Off The Leash Dog Training
Making Good dogs great!
"We have worked with Ashley at different times during the past 5 years. She is extremely responsible, a skilled trainer of basic animal commands and more. She understands how to meet the animal's needs combining it with the owner needs to train a dedicated loyal companion. Other skills she brings to training are for clients that wish to compete with their animal, train for GCC, Agility,Therapy dogs, or service animal, training.
Our first meeting was regarding our rescue pup who has PTSD. Through Ashley we were able to give her the skills needed to be out in public with people and distractions in a way that gave our dog confidence and pride in her ability to follow through with commands given. A dog given to hiding under chairs at the beginning became a loyal confident companion. At the end of our trainings Peach trusted Ashley with her life, a trust not given to many from our rescued beauty. Three years later we adopted another canine to our family. Wanting to allow Peach and our newest bundle of joy the best possible outcome as sisters we again enlisted Ashley to help us foster a close, unstressed intro and first few months together. Through her ideas, training concepts and followups we have two pups who get along beautifully. The two play, hangout, and nurture each other.
"We have trained with Ashley for about two years now. We started with her the week we adopting our 10 month old terrier mix, Rufus. Since Rufus was a bit older and had been in the shelter system for a long time, we wanted to focus on bonding with him. Ashley has always been enthusiastic about teaching us how to interact and bond with Rufus through training. When we started training with Rufus, we were hoping that he would just be able to do the simple basic commands (sit, down, stay, etc.). We had not idea that after two years, he would have blossomed from the shy shelter dog into the confident little guy he is today. Through Ashley’s guidance, patience, and persistence, Rufus has not only completed all of his basic obedience courses, but has also earned his CGC, CGCA, all of the trick dog titles through Champion, and is now working on Rally. Ashley has always pushed us to not limit what we can do with Rufus. She focuses on his strengths and what he enjoys doing, which is critical, especially with a sometimes stubborn terrier. We are always pleasantly surprised when she comes up with new activities and challenges for us to train and cannot imagine what Rufus would be like without her in our lives."
-Megan, Seaside CA
"My husband and I have really enjoyed taking our boxers to training classes with Ashley. When we got our younger boxer Coco, she was extremely energetic and we sometimes felt overwhelmed. After taking Ashley'c classes, Coco is like night and day. She is still the same playful girl with her awesome energy, but she listens and behaves significantly better than when she first joined our family. Both pups really enjoyed their training and got excited whenever we got ready for class. My relationships with my dogs is stronger due to Ashley's training; I have a better understanding of my dogs' needs and how they communicate. I also feel more confident overall that my dogs trust me and that I have the ability to bring out the best in them. Coco is now a rockstar, and went from the Beginner's class all the way to being able to pass her Canine Good Citizen test! The training gave both boxers focus and got them socialized. We never truly realized the full potential of both Coco and Spunky until these classes. The time and effort we put in was well worth it! Thanks Ashley."
-Caitlin, Sand City CA
When leaving for a two week vacation the thought of giving our 1st pup and her new found confidence to another gave us great pause in our plans. We arranged our vacation base on Ashley's availability to board them. We weren't disappointed. Ashley provided constant entertainment, amusement and attention to our dogs during our two week absence. Upon greeting our pups on our return they appeared; happy, mentally in great shape (a primary concern for Peach, our PTSD sufferer), and well adjusted as if we had never left.
I highly recommend Ashley R. regarding her skills in training, even challenging animal behaviors, as well as her boarding qualifications."
-Christine, Santa Cruz CA
"Ashley is hands down the worlds best dog trainer. We came to her with our first Great Dane puppy almost 5 years ago. From day 1 were were in awe of the brilliant puppy raising tricks and tips she taught us. And it only got better from there. The ease in which she teaches you and the dogs is outstanding. We have 2 of the most well behaved Danes on the beach all thanks to Ashley. In addition to great obedience we also have some fun party tricks we are still showing of 5 years later."
-Rebecca, Watsonville CA
"Miley has thrived due to her training with Ashley. Miley started training with her when she was 4 months old and continues to take additional classes to this day. Ashley's positive feedback training really helped her become a great dog! Ashley is very patient and adaptable to all situations, people and dogs. I highly recommend starting your training with her!"
-Carolyn, Monterey CA
" I can't say enough good things about Ashley as a dog trainer. I had absolutely no idea how to train a puppy, and she took both of my dogs and me through puppy classes all the way to receive their Canine Good Citizen. Misty went all the way to receive her Trick Dog Champion Title. I could have done any of this without her. She's the best."
-Lois, Prunedale CA
"I adopted my first dog, Kenji from the shelter in 2012. We noticed he would get extremely excited every time he saw another dog. He would scream and screech nonstop and nothing we did could make him be quiet. It was quite embarrassing! We had signed up for a group beginner obedience class, which he was later kicked out of for being too disruptive. We were at a loss and just stopped taking Kenji to public places. Shortly after being kicked out of that group class, we met Ashley! Together, we came up with a training plan for Kenji. We started with private one on one training, where we taught Kenji how to focus on me in a high distraction places. We then progressively moved closer to dog friendly places to test Kenji's focus. After a few months of training and lots of practice Kenji started to care more about me than trying to get the attention of other dogs! Kenji is now able to be in large group classes and still maintain amazing focus on me. Which has allowed us to complete his Trick Dog Champion Title! We are so proud of how far he's come and we continue to train with Ashley at least once a week.
After having Kenji for about 2 years, we decided to get another dog. A Doberman Pinscher, named Hachi. We started training with Ashley when Hachi was 11 weeks old. Our little puppy was doing great until we took him to an "on leash" beach where he was attacked by an off leash dog. This led to Hachi's almost uncontrollable leash reactivity. Every time he saw another dog he would bare his teeth, growl, bark and lunge toward them. Ashley has really helped us with him by creating a plan that would set him up for success. Hachi is now able to walk passed other dogs and ignore them! Now that Hachi can be around other dogs without reacting, he has passed his Canine Good Citizen test! We are now training him to compete in Rally Obedience. He has become a more balanced and confident dog and we couldn't be happier with all the progress he's made. Thanks to Ashley!"
-Nicole, Prunedale CA
"Ashley was a great trainer to work with!! She helped my dog and I have a better relationship and helped me learn how to discipline her without breaking her spirit. My dog is a well behaved pleasure now and even got certified as a canine good citizen. I will always go back to Ashley for all our training needs! We have now worked with her for 3 of our dogs.
We also boarded our dogs with Ashley when we had a flood in our home. I was so nervous to leave my dogs with anyone :-(. Ashley text me constant updates, picked up dog food for us, and even took them for a groom!! I can't tell you how exciting it is to have someone that we can trust to love our fur kids when we are away. Thank you Ashley! "
-Tricia, Davenport CA