Honestly, I don’t know what we would do without Joe & Paige. They are freaking awesome. They have taken so much time to sit with us. Listen to us, talk with us, plan with us, and work with us to make our puppy dog the best puppy dog ever.

As they say – you get what you pay for. Could we have gone a cheaper route? Sure, but I KNOW we wouldn’t have gotten and continue to get the service, the expertise and the professionalism that we continue to get from them.

I recommend them highly.

Michelle Crist

We found ourselves with a family members 18 mo old Aussie Doodle who we definitely loved and is loved by the entire family. However, “Hopper” was out of control and we were to leave on vacation and knew it would be miserable for him and us. He would not respond to our calls to come, he blasted out an open door, barked and didn’t like strangers and terrorized our eight year old dog when they went out to take care of business. To say the least we knew we had to get him under control. I googled and came across  OverWatch  K9 Academy. I was surprised they could accommodate our urgent need with only a two week notice but we were blessed Jessica was available. Jessica picked Hopper up at our Condo in Atlanta and upon entering was met with our aggressive “Hopper” and tried to bite her (actually he slightly broke the skin). She remained unshaken and upon leaving with “Hopper” in tow we had our doubts. We stayed in contact via text and received videos of his progress and we couldn’t believe he was so behaved. Today Jessica drove to our home in South Carolina to bring him home. She spent over an hour with us going over what words he responds to, the e-collar and answered any questions we had before bringing him in. The homecoming was wonderful and he was so excited to see us. Afterwards we went outside to work with him. He is a totally different boy from the bad boy she left with two weeks ago. He no longer terrorizes “Michael”, our older dog, he sits at the door with escaping, answers our commands and best of all is still the loveable pup we had but now a joy to be around. The expense was not in our budget but we would definitely do it again. We have already recommended Jessica to a couple of people and could not be more pleased with the outcome. Jessica understands dogs, builds a relationship and brings home the dog you hoped he could be. Jessica was a godsend!

Wanda MCart
Hopper
1Yr Mini Aussiedoodle
Advanced Obedience Program

Dr. Ramakrishnan (Dr Ram)
Saathi
8 Month Old Lab
Advanced Obedience Program

Maegan the trainer was nothing but AMAZING during the whole training process. I got updates everyday and she answered all my questions. She always responded quickly and was so warm and friendly! I couldn’t have asked for a better trainer for my stubborn but loving dog clover. I got her home today and she knows all the basic commands and has a confidence she has never had before! Before she was a timid shy dog and now she is the star of the show! When I was looking up different places and made any request for information they called me right away and answered all questions I had and were super friendly. This made my decision to board and train easy! This place is as good as it gets! If you need your dog trained or have nearly given up hope please go to OverWatch k9 academy!

Cassandra Mateo
Clover
2yr Staffordshire Terrier Mix
Advanced Obedience Program

Bear with me. I have a lot to say here … Our experience with these guys? Well, it’s been unusual. Unusually special. We began with Maegan Debord, our trainer. She was so open and honest with us … a delight. OverWatch is not cheap. I was skeptical we’d pay a bunch of money and the result wouldn’t match the investment.

Forget it. Our loving golden doodle, Gracie came home a doll. Thanks to Maegan and OverWatch, we have a different loving little friend. So well behaved. Maybe more loving than ever. We aren’t lost on our role moving forward. But this has been so worth it.

I talked to Joey, one of the owners. He “had me at ‘hello.’” Could not have been more accommodating.

OverWatch gives you a long term guarantee. This would mean little to us if we didn’t see Maegan as such a pro.

Go engage with OverWatch. Ask for Maegan

You won’t be disappointed.

Bob Brickley
Gracie the Goldendoodle
Advanced Obedience Board and Train Program

Wow. GREAT EXPERIENCE! From my very first phone call, at 7 AM Joey spoke to me immediately and was VERY helpful and easy to talk to and also super fun! He knew all the answers to my concerns and paired us with the best trainer for our puppy! Our trainer Maegan is INCREDIBLE & naturally great with dogs & LOVES animals with her entire heart. She had great communication with my husband and I as our puppy stayed with her during training. I will be using k9 academy for all of my future puppies! Our Dalmatian is a better dog all around to the thanks of K9 academy

Chelsey Seefried
Hollywood
12wk Dalmation
Puppy Academy

Jessica is incredible! My Aussie (Charmin) has made tremendous progress and continues to surprise me with her recall and obedience. I was hesitant at first because of the price tag. But I read the reviews and took the chance. Grateful I trusted my gut! The two week training had such strong results. I was super impressed with how much Charmin learned so quickly. A few weeks back from training, I felt like I was getting a little rusty and less intentional about practicing with Charmin. So I called Jessica for a refresher and she made herself available that same week. Great investment in my family – highly recommend.

Jocelyn Burleson
Charmin the Australian Shepherd

Jessica was our trainer and she was the one with whom we worked after getting clear as to what the training would entail and what might be accomplished. She was cheerful, confident she could train our Norwich and professional throughout. We let her go with Jessica -anxiously ,I admit- trusting the reviews and her careful attention to her safety and well being.

