Jabula Dog Academy

I had a older dog with major obedience problems. I signed up for 3 private lessons. I attended 1 session where they taught me methods to handle the particular problems. The trainer made it very individual. She gave me a personnel plan of action. I went home and obtained good results. My dog started to change his personality Unfortunately before my next lesson my dog died. It had nothing to do with the training.
The academy was so understanding about my loss. At this sad time I take comfort that my dog was learning some obedience.

I have continued to work with Kate at Jabula over the last several years. Recently we got a new puppy and she has been invaluable sharing her knowledge and experience to deal with a bunch of the normal puppy chaos, which I had forgotten about since it had been so long since I had a pup in the house. I have also boarded both my dogs with her at her facility in Loganville in the past month and was very appreciative of the care and attention they received. Kate continues to be the best in the business and I am always impressed with her!

Unfortunately we did not have a good experience with their puppy skills even though they came highly recommended. One reason we chose them was because people told us they were good with kids. We wanted our 8 year old son to learn how to handle his new puppy. Our instructor seemed more annoyed than anything with our son. When i would ask her specific questions about behaviors we were seeing, she never really gave us an answer. This was our first dog as a family and we are now going to have to hire someone else or go to another class because all we learned in this class was to get
Your dog to sit and lie down. And it is extremely expensive. Don’t waste your money!

I signed up my 4 month old german shepherd. Mainly I was aiming for socialization while doing my training. So far my guy is repsonding well to the lessons.

This place came recommended to us by our neighborhood animal lover facebook page. It does cost quite a bit more than Petco, but then again, you get what you pay for.
My family (hubby, kids, dog, and I) met with Ali for a consult. I loved the idea of a consult so we could get an idea of things we can start doing with the dog. They also confirmed what type of lessons Biscuit would need. They watched her interact with the kids and gave us some tips which were wonderful since I have never had a puppy before.
The location is not easy to see from the road when heading East on Avondale Rd, so you may need to make a U turn like I did. No big deal.
The trainer was very knowledgeable and we look forward to our group lessons soon so our dog can stop jumping on the kitchen table and eating all of the kids toys. Seriously, she would eat my daughter’s homework if it was in her reach.

We have a Bedlington Terrier puppy and went to Jabula for the Pint Size Obedience Class which was taught by Kate, the owner. The class & instructor was so good that we then signed up for Tricks Class. Kate is not only fabulous with dogs but also their owners too! She is so personable and truly passionate about each doggie! Highly recommend Jabula Dog Academy!

SCREW UP AFTER SCREW AFTER SCREW UP!!! They’d be great if they could just pull it together and pay a little bit of attention to what they are doing, administratively speaking.
I have 2 French Bulldogs, one of which needs 2 shots a week. We boarded both at Jabula for our honeymoon in April and promptly left the country, thinking our Frenchies were in good hands. WRONG!!! One week into our trip, Jabula contacted us to ask: «how & when are we suppose to administer these shots?» Seems the one person who knew — the lady who conducted the intake of our cherished, little fuzzies — took off without relaying the dosing instructions to anyone else. Can you say P-​A-​N-​I-​C-​E-​D? Because that is NOT the type of call you want to receive when you are thousands of miles away trying to relax and enjoy your vacation. I was totally freaked out! And totally pissed, I won’t lie about that. I wanted to cut our honeymoon short and fly home immediately, but I came to my senses and stayed. However, I remained very uneasy about the care of Riley & Oliver and had to work to put it out of my mind quite often for the remainder of our special, once-​in-​a-​lifetime trip.
The 2^nd time we boarded our dogs at Jabula, they mixed up the $ 225 remote collar we had purchased from them for Oliver’s training. (Oliver, our puppy, did the 10 day remote training during his 1^st stay and we decided to give Jabula another chance since he really needed a refresher course.) Btw, if the «Sit Means Sit» dog collar and handheld remote don’t communicate, it’s completely worthless. (Yet, still cost ya $ 225!)
So the 3^rd time — yes, there was a 3^rd time, against my better judgement — they screwed up repeatedly! The messed up when we dropped the dogs off, while we were away, and again when we went out to «The Farm» to pick them up! How does that happen, Jabula? Get it together, already! I specifically told them NOT to charge the credit card on file and low-​and-​behold, halfway through the trip, I’m sitting on the beach when I receive an email receipt notifying me that that very card had been charged the full amount. We had every intention of paying, of course, just NOT with that high interest card. I would have preferred to pay by check (or even better, the hubby’s credit card!) upon pick up, exactly as we had for the dogs’ 2^nd stay. I really don’t care if the lady working your office has only been there 2 weeks, Jabula, because I told her, in person, not to charge that card. (So your excuse holds no water!)
Then on pick up, I find out that the medication I packed for Oliver — Temeral P — to fight his skin allergy flare ups, was given to him every single day! All 5 pills were gone. My instructions were to only give the meds AS NEEDED and its very easy to tell because he’ll constantly scratch very aggressively and his belly will be very red & raw. We give him 1, maybe 2, a month at home. They gave him 5 in a span of 6 days! (Temeral P is a steroid, one O might be on for life, but his little body will eventually build up a resistance to it, making it less effective. So overusing Tem P is not only a waste of money, but a huge concern because it builds his tolerance to it, simultaneously lowering its impact.) I’m still kicking my own ass for sending more than 1 pill, in the first place.
They tried to fix all these mistakes by offering us 1 free night of boarding for both dogs but that’s way, way, way too little, too late. The offer felt a little like someone wrecked my car than tried to make it all better by giving me a single flower.
I give up on Jabula. We have since started boarding our dogs elsewhere. I’m giving them one star because Unilocal requires at least one star to write a review but that’s too high a rating for Jabula in my book!

