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4 Paws For Ability

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4 Paws For Ability Reviews

1.6

20% would recommend to a friend

(7 total reviews)

Jennifer Lutes

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14% positive business outlook

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7 reviews
1.0
3 Sept 2025

Awful. Look elsewhere.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working with dogs, being outside

Cons

Pretty much nothing. Poor leadership to say the very least, bullying/harassing behavior from leadership (following people into the bathroom to accost them is NOT OK) clear retaliation whenever you even disagree in the slightest. Very low wage, 13/hour for the position that is crucial to the training process. Strict clock-in policies, over 5 minutes? That's a point. You can and will be fired for tardiness, it doesn't matter how dedicated you are. Dogs are very immature and not ready to be placed, but they don't care about that. They just want to place dogs ASAP, ready or not. Benefits are extremely poor, and PTO/Sick time are combined to less than 10 days off.

2.0
21 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Dogs, puppies, long time friendships with volunteers and some coworkers

Cons

cture and I hope they take measures to do so for the sake of each dogs individual well being, preservation of breed lineage, and for future client families. Another thing that really bothers me is many of the class dogs have not matured enough yet or have been so rushed through their AT that they cannot be trusted on their loose leash walking/heeling skills so instead they use a gentle leader to restraint said dog which is considered an aversive tool that does not aline with their newest criteria that they are working on getting certified in, aka LIMA. (least intrusive minimally aversive). Studies have shown that using a gentle leader long term can cause facial and head-bone misalignment, neck and spinal injuries, and does not allow the dog freedom of their own personal gait. Sometimes they wear them for so long that you will see a line across their snout, which is an indicator of scar tissue forming under the skin. Also, higher up employees who are on salary/work from home positions tend to take upmost advantage of this and are no where near held to the same accountability as hourly employees when it comes to attendance and point system regulations

1.0
18 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Creating relationships with volunteers. The dogs.

Cons

Mental wellbeing of employees is something Jennifer Lutes, executive director, does not care for. Once you start to put your life and wellbeing first, the company will no longer care for you. There is zero work life balance. Unless you want to be retaliated against, don’t stick up for your staff. If any directors or HR read this, yes, you are correct about who wrote this. There is nothing you can do now. You have no authority over me anymore.

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