Success Stories

We've tried several trainers and have found Brett's balanced training the most effective for our dogs. Our new dog was integrated into our home with our older dog and cat within a few weeks thanks to his place training.

I love the bi-weekly group classes and pack walks that he offers to his clients.

We have a three-year-old miniature dominant poodle. He thinks he is king of our house!
With just three weeks of Brett's training, we have a different dog. He is calm when people come through the door instead of jumping all over them.
He waits for his commands. He was determined not to go to the down position and after this weeks training I have worked with him a little bit myself and it is a success!

This review is long overdue and I really don't know why I haven't posted sooner. I also want to say I could never have posted and I'm sure in reality it wouldn't make a huge difference, but the fact is this training is still positively impacting my family, so I thought about this once again and had to post. I was a client years back with an adopted pit bull from the shelter and a shih tzu. My pit bull was a young full grown dog and mouthing really bad, even snapping. Today my children feed my dog, he does not mouth at all, walks straight into his kennel, has order and coexists beautiful in our family. We had small children and training was important to us. To this day we are still using what Brett instilled in us, the pet owners. It really has a lot to do with our own behaviors. Thank you Brett! Your training is still appreciated years later.

I found Brett on Yelp after speaking to a couple other trainers who clearly weren't a good fit. We have a pitbull rescue who had some security issues that translated to lunging on the leash etc. Brett has been amazing and Bacio has come a looooong way since we started. Brett is no-nonsense and has the dog's best interest at heart. He offers group classes for free when you're enrolled in private training and we will never go to another trainer. You will see results, and the best part he comes to you so you're in the dog's regular environment. I can't say enough about him and his training. He's great!

We have recently begun working with our new puppy and Brett is everything we hoped for. He helped us make immediate corrections in our dog's behavior. Thank you, Brett! Don and Cindy

My husband and I adopted a 2 1/2 year old Jackapoo, Val, at the beginning of covid. She came with some pretty bad leash reactivity. We tried 2 other trainers before Brett and saw little to no improvement. We have now been working with Brett for 2 weeks and it is night and day. We can now take her to the park and even out to eat and she is a calm dog. I can not thank Brett enough for literally changing our lives!

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My boyfriend found Brett online after searching tirelessly for a dog trainer that seemed passionate and also knowledgable. Brett was very straight forward even from the first conversation on the phone we knew what we were getting into. We bought the 5 sessions which is great because he comes to your home and included in the sessions are free yes FREE!! Saturday puppy training classes that he does in Griffith park with the rest of his clients and dogs. This is great because we were able to have a one on one during the week then take our dog Bronx to the park to reinforce what was previously taught. Now on to the training...initially our dog Bronx did not respond to walking on the leash as it was foreign to him being only 3 months. The first training session Bronx seemed a little stressed out trying to understand the concept of walking on the leash. But literally the next day I decided to try to put him on the leash and just walk down the street and instead we got all the way around the block! I was so impressed and Bronx was doing so well so fast!!! The next few sessions Brett focused on sit and down commands which Bronx has now mastered thanks to him! Brett was honestly a lifesaver and by teaching our puppy how to listen to us he really just made him more easy to love. I can't thank Brett enough for being patient, knowledgable, and passionate about what he does. It truly shows in his work! I would recommend him to anyone looking to train their pup or dog!

Brett is a fantastic dog trainer. It sounds funny to say, but he thinks like a dog. He relates so well with a dog. Brett is teaching me to be in command, more than teaching the dog. I have to continue working with my dog Captain to give him the training that Brett taught me. He is a rescue and is very insecure. He is very friendly when you first meet him, but he then starts growling and barking when people come close to him. It takes a lot of practice. I am not there yet, but will continue to take him around different places to socialize him and get him use to people and dogs. He is making strides, but still needs a lot of work with the help of Brett.