katty3333i
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I found a pet board and train that’s less than 5 min away from my house. The owner is a retired army k9 trainer. We had an evaluation and a long discussion on his methods and I absolutely loved the guy. He preaches Dunbar and follows the science, he keeps the dogs for weekdays only and the owners are given homework on weekends. He uses a balanced method leaning a bit towards reward-based. I immediately enrolled Auri in a 6-week class and eagerly awaited instructions. 3 months later, here’s the update:
Still a long way to go for sure and complacency is very much off the table, but I’ve never been more optimistic about this.
I found a pet board and train that’s less than 5 min away from my house. The owner is a retired army k9 trainer. We had an evaluation and a long discussion on his methods and I absolutely loved the guy. He preaches Dunbar and follows the science, he keeps the dogs for weekdays only and the owners are given homework on weekends. He uses a balanced method leaning a bit towards reward-based. I immediately enrolled Auri in a 6-week class and eagerly awaited instructions. 3 months later, here’s the update:
- resource guarding incidents: 0
- barking at stranger dogs incidents: 0
- redirection incidents: 1 (was immediately stopped via verbal command)
Still a long way to go for sure and complacency is very much off the table, but I’ve never been more optimistic about this.