reviews​​

These are real reviews from Labrador owners inside the Labrador Retriever Academy. Thank you to everyone who shared their experience.

The lessons are comprehensive and the fact that I can actually talk to the owner about my dog is a plus. I am still finishing up the course, but every lesson I have made it part of the training I am doing with my Hyperreative anxious dog and we are both learning. The lessons make sense and it doesn’t mean

Sharon
Jake
Albany, Oregon
April, 2026

I like Ziva’s personal approach. What I appreciated most was learning to understand my lab and his instinctive behaviors. After that, it is about learning to build a trusting relationship with my puppy. Thank you.

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Hachi
Silverdale, WA, USA
March, 2026
We are about half way through the games and our 2.5 year old lab, Layla, loves them! She has taken to them really quickly and they are really helping her focus. We cannot wait to try the rest of them. It does not feel like trying to us or to her. It is just fun. This has been a great

Holly
Layla
Gilbert AZ USA
March, 2026
My lab will be 3 years old in June – I wish I had this program before I brought him home! I’ve completed a few online programs but nothing compares to how easy this one is to follow and how informative the material is. I love that options for play driven & food motivated labs are demonstrated. My experience with

Kelly
Bogey
St. Clair Shores, Michigan - United States
March, 2026

Great course, lots of easy to follow videos. My lab has loved these and seems so much more fulfilled since starting to incorporate these.

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Labrador owner
March, 2026

My lab and I enjoyed the course and had fun! I love that everything is based on positive and bonding rather than punishment and control. Labs really are joyful and fun dogs and very loyal. Ziva does a great job embracing their personalities. The games build great behavior and bonding. Thanks, Ziva!

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Star
Athens, TN (USA)
March, 2026

I have found this course very useful, I have learnt so much and can already see the improvement.

Lindsay
Kobi
Guildford UK.
February, 2026
I am still listening to the videos but have appreciated what I’ve seen so far. Today I took a short cross country ski And did not have Cadillac on a leash. The snow is 2 feet deep with a layer of ice in the middle so it was quite the work out for him. But I was overjoyed to see

Mary P
Cadillac
Lisbon. USA
February, 2026

My dog has started checking in with me and making eye contact for longer periods in increasingly challenging settings! This course has definitely increased her engagement with me and brought our relationship to another level!

Amber
Freyja
United States
February, 2026

Murphy thrived with the focus games and activities. I love that the training is based on positive reinforcement. I also needed to hear that some days it would seem that he has forgotten everything. Thank you for all your hard work in sharing this information in a simple, progressive, systematic way.

Kathy W.
Murphy
Rocky Mount, Missouri
February, 2026

I very much enjoyed this training. My dog certainly loses attention sometimes and the games and drills helped to refocus her. I have found it helpful to offer new interaction to keep things fresh.

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Liberty
United States
February, 2026

Ziva’s knowledge and expertise is perfect for both novice and experienced lab owners! She has created an awesome course for you to learn and connect as well as to build your relationship with your lab. She encourages questions or concerns you many have and is very responsive to these in a timely manner.

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Keg
Arizona, USA
February, 2026
I am really enjoying this journey with my dog Kobi, I love the way Ziva trains her dogs and passes to on to all of us on this training course, Kobi is learning very well as am I, I can see the difference. I am working through the course at my own pace which is perfect, I also like that

Lindsay
Kobi
Guildford, UK
February, 2026
Lucas will now recall when we do the counting game. My husband was really struggling until this worked. The touch game is good when out on walks to get him to check in. His heel work is great in the garden but a bit hit and miss when we are out so our next challenge is the distraction game which

Yvonne
Lucas
Glen Parva Leicestershire
January, 2026
I have enjoyed the course. Not finished yet because it was time to have Ranger neutered and he was boarded for ten days. We were making some progress at the time. I did feel we were bonding a little more. The course has helped me realize that it is Rangers nature to want to sniff and run after stuff so

Jim
Ranger
Brazil
January, 2026

My biggest take away from the course was connection. I didn’t realize that my lab would benefit from connection through play and games. But, it has helped me connect and build a bond with my puppy. I highly recommend this course to better understand your lab!

Kristen
Millie
Florida, USA
January, 2026
This course was a game changer for me and my highly bitey Lab puppy. I’d tried a bunch of different online advice and was getting nowhere, possibly because it wasn’t suited to Labradors. The specific advice I was given by Živa has allowed me to get better focus from girl and it’s getting better everyday. And I also love how

Hayley
Rolo
Australia
January, 2026
I am so grateful to have access to Ziva’s training strategies for my 2 year old rescue lab through her online course and FB group support. It’s obvious Ziva has a tremendous passion for building relationships between ppl and their Labrador Retrievers/Lab mixes based on the content of her course. She strikes a tremendous balance between allowing a lab to

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Dave
Atlanta GA
January, 2026
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