From my own personal experience dealing with Kevin, I highly advise you learn from our mistake and look elsewhere to hire a dog trainer. This is a firsthand, honest customer experience review, no truths twisted. This review is for the unassuming dog owner who wants the best for their family member.
I implore you to do THOROUGH research (despite being so busy, trust me on this) before leaving your fur family member with someone like Kevin as ratings can be deceiving. Kevin boasted paying yelp $3000/month to take down negative reviews. Curious as you may be, be weary of anyone who is secretive about their training methods. This is definitely not something you want to leave to guesswork.
Tip: Be present for any/every training and Avoid leaving your dog overnight for long periods of time anywhere unless you absolutely have no choice. If so, make sure to see/ FaceTime live with them EVERY DAY.
If not, pick up your dog earlier than scheduled, soonest as you can and disregard any excuse to leave your dog longer. If I come off as guarded, I have good reason to be. We made a costly mistake of entrusting blindly.
FACT: Our last video received of Bronx was almost 1 week prior to pick up date. Don't believe Kevin or anyone that says "no news is good news."
1. Long story short, day before pick up of our 5 mo. old puppy Bronx on 5/5/19 after he was with Kevin for 2 weeks at his dog training boot camp, we get a video from Kevin saying our dog was stolen from him at Howe park in Sacramento where he was last training with him.
FACT: Til this day, our dog is still MISSING, no where to be found, (despite all the necessary steps we took: filed police report, hefty reward, flyers everywhere, active search and heavy media coverage), with vague account from Kevin on what happened that day. (Please look up KCRA for a video of Kevin fake crying, Fox 40, ABC10, Sacramento Bee for more info.)
Kevin Salem Reviews
From my own personal experience dealing with Kevin, I highly advise you learn from our mistake and look elsewhere to hire a dog trainer. This is a firsthand, honest customer experience review, no truths twisted. This review is for the unassuming dog owner who wants the best for their family member.
I implore you to do THOROUGH research (despite being so busy, trust me on this) before leaving your fur family member with someone like Kevin as ratings can be deceiving. Kevin boasted paying yelp $3000/month to take down negative reviews. Curious as you may be, be weary of anyone who is secretive about their training methods. This is definitely not something you want to leave to guesswork.
Tip: Be present for any/every training and Avoid leaving your dog overnight for long periods of time anywhere unless you absolutely have no choice. If so, make sure to see/ FaceTime live with them EVERY DAY.
If not, pick up your dog earlier than scheduled, soonest as you can and disregard any excuse to leave your dog longer. If I come off as guarded, I have good reason to be. We made a costly mistake of entrusting blindly.
FACT: Our last video received of Bronx was almost 1 week prior to pick up date. Don't believe Kevin or anyone that says "no news is good news."
1. Long story short, day before pick up of our 5 mo. old puppy Bronx on 5/5/19 after he was with Kevin for 2 weeks at his dog training boot camp, we get a video from Kevin saying our dog was stolen from him at Howe park in Sacramento where he was last training with him.
FACT: Til this day, our dog is still MISSING, no where to be found, (despite all the necessary steps we took: filed police report, hefty reward, flyers everywhere, active search and heavy media coverage), with vague account from Kevin on what happened that day. (Please look up KCRA for a video of Kevin fake crying, Fox 40, ABC10, Sacramento Bee for more info.)