Matthew and Roxy's (Now) Excellent Adventures

This blog seems like as good a place as any for me to post some of the occasional emails I get like this one that came to me over the past weekend:

"Hi John.
Just wanted to let you know that the dogs are doing pretty good. Matthew has not gone after the neighborhood pitbulls since you were here last. And Roxy is doing better when we walk her. Tonight when we walked both of the dogs (we take them to the school yard and run with them and put them into their downs) she saw a dog she normally lunges at. She started to but Sean but her into a down and she calmed down. Then when she saw the same dog later she decided not to lunge. We're working on all of the other stuff too - Sean and I are really happy with their progress. I told him that we should probably get lots of your cards and hand them out on the night walk to all the dogs Roxy has harrassed in the past! . Thanks so much!"



Despite having gone through a few training programs with other trainers, Matthew and Roxy's neighborhood walks used to be quite the adventure. Their people usually had to walk them one at a time, and would have to always be on the look out for other dogs so they could cross the street or go the other way. Unfortunately, their aggression issues were never addressed and continued to get worse. We still have some work to do, however after just two sessions, it seems that they are well on their way to behavioral recovery!

I also look forward to participating in their progress!!!