What Others are Saying
Mary-Ann has been a God-send in helping us with our 'spirited' young dog. Thank you so much for guiding us on our journey from crazy puppy to a maturing dog who has responded so well to Mary-Ann's training techniques! Congratulations on the new chapter in your business. We are happy to continue to recommend Forever Friends!
-Kathie Paddock
"Mary-Ann, I can't tell you how much your visit restored my confidence in my ability to successfully raise a puppy. Thank you so much. Now I can't wait for puppy classes and moving forward with our training".
-Angela Walker
"Hi Mary Ann
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for all your help in training Al, we are enjoying him more and more. He is a very smart puppy so training was easy but the things that we learned at Forever Friends have been great and have helped him to become an amazing friend.
We are now having fun in agility and can apply his training there."
-Thanks again from Al, Janice and Peter
We have had an excellent experience with Forever Friends. We read a lot of books on puppies before getting our golden, Levi. We didn't really know if we "needed" puppy classes. By 3 months old, he was crate trained, didn't chew and would sit on command... so what more could they teach us? A friend of ours (and long time client at FF) persuaded us to sign up for the puppy class anyway - if only for socialization. We are SO glad that we did.
The instructors taught us invaluable things, that we use everyday, and we have never heard about anywhere else! An instructional book or YouTube video is no substitute for having a caring professional meet your pup and help you address bad habits and teach good ones.
There are many positive aspects to FF (good classes, useful handouts, nice facility etc), but by far the best thing is the staff. Mary-Ann and Cheryl were more than happy to answer a few quick questions or even work one on for a few minutes after class if necessary. Mary-Ann has been a tremendous support and source of endless wisdom helping us manage some of Levi's challenging behaviours.
In addition to the puppy classes, we also boarded Levi with FF while we went on holiday. Mary-Ann worked with him daily and we came home to a different dog! He is not perfect (although he was when he was with her!) but he is so much calmer, more obedient and less impulsive.
We are so thankful for Forever Friends and would highly recommend it to any dog owner. It is definitely worth the time and money!
- Jessica and Jonathan
"Hello Everyone at Forever Friends,
Mary-Ann, we cannot thank you enough for taking the time to discuss Stella's needs and making some suggestions when we were having such a hard time and for suggesting the basic training that was key to her gaining much needed confidence. We are so proud of her for trusting us enough to help her on the painful journey that she had to make and the feeling now to see her run and play with abandon is beyond words. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
- Louise & Mike Shane