The caller on the phone was relieved to be talking to an actual dog trainer.
As she described what was going on with her young Golden Retriever, she was nearly in tears of frustration.
As she talked about the over-excitement, the jumping up on everyone, and the extreme pulling on the leash - having been pulled down flat on her face more than once - I nodded in sympathy (even though she couldn’t see that through the phone lines), assuring her we could help.
This is a typical phone call for us, several times per week.
The calls come from owners who are at their wits end, but who don’t have ‘problem dogs’ - just nice dogs, with some problem behaviors that we have answers for.
These are the ‘easy’ cases that we love; because after nearly 34 years in the professional dog training world, we know our method will bring about a quick, effective, lasting change in these naughty behaviors.
After assuring the caller for the 3rd or 4th time that we could help, and beginning to explain that the first step is to come in with her dog for an initial (free) training session, she dropped the bomb:
”But she’s a good dog! She’s really nice - and friendly!”
I sighed. Click here to read on...
