Bark Busters Home Dog Training San Diego North

I have used Bark busters twice; once for an aggressive dog and for a reactive dog. Jan was our trainer both times. She is a lifesaver and I am so grateful for her! I literally could not go ANYWHERE with my reactive dog (outside walking or anywhere she might see another dog). I have had rescue dogs in the past but never experienced this. Before Jan’s guidance I felt like a prisoner in my own home. I incorporated the techniques and modified my behavior and within a few sessions she transformed into the dog I envisioned when I adopted her. If you stick with the program and make new habits with yourself and your dog, you will get results. Also, my old aggressive dog is such a sweetheart now that he is like a different dog. Thank you Jan!

We just adopted a 6 month old from a rescue who is all puppy and hasn’t been trained at all. We have two little children at home already, so it was important to set the puppy up with a good training routine right away. We have owned dogs before, so I was hesitant to pay $$ for fear that we would just hear something we could find on google, but Jan was fantastic! She not only told us what to do, but she showed us how and explained why dogs respond the way they do. And I love that her methods are not treat or shock collar based at all — just praise! Our dog is responding so well to everything we’re practicing. Using a strategy that Jan recommended, we were able to leave our dog for several hours and come home with no poo or pee in her crate on day one!
There’s no such thing as an instant miracle cure, so be prepared to put in the daily work to train your dog, but meeting with Jan is a great way to establish practical training methods.

Today I had Jan come over to have a consultation with my Boston Terrier and Jack Russell chihuahua mix. I was told that she was going to come and spend 2 – 3 hours evaluating my dogs, then I would receive homework and exercises to work on for 20 minutes a day. Then she would come back and possibly introduce more exercises and evaluate once again. First of all she only stayed for an hour, and did nothing she had explained prior to the meeting. She told me my dogs were the devil, and that since my mix was getting old I should just put him down. My dogs have some fine tuning to fix, but they are very well behaved 90% of the time. She spent an hour telling me all the things I had done wrong, and gave me no solutions. After this hour of her insulting my dogs and I in my own home, she then decided to notify me of the 50 dollars per half hour consultation fee, which I had never been informed on. She also told me (after an hour) that she just couldn’t help me. I ended up having to pay 100 dollars for Jan to insult me profusely push my dog, tell them they were devil dogs, say they couldn’t be changed, and to put down my loving dog. This is a scam and I highly recommend not choosing this service. I would have given half a star if it was available.

When I moved my 9 month old Labrador puppy from NYC to San Diego this year I began to experience many behavior issues with him, anxiety and aggression mostly — which led to both myself, and my dog, becoming totally overwhelmed. Since I began working with Jan, my Labrador Jasper’s behavior has improved 100%. She is an excellent communicator and extremely focused and dedicated to the results of her training. I love the lifetime warranty, especially since my dog, who is the Dennis the Menace of Labradors, continues to try to push the boundaries and limits; I know I can count on Jan to step in and train ME on how to be a better mom. The process and program that she implements works if you actually do what she asks. Jan’s Bark Buster training is worth every penny if you want to have a happy, fun dog that is not just a pet, but rather a member of the family.

Jan is simply an amazing trainer. When my family and I called Jan we were desperate. Our puppy Lola was impossible to control and she didn’t listen to anything we said. She also suffered from anxiety and was very shy. Jan no doubt saved our family and made such a difference in our lives. She gave us the tools necessary to teach Lola to listen to us. The amount of progress we have made in such a short amount of time is amazing, and it is all thanks to Jan! She has become a part of our family and we are so thankful for her and the Bark Busters way!

Jan is amazing. We have an Aussie who struggles with anxiety/​fear. She has given us the tools we need to calm him down and improve his behavior. He is a different dog after her working with her. We have her to thank

Jan is a fantastic trainer. Our 8 year old hunting breed dog has never walked well on a leash, has anxiety issues around other dogs, and was a generally a handful. On top of that she was having trouble adjusting to a new city and apartment life. We have a smaller mutt, who has his own issues, but is nothing compared to hers.
Jan has helped us turn a huge corner. After 7 months of working, trial and error (our dog is stubborn and too smart for her own good) and an education for me and my wife, our dog has started walking on a loose leash. She’s calmer, listens to us and seems happier. The change is awesome and I am amazed that it happened.
Jan’s sessions are perfect. She’s calm, pleasant, and easy to understand. Our dogs immediately responded to her and are all wags when they see her. If you do your homework, you will see results, and I am confident that we will overcome the remaining issues with our dogs.

