Cooper, our 2 year old mini golden doodle was full of energy and had an extreme bout of “selective hearing”. After our consultation with Matt, we signed him up for the board and training. Ashley sent daily videos, pictures and messages with his progress. We were blown away with what he accomplished in such a short amount of time. It’s been 3 months since his training and he is doing great! He has a level of confidence about him now that going on walks is so much fun. We continue to work with him to strengthen what he has learned. Cooper loved his training and Ashley! This was the best investment! Thanks Ashley and Matt!

We were lucky enough to get our new bernadoodle Sully in for the two week board and train course. Matt did a fantastic job getting our puppy proficient with commands and giving us a jump start with crate training. He was in near constant communication about all of our dogs behaviors and progress. At the end you come equiped with everything you need to tackle the puppy phase, even a potty schedule! Couldn’t recommend highly enough.

Matt and Ashley are absolutely wonderful. Our pup did the Board and Train for two weeks at 7 mos old ( and also did the board and train at 8 weeks) to learn the ecollar and it was extremely effective. Two months later, he has retained all that he learned. Also Ashley and Matt are so caring and loving to our pup and he adores them! The collar does not bother him; he is just significantly calmer and more in control since the training. Highlyrecommend Matt and Ashley!

I met Matt a little over a year ago in Lowe’s when he was there with a puppy. That was the beginning of a wonderful experience for me. Caprino went to month board and train from the breeder. When he came to me I was amazed at the training he had already accomplished with Ashley. From there we continued with puppy classes and then advanced training. Cap and I worked hard at this and both Matt and Ashley were always available for assistance when not in class. I am happy to say Cap has attained Certification as CGC and also certified as a therapy dog. I could not have done this without their help and excellent training. I am looking forward to having Cap go out in the community and help others as much as he helps me.

Our dogs, Isaac and Olive, were out of control. They each had their own behavioral issues. Isaac pulled on leash, was reactive to other dogs, and had a mind of his own when on an animal trail. Olive pulled on leash, barked at everything and nothing. A blowing leaf would set her off. She jumped up on everyone she met. And a whole host of other issues for both.

We live in Alaska and I called so many board and train entities (mostly in Arizona because we were going to spend a bit of time there.) I looked at countless websites. I didn’t feel comfortable handing my dogs over to any of them for one reason or another. Most took in many dogs at a time and they were kept in kennels.

I grew up in Pittsburgh and was going to spend three weeks there visiting family. Upon recommendation of my brother and sister-in-law I contacted Control is Key.

From the first phone call, I knew my dogs would be well taken care of. My dogs would be living with their trainers. Matt and Ashley were fantastic.

We got many videos and texts everyday showing Isaac’s and Olive’s progress. I could also tell my dogs were happy and enjoying the attention and training.

After we picked up our dogs, Matt and Ashley began the arduous task of training us. They have amazing patience and kept training until we felt comfortable with handling our dogs on our own.

We are now driving back home to Fairbanks and are so incredibly happy that we trusted our dogs to Matt and Ashley of Control is Key.

If you are on the fence trying to decide if you want to send your dog to board and train, give Matt a call. You will be happy you did.