Love Your Dog
Love Your Dog is a full-service pet care facility located on Transit Road in East Amherst, New York, serving the Western New York community since 1987. With over 35 years of canine behavior experience, Love Your Dog offers dog obedience training, doggie daycare, boarding, grooming, and in-home pet care. Their training programs are available for dogs ages 8 weeks and older, with small group classes that ensure individual attention. The facility features spacious indoor and outdoor daycare areas where dogs enjoy supervised play, toys, and play yard equipment, and even swimming when weather permits. Their non-traditional boarding kennel operates in a group setting where dogs are out playing from early morning until late evening, with a living room for cuddles and individual suites for sleeping. Love Your Dog also offers continued training during daycare sessions, add-on enrichment activities, and a mobile app for reservations and communication.
- Recommended by members
- No one yet
- Bark ScoreSilver Rated Trainer
- 4.2 / 5
- Reputation
- 4.5
- Ethics
- 5.0
- Credentials
- 2.8
- Service breadth
- 3.4
- Training methods
- Force-free
Love Your Dog reviews
Public reviews
Love Your Dog’s reputation score is 4.5 out of 5, worked out from the star rating and number of reviews on their Google Business Profile. That’s higher than 84% of the trainers we list.
Read their Google reviewsHow is Love Your Dog rated?
Four parts, each out of 5, weighted into one score. Member reviews never change it. How we score
- Reputation 30% of the score
- 4.5
- From the star rating and number of reviews on their Google Business Profile.
- Ethics 40% of the score
- 5.0
- Force-free. They train with rewards and positive reinforcement, without aversive tools. This scores highest.
- Credentials 25% of the score
- 2.8
- No recognised credential is listed. Ask what training they’ve had.
- Service breadth 5% of the score
- 3.4
- 4 ways to train (day school, group class, private 1:1, in-home), and help with 5 kinds of problem.
How does Love Your Dog compare with other East Amherst dog trainers?
Counted from the 1 trainers listed in East Amherst.
- Overall Bark Score higher than 85% of the trainers we list.
What to ask Love Your Dog before you book
- What does a typical session look like, and what happens when a dog gets something wrong?
- What does a session or programme cost, and what’s included?
- What training or qualifications do you have?
- How many dogs are in a class, and how many trainers?
- What will I need to practise between sessions?
About Love Your Dog
- Helps with
- Puppy, basic obedience, recall, leash, socialization
- How they train
- Day school, group class, private 1:1, in-home
- Established
- 1987
- Service area
- East Amherst, Buffalo, Williamsville, Kenmore, Tonawanda, Clarence, Lockport, North Tonawanda, NY & surrounding Western New York areas
- Good to know
- Operating since 1987; Located on Transit Road in East Amherst; Mobile app for reservations and communication; Non-traditional group boarding environment; Show groomers available
- Achievements
- Serving Western New York since 1987; Over 35 years of canine behavior experience; Over 4,500 followers and active community on Facebook
- Opening hours
- Mon–Fri 7am–5:30pm
- Address
- 8625 Transit Rd, East Amherst, New York 14051
- Phone
- +1 716-636-0440
Sessions
Questions and answers
How old does my dog need to be to start training?
Love Your Dog offers training classes for dogs ages 8 weeks and older. Puppies ages 3 to 16 weeks benefit from foundational socialization in their puppy programs.
Does Love Your Dog offer in-home training?
Yes. Love Your Dog offers both facility-based and in-home pet care and training services for owners who prefer their dog to learn in the comfort of their own environment.
What is the daycare experience like?
Dogs enjoy spacious indoor and outdoor play areas with supervised socialization, toys, and play equipment. Swimming is available when weather permits. Continued training is available during daycare, and owners can purchase add-on enrichment activities.
How can I make reservations and communicate with Love Your Dog?
Love Your Dog has a mobile app where you can make reservations for daycare, grooming, boarding, and training, message the team directly, update your dog's vaccine and emergency information, and see photos from your dog's visit.
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