In-Home Training

“So I have two large boxers and a newborn. The baby is 6 days old and her first night home was the worst day of my life, because the dogs were uncontrolable. I called Marx’s dog training first thing in the morning of day two. Gwenevere and Kristi have just left my home and I don’t recognize my dogs. They listen to my first command. I feel comfortable putting the baby in bouncy seat and not standing directly over the dogs. I am in full control on walks. Now I understand that I must continue the training, but today is a great day. The training provided is worth more than you will have to pay. If you’re reading the list of bad behaviors or the testimonials, rest assured you have found the right trainers for your pet. Thank you so much Gwenevere and Kristi!”

“I’ve never done a testimonial on any company or service I’ve used in the past,but I truely feel I have to when it comes to this company. We have a 9 month old German Sheppard, very loving, but EXTREMELY hyper. Jumping on people to say “hello” was the norm for her. My wife, now 8 months pregnant with our first child said we had to do something about her hyperness, and to get her trained as quickly as possible now that I was back from my deployment from Iraq. When I contacted them about our dog & explained our situation, their service was beyond caring, I never once felt like a client, but more of a family member to them. They spent 3 hours, coming to my home, and treated my dog as if it was their own, not once raising their voice, or what some would call “being rough”. I honestly can say they were true professionals in every sence of the word. Within 2 days of following their regiment of training, myself and my wife were in awe of how eager and happy our dog was to learn. It’s like we have the dog we always knew we had, but hadn’t come to be yet. I would recommend them to anyone.”

“We just wanted to let you know how happy we are with the in-home training by Gwenevere, Wendy, Miss Peppers and Saxony. Our dog, Star, is a totally different dog! She sits, stays, heels, and most importantly - pays attention to us rather than other dogs, squirrels, or anything that moves in front of her when we are walking her. I think we have some work ahead of us regarding her aggressiveness towards other dogs, but that showed dramatic improvement at the first Sunday training session last week. We will be there every week that we can, because we know she can be a good girl. And, her “good kisses” are fabulous too. We cannot thank you enough for how you have helped us. Neighbors have complimented her just in the last week - and it is such a good feeling (for all of us!!!). A big thank you to Saxony too - Star’s first “gal pal”. Now, if we can just get her to play with other dogs, everything will be perfect. You have saved our family and Star from a lot of stress. We just can’t thank you enough.”

“Thank you Gwenevere. You and your assistant were at my home three weeks ago. We can’t thank you enough. Our 7-pound dog Slippers had been controlling our home for so long we really didn’t know what could be done. I had two other trainers out to help, one of them could not get close enough to slippers and the other one just wanted to talk about why dogs become aggressive. We were about to give up.

“You did not put blame on us or the dog. You managed to be able to pick up slippers in a very short amount of time, which was amazing! You began working with very simple commands before you touched on the aggressive behaviors. I really think that helped slippers learn to trust you.

“My dog would not let any family member get into my bed, even my husband. It actually seemed like I had to choose between my husband and my dog. I thought you were going to tell us that slippers could not sleep with us any longer. You did a surprising thing, you addressed this and taught slippers how to come and lay down next to me when he heard my husband coming in the bedroom. When you told us that once my husband got in bed that the growling and snapping would stop I was not so sure, you were right. Now slippers actually wags his tail when my husband comes to bed and will cuddle with my husband part of the night. My husband can now pick up slippers right off of my lap, never before. Walking on the leash is a pleasure now too! Thank you so much, we can share slippers with each other and have a long peaceful life with him.”

“Gwenevere Marx saved our dog. She came to our house and did what several other trainers couldn’t do. Simba was on the way out the door when we called Marx’s dog training in a last ditch effort to save him. He bit my son in the face near his food bowl, and that was the last straw. Gwenevere was able to stop the food aggression, and now my son is confident around our dog again. Thank you Gwenevere.”