Maybe they’re good at dog training, I don’t know. However, when you’re advertising your business on your car, do not drive so recklessly!!!

I had a great experience with Jan.
I have a 6 months old puppy that did not have any training and a new born baby.
After having a baby it got very overwhelming for me to manage Both.
I needed help with potty training, teaching my puppy manners when guest come and barking issues.
Jan has a wonderful personality and professional skills. It was a pleasure working with her over several sessions we had so far.
She is always on time and very patient with all my questions.
My puppy was already behaving better after first class. Jan helped me to establish routine that would fit me and was making sure I follow it. I got very excited that with a little bit of guidance of a PRO I could do it myself when she is gone.
Now I feel more confident and know what to do when situations like barking or to much excitement come up. My frustration is gone.
Thank you so much for your help Jan!

Jan is amazing and has been extremely helpful with our puppy Sasha. Since Sasha is our first puppy we wanted her to get the best training available so we called Bark Busters! The first time that Jan came into our home I was very impressed with her understanding of dog behavior and the control that she had over Sasha by simply changing the tone of her voice. We would not have survived Sasha’s teething stage without Jan!!! Sasha was nipping and biting us very badly and was especially destructive in the mornings. Jan gave us the best advice and suggested that we feed Sasha her breakfast using a frozen Kong. This forced Sasha to redirect the biting and chewing onto the kong and saved us! We are also very impressed with the way that Jan has always responded to our questions and requests for additional help. We recently contacted Jan for help with walking Sasha. Sasha is an alpha with alot of energy! She always walked in front us and pulled on her walks. Jan advised us to buy a haltie and then came to the house to show us how to use it. We have been using the haltie ever since and Sasha is walking by our side! Jan is an excellent dog trainer and we would highly recommend her! Thank you Jan!!!

We adopted a 2 month old lab mix puppy and named him Roger to go with our 9 year old mix, Tula. He was a wild dog to say the least. Chewing on everything (clothes, shoes, furniture, books, etc.), barking up a storm, wanting to run after everyone and everything aggressively. We managed until our neighbors began complaining repeatedly about his excessive barking all day long. Going so far to threat legal action, getting animal control and HOA involved, etc. Not fun in the least.
After trying all other remedies such as me walking them every day, getting bark collars, training him myself, we realized that we needed professional help, so I called Jan at Bark Busters after reading such stellar Unilocal reviews.
She came a few days later to our home to assess the situation and gather ideas as to what we wanted from our dogs. She is a great listener and devised a fairly easy action plan to begin to remedy the situation. She explained what the dogs were really doing behaviorally and communicatively. That really helped us understand how to intervene and begin laying down the law. We were finding that our older dog was instigating everything but stopping while the puppy would then be excited and keep barking up a storm (we live in a corner house and across from a playground, so our side and front of the house gets lots of walking traffic and dogs). We were also having the dogs rush to the front door barking and getting in the way anytime the doorbell rang or door was knocked. The barking is still there, but more monitored and the door issues are much more calmer now, thanks to Jan’s ideas and training. Our household is much calmer these days.
There were a whole slew of instructions and tasks to do to get to where we are now, which is now our neighbors are amazed how quickly we handled the situation and our dogs are fairly obedient to my voice and commands. Jan gave us a few steps every week to work on and begin mastering. It was not at all overwhelming and seemed like «I can do this». As each week progressed, I could sense and see the change daily in our dogs and our household.
Could our dogs be better behaved? Of course, but that is all on me and not them (or Jan). Jan has provided the instruction (verbal, modeling in real life settings and places, and written) and the steps in the event I want to further train the dogs to be even more regimented and obedient. I still have some work to do, but we are getting there.
Jan really knows her stuff and is the best! She saved our household from the neighborly stress and my sanity. We highly recommend her, especially if you have a new puppy (or an old dog for that matter).

