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A couple of months ago, we became the proud parents of a 2 yr old boxer boy! We got him from an older retired couple. Although they trained him very well inside the house, he's a whole other dog outside. He's never been leash trained and grew up in a rural setting so as you can imagine, he had a lot to get accustomed to in the city with strange noise, sights and smells.
Our boxer pulls constantly on walks and extremely when seeing another dog. He's 55 lbs of pure muscles. Our main concern was his temperament with other dogs since we never had him since he's a pup. The first 2 weeks was a testament to our patience with him and is really putting my fiancy and I at odds as we have conflicting opinions on how to train him to walk on a leash and meet other dogs in a more calmly manner.
After hours and days of researching dog trainers, I was exhausted and don't know which one to go with. The affordable ones are indoor and class based setting and the private lessons are pricey.
And then I came across Follow My Pack. After reading the approach and the reviews, we decided to arrange a meet and greet with Rene. Before meeting him, I had some concerns as I have read some not so great reviews on Yelp. I'm so glad that I didn't listen to those reviews!
Rene made an impression on us immediately with his knowledge and common sense about dogs. He assessed our boxer right away and we really appreciate the fact that he does not rely on treats as primary training tool.
In the first lesson, we saw almost a 180 degree change in our dog! What we took away from the lesson has more to do with us than our dog. We learned to be patient and be in the moment and not anticipate the worst outcome.
What we didn't expect was Rene going above and beyond as a trainer. He realized that our boxer get much more excited and pulled a lot more than he anticipated so he offered to come back and work with us for another hour for FREE.
He truly cares about the dog and wanting to leave the owners with all the tools they need to continue working with their pet.
Today Mr Jiggs walks great on a leash. He still gets excited seeing another dog but it's such an improvement over 2 months ago! And we're still working on it. He's only going to get better. We learned that he's interest in other dogs is mostly in the initial meet&greet and then he usually just goes back to sniffing! He's a misunderstood pup who seems more intimidating than he really is...which is a big suck!
Thanks Rene for teaching us about ourselves so we can train our dog!
Reaksmey & Mike
A couple of months ago, we became the proud parents of a 2 yr old boxer boy! We got him from an older retired couple. Although they trained him very well inside the house, he's a whole other dog outside. He's never been leash trained and grew up in a rural setting so as you can imagine, he had a lot to get accustomed to in the city with strange noise, sights and smells.
Our boxer pulls constantly on walks and extremely when seeing another dog. He's 55 lbs of pure muscles. Our main concern was his temperament with other dogs since we never had him since he's a pup. The first 2 weeks was a testament to our patience with him and is really putting my fiancy and I at odds as we have conflicting opinions on how to train him to walk on a leash and meet other dogs in a more calmly manner.
After hours and days of researching dog trainers, I was exhausted and don't know which one to go with. The affordable ones are indoor and class based setting and the...