About a month ago I met the potential newest member to my household, Moose. This is the first dog I have adopted in a long time and the foster didn’t have much to say about him other than he was fine with her dogs. Since I was actually considering adopting him and not taking the time to foster and figure out his personality I knew I had to do something to get the personality figured out much quicker. A friend had told me about Jabula and how they did temperament testing on dogs. It costs about $ 70 and they run your dog through a battery of tests to see how it will react in different situations. I took Moose there and he passed with flying colors so I decided this guy is a keeper.
A week after the adoption went through I had to head out of town for the weekend. I had already known that multiple friends had put their dogs through obedience class at Jabula and really liked them, but another friend told me they also did boarding at a farm outside the city and that for a bit extra they would also do training sessions with your dog. I had already planned to put Moose, a 120 lb great dane, through class since he doesn’t know any training commands, but I decided this might be the best bet for him to get a little boost on training. I left him on a Friday and picked him back up on Monday. He was pooped. He ate his dinner and went immediately to bed, not waking up until the next morning. The next day I started rolling through the commands they had worked with him on and he was already sitting on command with a 30 second hold… pretty impressive for a stubborn pup that before I left would have to be prodded into sitting.
We are now in basic obedience classes with Gill and Moose is kicking ass. The classes are once a week for six weeks and you learn multiple commands at each class. He is acing the commands he worked on while I was away and is a little slower to pick up on the new commands. Just tells you how much they did while I was gone and how good they are. My trainer Gill has been fantastic and constantly gives us tricks on how to get the dogs to listen and work. Keep in mind classes only work if you work with your dog outside of them.
Hopefully Moose will graduate with honors in four weeks and then we will move on to off leash basics. The goal is to get Moose to be a well behaved and happy pup.

Worth every penny! We had a rescue dog who would bolt down the street whenever he had the chance. After 5 lessons with Jabula, we have a happy, obedient dog.

We took our 5 month old rescue to Jabula for a basic obedience course. We were going to do the group class, but with our pup’s biting issues, we opted for a private class. Ms. JD is amazing. I thought I was good with my dog, but when he wouldn’t listen to me, she just calmly gave him the same command once, and he obeyed without question.
The methods and curriculum are excellent and easy to follow. There is no hitting, just patience, common sense, positive reinforcement, and an attitude that helped me and my two young children (who accompanied me to a few classes) understand that dogs do not think like people, and if we want them to behave AND be happy with them, we need to treat them like dogs. The most important thing I got out of it was figuring out that I must always be the pack leader, and that my dog is happy when he has a place in the pack – even when he is last (these words are mine, not Jabula’s).
We will be taking our dog back for further training. I highly recommend Jabula for anyone who wants a happy, well-​behaved dog.

I signed up my Pomeranian, Harley, for the Pint Size Pooch class. Including Harley, there were four dogs in the class total. This was nice because you get specialized attention. Our instructor was Kate, who I can’t say enough nice things about. She realizes each dog learns differently and helps you find the best way to communicate with your dog. After each class, she sent us home with a detailed list of homework that was easy to understand and very quick to run through.
Harley learned all the basics of obedience, including some cute tricks. I even have taught him a few new tricks since the class. All the behavioral problems that were an issue before (barking at everyone, play biting, jumping up) have gone away. I didn’t expect for Harley to undergo such a transformation but at Jabula they arm you with the knowledge of how to work with your dog. As an added bonus, Harley and I have a much better relationship than we have ever had! Definitely worth every penny!

We went to the basic obedience training course with Gill who was awesome. She was very enthusiastic about her job and seems to have a great understanding with dogs and is able to pass that understanding along to the people in the class.
Each class has a maximum of six dogs which is a good class size. The point of obedience class isn’t really to train the dogs, instead it’s to train the owners who can then know how to train their own dogs. At the end of the classes our dog knows how to sit, lay, walk on a leash, go to his bed on command, and you can put food and treats in front of him but he won’t take them until you give him the ok.
Gill is also good about answering questions about individual animals. She knows that every dog is different and some may need different solutions than others.
Overall I was quite impressed.