We got pictures and videos of her progress over the 2.5 weeks she was with Jessica. It was clear early on from the videos that she was making astonishing progress. It had to take many hours of consistent reiterations to make our plucky terrier pay attention and work at learning a new command. All our anxiety went away after a few videos revealed how well they were working together.

Jessica brought us back a Norwich who responds very well to the many new commands. Jessica spent 2 -3 hours bringing us up to speed as to how to precisely practice her new skills at home. She took the time to explain everything, practice with us and tell us what to expect these first days.

I can’t recommend Jessica enough. I’m sure we ll be calling on her again to brush up on or to expand her skills. Meanwhile, our terrier is happy,content,much more obedient and needs a day or two of rest. It was hard work learning so much.

Griffin Fry
Estelle the Norwich Terrier

Overwatch K9 Academy and star trainer Maegan DeBoard have changed our lives for the better. Our puppies were sweet, but had no training and despite our efforts, had developed multiple bad habits. Maegan did in two weeks what we couldn’t do in 18 months, she took two littermates and helped them develop skills all while doing so lovingly with a gentle touch. Our dogs are changed for the better, and the education we have received from Overwatch K9 Academy will make us better owners as well.

I give my most earnest recommendation for both Overwatch K9 Academy and Maegan DeBoard. This is worth the financial commitment and the time investment. This proven program works and is guaranteed. I will be telling all the dog owners I know about Maegan and Overwatch K9 Academy, but the best example will be the changed expression on the faces of those who knew my puppies before, and see the new dogs they have become.

Thank you Maegan and Overwatch K9 Academy

Kyle J. Levstek
Jake and Lily the Double Doodles

Amanda is a wonderful trainer. If I could give her 10 stars I would. I was nervous to send our sweet (yet rambunctious puppy) off for what felt like such a long period of time but Amanda stayed in constant communication with us. It made me feel so much better that we could see her and take part in watching her growth. When Amanda brought our puppy home, she spent several hours training us on her commands and how to continue the work. I am so glad that our sweet goofy puppy did not lose an ounce of personality, but instead came home with an understanding of rules and manners. Seeing our puppy give our older dog space and having Amanda there to reassure us in the moment was so helpful to set us on a path towards happiness and success for both of our pups!

You could see by the way our puppy reacted to and interacted with Amanda that Amanda truly loved her while she was with her. It meant everything to me to see that adoration from our puppy towards Amanda and know that she had been so well taken care of and loved while away at training camp. I can’t say enough great things about Amanda or the Overwatch community. I know we made the right choice by choosing Overwatch and could not be more thankful that Amanda was our trainer.

Neu Blume

We are amazed at the results after working with Amanda. I absolutely loved the process of training – while it was hard to be away from our puppy for three weeks, I loved seeing the training videos and hearing about the incredible progress and details of what they were working on and new skills our Bernese Mountain Dog had learned. It was like Christmas each day. Our children loved watching every video over and over. I loved OverWatch’s approach to dog training and how Amanda related so many things to parenting – which helps as we reinforce the training at home. I think everyone with a dog should work with her! We loved it.

Missy Maude
Chance the Bernese Mountain Dog

From the moment we became clients Maegan has been nothing but amazing! Even before Novas first official week she reached out to me and began helping me with training. I am clueless on how to train a dog even though I have had them my whole life. Maegan has been a saving grace in guiding me on how to continue the training and structure she has taught Nova. She has put so much time, love and attention into Nova and worked hard to make Nova an even better version of her already awesome self. I am so thankful for Maegan and ALL she has done and continues to! Girl you are amazing Nova and I love ya for it and could not do it without you. Your guidance and reassuring words are just what I needed.

Angie Phillips
Nova
Doberman

Amazing!!!! Best training company a dog lover could ask for. Shocking how they related to our little Dexter in such a small period of time. Can’t wait to see what’s to come as our little boy grows up! True dog whispers, professionalism on every level & such knowledge all while providing a loving touch to our four legged buddy! AWESOME

Kurena Hill

OverWatch K9 Academy is a business with INTEGRITY. They’re truly phenomenal dog trainers and people. I still can’t get over how accommodating they were to us with our constantly changing schedule (please be better to them than we were!) and that they offered to keep Lucy extra days (almost a week) for no charge to perfect her heal . They have high standards and I appreciate that. Lucy is now a perfectly trained dog (what a difference!!) and that makes our life so much easier. It was clear that Lucy loved being with Paige & Joey and we loved the video and text updates. We’re recommending them to all our friends with new dogs/puppies

Rena Ta

These guys are simply amazing!! They have done an amazing job with our pup as well as kept us up to date with her progress. I would definitely recommend them! THANK YALL SO MUCH!

