We brought our 1 year old dog to Barb as we were desperate for help. She was our first puppy (had always adopted older dogs) and she was traumatized from going to doggie day care. She lunges/barks and is out of control anytime she sees another dog and is super high anxiety. Within 2 weeks of going to see Barb for private training, we have already seen a huge improvement in our dog. Her anxiety is under control, she is happy and excited to do training every day. Barb's techniques are very different from other trainers we have gone to in the past and I'm very happy about that because her techniques work. I have never had this level of success so quickly with any of my previous dogs that we have trained in the past with other trainers and different techniques. Barb's goal is to help us be the best trainers we can be for everyone to be happy. She is very direct in her approach because she knows what she is talking about. She will tell you when you are being inconsistent and when you are not following directions so that you can correct your training skills quickly and efficiently. If you trust that she is the expert and follow her advice and guidelines, you will get the results you are hoping for.