Miracle Worker
“If Hollywood ever makes a remake of the movie titled "The Miracle Worker", it most assuredly should be starring YOU!
Here's why: We adopted a beautiful black, one year old, pure Labrador retriever from the Humane Society last month. We were told by the counselor that this dog was extremely active and aggressive and would require intensive exercise and handling. The counselor then inquired as to whether my wife and I, both over sixty, felt we could handle this dog. Both my wife and I poo-pooed those admonitions and we had no doubts that we could handle him. HOW WRONG WE WERE! We took him home and…. he immediately became the active, aggressive animal that the counselor had warned us about. In addition to accidentally knocking my wife down on several occasions, he chewed everything in sight, kept jumping on people, and acted like what he really was - a one year old 66 pound puppy.
We were ready to give Max back to the Humane Society, but you suggested that you would take Max to your home for one week to be intensively trained by you. I was personally not convinced that you could really do anything on a long lasting basis in only seven days. In fact, while he was away at training, I called the HS to find out what days they received animals for return. However, you returned Max to us on Saturday, May 5, and it is almost impossible to believe that this is the same animal that left our home ONLY 7 DAYS AGO! The miracle is that we now have a wonderful, obedient, controlled dog that is exactly what we had hoped and envisioned he would be when we adopted him. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jason!”
Kindest regards,
Shirley & Stan S. |
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Fearful and Aggressive Dog at Animal Shelter is Rehabilitated in Only 4 Weeks
“A 2 year old Chow mix named Maximilian arrived at our shelter in February. We soon became aware that he had several serious behavior problems. His fear and aggression made it very difficult for our staff to handle him. He was quite aggressive during his temperament evaluation and we became concerned that Maximilian might not ever be an adoptable dog.
I asked Canine Dimensions trainers to work with him and see if they could make any progress. At the time, I did not believe that there was much hope for this dog but I wanted to give him every possible chance.
I was amazed to see, after only a few days of training, that there was a noticeable improvement in Maximilian. After 2 weeks his fear issues were barely noticeable and he was no longer showing any sign of aggression.
I am delighted to report that yesterday – after about 4 weeks of training and rehabilitation by Canine Dimensions trainers – Maximilian was adopted by a wonderful, loving family.
I can’t recall the last time I have witnessed such a remarkable turnaround in such a short period of time.
This is not the first time that I have seen Canine Dimensions trainers work wonders with some very difficult dogs here at The Animal Orphanage. In my opinion, there is no better choice for dog training than Canine Dimensions, especially for difficult, hard to handle dogs and for dogs with fear and aggression problems".
Maria S. Clarke
Executive Director
The Animal Orphanage
theanimalorphanage.org
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