Local Dog Trainers in Columbia, SC

Crystal is amazing. Each time she tells us what she plans to have our dog Ocho do in each session, I think to myself— yeah, good luck with that. But, she is in full command but in a very positive and supportive way. The Elite process is well organized and systematic. In just 3 weeks, we have seen a remarkable difference. Thank you, Crystal!

Elite did a good job with the lesson and training as always

Crystal is marvelous with my dog, Earle. She gives him very clear commands, that he usually obeys. She explains what she’s doing to me very clearly. I would highly recommend Crystal and Justin. In fact, I have recommended them.

Dog Training Elite has done an exceptional job with our puppy. The transformation after five sessions is amazing. It is worth the investment!

I feel as if we made the right decision using Dog Training Elite. They are very knowledgeable and friendly.

Take his time and shows a LOT of patience with my CoCo and me. Highly recommend!

Instructors are extremely knowledgeable and my dog responded immediately. Already seeing behavior improvement after 2 sessions.

Crystal is outstanding. The program is well designed and has been very effective so far.

Justin is very patient with our fur baby and with us. We are more than pleased with our experience.

Our initial assessment with Crystal went well. Packages and expectations for results were made clear. Crystal was accommodating and respectful.

Professional, polite, straight forward, and honestly. Crystal explained the whole process as well as expectation that would be set. She provided a skills demonstration in a practice environment and made it clear that success relied on my investment.

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Crystal came to our house for an initial evaluation. She was patient, kind, and seemed confident and knowledgeable.

In a short 3 weeks, we have already seen great improvement with our puppy, Ruby. Justin is 100%! Knowledgeable, kind, patient, wonderful with Ruby. Highly recommend

I cannot recommend Justin and Crystal enough! When I rescued a 30 lb 3 month old Great Pyrenees for my first time owning a dog solo, I didn’t realize what I was in for. If you know anything about Pyrs, you know it’s a miracle my dog listens to me at all and possesses any sense of urgency whatsoever. I attempted training him on my own for about a month before I reached my limit. When I had my consultation with Justin, I finally saw the light at the end of the land shark puppy phase. Justin and Crystal helped Bug go from an unmotivated, reactive, fluffy escape artist with an attitude to an extremely well-behaved therapy dog with consistent recall, great manners, and top notch off leash obedience that will last the rest of his life. I can say with 100% confidence that working with Justin and Crystal has been the best choice I have made as a dog owner! If you are the kind of person that loves to get compliments from family, friends, and strangers about how well behaved and well trained your dog is, Justin and Crystal are the dog trainers for you!

He was great! He knew how to handle our aggressive dog in difficult situations when training him!

My dog Keebo has been going through in house training for the past 5 weeks and it has been great. My friend also has her dogs Tucker and Sadie in training. I never thought it would be possible to have visitors walk through the door and it could be calm in the house. Prior to training our three 100 lb dogs would go crazy and bombard the visitor. It was very chaotic. Now we can place our dogs in their spot and they will stay there as the visitor enters the house. Quietly. It’s wonderful. They have also learned how to heal, sit, down ect. Our dogs all knew basic commands but the difference is now the commands mean sit and stay. Down and stay until you give the command to release them. I even texted Justin one day and said how amazing it was that the HVAC guy could come into the house and our dogs didn’t go crazy. It’s one thing to go through training and feel like it’s working but when you can actually try it for the first time with a visitor it’s wonderful. We are so thankful to Justin and his team. They are patient and have a very calming demeanor. It’s been a great experience and we are looking forward to group sessions at the park soon. If you live in Lexington, Chapin or the Lake Murray area please give them a try. You won’t be disappointed.

Justin was professional, polite, and an effective dog trainer. He exhibited patience and consistency. Our dog is showing progress with each session.

Crystal and Justin are miracle workers!! I have been so impressed with their quality of work for my dog Valley and look forward to doing the next level of training with them for my service dog! This is the most worthwhile investment I have ever made for my dog and I can’t wait to see how great level two is! The way they do the training and their whole process is just so unique and the results speak for themselves. I get so many compliments on my dog out in public now and it’s just been a great experience. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for an amazing dog and trainer.

My corgi and I are learning so much from Crystal and makes it clear to me the value of being consistent.