Cape-Able Canines

Felicia gives this place 4 enthusiastic paws up! Day camp tires her out and gives her confidence and social skills. And I am 100 percent at ease that she is well-​cared for the times when she has spent the night. Michelle plans fun social gatherings like outdoor movie nights that provides a unique training situation and makes my Felicia have to behave. Well, she tries to behave. We still need to take basic obedience, but that’s for another day…

I cannot say enough about the professionalism about Cape-​Able Canines. Jane is the most knowledgeable trainer that I have ever met. My dog has gone from timid and undisciplined to now being certified as a service providing dog. She listens and follows commands! I would never consider another facility for training or boarding. I know without reservation that my dog is always cared for and safe. Jane and Melissa, you rock!

Cape-​Able Canines is the best dog training, day care, boarding facility for miles around. Michelle and Jane love any dog as they would their own. They care and provide discipline and fantastic and varied training classes for all levels. I would only trust them with our golden doodle because I know she will be cared for the way I care for her. The dogs left in their hands are monitored constantly, played with and given the highest quality treatment. My dog goes crazy with excitement whenever we go there. I tell everyone I know about this place and recommend it to anyone that has a dog they love.

Great service! Great training! Our Mastiff George is one happy dog in training. There is a lot of space and each dog trains in their own kennels so they are not on top of each other. All the products suggested have been reasonably priced and helpful. I can walk him now without him walking me!

Odin is someone who doesn’t trust everyone. For the most part, he will not extend his trust until he considers you a member of his «pack.» So when my wife and I adopted Odin into our life — when he was a puppy, he was a bundle of energy. We took our first puppy training with Cape-​Able Canines. I don’t remember much from that training, except that Odin wouldn’t pay attention to anything!
When it came time to find a doggy daycare, both the wife and I agreed we would try Cape-​Able Canines. We informed them of Odin’s behavior, that he would tend to sometimes snap at people he didn’t know. I was extremely nervous about getting that call, «Hey, your dog bit one of our coworkers, he cant’ stay!» (It’s like having a kid in Elementary School and getting that call!) To my surprise, we didn’t get that call. But I waited — and as the days passed (we used to take him M, W, Fri) to wear out that Husky/​Aussie Shepard energy he had. I noticed a change — he was actually excited to be there and excited to see Michelle and Jane. They worked with Odin and earned his trust. This to me, was amazing. It put me at ease and made me very thankful for having a crew that understood my concerns and took the time and patience to earn Odin’s trust. Much love to Michelle & Jane for always making me feel like Odin was in good hands!

Michelle and the team here are so great!!! We took our pit bull puppy to puppy class and now general obedience class coming up soon! He will be joining day care just to have a fun day once a week while we are at work. I am very protective of my puppy but I am 100% confident the ladies here will take the best care of my boy! They also took the time to personally help fit a gentle leader for my puppy perfectly! They have the best hearts and love for dogs. I’m very grateful for them!

Me and my dog love this place.

I would highly recommend this place for training. Jane is a great leader and knows how to handle dogs of all types. As well as provide knowledge for owners to train their dogs.
I would not recommend this place for boarding. I recently took my puppy in for boarding and told them one important thing was to give him his medication. I even labelled it in the bag and they forgot. I also found that my puppy had peed in his crate and it was never cleaned. I keep a towel in his crate and the pee on the towel was completely dried out. I called and expressed my concern, but the employee only defended herself and never acknowledge that it was her fault. She even said she forgot the medication because there was too much stuff in the bag i packed or that she was really too busy playing and watching the dogs. I have no doubt that she is a great dog sitter. I agree that taking care of dogs is a lot of work, but make it a point to express concern too when you say you offer special services like administering medicine and accommodating a puppy in your home. Puppies need to pee! I asked for compensation as it is $ 70 a night, but was told that I would receive none. :(I really thought they would be more understanding… how would she feel if this happened to her puppy?

Cape-​Able Canines has been a godsend for our active puppy, Kizzy. We bring her to training classes, daycare, and also board her when we travel. We can trust that she will be safe, but more importantly, loved and cared for as though she were their own. Other places we’ve taken dogs to board have held the dogs in kennels too much. For overnights, our puppy is inside, in a comfortable home with loving caregivers who know her well. We wouldn’t take her anywhere else, and you shouldn’t either.