This is a late review! We actually worked with Jan this past summer (2013)
Cody is our first dog, and boy did we do some things wrong while he was growing up. We had a lot to learn, and Jan Janecki taught us a lot. Our dog had a couple of issues that we wanted to work on, including nuisance barking, aggression (towards dogs and people), pulling on the leash, etc. It became a big problem when my mom would be too scared to walk through the hallway without him growling at her. What drew me to Bark Busters was their lifetime guarantee, especially the ability to change to another trainer if I moved somewhere else. I loved working with Jan because she was so accommodating to how we wanted to train Cody, and she was very knowledgeable about other breeds of dogs. My sister and I learned a lot from her! We worked with her for all of this past summer, and saw a lot of improvements in Cody. Obviously, it took a lot of work to change some habits that we allowed to continue for 3 years, but Cody gradually became more behaved and calm (as calm as corgis can get!) the more we worked on his behavior. He would also usually pull a lot on his walks, which made it unpleasant to give him the amount of exercise he needs. However, with Jan’s help, we were able to have him walk right by our side, which was definitely way more enjoyable. If anyone is hesitant on choosing which training company/​trainer to go with, I highly recommend Bark Busters and Jan Janecki!

We have a rescued chihuahua-​mix dog. Adorable, but high-​strung, dog. It quickly became apparent there was some abuse or mishandling when the dog was being raised. We made the mistake of thinking we didn’t need formal dog training because «we can just pick the dog up when he is misbehaving». Our poor dog had aggression issues that were getting progressively worse and finally resulted in the dog biting a neighbor who was simply walking past our front door.
We called Jan the next day for training. She was very prompt in answering my email — in fact the only trainer who did. Jan specializes in dealing with aggressive dogs so she was a perfect choice. The one on one training she provides is nothing short of a miracle. Jan gives very good instruction, with very clear explanations, and just the right amount of support each person needs. Within one lesson my dog was doing things I didn’t think was possible before. I was doing things I didn’t think I could do. I had to apologize to my dog that I thought he wasn’t capable of being trained. :-(
We now have a dog I can take places I would have never tried before. We can eat dinner at a dog friendly restaurant and it is peaceful for all. The barking at every sound can be controlled. However, the most wonderful part is that we have a much happier, and calmer, dog. Jan truly was the right person at the right time. Thank you Jan!

My husband Jim and I contacted Jan when we were at our wits end with our newly rescued 4 year old Eskie, Silver, Jim and I knew that Silver needed special attention, to remedy his behavioural problems as a result of havng been tossed around from shelter to shelter in his early years. Jan was immediately able to «read» Silver and transform him into a focused, calm dog. Jan’s attention to detail allowed us to rapidly learn her techniques and adopt them ourselves. Jan’s proficiency in working with problem dogs is clear, as is her love for the species in general. Jim and I highly recommend Jan if you are looking for a dog trainer with these qualities.

We adopted a miniature Schnauzer as our first dog. Mozart is a great puppy, but was starting to learn some troublesome behaviors. We tried some of the advice we found online, but found too much of it to be conflicting and had difficult to create a structure out of. Other advice was not adaptive enough, and it was hard to decide where to go when the expected resultant behavior did not appear.
After trying a couple other trainers, we called up Jan and arranged a meet and greet. From the get go it was clear that Jan knows what she’s doing. She provided a framework for communicating with Mozart that made sense rationally and was quickly understandable. The advice she provided was not rote either; she was willing to work with our behavioral preferences and Mozart’s reactions, explaining the rationale as we went along. When we wanted advice out of session she was quick to respond as well. Mozart has come a long way since then, and even though there’s still a ways to go we can see his progress week to week. Overall, a great experience and we recommend her to all new dog owners.

If you are looking for dog behavioral training using positive reinforcement, Jan is the way to go! She is our long time mentor for our own business. She taught us and other dog owners how to emulate the way dogs communicate with each other, thus getting quick results! Jan helps dog owners and their canines to create a respectful loving bond. She is well educated, responsible and great to work with! Thank you, Jan! We can always ask Jan for help solving a difficult case.
Lisa and Nelson Neyer
Bark busters San Clemente

