About Listen-Up Puppy Training, LLC

Puppy training in Sarasota

Listen-Up Puppy Training is a Sarasota puppy training business run by Marylou Carafello, who says she started training dogs in 1982. She worked for J-B Wholesale Pet Supplies for more than 20 years, has been a member of the Sarasota Obedience Training Club since 2006 and has taught puppy classes there since 2007. She is an AKC STAR Puppy Evaluator and shares her life with two Australian Shepherds that hold titles including CGC and RN, and that compete in scent work, FastCAT and flyball.

Services

Listen-Up offers private lessons, a hands-on pet assessment and obedience training for puppies, aimed at raising a happy, well-behaved dog.

What owners say

One Sarasota client wrote that her 10-year-old daughter and their little red poodle "learned so much from Marylou," and another said their puppy is "well adjusted thanks to Marylou."

What to ask

Ask where lessons take place, what ages the program covers, and how lessons are priced. Call 941-549-7524.