What Clients Are Saying
I’m so grateful for the families who trust me with their dogs. These reviews share their experiences, their challenges, and the progress they’ve seen along the way.
We had an exceptional experience working with Tristan, for our Great Dane, Blu. From the start, her professionalism, expertise, and calm demeanor made a lasting impression. She has a remarkable understanding of canine behavior—especially with large breeds—and tailored the training to meet Blu’s unique needs.
Her training approach was effective, compassionate, and built on clear communication and consistency. We appreciated how she not only worked directly with Blu but also coached us as owners, giving us the tools and confidence to continue reinforcing positive behaviors at home. I personally needed a lot of training myself.
Blu has made tremendous progress in both obedience and confidence, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. We highly recommend Tristan to anyone looking for a skilled, patient, and knowledgeable professional who truly cares about the dogs they work with.
Blu really loves Tristan and is so excited to see her when we meet up. That says a lot about her as a person and trainer. She took great care of Blu during their day trains. I knew that he was safe and having a great time.
-Lindsey Family
Dudley is my 16 month old, 45.5 pound Goldendoodle who feels it is his duty to greet everyone and every dog he sees. This was proving to be a situation I could not handle with success. I had lost my balance and fallen a couple of times while walking Dudley. This was not all Dudley's fault as I did not have the knowledge as to how best to control my dog. I had lost confidence in my ability and dreaded each walk.
I reached out to Tristan and I am so happy I did. In no time, she had taught Dudley, and me as well, a few simple commands for a successful walk. My confidence is returning and we are enjoying our walks without the fear of falling due to an overly excited pup. Tristan was awesome with Dudley and had him walking with me instead of leading me after our first session.
I will not hesitate to call on Tristan should Dudley and I have any other situations arise that we need her assistance. I believe a well trained dog and owner make for a much happier relationship! Thank you, Tristan.
-King Family
We had an absolutely amazing experience working with Tristan to train our dog, Sophie. When we first started, Sophie was a bundle of non-stop energy barking at anything that moved, pulling on her leash, jumping on people, and just overall needing some structure. We were honestly overwhelmed.
From the very first day of training with Tristan, we noticed a difference. Sophie started responding to commands, especially “place,” and was much calmer and more focused. Tristan worked on all the essentials: sit, stay, leash manners, and even recall—and Sophie improved dramatically with each session.
What really stood out to us was Tristan’s constant communication. Every day Sophie was in training, we got updates and photos showing her progress. It gave us such peace of mind and made us feel like we were part of the process. After each training session, Tristan made sure we understood exactly how to continue the work at home, which made all the difference in making Sophie’s new skills stick.
Now, Sophie loves her leash, gets along with other dogs and people, no longer tugs when we walk, and is super responsive to “place” and recall commands. It’s like we have a brand-new dog—and a much happier one at that!
Tristan didn’t just stop after the training program ended. She followed up with a visit two weeks later to check on Sophie, and she still checks in on her from time to time. That level of dedication is rare and so appreciated.
Tristan was BEYOND amazing to work with. She will be definitely our go-to trainer, we can’t thank her enough for everything she’s done for Sophie and for us!
-Kristi
We are so thankful to have found Tristan!!! Before and even at the beginning of training we were unsure if we would be able to keep our rescue, Augie. He was a sweet boy when he was a sweet boy but also aggressive and unpredictable. We have grandkids ranging in age from 15 months to 15 years and have them at our place regularly. Sadly we were not able to have them out after we brought Augie home. He was a jumper, nibbler and sometimes a biter to the point that even for us it felt like we were being attacked when coming into a room so there was no way we could have our grands in our home and feel safe about doing so.
Because we love Augie and really wanted him to be part of our family and provide a friend for our other rescue we were willing to invest in hiring a dog trainer. Tristan was incredibly patient with us and with Augie walking us through everything she was doing over and over again.
After 10 personalized sessions with us and Augie he is like a completely different dog. His jumping, aggression and barking are almost non-existent now which is mind blowing given where we started. Of course we'll need to keep up the training on our part for the foreseeable future to be sure it all sticks but Tristan has given us the tools and knowledge to do so. Because of Tristan's training we get to keep Augie!!!
