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“Logan always use to pull me on my walks and I just hated it. He would not give me attention if his life depended on it. Well I finally decided that his “life did depend on it”. I don’t mean that in a “put him to sleep” way, what I meant was that if a dangerous situation came upon us and he was not willing to provide me with the attention – or should I say respect, that I needed, then something disasterous would happen. Well Logan is such a wonderful and obedient dog. We used the remote collar for his recalls and I can say without a doubt, that Logan’s recalls are 100% solid. He now provides me with the attention that I need when walking him. We are competing competitively in obedience and at a recent fun match, Logan received High in Trial (11 dogs entered in total). So you can only imagine how pleased I am for both myself and Logan.”
– Gwen Haynes

“Thanks to you, I have the perfect Service Dog! Your matter of fact approach is both easy to understand and implement because you explain why a dog thinks the way that he does. Due to your training methods… Jasper has become not only a calm and wonderful companion but a well trained working dog. He can accompany me anywhere, out to dinner, the mall, airports you name it,… and we always get tons of compliments especially when they ask what program he came from and I explain he is owner trained!”
– Sheryl and Jasper “the night raider” SD

“I can’t tell you how much your book and website SAVED our dog. I mean, literally SAVED her. Chloe is an adopted shelter dog of mixed breed. We think she has some Chow, Golden Retriever, and some sort of herding breed in her. We adopted her in July of 2007 and were told her age to be somewhere between 2 and 3 years old. The first year she lived with us, she was an angel. We took her everywhere with us and she was my running partner 5 or 6 days per week. We crate her when we are not home but she doesn’t seem to mind. She is a fantastic runner and did long runs (I am a marathon runner) up to 15 miles with me. We noticed behavior changes little by little but didn’t put it all together until nearly a year and a half later. She showed signs of aggression towards strangers and became so unpredictable we were unable to take her anywhere with us. She would go after people on bikes, skateboards, or just walkers or other runners. She began to show signs of aggression towards me in our home when I tried to put her in her crate (or pull her off the bed) and she didn’t want to go. At my wit’s end, I called several local resources (and some not so local). I called the shelter hotline, that guaranteed behavioral help. They would not deal with any aggression issues. I called pet behavior specialists who wanted $125.00 per hour. I got in contact with “America’s Dog Whisperer” who GUARANTEED “curing” her for $500 in an afternoon. I am teacher and my husband is in medical school. We did not have the funding to do ANY of this. We were fighting and crying and finally decided to take her back to the shelter but feared she would be euthanized (even though they were a no-kill shelter, because she would’ve been labeled aggressive). Then we found your website online. After reading the whole book we learned that she thought she was in charge of us! Her “aggressiveness” was just HER trying to correct US. We began doggy bootcamp and the nothing in life is free program right away and saw immediate results. After hard work and 2 months of following your training advice it is like I have a new dog. She LISTENS to me!!! She comes when I call her, sits and goes down when I ask her to and we even began running together again. The other weekend we did a Sunday morning run on a crowded bike/running path full of distractions (bikes, skateboards, runners, walkers, strollers). She was an ANGEL. I was so happy I almost cried. She is not perfect, but neither are we. We still have to correct her in the apartment at times but nothing like before. I am still very cautious and aware of EVERYONE around us while we are out running but she is making tons of progress. I get compliments from neighbors about how well-behaved she is! (I also notice a lot of neighborhood dogs and owners who could really use your book!) Most importantly, she is a happier dog. She is getting her exercise (at least 2 miles of walking or running a day) and she is behaving so much better at home. She knows her limits. We even had houseguests twice in the past month for a few days and she was an angel with them too.”
– Julie & Keith Yimoyines and our dog, Chloe