another review when the class is over (although there are 4 basic classes you can keep coming back as often as you need to perfect the training) but I needed to say something already. THEY ARE AMAZING!!! As well as normal, down to earth and realistic.

Alan and Renee are the best. They are extremely accommodating, rescheduling me when there was a class-​time confusion. The training is top-​notch. Alan came once to our house, and the classes thereafter have been excellent reinforcement. I’m so happy to be able to control my rapidly growing puppy.

11÷4÷2014. Our little Maltese, Coco, «graduated» from the beginning class last night. Thanks to Renee and Alan, she went from a rescued dog that was aggressive with other dogs, people, and virtually everything to a well-​behaved and very, very lovable pet. When we first met them, we could not walk Coco without her trying to attack other animals or people. Their training has changed our lives completely. With their individual attention during class as well as the group training and socialization, she now has behavior that is 98% better and is very relaxed on our walks. We will continue to work with her and, knowing that we can contact Alan and Renee at anytime or return to a class at any time, virtually ensures success. As one reviewer put it, Alan and Renee are magical and we are so very grateful to have found them. They will be the only trainers for any future dogs we adopt. Thank you Alan and Renee.
Dawn and Bob

Had Alan come out to our home to work with our aggressive dog. He gave us a ton of helpful advice and we are excited about using the new training tactics on our dog. Alan was very knowledgeable and had a pleasant personality. I was very impressed with Albree and will be continuing to use their training in the future! You won’t be disappointed!

Alan and Renee are magical! If you were ever looking for a kinder, local version of The Dog Whisperer, go here! I love the classes but the home visit class was reasonable and outstanding at the same time! You cannot make a mistake joining Albree Dog Training!

I love Alan & Renee– have done classes and private lessons at my home with my 3 challenging Boxers. I highly recommend following Alan’s many suggestions–
not always easy for me as I am not as quick as Alan is. And quick and immediate corrections are important.
Ellie–

I can’t say enough good things about albree dog training. As a first time dog owner I was completely clueless in regards to training my high energy boxer puppy, harvey who I got at 8 weeks old. After working with trainers from petco and petsmart I knew harvey was smart and friendly but I struggled to control him and grew frustrated as he grew bigger; jumping up on «mommy» wasn’t quite as cute when it left bruises. and I had little control of him on leash. It was clear I needed a better method. I was recommended albree by a family friend who has volunteered at the sac county animal shelter counseling prospective dog adopters for many years. I’m so glad I listened. After working with private lessons with Alan, I can now rest assured I can effectively control and modify Harvey’s behavior making life happier for both of us. Harvey is now 60lbs and 1 year old. We are both very thankful to now be able to attend weekly classes at no charge! That’s right; if you complete the four week course you can continue weekly obedience for your dogs whole life at no additional charge, where as an owner you improve communication, regularly socialize your dog and have fun. You can’t beat that. A trained dog is a happy dog and a happier owner.

I first made contact with Renee and she has tremendous knowledge and insight into dogs as well. Just talking with her gave me the confidence to begin working with Alan.
We wanted Alan to come to our home and work with our two dogs (lab and collie/​shepard mix) to train them not to chase vehicles, tractors and workers in our rural ranch environment.
All I can say is Alan is a delight to work with and extremely competent. In one session, he taught us how to effectively control our dogs. His system of remote behavior correction either with a long leash or shock collar (without anger or emotion) and super enthusiastic positive reinforcement with nibbles, praise, pats and love won over our dogs and us. We were ready to pay him come out several more times to work with our dogs (as another dog trainer we contacted had told us would be necessary), but he said after his one visit that he felt the dogs did not need more visits from him because we were capable of now following through on the training now that we understood the concepts. He said he is available for follow up, but what he taught us and them in a two hour lesson at an extremely reasonable rate was invaluable. I feel confident that I can train them from here, and if not I know Allen is just a phone call away.
Words can’t describe how desperate we were because the 2 dogs were making our lives miserable. We felt the only choice was to give one of them away because together they were impossible. I now feel that we have learned how to bring out the best in them and the best in us as we work with them.
Thank you Alan!

I contacted Albree Dog Training via email to get additional information and Renee responded quickly! We emailed back and forth and she provided me ALL the info I needed. I really appreciated the email correspondence since I’m busy at work and if she called, we would have most likely played phone tag!
I knew Albree was the right place for us when I emailed specifically about a Boxer and an Old English Sheepdog and some training. She wrote back a very long, detailed email nailing each dog EXACTLY! It’s like she knew my dogs!
We had Alan come to our house for a 90 min session to work with both dogs which was PERFECT for us! Mostly because our Boxer is 5 and well trained and our OES is a puppy and not trained but I wanted them to have a little bit of the same training and for the trainer to help us with the dynamics between the 2 of them… which wouldn’t happen if I just took the puppy to group classes. We mostly focused on the puppy but he also gave us advanced training to work on with our Boxer!
Alan was great! He is nice, easy to talk to, a great listener and has high energy! We learned so much and it was nice to hear we were on the right track. I really needed the validation to keep doing what I was doing! Now I can do it with confidence! Alan taught me so much, I’m gathering all my supplies and me and my OES pup are starting doggie bootcamp on Monday! I can’t wait to try everything Alan suggested! Hopefully my puppy will be nicely trained in a few weeks and I can update this review with his progress!
Thank you again Alan and Renee :-)
–Abbie, T, Carmello and Rosco

I just realized I wrote my original review in November of 2010 and I must update because we are STILL going Albree. Happy to report our little monster who once attached a man (drawing blood and sending him to the ER) while he was walking innocently into a Starbucks is now in Albree’s ADVANCED dog training. Yes, that is right. Our boy is so good he has progressed like the rock star he is through beginners and intermediate and has been in the advanced class for about two years now.
That means our dog can be off leash and will still sit, come, walked beside me, stay for long periods of time and all kinds of other good stuff we all wish our dogs would do. Think Saint. He is also a very happy dog and absolutely in love with Renee. We consider Alan and Renee part of the family now and are so glad we went to Albree three years ago.
I rate Albree Dog Training as one of the best reasons to live in Sacramento. We are ETERNALLY thankful and I give Albree (Alan and Renee Miller) the highest recommendation. XOX

I was referred to Albree by Family Friends Vet Hospital, where we got our new rescue dog, Samara, spayed. I called Albree and spoke to Renee. She was so supportive and really made me feel heard. Our great experience continued when Alan came out for a training session to our home. It was very reasonable at $ 120 for an hour and a half. He covered a lot of ground during that time. We discussed our goals and the history of our dog, Samara. He gave us advice both inside the house and also walked her with us so he could give us hands on training in real time situations. With our years in our animal rescue I can tell a kindred spirit and Alan has a true love for what he does and boy does it show. We felt so encouraged when he left and know that Samara has some one on her side for life. We plan to take their four week class which is also very reasonably priced at $ 125 with free refreshers for life. You can also call any time you need them to get free advice. Talk about a great support system. We will definitely be referring anyone we know that needs training as I cannot say enough about how amazing these two people are!!!

Alan came out to give me some training advice for our new puppy «Pepper». He came highly recommended and did not disappoint. I learned a bunch and will have a much better chance at successfully training my dog at an early age so that we can have a well behaved part of the family for the rest of her life. Thank you Alan and thank you Renee for helping me set up our appointment.