Doggie Steps Dog Training LLC

I just finished training with Mark. We needed help with pulling on the leash and introducing other dogs. Mark brought his dog and we slowly introduced and built confidence each week. In a short 4 week Barrett (Australian Cattle Dog) has improved on walks and successfully had a play date with a friends puppy. I highly recommend Doggie Steps and Mark as your trainer.

My wife and I contacted Mark after adopting our 6 month old poodle, Newman, and quickly realizing we were in over our heads. We were dealing with biting, barking, jumping, and overall disobedience. The most distressing issue, though, was that Newman was becoming aggressive toward me in certain situations. He would be very friendly toward my wife but would lunge at me with his teeth showing. Even though he’s a little guy, when he goes into full Kujo mode, it can be pretty scary. Mark was excellent. He had great insight into why these behaviors were happening and offered practical, effective ideas for how to curb them. One thing that really stood out was that Mark brought his own sweet dog, Angel, to help with socialization. Having a calm, well-behaved dog modeling good behavior was incredibly helpful for Newman. The progress was amazing. Mark trained us just as much as he trained Newman, which made all the difference. We now have the skills and confidence to keep working with Newman and continue improving his behavior. We feel so fortunate to have found Mark and would highly recommend him to anyone who needs help with their dog.

I’m so grateful Mark was my dog Harvey’s first trainer! I didn’t know anything or what to expect since my dog was aggressive so that alone made me super nervous, but Mark knew exactly what to do & never left our side. Mark is the best! He’s patient & taught me so much. I noticed a big change in Harvey’s behavior and obedience with just the 4 weeks training, so I can’t imagine what more advanced training will do to him. I will definitely be reaching out again. Thank you so much Mark! Harvey’s a confident and happy boy on his walks now.

I adopted my dog, Copper, from the Maricopa County shelter and was told he was a dog aggressive dog. I had no idea what to do for training so I turned to Mark for help. I hired him for private one-on-one training with Copper and we figured out together that Copper isn't dog aggressive, he just needed some socialization and confidence building! Mark used his own dog during training to introduce Copper and even had my friend bring her dog to training class too. He also had me bring an out of town friend to another session to help my dogs with obeying somebody else. Mark taught me how to introduce Copper to other dogs in a way that worked for Copper to help reduce his herding dog tendencies. I also brought my other dog, Fox, with us. I thought Copper was the problem child in the pack but it actually turned out to be Fox. She is very reactive to bikes and motorcycles and small children running around parks and Mark taught me how to keep her calm and distract her with methods that work better than anything I have tried before. With Mark's help, I was trained on how to train my dogs and now they both know I'm the alpha of the pack. Mark not only built up my dogs' confidence but also mine. His methods are easy to learn and VERY effective with consistency. I was impressed with how quickly Copper learned sit, stay, down, heel, and off leash recall work. Mark even taught us how to look for agility friendly obstacles in our own neighborhood to keep these energetic dogs focused and lean into their work mentality. We have a lot more work to do but with Mark's methods, my pack is off to an amazing start. I appreciate how Mark explains my dogs' behavior based on dog psychology and how my dogs view the world. I look forward to getting my two pups in for group training classes with Mark soon.

Contacted Mark through his website. Very prompt response with additional information. Very professional and is very evident that he cares about Blake and Mila. Open to varied training to fit our situation for our one year old pups. Explains training steps very thoroughly. We opted for in house training. Mark confirmed our twice a week appointments each day. Was flexible when we needed to postpone one session. Blake and Mila were very excited to see Mark twice a week. Our two pups evolved from jumping up on every visitor initially to sitting on command at the entry bench to greet not only Mark, but our visiting friends, delivery people and landscapers. Mark is a very patient trainer with not only our pups but with us too. He brought his dog , Angel, to help us our puppies with socialization which was very helpful. We will definitely recommend Mark and we will utilize his additional services in the future.🐾🐾