“We just had in home training for our Lucy - 6-month-old black lab. She was terrible with door crashing, jumping, eating everything and especially walking on a leash. No matter what we did, it did not make a difference. It is only my husband and I in the house but our kids and grandkids come for dinner every Sunday. Lucy was normally confined because she would not calm down. When Gwenevere and Mike came, in three hours, they taught us and Lucy how to respond and behave. On the first outing, Lucy was walking on a leash, my granddaughter got to walk her for the first time. She had aggression at dinner time with her bowl. She taught us and Lucy what to do. Jumping on first night was to stopped. Yeah, we thought once they leave and were alone, she will go back to same way. The next morning we got up and took her for a walk, she did not pull at all. I can walk my dog!!! There was no jumping. Anything she was not to have, we told her leave it and it worked. Never before, we chased her all over the house. What an improvement on her aggression with her bowl. That does need work, but much better. Door crashing and calming down is down to a minimum. I thank Gwenevere & Mike for making our home a happy one now with Lucy. My granddaughter is looking forward to working with her. We are all seeing a big difference. We will keep in touch about once a week for a while to let you all know how she is doing. That is for the people that don’t believe. Yeah, it does work. After one day, I am impressed and very happy. Thanks again.”

“Thank you Gwenevere for all your help. My little 7lb dog was a handful. He is not lifting his leg on my furniture any more. Your 10 day no fail housebreaking program worked! He has not tried to bite me since you came to my house. I can clean his ears and clip his nails my self now (big money saver). I walk him and he does not bark at the other dogs, he just walks along like a good boy now. Thanks Gwenevere and Niki, you two are awesome!”

“I would like to thank Gwenevere for all the hard work she did in helping our German Shepherd, Rowshon. Rowshon is a 100lb male shepherd with extreme people aggression. He has had some trauma in his life, 2 eye surgeries and 1 ACL repair, which I feel is the root to his aggression. I have been told by 3 vets to put him down. He is only able to be in contact with 6 people, whom have known him since he was a puppy and whom he trusts. We have been through the gamete of trainers, who used various techniques (Schuzund and “clickers”) and no one has been as successful as Gwenevere. She came to our house, w/ her assistant Mike and spent about 3 1/2 hours working w/ Rowshon. He was very aggressive, but she did not BACK DOWN. By the end she was able to pet him and w/out any reaction. She gave us homework to work on, most importantly how to answer the door when people come over and to be able to sit w/ Rowshon and be calm. We have people over all the time now, and Rowshon sits with us and seems to be happier, not so stressed. Her training session was a big SUCCESS! I am so happy to have met Gwenevere and her staff and I look forward to all of the obedience classes in the future. Thanks so much!!!"

“Hi Gwenevere, I thought I would e mail you to let you know how things are going. You were at my home in Bethlehem last month and worked with my Lab /Shep mix. Trever. Trever was a nightmare to walk. I could no longer go any place that there would be another dog, cat or even a person. Trever has not tried to attack another dog since you worked with him. He walks perfectly at my side and now goes to the park and the pet stores with me. I feel so proud when I see other dogs acting crazy, I now have the nice dog, just like you said I would! You taught me how to stop saying NO and how to say heel, leave it and GOOD BOY. I am looking forward to the warmer days so I can walk my dog for entire afternoons. Thank you for helping my dog and my family. Give Miss Peppers a big hug from Trever.”

“Dear Gwenevere You saved another dog last week and we can’t thank you enough. I thought I would share with your readers how happy we are with our dog since you came to our home. We have a 3 year old Golden Ret mixed with Irish Setter. The teenagers in the neighborhood have been teasing him to the point that Skip would lunge the fence when people walked by. He bit a young man while walking past and would pull so hard on the leash that only my husband could control him. We had to lock Skip in his crate when people came over, as he had become scary around any person that came to our home. Our friends stopped coming over and some of them told us we should have our dog put down. YOU PUT A STOP TO ALL OF THIS! We now have a dog that we can love again. You taught us so much, our dog is acting like a gentleman around our guests and friends, as well as minding his manners around the fence. If only you could train teenagers to listen like Skip! (lol) Thanks again, you are terrific Gwenevere.”