Service Dog School of America

I received a text saying I didn't answer his call, so I was disqualified and would not be eligible to reapply. What an unpleasant text. Moreover, it was oddly abusive.

I called asking for help with my new puppy I was going to get. He took it on himself to make the appointment the day after I was to get my puppy who is only 8 weeks old.

I told him I did not have my schedule and would let him know if that would be okay. I found that I have to have a medical procedure, but told him that I was unable to take that appointment and we would have to reschedule. When I went to reschedule he had emailed me I'm sorry but I have decided since you cancelled I am no longer interested. I think the guy is a *** arrogant, he puts other trainers down because of their pictures.

All his pictures are outdated, & I found that ar mostly of his home, a few dogs in front of his Porsche in the garage, his wife with a couple dogs, and swimming pool and all his material things. No wonder what the prices he charges, but I did not make an appointment with him he made the appointment and under no circumstances did I deserve to be treated that way.

Just look him up on the BBB, Yelp and Angie's list if this is not enough! David Baron's defenses and statements of having a A+ rating with the BBB are outright lies and so easy to prove by just looking his business up on the BBB site.

This man is now threatening me for reporting him to the BBB and he is using insane slander in his responses to my simply stating the truth of how he abused my dogs as well as me. I forwarded his threats and extremely unprofessional and slanderous emails to and about me to the BBB and he responded publically to them by stating I was a psychiatric patient on drugs and had altered the emails I forwarded - an attack on me that is simply made up to threaten and intimadate me as well as discredit my reviews on him. Since all the emails can be proven authentic, he must be in his own delusional world, but none the less after 5 hours with him and seeing how he treated my dogs and me I feel he is not only a scam artist for money but more so a dangerous unstable person that goes far beyond just trying to rip everyone off for money. He should never be allowed to deal with the public as a business and I feel he is very threatening to me and women and defenless dogs.

I only feel wrong in all this for having taken my dogs to him for a second lesson since they started shaking around him in the first 15 min he had them - I told him to stop the harshness after the first lesson and thought he would only to find the second lesson was even harsher with increasing personal attacks aimed at me since then.

I am an older women who went alone the first time with my very small dogs...bad situation, but the second time I had a witness to his abbarent and agressive behaviour. I have also had to retain and attorney to protect myself (considered a police report and restaining order) as well as hold him responsible for the slander and extreme unprofessional violation of basic business ethics.

In our initial email contact I told him I had two Rottweilers. My first red flag should have been when I met him the frist time and he said Rotties were the only dog he was afraid of.

His initial meet and greet is disarming. It is after you pay a *** load of money- non refundable and up front- that his true teaching style comes out.

He will off-handed say- Well- I have been known to pitch a water bowl or chain collar at a dog to get their attention and stated several other openly abusive training techniques.

He showed absolute disdain for my male and openly preferred my female.

I repeatedly told him my biggest issue was my male jumping on me and he refused to address it until we had met his other training expectations.

After the second visit I was blatently told- "We can't move forward with any other training until you get Dante to stop pushing you around, call me when you are ready to come back".

That was my clue to NEVER go back. Now I am out $1,200.00 and still searching for the REAL super-dog trainer.

Valerie

David Baron from superodg.com killed our dog and will not give back our money for training or the cost of our dog. His website says he doesnt use any choke chains but the vet said that the bruise on our poor dog's neck is clearly from being hung.

He kept saying to look at all the dogs' faces on his website and look at his own dogs and that's why we went with him and we are now so sorry. Our poor dog just needed obedience. Not a pit bull but just labradoodle.

My kids are crying day and night and all because of our poor decision. Please, please watch out for this monster.

Superdog is the biggest fraud in dog training out there. Whether its the promise of training your dog or you becoming a dog trainer with Superdog, The owners only want your money.

Stay far far away from this company and the owner of Superdog because if you get in too deep you'll also be harnessed by the owner. Not only was I promised good business with dog training once I bought into the franchise I was also told I needed to move to a bigger city in order to get good clientele. Not 2 months after I moved the owner, David Baron, stated that since I was unable to pay him my monthly franchise dues he is taking me completely off all and any advertising with Superdog. This was after the promise of if I moved I'd make money with the dog training.

I'm sure it would have happened if David wouldn't have kicked me to the curb. I would have NEVER moved had I known I was going to be kicked to the side just because I was just barely starting out in a new big city that I spent every dime I had getting to because I was so sure the dog training was goin to work because of all the promises I have been made. I didn't pay my franchise dues not because I didn't want to but because I had no extra money. And I made this perfectly clear to David and the office staff at Superdog that I would have money to pay Superdog until I was getting a good clientele.

