We met Matt and Susan at a community event and they took the time (a lot of time) to answer our questions. Being first time dog owners and dealing with a dog off the streets they were very eager for the challenge! We are extremely happy with their training of our American Staffardshire Terrior and especially us. We learned a great deal, not only about obedience, but on how to read our dog’s reactions. We would not hesitate to get additional training from Matt and his staff. Another trainer deemed our Amstaff as aggressive. Matt saw Shelby’s goodness. We can’t thank him enough! Matt, Mike and Susan – Thank You!

When my son adopted Zeus, he had been abused and abandoned. Zeus was anxious and fearful of everyone. Once he trusted us, he became a very sweet loving dog but was hyper protective of my daughter and me. This made walking him in our neighborhood and having people over to the house stressful and unpredictable. Matthew’s training focused on the behavior of the dog and how I reacted to it. His team is knowledgeable and patient and gave clear instructions that were easy to follow. Zeus is a new dog. He is a pleasure to walk and I am able to take him into public places without fear of his reactions. I have worked with other dog trainers and none have been as thorough and able to communicate as Matthew. I would recommend Control is Key to every dog owner.

I enrolled Scout, a 3 yr. old Jack Russell and Rat Terrier mix, in the 8 week obedience program with Matt. Scout is a very active, excitable dog with boundless energy that had some obedience issues. Matt was great from the start, explaining the program and established a good rapport with Scout. Matt was very professional, caring, with great attention to detail. Scout now walks on a loose leash with no problems, without pulling. I can now take him in the woods with no leash and complies with all of my commands. I can now take Scout to Lowe’s or Home Depot with no issues related to pulling, barking and jumping up on other patrons. It was worth every penny I spent for the program and is far superior to some other dog training schools that I tried.

We have two sibling ausidoodles that were very difficult to manage. We couldn’t even walk them on a leash.

My daughter and I happened to see Matt training another puppy at Tractor Supply and approached him to get his information. We looked him up and decided to give him a shot. It was absolutely worth it! Matt spent a lot of time with us explaining everything we were doing. He wrote everything down as well as made videos of our training sessions. We had access to him at all times to ask questions and share videos of our progress/challenges and he would respond with suggestions. We were very hesitant to use e-collars but Matt once again took the time to explain the benefits and proper usage of the collar. He was very diligent about making sure the collar was only used when necessary and set at the lowest level needed for the dog to make the necessary correction, but only once the dog had a good understanding of what they were expected to do.

I now have two doodles that I can confidently take into a store or to a park and know that I am in control.

Exceptional communication throughout the entire training process. Could not have asked for a better experience for both myself and my dog. Every future dog I have will be trained here as well!