My Nonprofit Reviews

I have a HSD dog that went through the 6mo puppy program, and I can honestly say I do not recommend Hope Service Dogs. He is currently 1.5 years old and I essentially trained him from scratch. When I collected him at the end of the 6mo program, he was unable to heel (could barely loose leash walk) had no handler engagement, and could not perform any of the tasks I had requested. He was not fully housebroken and was EXTREMELY distressed in a crate, which concerned me given he should have had 4 months of crate & potty training by that point... this cost $19,500 and fell far short of what the program promised.

I contacted the owner regarding my concerns with the lack of performance, as well as breeding and training practices, after new information had come to light regarding multiple dogs bred by them with genetic & chronic issues. Because of my critical message, I was subsequently ignored by owner, removed from the private puppy owner group, and lost the promised lifetime support. I messaged them with the intent to listen fully if they had explanations for any of my concerns, but the result has cemented my belief that they are well aware of these issues in their program and are choosing to avoid responsibility and ignore the faults.

I had high hopes for this program, but those are long gone. This organization is strongly overpriced for what you get, program descriptions are misleading, the puppies are taken out into situations they are nowhere near ready for and are overwhelmed and set up for failure, and there is an undercurrent of consistent health & behavioral issues among the dogs bred.