I never got that because I was counting on Superdog's advertisement. I had and have no extra cash to advertise myself.

I bought into Superdog for that very reason. I thought it was sure thing to help me get started with dog training and in return I lost everything I had saved and am struggling to even feed myself and pay for rent.

This so called breeder sold me a sick cain corso dog,( which later cost me a fortune in health care) He stalked me like crazy for the remaining balance after we signed a contract for monthly payments.I paid off early because of the hasseling ( against my familys advice) he never forwarded the akc registered paper work and when I tried to contact him concerning the matter his phone number had been changed. Richard Wilson of E Lansdowne is the worst!

And he has a nerve to call himself a business man. Stay away from this guy and his dogs!

I chose to decline his services based on the negative reviews and told the woman so that I followed up with. Dave called me and threatened me and I had to call the police out of fear for my safety. This is not just a case of a poorly run business. This is frightening behavior.

Dave insists that all these reviews are fake. An easy way to prove that to someone is give a list of numbers from satisfied customers to call. If the happy customers would write positive reviews for him it would balance it out.

I'm frightened for my family's safety after simply calling for information about a dog trainer.

This so called breeder sold me a sick cain corso dog,( wich later cost me a fortune in health care) He stalked me like crazy for the remaining balance after we signed a contract for monthly payments.I paid off early because of the hasseling ( against my familys advice) he never forwarded the akc registered paper work and when I tried to contact him concerning the matter his phone number had been changed. Richard Wilson of E Lansdowne is the worst!

And he has a nerve to call himself a business man.

Stay away from this guy and his dogs!

First, I am a retired 73 year old man who has no connection with any competitive animal training organization as David Baron would like viewers of negative statements to believe. Perhaps he has provided input to the positive ones. The door swings both ways.

In his defense, Mr. Baron has had excellent results in making dogs obedient. My wife and I learned quite a bit from his instructions and techniques, and Roxy (our German shepherd) is much more obedient as a result of Mr. Baron's training. Roxy's main areas of concern are barking at other dogs she sees and her fascination to chase squirrels at the cost of some destruction to furniture and other items on her way to get at the animal. She is not vicious and only wants to play and chase. My problem is with Mr. Baron's techniques. He forces the dog into submission to his/her master's "Alpha" position. There are no rewards and little "love" shown. He stated to us that he does not use pinch collars or electric/sound devices, however a large pinch collar was the first item he recommended we purchase. During our last visit, he recommended a $400 electric collar to make Roxy totally obedient.

My wife did the majority of the training and has severe arthritis. It was very difficult, if not impossible, for her to heel Roxy four (4) feet behind her which was one of the requirements in his technique of dominance training. To prove his point he put several dogs including the large brown mastiff in a pen and had my wife take Roxy over to them. The mastiff attacked Roxy through the chain link fence making Roxy respond and injuring my wife's shoulder. His response was to reiterate the dog must learn the four foot rule, no matter what. My wife again objected and his response was "you don't want me to kiss your ***, do you"? At this point my wife and I agreed that training was over and we would never see any rebate of the $1200 fee he charged. David Baron treats women and animals as "the lesser vessel" and should not have a business that deals with the public. His last words to us as he re-entered his house were "get off my property, now". What a way to do business, I can now see why he had a falling out with the Better Business Bureau. Would I ever go back to him, absolutely not. Would I recommend him to any one, absolutely not. His handling of dogs harbor on animal abuse and his treatment of "man's best friend" is despicable. It is my opinion that the only thing he loves is himself.

I guess he would totally become unglued if he knew that Roxy has the choice to sleep on a queen size TempurPedic bed in the guest room, family room sofa, or her bed on the floor next to me.

Dave - Placerville, CA

The internet can be your best friend or worst enemy. Nowadays everybody looks up a review before spending significant money on a product or service.

Especially in the absence of a personal referral. For anyone to be charge $1200 for training and not UNQUESTIONABLY stand behind that service or your money back, no questions asked, forget it. They'd better have in writing exactly what they deliver including the milestones the owner can expect to achieve. In other words I'll teach you how to make your dog "go to place".

In two weeks the owner must demonstrate they can make their dog "go to place". Check off 1st milestone, and continue to number (whatever). If the trainer can't do this - or the owner comply with the program - then money is wasted! When I read that somebody can't get their money back, forget it.

And anybody can stick a prong collar on a dog (the use of which is already outdated!) and intimidate a dog into submission. Unless that collar makes the dog "hectic" and then you'd better watch out for handler agression!

A much BIGGER problem!!!