K-9 City

I have used Paul before for training/​boarding and wouldnever use anyone else! We have adopted a one year old mutt who has had no training, in 3 weeks working with Paul, he is a different dog. Paul respects and loves the animals he works with and puts so much energy into what he does. He has given us wonderful tools to make our pup a welcome and well behaved member if our household. He challenges the dogs and they respect and love his calm abd efficient energy. Highly recommend him for every breed and age, regardless of their behavior!!!

We’ve had experience w Paul’s training and boarding services. He is amazing and has a gift w dogs. We have a somewhat nervous dog, and she went willingly w Paul when we dropped her at K9 City. Upon our return, although happy to see us, she was calm and relaxed. Paul was also very accommodating when I had to pick up our pet a bit late due to a delayed flight. Many thanks! We’ll be back.” And we are happy to recommend K9 City!

Thank you K9 city for helping us with both of our Rescue puppies that we adopted! You gave us valuable practices that has helped us with both our fur babies and now we have hope that they can behave! :) Again… thank you! We will be back for more training… level 2! Also… we have plans to board our puppies at their brand new facility when we go on vacation.

Paul has been a life saver. He was recommended to me by a friend after I had several failed training sessions with multiple trainers for our dog who had become aggressive toward us, others, and other dogs. We were at our wits ends with this dog, and couldn’t figure out where we went wrong when we had 2 other dogs who were perfectly fine. We had two choices, get rid of the dog and bring him back to the breeder or make the 1 hour drive to Paul. It was a heart wrenching decision, the dog was with us for 8 months and was family. I’m glad we chose the latter. We told Paul our concerns and left the dog with Paul for 1 week for boarding and training. When we came back our jaws were on the floor. The dog was listening to Paul. Respecting Paul. And most of all was able to be around other dogs. We had a private lesson that day to get a crash course in all the basics of what he taught. Paul has been amazing, whenever we have had questions he has answered our calls and helped us. He has been more than accommodating since we live about an hour north from San Juan Capistrano. We will continue coming back for refreshers and more training, as we know this is going to be a life long journey with this dog.

Paul is amazing! I have an 8 yr old 10 lb dog «Fergie» who for 6 yrs has lunged and pulled on my leash and growled and snapped and everything else when she sees another dog. It has embarrassed me to no end! My daughter said «you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.» Well, I decided to try anyway. I went to ONE private session with Paul. Its amazing! And so simple. She just ignores and looks the other way from a dog now. I don’t think she will ever be «sociable,» but at least she does not aggressively create a loud scene in front of anyone! He definitely knows dogs!

Paul is an amazing trainer! I’ve had my 90 lb rescue dog for almost 7 years and over the past 18 months she had become more aggressive toward me and others. My vet gave me two options — euthanize her or take her to Paul, who he highly recommended for serious training. In the two hours he worked with my dog, she completely changed. He gave me 15 minute/​day training tips and there has been a marked improvement in her temperament, barking and aggression. I couldn’t be happier with my experience. I plan on boarding her with K-​9 City when I’m out of town for «refresher» classes.

We have used paul for 14 years and in that time he’s work with 4 of our dogs. We have always been so pleased with the training he has given to our dogs. Super affective and efficient.

I took my dogs to two different places with no hope, they howled nightly, however Paul got that to stop in very short order. His methods may be unorthodox but he is the best so far. When 3 of my friends recommend him you know he is doing something right.

Paul has improved our lives dramatically by teaching us how to interact with, respond to, and train our dogs. We were basically doing EVERYTHING wrong. We have three dogs and two of them were fighting for the position of ‘leader of the pack’ because we had failed to show them that we were the ‘leaders of the pack’ and that they would NEVER hold that title. After just three sessions with Paul, our dogs have made a complete transformation. I could actually see a huge difference after just one training session. Poncho is like a completely different dog. He is so calm and able to enjoy just being a dog instead of always being so intense and serious all of the time. Instead of being ‘on guard’ all of the time he is playing and having fun. That’s because we have taken the weight of the world off of his shoulders by teaching him that he didn’t have the responsibility of taking care of us, that it is our job to take care of him. We were at the point of having to try to rehome one of our family members in order to keep the peace in our home, but thanks to Paul, we are all still together and happier than ever. I can’t thank him enough for giving us the tools to make such a dramatic change in our lives. My only regret is that we waited so long before finally reaching out to a professional for help. We went to our vet in desperation as we were at the end of our rope and he gave us Paul’s number, thankfully! If you are having issues with your pups and especially if you are dealing with an aggressive dog, I HIGHLY recommend that you call K-​9 city and speak with Paul… The guy knows and understands dogs. I have had dogs since childhood, still, I was amazed by how much I did not know about how they think and why they sometimes behave the way they do. I am forever grateful to Paul for enlightening me and giving us our lives back!

My husband and I are so grateful that we found Paul to train our alpha Airedale. We tried other trainers, but the results were poor. We know we have a difficult dog so we really had to find «the best» trainer in our area. Paul is that trainer and the changes we have seen in our dog border on a miracle. Paul knew just what to do to make life with our dog calm and enjoyable. We know our dog is still a work in progress so we will continue to train with Paul for awhile. K-​9 city also offers boarding which we have taken advantage of since we know our pooch is well taken care of. The boarding rates are fair and the peace of mind knowing our dog is happy and safe means everything to us while we are away. Paul is a great guy. He is very personable and a great teacher. He gives you plenty of time to ask questions and he is available anytime via phone should you have a need. We have called him after a visit to the dog park to see if we handled a situation correctly. He is there for his clients! We are so happy that Paul could assist us in training our beautiful dog. Our dog is happier and so are we.

