Karen B.
Scottsdale,AZ
I have had the pleasure of working with Tino for the last 8 months. During this time period, Jakob, my German Shepherd and I have made remarkable gains in our training. I attribute these gains to Tino’s natural ability to read canines and his clear, direct approach with both canine and handler.
Tino has a natural ability to predict behaviors and create training methods that deliver results quickly and effectively. It is one of his many attributes that set him apart from other trainers. Results can be seen in the very first session, and confidence ignites in all involved.
The clear and understandable direction he provides to both canines and handler reduces the common stresses created by trial-and-error type methods. This clear direction allows progress to come quickly, efficiently and with minimal stress on your pet.
Tino is genuine in his interest to help your pet, and teach you methods and skills that can lead to a lifetime of enjoyable pet ownership. He truly is a master trainer.
June P. M., P.h.D
Phoenix, AZ
Although I have been training and showing dogs for over thirty years, I have not met a previous trainer with the exceptional abilities both as a trainer and as a coach for helping me and my dogs succeed in the dog sport. Tino has a unique gift in working with people and their dogs to not only get the dog well trained but to also coach the person on what they need to do to get the precision and peak performance out of their dogs.
I am currently working with Tino to get my four German Shepherds ready for competing in Schutzhund trails at various levels from Schutzhund I to Regional competition. Each time we train I find that every one of my dogs makes significant progress either in learning new exercises, in improving the precision and speed of the exercises, or improving my ability to get a higher level performance out of my dogs. And when I leave them with him to provide some concentrated training on particular areas, they always make great progress and come back home in great shape and with a great attitude.
And at the same time we have been working to continue to make all four of my dogs more of a pleasure to live with in the house as well as travel with to visit friends, for work, and for vacation. And living and traveling with four German Shepherds as members of our family is not an easy feat. From being able to go to friends house for dinner and having impeccable manners to coming with me to client meetings Tino has helped me develop the skills to train and retain the manners that make living with four dogs a lot of fun.
I would highly recommend Tino to anyone who wants their pet trained as a great companion and family pet as well as to anyone who wants to achieve peak performance in dog sports such as obedience or Schutzhund. He is a great trainer, an exceptional coach, and a fun person to work with.
Gil Y.
Scottsdale, AZ
Dear Angelika and Tino,
Ivory, our beloved Lab puppy girl, was very active and almost impossible to control and as much as we loved her we have struggled for several tough months until we got to a point where we knew that the only way to keep her is to have her professionally trained.
After trying a few group training sessions and some homemade “methods” it was clear that it will not suffice. Ivy is smart and knew all the commands but she had her own agenda when it was time to comply (-;
We did our homework for a while because we wanted the absolut best for Ivory and narrowed the options to the Boarding Training method and this is when your name came up as highly regarded. With a heavy heart we left our little baby in your hands and went home counting the days… and when it was finally time to have her back we had our high expectations but we were not even remoptely ready for the big surprise that was waiting for us.
Not only that Ivy came back home 100% off leash trained, she is now so calm and happy and her social interaction with everybody is just amazing. Our bond is much stronger.
We feel that she kept her wonderful charm, sweetness and character but left the naughty stuff behind her. It is a dream come true and nothing short of a miracle!
We don’t know how you do this but whatever you do, it is working tremendously well. We will surely use your services for any future dogs we might adopt and highly recommend you to anybody who wishes to share better life with their beloved dog.
Thank you!!!
Chris T.
Paradise Valley, AZ
Hallo Tino & Angelika,
This note is written to help any pack leaders who own hunting breeds and/or have 2 dogs in the pack. My wife and I own 2 young high energy Vizslas that are brothers from the same litter. We have always had two dogs in our packs, but this was the first time we took litter mates. That was a mistake that we will NOT make again, always take dogs from different litters! We had already invested 6 months of time, effort and money into training the boys, but they could not be easily controlled when they were together. We could get them to obey commands when alone, but not when they were together. The brothers seemed to have an unhealthy co-dependance upon each other, and it became clear that we needed professional help to diminish the bond between the brothers and increase the bond with the pack leaders “US”. I researched local trainers, and after visiting Quality K9 un-announced I saw how happy and willingly the client dogs responded to Tino. Dogs wear their emotions on their tails – these dogs were quite happy, proud, and focused on pleasing Tino and their pack leaders. You can not fake or stage that situation. After witnessing his relationship with other trained dogs I was willing to let Tino take our boys and hope that he could break the co-dependance and lay the foundation for a healthy pack.
They kept our boys for 2-3 weeks longer than usual because they needed to develop a sense of independence for each boy. It was great to see how they brought out the personality of each dog so that they could mature independently and not co-dependantly. Even better Angelika explained to me that there would be NO extra charge for the extra 2-3 weeks of their time. She said they are committed to deliver a well balanced and well trained dog to me, even if it takes a little longer than expected. That is GREAT service!
Two days after they transitioned the dogs back to our home my wife and I had a 25 person dinner party. The boys were able to maintain a perfect “place” (lay on your mat until I release you from the command) for nearly 3 hrs. Yes we did not put them in their kennels, we said, “PLACE” and they laid down on their mat 15 feet from the large dinner table. Our guests were amazed that puppies could be so obedient when guests, food, and excitement were in the same room.
In summary, Tino & Angelika earned the trust of me and my pups which allowed them to train all of us to operate like one happy pack. You will not be disappointed by hiring Tino & Angelika to train your pack!