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Dog training elite has helped me and my service dog become a true team. The one on one session’s are life changing and confidence boosting. David and Nicki truly care about what they are doing and just want the best for you and your family including your fur baby. Thanks again to Dog Training Elite Asheville for another leash on life.

They are awesome! And my little Festus loves them! They are always happy to answer questions and provide pointers on days they don’t come out to train.

Nicole and David are great people, we are very happy to be your clients. Extremely recommended, they are very professional, responsible, patient, friendly, dedicated to their work. They have been able to answer all of our questions and concerns. They are always available to help us with our dog even at any time of the day they answer me. We continue to see progress in our dog. I can't wait for my dog to become a service dog. Thank you so much.

I can't say enough about Dog Training Elite. They started working with me and my 9-week-old black Labrador Retriever and it has been a game changer. Charlie is now 7 months old. She was a sweet but crazy puppy. She was a typical rambunctious, playful, happy girl but constantly getting into trouble, biting, jumping and chewing everything. After working with Dave and Nicole she is so well behaved and getting better every day. We have now graduated to group classes and I love them. I find them even better for myself than for Charlie. The classes have given us both much needed confidence with eachother as well as with others. The one-on-one classes taught me how to train Charlie with the basics and now I look forward to the group classes to practice and become more socialized with other dogs and other people and we are both learning new things every week. Charlie is still a rambunctious puppy but super sweet, much more well behaved and listens to me more than any other dog I've had. I would recommend Dave and Nicole highly to anyone who wants a true relationship with a well-behaved dog.

Let’s just say I have a happy rambunctious pup that is known to get into a little trouble. Just a few sessions with Dog Training Elite Asheville and I have seen such a dramatic difference in my ability communicate and walk with my crazy little guy. Can’t wait to see how much better he gets from here! Great trainers all the way around! Highly recommend for anyone wanting to train their dog!!!

David and Nicole have been absolutely AMAZING!! From day one we never have any doubts that we chose the BEST of the BEST! We cannot thank them enough for all the time, energy, and effort they put in to make our sweet Ollie a fully (and properly) trained service dog for my husband. They go above and beyond, coming into our home to train for several weeks meant the world to us, due to my husband's TBI, being out in large crowds are extremely difficult to navigate, however, now we slowly integrate into our next milestone with Ollie's training, giving my husband some independence back that he lost with his Brain Injury. I could go on and on about Dog Training Elite Asheville, YOU MUST CHECK THEM OUT!!! 10/10 I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

The team at Elite has been patient and kind. I have a sweet pup who has been learning doggie manors and hopefully graduating towards Service Dog training. They have helped me build confidence in myself and my dog. The dog was becoming a wild unmanageable but sweet ball of fluff to a well manored and eager to listen ball of fluff.

Thank you for training our Dental office therapy dog June. We are so happy with the progress she has made, and are looking forward to continue working with you.

We needed some training for our miniature schnauzer who was a yapper. We found the Dog Training Elite booth at the Apple Festival and they have been fantastic! Nicole came and did a demo with her own dog to show us what we could expect with regards to the commands taught…with no expectation that we would even hire DTE. But we did, immediately!! Nicole was great right from the beginning, making our puppy feel safe and comfortable and confident. She helped us learn the training techniques in order for us to reinforce the training with our dog so she could move on the next week to the next command. We appreciated her efforts so much we hired DTE to come train our two new puppies we had just gotten. DTE is a vital resource you need if you want a well behaved and adjusted dog. Highly recommend!!

We have a 5 year old Aussie who was VERY stubborn and territorial and couldn't be around other dogs. Nicky and David taught us how to properly address these issues and how utilizing an E-collar was effective while not hurting our pup. Good training for owners and their dogs. 5 Stars!

Nicole was our dog trainer for our English Creme retriever. Nicole is very responsive, communicates, and delivered on DTE's promise to give us the tools to start & continue training our dog. She was open to what we were willing to do as far as training and honest about the time and consistency it takes to train the dog. We enjoyed having her in our home & usually ran over her allotted time b/c she is just friendly to visit with! Gus loved her & was always excited to see her truck pull up!

I HIGHLY recommend contacting Dog Training Elite AVL ⭐️⭐️🌟⭐️⭐️ Myself and my Aussie, Indy have really enjoyed our one-on-one sessions with trainer, Nicole and I’m excited to start the group sessions. I met with a couple other trainers and didn’t agree with some of their training methods but when I met Nicole I knew I found Indy’s trainer. You’re not only training your dog, you’re training yourself. You will only get out what you put into the training and you have to be consistent and you will see results.

Nicole is absolutely amazing! She is professional and friendly. She is a great teacher and very patient! My dog is huge (90lbs) and he listens so well now. I highly recommend her services! You won’t regret it!

We started working with DTE in September 2022 to train our Black Lab to become a service animal for our youngest son. DTE has been absolutely INCREDIBLE! They have transformed our sweet lab in such a short amount of time. They support us on this journey and they always make themselves accessible to us for questions, tips or a quick one-on-one session. We are so grateful for DTE!! I highly recommend them to anyone needing help getting a pup to obey or to transform a pup into a service animal.

Nicole and David are AWESOME!! First off, you can tell these folks love dogs and genuinely care about helping them...and you. We have an American Bully puppy that is extremely hyper! This is only our fourth session and I can't express what a huge difference they have already made. I know this training is an investment, but it is so worth it! If you seriously want a well behaved dog and actually listen/follow the instructions Nicole and David provide, you will be more than pleased with the results. We simply could not be happier with our decision to go with them for our training needs!

1000% recommend! My puppy Luca had obedience issues which caused him to have to move out of my house. Thanks to the efforts of Nicole, Luca has become such a well behaved puppy. They are so friendly and understanding. I appreciate them so much!

These guys are great. We have had 4 lessons so far and the difference is amazing. I can get Grayson to come, sit, heel, place, and we are starting with down. He also has learned off. I am simply amazed at the difference. I can't wait until we learn more. We have to train right along with him.

Wow David is amazing! Kaja my dog was struggling with aggression and after just ONE lesson kaja is showing ZERO aggression towards other dogs! I highly recommend david and dog training elite!

David and Nicki are easy to work with. They are so patient and kind. I was really struggling to get my dog to walk on a loose leash and David was amazing in training my dog as well as training me how to handle him.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE. David and Nicole did a wonderful job in walking us through their training methods by teaching us (and our dogs) the simple actions that make a world of difference in our dog's behavior. We have two hyper german shepherds that we ultimately didn't have control over when around other dogs or people. We can't recommend DTE enough.