Do not take your dogs here! Especially if you are a woman. Talked to
Paul on the phone and he convinced me to bring my 6 month old pup for training. The main focus was that my dog was becoming dog aggressive. Well as soon as I walked in he gave me the creeps. Looked me up and down several times and was not discrete about it. Made me very uncomfortable. I left my pup there and he said he would work with him all day. I dropped him off at 9am. Paul called me at 5pm and told me that my dog did very well. When I asked questions he said we would talk about it when I came to pick up my dog. When I got there he gave me no feedback or information on what he worked with on my dog. He told me nothing. Instead he wanted to chit chat and gossip about what I did for a living and how inappropriate his clients are. Including telling me that one of his female clients told him that her husband wants her to have a three some to spice up their marriage. Completely inappropriate. All I kept thinking is why is this man telling me this!!! Meanwhile my dog is locked up in a cage and all I kept thinking was, give me my f**kin dog! So in the middle of all this he takes a phone call on his cell phone for 10 more minutes. Goes and gets my dog. Won’t release him to me because hes too busy on his personal phone call. Finally gets off the phone and says, «that was my brother in-​law. He lives at the same condominium complex as you and he’s seen you walking your dog. Now I’m really creeped out! So after I pay him and try to grab my dogs leash he says, «I’ll walk you out.» I’m thinking why??? I was so uncomfortable. Not to mention he told me nothing about what he worked on my dog with. Gave me no instructions on what to work on. And when I asked all I got was, «I’ll tell you later.» All I can say is that I basically paid a lot of money just to board my dog for one day and he did nothing! My precious boy was kept caged up and is worse than ever. DO NOT BRING YOUR PRECIOUS DOGS TO THIS PLACE! The place is filthy when you walk in which means he takes no pride in his facility. Which he also told me he is burnt out! Yeah nice professionalism! And never offered to give me a tour of the facility. What’s worse is he has my home address.

Miley is a much different dog after she had lessons with Paul! We never trusted her — now we do! Thanks Paul!
Deborah, Laguna Hills

Meet Paul… the REAL Dog Whisperer! He is amazing with remarkable results. We’ve been to plenty of classes and training with previous pets, but none like this. After recommendations from 3 separate people (who didn’t know each other) we took our puppy to Paul at K9 City. I had heard «expect miracles», but honestly I thought this would be just another series of obedience classes. He has a very unique and understandable approach. It’s not your traditional, SIT, STAY, DOWN. You will learn this too, but you will learn how to be the leader of the pack and control your dog’s behavior in a positive way. If you follow his direction, you will have a well-​trained member of your family that you can trust. I cannot say enough about Paul. He’s very good at what he does and he’s very personable. He wants you to succeed and makes himself accessible even outside of your training class. Best spent money on my dog EVER!

We were so lucky to be referred to Paul at K-​9 City and cannot say enough about his talent for working with dogs! Our 1 year old Staffordshire Terrier was referred to him by the shelter because of her classification as an «agressive breed». They said Paul was good with all dogs, but especially agressive breeds. We had one individual lesson followed by group lessons and watched in amazement while our dog (and we) were transformed by the training. These lessons are definitely worth the investment because you are learning from Paul who has dedicated his life to working with dogs and understands their behavior completely! His examples and explanations make the classes very memorable. For a year following the lessons, we would return occasionally for a very affordable group refresher lesson where we were able to work anything that needed focus or learn a more advanced training technique. Paul teaches that if you put in 6 months worth of work it will pay off for the rest of your dogs life and that is so true! People are constantly commenting about how nice it is to be around such a well behaved dog.

I have been taking dogs to Paul since I was 12. First he helped us train our Jack Russell Terriers. This is not an easy task. Anyone who knows about dogs knows how smart and stubborn they are. After training with him they were able to compete in obedience trials and even go off leash. Amazing.
Now I am grown up and my husband and I just got a Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy and we are taking him here. Paul is still AMAZING! Our puppy is 16 weeks and already comes every time we call him, is starting practicing hurdles for agility competition, and doing good sit and lay down. I tell everyone to take their dogs here because his training methods are good. He works mainly on «corrections» like mommy dogs use and praise, because if your dog is running away after something even if you hold up a big steak it’s not going to care!
If you want a well behaved dog, take yours here.

We left our two dogs here for a few days. They had a good time & Paul trainingwas great :) He offers training as well which I am very excited about!

Paul did a great job showing us how to control Blue. Lets see if it will work in the real world. so far It has worked on the first dog we met. did not bite her. yeah!!!

I have been very happy with the positive changes in my dog since going to Paul’s group classes. I have a 1 year old rescue dog, and had some habits to break. SO Far so good. I look forward to each class. As an update, my dog is really doing so well, I am really pleased with the amount of progress he has made!

My boyfriend and I took our dog to Paul for private training. We heard that he is the best in Orange County when it comes to dogs with behavioral issues. He is know for being able to handle tough cases, aggressive dogs, fearful dogs, etc.
In about 2 hours, he taught us many techniques for handling different issues, such as the correct way to pull a choke chain. The next day, we tried his techniques and our dog has been obeying us perfectly. Private lessons don’t come cheap (although his rates are totally reasonable) but this was MONEY WELL SPENT! I would recommend Paul and K-​9 City to anyone that needs help with a problem dog.
They also grooming, boarding, group classes, etc. And they are located right off the 5 freeway.