About Better Nature Dog Training
Better Nature Dog Training, led by certified dog trainer Jeff Stallings, is a San Francisco-based business that specializes in addressing a wide range of dog training and behavior issues. Jeff works with clients in-person and provides Zoom behavior consultations, taking into account each dog's unique situation, including their background, temperament, and household environment. After each appointment, clients receive a customized training plan and ongoing support via phone, email, and text. One client shares how Better Nature Dog Training helped them with their fearful adopted dog, Ted. After four sessions, Ted is now 98% housetrained, comfortable with guests, and excited for walks. The client appreciates Jeff's excellent advice and couldn't have made progress without his help. Another client values Jeff's detail-oriented style and approach to understanding a dog's behavior. They appreciate his focus on noting what works and how to best manage it, understanding that dogs have their own personalities. A senior dog owner sought help from Better Nature Dog Training for their dog's stranger reactivity and owner guarding behaviors. Jeff's thorough initial consultation, notes, strategies, and wisdom put both the owner and dog at ease. The client feels that Jeff trained them as much as their dog, with actionable advice and a realistic, reassuring, and encouraging approach. They highly recommend Better Nature Dog Training for the caring, knowledgeable, and understanding experience it provides.
Jeff was very helpful with our dog Archie. We are seasoned dog owners but Archie was proving to be more defiant than our last dogs which is why we looked into some formal training. Jeff gave us the tools to train him quickly and effectively. We had two sessions and made a ton of progress. Would recommend!
I found Jeff online and reached out to him to help us train our labradoodle not to be aggressive with people coming to our door. He was very responsive and we first did a 20 minute phone consultation so he understood what was going on. Then he came to the house for a 90 minute in person session where he interacted with our dog and pretty quickly figured her out. He was super helpful in giving us lots of valuable information and ‘training us’ to train our dog. My husband and I felt it was an extremely useful session. Jeff’s whole focus was on helping us resolve the issue. He is highly intuitive, efficient with his time and delightful to work with. He followed...read full review
I found Jeff online after searching for a dog trainer for a few days. We rescued our dog from the SPCA when he was about 10 months old. He was very reactive to strangers and wanted to improve on that reactivity. Jeff responded to my online inquiry fairly quickly and we got a phone call set up within 3 days (that's what worked best for both our schedules). We talked through some stuff over the phone and set up an actual in house session.
I really liked that Jeff came to our house, because we wanted work on our dog's reactivity to new people in our house. Jeff's rates were also very reasonable, especially in comparison to some of the bigger companies I had reached...read full review