01/02/2026
Great in-home session with ZITI and her owners today. Ziti has already completed 3 leash heeling sessions and he has gone from a strong pulling machine to a nice, calm , well-behaved dog on leash that knows how to properly “heel.” 🙌 His owner said his walks have been going great & she rarely has to use the e collar. The one area the owners started have struggles with is Ziti’s over-arousal and over excitement when other people try to approach while on a walk with him- he would start barking, be on his hind legs at times, start pulling in those specific moments etc - all out of over arousal). So that was our main goal for today’s session…
The owners lined up (ahead of time) several friends & neighbors to approach us while on walks and have a conversation. We made SIGNIFICANT progress within minutes 🙂 & Ziti was approaching people quietly, and much calmer when going to visit. He is a vert happy dog that LOVES people (which is great) but he cannot turn into a “wildman” when people approach to visit for a little bit. We made progress so quickly that we still had a plethora of time left for our session so we started Stage 1 with remote collar recall. A solid recall is a “must have” for these owners as they want to be able to take Ziti off leash at a dog friendly beach they often visit but know that he will have a reliable off leash recall - even with distractions around. They are super excited about working on the recall with Ziti. Owners and Ziti did great!
