Absolute Obedience

I adopted a 7 week old puppy last December. Amy helped me learn how to become a dog mom. It had been years since I owned a puppy so I needed all the help that she could give me.
She was able to help me with everything from crate training to basic manners.
I felt like Amy truly cared about my dog. And really what else could you ask for… She provides instruction, support and knowledge. Amy is the totally package!

I became the mom of an unplanned puppy when I found an abandoned 6-​month-​old black lab mix outside the Lexington YMCA. I had not trained a puppy in about 13 years so I needed a refresher course and one-​on-​one supervision. Amy came to our house to meet with us and discuss the goals for training.
She came to our house each week to work with me, my puppy, and our kids on positive reinforcement and consistent training. With Amy’s guidance, our puppy learned to come when called, sit, lie down, not jump on people and leave things we didn’t want her mouthing. We never did master «stay» but that’s a failing on my part as I didn’t reinforce it.
I’d recommend Amy as a dog trainer to anyone who wants private sessions focused on building a positive relationship with your dog.

We adopted a monster puppy and very quickly Amy helped us all! Being a dog lover from way back this was hard for me, I had never had a problem with aggression from such a little one. We still use the training we all received from Amy and have the greatest puppy ever!!! I would HIGHLY recommend Amy at Absolute Obedience to any one looking for some help!

While Amy seemed to be great and really enthused at the beginning, it became clear the «pay ahead» deal she has going was less genuine than you would assume.
After our first three sessions, (one of which she showed up an hour late for), we struggled finding times that she could come to work with us and our pets. She then informed us after our first three May/​June sessions that she didn’t work evenings or weekends at all through the summer. This was never mentioned before and would have been something we would have never been able to agree to had we known.
Prior to this review, (and after she informed us of her seasonal hours), cordial attempts and requests were made at simply refunding our remaining unused sessions in light of this «scheduling misunderstanding» so that we could both move forward. She told us this wasn’t possible and that she didn’t provide refunds. While she is able to claim she will provide the services, she makes scheduling nearly impossible and eventually you quit trying and she keeps the prepaid training costs. In our case it amounted to a loss for us of over $ 200.00.
While we would like to hope this was a unique and unfortunate situation, we have since talked to several friends and neighbors who have had similar experiences.
Absolute obedience is extremely expensive and from the start offers a service that others don’t– in home training for your pets with you. However, I would caution anyone about getting involved with this business– there is a great deal of fine print and unmentioned details. From our experience, this seems to be more of a scam and less of someone interested in meeting the needs of clients.