Primepaw Dog Training: San Francisco's BEST!

These guys are the real deal when it comes to amazing dog (and people) training. I met with James recently and was completely impressed by his knowledge, warmth for Greg dog and non-judgemental guidance. He is generous with his time and gave me specific homework to improve Greg's behavior, and mine. As possibly the only bipoc-led facility around, Prime Paw is the one place I'll be working with for tweaking our bad habits. James communicated how to find out where Greg's threshold is to learn when confronted with large dogs and encouraged positive interaction with him during those frequent meetings. As a city dog and a rescue, I feel more positive about Greg's ability to learn and change a few reactive behaviors after meeting with James. Thank you!

We've been using Primepaw for several years. Nilu has been going to Off-leash adventures since she was around 6 months old. Her recall improved dramatically once she joined. She waits by the door everyone morning and lights up when they arrive. She comes home nicely tired and enriched. She's a cuddle bug, so she's always there to cuddle all her friends and new dogs. We also use them for boarding and our experience has always been amazing. We never worry when we travel, it's like Nilu is going off to camp while we are away.

I have been working with James, David, Dom, Steve and others at PrimePaw for going on 5 years now and they are an AMAZING team. They are very attentive to the special needs of our dogs and have helped us and our dogs so much. Their classes and training methods are highly evolved, extremely effective and FUN for us and the dogs. Our dogs are very fearful, which manifests in different ways for each of them. PrimePaw helped us train and and manage our two poorly socialized rescue dogs we adopted right before the pandemic. Through training, enrichment, boarding, and properly supervised socialization, they have helped us enjoy the process of training our dogs and enabled all of to have a happy life together. I am particularly impressed by how the PrimePaw staff has poured their heart, soul and time into helping us and by their professionalism and responsiveness. I trust PrimePaw completely. I am so grateful we were referred to PrimePaw by a veterinary behaviorist almost 5 years ago as I do not know what we would have done without their love for our dogs and their support. It's been fun!

Prime Paw has been super easy to work with and they do everything they can to help your dog with your specific needs. They truly customize their approach to accommodate your dog. We’ve really enjoyed the group classes and trainers at Prime Paw.

James and his team are amazing! We rescued a one year old Great Dane who was unsocialized around humans and dogs while also showing signs of abuse. She was untrained and highly reactive and within days James and his team had her getting comfortable with us and the city. It has now been 4 months and she’s like a new dog! Confident, attentive and well on her way to being comfortable with other dogs. She has turned into a wonderful companion and it’s all from Prime Paw’s and James’s great work. We tried a number of trainers and everyone had wanted to give up on her so we are thankful we found Prime Paw. We will always use them given their care and expertise.

Primepaw has really helped our puppy, Harper, an energetic and eager standard Schnauzer to be a calm, responsive, and engaged member of the household! Harper went to their puppy play school and adolescent academy. Every single time she hopped out of the car to walk in the door, she shook with excitement. The entire team gives excellent feedback on what they've worked on that day with Harper, how she did, and how we can best replicate and continue training at home. They're incredibly patient answering any and all questions we had. They also had terrific and creative suggestions to help with challenges we were having. If you've got a puppy, Primepaw is an excellent place to take them!