Willie is very kind and he worked well with our puppy, Buddy. The problem is he is not very professional. It wasn't in our budget to do the 2 week in boarding training for $2100 so we did the 8 sessions where Willie comes to our house or local park to do trainings for an hour each week (it was $864 regular price but we got the Black Friday Special for $701), At first, Willie was very punctual then he began canceling our weekly sessions very frequently and arriving late :( We began the training in mid December and he didn't finish the sessions until mid March. The reasons for cancellation: he's sick, taking wife on vacation for 2 weeks, his kid is sick, his sons are here for Spring Break, and his dog died.
He's also a dog sitter. His rate is great at $20/day and if he's worked with your dog, he'll continue to work while he's dog sitting. Unfortunately, he sent our dogs back to his looking like street dogs. They were completely full of the red dirt from his backyard and so was the bedding. Apparently he usually bathes them before returning them home (I got him ample notice when we were returning) yet our dogs weren't bathed;-( In fact, we were returning from LA and he asked us to slow down because he was out eating at a restaurant. Nice guy but completely unprofessional!