We’ve been taking our 10 year old black Lab (Miranda) to daycare at Cape-​Able Canines for about two years now. Michelle runs the daycare and she is amazing! Just the mere mention of Michelle’s name in our house and Miranda gets soo excited, she turns in circles and runs to her leash. She looks forward to every Thursday, as she wakes us up early. After we pick her up, she is grinning from ear to ear, and passes out for a few hours the minute she lays her head on her couch at home. (yes, she has her own couch).
Being a lab, she has soo much energy. But daycare not only allows her to run around and play, but the socialization with other dogs has made all the difference. We started off with the training here with Aleita, which helped us a lot. We can take her down the street and she won’t lunge or bark like a wild mountain dog at any other dog that crosses her path. She has really gained a ton of self confidence and its made our lives easier too.
If anyone is looking for a daycare to take their dog, I would HIGHLY recommend Cape-​Able canines. Not only do the dogs have a huge backyard with stuff to play on, but they have a second story in the building with couches the pups can relax on. Dogs like our Miranda who love their couches at home, can totally appreciate. Dogs come first here, and we couldn’t be happier taking our precious Miranda!

I had several classes with Aleita and some of her trainers and I can only say good things about this school and its owner. I have learned things about my dog Diggitty that I would never have learned without the proffesional training. People expect too much on puppy training and what they dont realize is the initial dog training is more for the handler than the dog.
Nice super clean facility and a true luxury boarding for your pet… Highly recommended if you want a happy dog…

Go somewhere else. Our first class was based on how much a dog «doesn’t love you, he uses you». «A dog is not your best friend!» It was a class about how to protect yourself from your dog. DOG BAD! YOU GOOD! C’mon! How does someone like this become a dog trainer hhhmmm? We paid 159.00 for the class and then were surprised with an additional 18.50 for a manual. Why not just include it in the price or charge 177.50 Got a bad vibe from the get go. Waste of time and money. Very monotone and cold lectures.

I’m glad that Jane and Michelle had positive experiences. I do find Michelle’s comments a bit inappropriate and biased. No, I’m not a dog trainer or a competitor, but I’ve been a teacher for the past 16 years so I do a know a little about education. Maybe Michelle needs to reread my comments. I provided concrete examples of what I perceive were weaknesses in the class. As a consumer with past experience, I do believe I have the right to be critical of where my dollars go and after 3 weeks, I decided that this was not the right place for myself or my family.
I would like to bring up one point for critical thinkers. There hadn’t been one review since I posted mine. Then over 2 months later two new Unilocal users add theirs. The first refers to a «Michelle» as being in the employ of Cape-​Able Canines and then Michelle L comes on and posts her comments while disparaging me. Having an employee 1) not make note that they work for the business 2) take a review of their business personally and 3) make derisive comments about the initial reviewer instead of responding to the criticsms within the review would make me question the validity of said review.

I have taken classes with Aleita for ten years and with 2 dogs. Aleita does not train your dog FOR you, she trains YOU to be a better trainer and dog owner. I’ve worked through basic obedience and many specialty classes such as basic agility, tricks and games, retrieval, canine CPR and an introduction to Therapy Dog work.
I was thrilled when Cape-​able Canines offered boarding in addition to the day care. I can leave my dog knowing she is safe, loved, and best of all, TIRED from day care all day.
After an 11 day vacation, my dog thinks Cape-​able Canines is her second home, and that Aleita and Michelle are her family — but better than family, because of the Cape-​able Canine experience and knowledge of dog behavior.
I highly recommend Cape-​able Canines for people that are interested in learning why his or her dog behaves the way they do, and how to make their relationship with their dog more meaningful and fulfilling.

We bring our doggie here regularly 2 days a week and it’s true a tired dog is a happy dog. He loves going here and they are so good to him. It’s a great place because it’s leash free play during the day and they take a break for lunch from 12 – 2 but the rest of the time it’s like he’s at the dogpark all day and he’s super happy when he comes home. It’s does become a little expensive but it’s better then having a puppy digging in the yard when we are at work.