George & Friends Dog Training Portland, Oregon

Jeff Yeom · 5★ · 2026-06-27

Risa taught me so much! She knows how to read dogs. She clearly knows her stuff and teaches you core foundational skills as a pack leader for your dog. She has held me accountable on emotional regulation, normalizing, and is overall strength based to provide tailored trainings. I highly recommend. She’s super sweet too! She even brought our dogs toys 😭. Book her for your next dog no matter what age!

Sally Bones · 5★ · 2025-02-28

We have had only had 4 lessons with Risa and have seen significant improvement in our Great Dane pup. I like her training style and she truly understands dog psychology. You book your lessons online so you can train as often or as little as you like including booking phone calls. Risa communicates well and always responds promptly.

Wendy Rogers · 5★ · 2024-07-20

This is our first experience in learning to train a dog and I’m so glad to be guided by Risa during the process. We’ve only had two sessions so far, and I firmly believe it’s more about training me how to read and communicate and “be” with my dog, Norman. Already we have come so far and I’m beyond excited to watch our progress grow! Norman is a 4 year old rescue who came to us with lots of issues he needs help sorting out and Risa’s knowledge and ability to educate us is invaluable. I so appreciate the phone calls with her in between our lessons which help remind me what I may have forgotten or correct me if I’ve gone a little off course, but the encouragement about what we’re getting right means everything. Tell me “yep” and give me a treat! 🤣. I would enthusiastically recommend Risa with George & Friends to anyone seeking help with their furry monster-child! Thank you Risa. I look forward to a long relationship during Norman’s time with us!

Sam S · 5★ · 2021-10-24

I can’t say enough good things about Risa! She has completely changed our lives and we have only been working with her for a few months. We came to her with three rescue dogs under 2 years old that all had their own unique set of issues. One has VERY VERY high anxiety, one has tons of energy and anxiety, and the third barks at every noise, person, or dog he sees. When we started seeing Risa, we couldn’t even teach the one with high anxiety to sit on command. After one session we were not only able to get her to sit, but also to come, look, and lay down! She also noticed that one of our dogs was having some weird symptoms that she told us we needed to get checked out because they seemed related to seizures. We took her into the neurologist and it turns out she was having seizures, even though our regular vet had told us it was nothing when we brought up the concerns months before. We got her on anticonvulsants and some of her issues resolved immediately. There is nothing we could ever do thank Risa enough. She really cares for all of her clients (both human and dog!) and goes out of her way to really learn what every dog needs. She also looked at their food, toys, treats, and medicine, and really takes the dog’s whole environment into account instead of just focusing on the training. We had tried two other trainers before finding Risa and no one was able to make a dent. I can’t recommend Risa enough! (Photo is our barking dog totally calm in the busy airport!)

Kathia Rabelo · 5★ · 2021-05-22

We have been working with Risa and Zach, George & Friends, since March 2021 for our dog Asha. They have been incredibly insightful, knowledgeable, and life saving for us and our sweet "monster"! We have really appreciated their positive reinforcement approach to all of the training, their commitment to helping train us, and the love they show for Asha! Without any hesitation at all, we highly recommend them for your People/Dog Training needs.