-Gallagher Family
I am going to start this review off by saying that I don’t typically like to write reviews, at all. However, I cannot let the world go on without telling y’all about Tristan Bill. I had first heard of Tristan on Facebook, through everything on Kyle. I was in search of a dog trainer because my German Shepherd (5yrs. Old) and Corgi (1yrs old) really needed to understand that I was their owner and not the other way around.
When I got into contact with Tristan, she was very quick to respond and get the consultation and sessions started, which made an impression on me. At first, I had set low expectations because I’ve tried training at Petco before and they taught my dogs little tricks rather than managing behavior and outburst, which again, I have a German Shepherd and Corgi. Our first meeting is when my expectations changed. She asked what I was looking for in training and explained her training background to me. Right then and there I was willing to give her everything and anything I owned to help train my pups. From the very first lesson I saw potential in my dogs, which was crazy because it was the very first lesson. However, I stuck with her and did all the “homework" that was assigned and practiced with my dogs.
What I appreciate most about Tristan is how fun she made training for both me and my dogs. Who knew you could have so much fun teaching a dog how not to lunge like a maniac at other dogs while walking them, not me! She is a very professional, punctual, respectful, communicative pleasant, and knowledgeable human being. You can tell she loves what she does and is very genuine. She was very easy to get along with, even my dogs loved her. I can say after our 4-5 sessions of training, that my dogs have a had an exponential growth in their behavioral issues. I am much more confident in public with my dogs all because of Tristan and her ability to train. If I had any questions after our sessions she would answer quickly and not me leave to fend for myself. Even after we completed all of our sessions, she is more than willing to answer any questions I have through email/text.
She is an AMAZING trainer who deserves all the attention. She even gave me advice on puppy daycares and food brands that would be more beneficial to my dogs. She also gave recommendations on certain materials and supplies that could help make training easier and more successful, and guess what? She was right about those recommendations 100% of the time. She is someone you can put your trust in. I can go on and on about how great of a trainer she is. Regardless, I would give her 5 stars. If I could give her more, I totally would. She deserves all the stars in the world. Thank you Tristan for being such a positive influence in my dogs life and even in my own life. You deserve all the success in your career! I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND TRISTAN AS A DOG TRAINER!!!!!
-Leyva Family
Tristan is truly the best dog trainer! My two-and-a half-year old dachshund, Zoey, had developed some stubborn habits and was an avid barker at the slightest of sounds. With only four trainings, Tristan was able to help me develop the commands and skills I needed to encourage Zoey to be her most well-behaved self! Tristan’s expertise on how to properly train with the E-collar and have it be a positive experience for me and my dog has not only corrected her bad habits, but has allowed for her and I to have a better relationship where she willingly listens and focuses despite distractions — all thanks to Tristan!
-Hart Family
Before training with Tristan, we felt anxious and unsure about what to do with our german shepherd, Spartacus. At home, he was such a cuddly and loving dog with us. But, around other people he showed signs of fear, growling, and biting. We felt like we had no choice but to keep him on a leash or in his kennel to keep him and other people safe. We felt so guilty for having to choose between being social with other people versus staying at home with him.
Then, we found Tristan who showed us how to work with our dog to teach him how to be around other people. She taught us how we needed to respond with him around others so that he and other people were safe. In 3 weeks, our dog learned to become comfortable wearing a muzzle, where to go when we tell him or need him to stay away from people, how to stay attuned to us even with distractions and feel more comfortable around other people.
Not only did our dog learn the skills he needed, but we as owners learned skills we needed to feel more confident and comfortable with our dog being around other people. Hiring Tristan, was easily one of the best and most helpful decisions we made and would highly recommend working with her.
-Gardipee Family
Tristan was the best thing that we've ever done for our corgi, Dexter. Before Tristan we didn't know how to effectively understand or communicate with Dexter. Our sweet little guy was having reactivity to not only the leash but other dogs that we'd see while on our rare walks and would ignore all door boundaries to go bounding out after anyone who came to our door. After two weeks with Tristan, we have the tools to understand what Dexter needs and is telling us and how to teach him not just the skills that we worked on with Tristan but new skills in the future.
During our sessions Tristan would clearly explain everything that she was doing, recorded important sections of our sessions and provided the videos to us with recaps to help with our at home practice, and was available to help with all of our questions and concerns.
We cannot thank or recommend Tristan enough for the amazing work that she has done with Dexter and her incredible patience and understanding while training us too!
-Dunaway Family