Joseph Tueton

We initially were only looking for info, prior to getting a dog,about training. They gave us all the info and then even offered to help us find a dog that might work for us. We are looking for a GSD of which they know a lot about!! They have gone so far as to look at info on dogs we found ourselves and make sure they would be great pets with good heads on their shoulders and maybe even some good lineage before we spent money on one. They have answered my millions of questions over almost a month’s time period and not once seemed annoyed!! My family and I are so excited to be on this journey with Paige and Joey and can’t wait to have a new fur buddy that they will guide into an amazing pet and friend. Cannot wait to work with them in person and not just in text messages..lol

Emily McLemore Lara

I met Josh almost 3 years ago. I was initially looking for a good trainer. I was referred to go see Josh, best decision ever! Josh and his wife Dana love working with dogs and people, they make training enjoyable and my dogs love them. He has an incredible understanding of the dogs temperament and personality. Josh will bring out the best not only in your dog but in you as an owner. I now have what I’ve always wanted in my dogs that I never thought possible. Thank you Josh!

Sharon B.

Josh helped us hone our German Shepherds obedience in. He is thorough and works with you to help not only your dog, but your confidence with your dog. Highly recommend them for dog training. 

Maria McCoy

Paige is awesome, she is super passionate about what she does and works well with my deaf Australian Shepherd, Catahoula mix, Sodapop. She is super kind and cares that the animal understand what she is teaching it before handing them back over to the owner.

Jalen Davidson

I need to give a big shoutout to Josh. Tybee my beautiful but hard headed blue heeler would not be here without Josh. Tybee was a dog that was attacking other dogs and didn’t like people. Fast forward several months and I was able to take Tybee camping at Disney and she was so well behaved. I never thought this would be possible. Anytime I said a command she listened without fail. More importantly, a few weeks ago I was throwing the tennis ball and the ball went out into the road and Tybee ran after it (this was totally my fault). A car was coming and I was able to say “here” and she came back to me without hesitation. Without Josh’s help Tybee might not be here. Thank you Josh!!!!!!!!

Deidi Moore
Tybee
3 Year Old Blue Heeler
Advanced Obedience Program

We want to say thank you to Overwatch for the wonderful training job with our dog, Osya!
Osya is a wonderful puppy, but we were struggling with a number of issues. After training, I can go outside with him with no worries. He used to get too excited seeing other people or animals. Now he listens and follows my lead. I can enjoy the walk too. He became much more manageable at home as well. Finally, he likes his crate. We struggled with that for months, but Overwatch fixed that problem over 2 weeks.
Our trainer gave us a great foundation that we continue working on every day.
What I also really liked was that we had a video and report on the progress every day. We saw the video every day, we saw how much our puppy likes our trainer. He looked well and performed well, so we stopped worrying.
Thank you, Overwatch. Great job.

Tatyana Sklyarevskaya
Osya
6 Month Old Bernedoodle Male
Advanced Obedience Program

Best training ever for all your training needs. Josh will bring out the best in you and your dogs. Very knowledgeable and professional. They make training not only educational but lots of fun. Highly recommended! My dogs and I started three years ago now, and my dogs love Josh.

Lorraine Whitehead
Bella
2yr Lab Mix
Advanced Obedience Program

I highly recommend  Overwatch  K9 Academy. My 2 year old lab Belle spent 2 weeks with her trainer and is now an absolute joy to walk and play with – I continue to be amazed at how well she responds to me now. I am particularly impressed by the follow-up and continuing education that I receive whenever I ask. I cannot say enough good things about  Overwatch and the training and care that Belle and I received. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner.

Anne Allen
Bella
2yr Lab Mix
Advanced Obedience Program

I can’t say enough about  overwatch  academy. Making arrangements for my pup was quick and all questions answered. I did the puppy and advanced training and had the pleasure of having the most amazing trainer. I didn’t know what to do and she showed us everything. She helped train a very feisty little pup. She was very responsive and when we had a few bumps in the road she quickly came to our aid to assist. I can’t say enough about her, she was just awesome.

Tina miller
Kenzie
Mini Bernedoodle

We heard about Overwatchk9 from a friend who had a great experience with them, and, boy, did they live up to the expectation! Josh was friendly and helpful on the phone, giving us plenty of information and getting us all set up for the Advanced Obedience program. Toaster’s trainer, Jessica, really took her time to put us at ease! We spoke on the phone before pickup to set goals and expectations. Jessica did an excellent job on all aspects that mattered to us most and kept us up to date the whole time with cute videos. It’s phenomenal how much Toaster learned in a little over 2 weeks! She went from a puppy who dragged me around the neighborhood to a well behaved dog who can walk neatly beside me and pay attention. Jessica must be a wizard! She taught us so much about our pup, behavior to expect from her breed, and techniques to keep up her training. She was very patient while practicing with us and her love for our dog was clear during every step of the way. We know that Jessica will check in soon and that we can ask questions at any time. Toaster was sad to watch her leave!

Evan & Annelies Pitstick
Toaster
8 Month Mastiff