Long read warning:Is Carly for everyone? No. Should that detract from the extremely valuable, comprehensive, unfiltered, direct and real information she provided? Not at all.Yes Carly is polarizing. Her own onboarding material makes that abundantly clear (if you didn’t read it). Carly LOVES dogs, she makes above and beyond efforts to be helpful and direct. If she tells you are doing something wrong, there’s a good reason. It may not be obvious at first but towards the end of foundations you’ll see why.Yes they are lecture heavy, but that’s on purpose, the issue isn’t the dogs, it’s the owners. We saw that first hand when we attended the classes, didn’t do... read full review
March 2024
If you’ve been reading all the reviews and been confused about the huge discrepancy in ratings, and don’t know whether this will be the worst or best thing for your dog, I totally get it. I was in the same boat and hesitantly signed up for the foundations class. This is what I’ve learned so far after having two group training classes:1) Carly is neurodivergent and on the spectrum. She sends an email out about this before beginning your first class. That means she’s direct, super knowledgeable, and is hyper-focused on helping you understand how to shift your behavior. She’s obsessed with helping people understand their dogs. And it shows.The people that say she... read full review
March 2024
Our and Tilly’s training with Carly at High Drive has been a game changer. We communicate so much better with Tilly and our learning has made a huge difference. So grateful that we found High Drive.
Long read warning:Is Carly for everyone? No. Should that detract from the extremely valuable, comprehensive, unfiltered, direct and real information she provided? Not at all.Yes Carly is polarizing. Her own onboarding material makes that abundantly clear (if you didn’t read it). Carly LOVES dogs, she makes above and beyond efforts to be helpful and direct. If she tells you are doing something wrong, there’s a good reason. It may not be obvious at first but towards the end of foundations you’ll see why.Yes they are lecture heavy, but that’s on purpose, the issue isn’t the dogs, it’s the owners. We saw that first hand when we attended the classes, didn’t do... read full review
If you’ve been reading all the reviews and been confused about the huge discrepancy in ratings, and don’t know whether this will be the worst or best thing for your dog, I totally get it. I was in the same boat and hesitantly signed up for the foundations class. This is what I’ve learned so far after having two group training classes:1) Carly is neurodivergent and on the spectrum. She sends an email out about this before beginning your first class. That means she’s direct, super knowledgeable, and is hyper-focused on helping you understand how to shift your behavior. She’s obsessed with helping people understand their dogs. And it shows.The people that say she... read full review
Our and Tilly’s training with Carly at High Drive has been a game changer. We communicate so much better with Tilly and our learning has made a huge difference. So grateful that we found High Drive.