Pros: must have training for new puppies
Cons: none
Verdict: if you want a well trained dog and value your time, and sanity call Jan
Overview:
We rescued a 3 month old puppy (Border Collie Mix) from the Helen Woodward Animal Center in RSF, and they had suggested we get puppy training as soon as possible. This is my first dog and they were really pushing a celebrity trainer ($$$$) who also does group training at the shelter on certain weekends.
We decided to do some additional research as we really didn’t think we needed to pay crazy hourly rates just because someone was on T.V. to get our puppy trained. After interviewing a few professionals, we chose to work with Jan and it was a wonderful decision.
Details:
We have a super smart puppy, but she is also very, very stubborn and we were at our wits and running out of patience. Our new puppy was peeing everywhere, and nothing was working (I probably put the Nature’s Floor Cleaner company’s kids through college), she also would growl at us from time to time when we played with her, and she would pull on the leash whenever we took her on walks, and when I say pull, I mean pulling as if she was a grown husky trying to win a north pole sled race.
After two weeks of this, we decided we needed professional help. Jan came to our rescue (we signed up for her puppy training package) with insightful advice, and offered multiple tools and techniques. She was even nice enough to come to dog parks with us to teach us proper puppy socialization, and what to look for and what to avoid.
Jan was very accommodating to our needs and I found her to always be responsive, timely and professional. She is a good person who is caring and sincere in her work, and will go above the call of duty to ensure your success with your dog or puppy.
Outcome:
— puppy was house trained in about 3 weeks.
— puppy has great temperament and has not growled since the 2^nd week of training.
— puppy is walking on-​leash without pulling.
— 85% success to commands such as: «sit», «look» and «come».
— super happy puppy and parents, and we have all our nice rugs and furniture back like they used to be without any worries.
I highly recommend Jan to any new dog owner. If you value your time and sanity, give Jan a call.

We needed help with one of our 4 rescues, Tate /​Tater. We had tried nearly every training school and /​or piece of equipment out there to help us better-​handle him. He is one of our most dominant dogs in the family, along with another resident male dog, so we were having issues not only within the home, but encountering problems on leash when we ran into other dogs that Tate would become completely anxious, then escalating to what looked like aggression. Of course it never helps with all the off leash dogs around Carmel Valley and clueless owners!
Jan worked with us for several weeks, both in and outside of the home. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that helped us almost immediately. From tips she gave regarding indoor behavior, feeding and claiming space back «de-​throning Tate,» to a life-​saving «Halti» lead (which she GAVE to us), that changed the whole tone of our walks. Jan’s calming energy, as well as assertiveness when needed, really taught us how to properly work with Tate, as well as our other 3 rescues! Her lessons have been the most valuable tool and training we’ve received to date. I highly recommend Jan for any dog-​training /​behavioral issues. The moment she steps through your door, you’ll notice her energy and so will your dogs. You can see how much she cares about your animals and how passionate she is about her work. Some people are just meant to work with animals, Jan is one of them. She really does have a gift. She does beautifully at training the «humans» as well and that is half the battle! Thank you so much, Jan! You helped us more than you know!

One of our dogs started having some serious dog-​aggression problems that only seemed to be escalating. Her increasing dog-​aggression combined with her high prey drive made taking her on walks less than fun for me and my husband. I knew that after our dog attacked a calm, older dog and continued to often growl and lunge toward other dogs, despite our verbal corrections, that I had to get a professional in to help me.
I called Bark Busters and they got me in touch with Jan right away. The price of the lessons surprised me at first, but now that I have finished my last lesson with Jan, I can honestly say that it is worth every penny. Our dog (and me and my husband) are so relaxed now on our walks. Her behavior has changed remarkably, she hasn’t lunged or growled at another dog in several weeks. Although, our lessons with Jan have ended and we are continuing training on our own, it is comforting to know that I can contact Jan if I have a question or concern in the future.
Jan genuinely cares about our dogs and she is very patient and understanding (without being judgmental) about our training problems. Even though most of the problems are due to our lack of consistent discipline she never made me feel like a terrible dog owner but rather just human. Jan was always on time for our lessons and acted very professionally. I highly recommend her. The sooner you contact her the sooner you will have less problems with your dog.

I have a neurotic golden retriever. She was very «in-​your-​face» for attention and praise, didn’t really know how to control her energy, and her manners needed work. After Jan Janecki came and worked with her and us for a bit, our golden became much more controlled, calm, and better mannered. She’s still really neurotic and has a lot of energy to expend, but is far better controlled and calmer in situations where she used to go insane.
Jan’s very professional, compassionate, and knows her stuff. Highly recommend.