Sydney Dog Training Centre

3.2
based on 14 reviews

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14 reviews about Sydney Dog Training Centre

verified email - 14 Dec 2023

Absolutely disgusting

Watched this dude on tik tok. He knows absolutely nothing about dogs, just chokes them out hoping they will obey him. I would never leave my dog with this guy. Discusting behaviour. Leave the poor dogs alone!

verified email - 04 Jan 2022

Un hinged owners tell lies about the customer to make them feel better about themselves. Animal welfare issues at the kennel would never recommend this place to anyone!

07 Aug 2021

We just picked up my dog from Sydney dog training centre he did the 4 week on lead program we spent 1 hour leaning to control him with john and mike the trainers my dog ben has learnt lots I am very happy with both trainers and the result I do recommend them and I will be back for more obedience training with ben Well-done Sydney dog training centre thank u john and team

07 Aug 2021

I Dim had the best dog training experience with john and his team at Sydney dog training Centre my dog was a mess and out off control he was starting to bite us and he was jumping on my grandchildren he was also very perceive on food and showing aggressive behaviors. After speaking with John he recommended the aggressive dog program we put King into this 5 week program we just got King back he is so much better no more food aggression no more jumping on my grandchildren. I recommend them to all pet owners money well spent. Thank you John and his team.

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dimmy-h 07 Aug 2021

John did not write this review looks like you have it in for John. John was very polite to us and my dog loves him you could see that when I picked him up. I took him to another trainer that couldn't get the result that John has. its sad that people like you can sit behind a key board and slander peoples reputation looks like people have all the time in the world now due to covid and so do I, I will sit here and respond to every review saying how good John and his team is and by the way just to let you I volunteered at the RSPCA and they don't need to monitor this establishment as you say because they are doing everything right as I can see this in my King.

lucky-k88 07 Aug 2021

Sounds like you ceciliac646 are writing all the bad reviews on this company. If you can you would complain to the RSPCA about the RSPCA lol you and the other ones reviewing on johns good work you tuning it into bad work. So new customers have doubt. Sometimes you must look in the mirror and look at how you are handling your pet and Not Attack the best dog trainer I have ever seen in Australia in fact through my investigation on john I found that he worked at the RSPCA as a pet carer volunteer and the Animal welfare league. After calling John today he told me to not worrier about the bad ones and he invites the RSPCA anytime to his please and my the good lord Jesus Christ shine the universal light on them and stay safe

sarah-p981 04 Jan 2022

This is a lie, but good luck to you, if you are happy with how they achieved the results you got.

24 Jul 2021

We sent our 15 month old golden retriever for the four week obedience program.
SDTC have been absolutely incredible with their communication and setting the expectation with what they hoped to achieve with our boy.
Upon picking him up today, it is incredible seeing the transformation they made in such a short time.
They spent the time showing us what our boy had learnt and how to continue on with the training. It was very evident our pup had a lot of respect and love to give, constantly watching and wagging his tail.
SDTC is not just for "aggression dogs". Our "family pet" got the absolute best out of his experience as he was positive and willing to be trained.
Don't be afraid to receive feedback your dog isn't perfect and you will get the most out of your experience too, after all if your pup was perfect, you wouldn't be sending them to be trained.

I could not recommend SDTC enough! We had sent our boy previously to another Sydney training centre and did not have a positive experience, but would not hesitate to recommend SDTC and cannot wait to send our boy back for a refresher.

Thank you so much for everything you have done for Atlas. He's now home sleeping and very content️

Approximate cost: $1150

dimmy-h 07 Aug 2021

I stepped foot into the Sydney dog training Centre at Leppington and got the best result for my dog he was a very messed up pup biting us and jumping on us pulling and food aggressive john help us a lot thank you john well done

verified email - 09 Jul 2021

I WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN THIS FACILITY AGAIN !!!

Our dog was booked for a 4 week obedience training and stay - we removed him after 4 days, not soon enough in our experience, should never of got out of the car on arrival , dirty water bowls with algae and the state of facility we saw was awful .. In our experience we could not get our dog out of there fast enough. There is signage that states The dog sleeping kennels are not permitted to view, no visiting during the dogs stay, no photography , no phones and the lack of the ability to even call and ask how your pet is more than one time per week, there are no updates via pictures, video's during the pets stay that are supplied, we requested if updates would come during the period and were told no - was detrimental to the dogs training... OMG,, the lack of interest in Our Dog on arrival was zero, which was very upsetting to us - their training methods are 100% fear based and extremely cruel and aggressive - Our dog was injured from probable choking and excessive force around his neck with a choke chain as noted by our vet, on collection his eyes had ruptured blood vessels and swollen . We where told he was just a little stressed . His eyes were perfect on drop off.

I wish I had done better research on them and what they offer before using this place, but I can assure you I will never be back, once bitten twice shy.

I hope that this review can save someone the same anguish that we have gone through. .Please please please ... think twice - Do research.

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dimmy-h 07 Aug 2021

I stepped foot into the Sydney dog training Centre at Leppington and got the best result for my dog he was a very messed up pup biting us and jumping on us pulling and food aggressive john help us a lot thank you john well done

Nicholas66 07 Aug 2021

Looks like you have shares in sdtc dimmy-h in the way your responding to reviews

Happy for you as you said you had a good experience .. Ill keep my pet away thanks based on what I experienced

lucky-k88 07 Aug 2021

John, Mike and his team how trained my dog benny. They delivered an amazing result friendly happy experience along with my dog Benny happy wagging his tail and well trained I will keep on going to them

verified email - 06 Jun 2021

Do NOT, repeat do NOT take your dog to this place. One of the first warning signs, was a sign stating that you could not video within the premises. This man knows nothing about training animals. He only knows how to be cruel and instill fear into an animal in an effort to get it to obey. He literally pulled our dog of the ground using a chocker chain and hung him in the air struggling to breath for 30 seconds. We could not get our dog out of there fast enough. This man and his wife are obnoxious, cruel people, who use fear and physical pain to ‘train’ animals. Run a mile! The only reason this has 1 star is that I cannot publish it without giving it the lowest rating allowed. If I could it would be 0 or less!

Nicholas66 21 Jul 2021

I wish I read your review before I took our dog there... similar experience and we were only there 4 days before I pulled ours out.

dimmy-h 07 Aug 2021

I took my dog to the Sydney dog training Centre best result very nice people

Anonymous
30 Apr 2020

I had my dog toos training by sydney dog training centre i found that the training for my dog was and still is a amazing success result 1 recommend this training centre to any person the staff and owner john was so helpful thank you sydney dog training centre

26 Jun 2018

Recent changes to our family situation made it necessary for us to cease
keeping a family dog. We all loved Snowy so very much which made it difficult
to accept. We were fortunate enough to discover the Sydney Dog Training
Centre (SDTC) who relatively quickly found her a loving new home.
It was very comforting getting photos from HDTC of Snowy with her new family.
Thank you very much SDTC (Tula and John)

verified email - 29 Apr 2017

Worst experience I have ever had. Truly regret leaving my dog here. The establishment [redacted name], was aggressive and abusive towards me. He did not want to give my dog back, and I do not understand why. I felt threatened and frightened. I hate to think what my dog experienced.

Approximate cost: $1200

Nicholas66 21 Jul 2021

I too worry as to how my dog was treated with just 4 days with them

dimmy-h 07 Aug 2021

best dog training result for me and my dog he came back to us happy and well trained thank you john and team

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