10 Week Transformation Program

Just today i was speaking with a client about their dog and they were telling me how smart their dog was and how they taught their dog to sit, shake hands, wait for their food but the moment there was another dog around their dog lost total control. 

Worse yet that over the last few months their dogs reactivity out in public was getting worse and worse making it impossible to enjoy the walks. 

So they had started walking their dog at times and places they would be less likely to see other dogs and people. They loved their dog but knew that their dog needed the walks to burn off the energy. They hated having to do this because it was making things so hard and not fun anymore to be dog owners and they started to realise there dog actually needed more socialisation but really did not know how to do it. 

Their dog was not that old and they were really concerned that if this continued they would end up having to get rid of their dog  or at worst their dog bites someone and would need to put the dog down. They really did not want that to happy. They local trainer they had started to work with referred them to us and knew we could get this dog back on track.

I consider these owners as very attentive to their dog and wanting the best for him. I knew they had already been to puppy school  with one of the vet clinics and would take their dog to the dog park as often as they could. This all started out well and their dog would play, run around chasing other dogs, getting chased and they would wrestle, except that over time they found he would get over stimulated at the park and then slowly but surely began to get more excited about getting to the park and when he would see other dogs on the street, at the park he became more dominant in his play. At one point a dog had had enough and snapped back at him and then the scuffles started. 

Have you ever felt this way? Maybe not with this exact issue but perhaps you have wanted to go to the markets with your dog and all your dog wanted to do is bounce around on their lead which made looking around hard because you needed to keep your fluff ball calm and not jump on every one. Or perhaps you wanted to bring your dog inside you home but their idea was to turn your home into their playground and would never lay still. I have had all these kinds of dogs come into our programs so get how you feel.

For owners like you it can be hard to know what exactly you need to do with the over load of contradicting information you would get from youtube, facebook groups, well meaning friends who really don’t know what they are doing so i get it.