24/02/2025
This beautiful yellow lab has a great temperament but had a rough start in life. Prior to being adopted by his current family, Ollie was with a family that didn’t have enough time for him. Unfortunately, he was crated for most of the day and not properly socialized, exercised or trained. This led to a real aversion to the crate, fears and phobias to sounds, separation anxiety with his new family and inappropriate behavior with other dogs. Ollie was put on two different anxiety medications at the shelter and one of our training goals is to get him ready to phase those out.
Training for Ollie has included:
✅ Gradual, positive exposure to the crate
✅ Proper socialization with our balanced pack, reducing his fear and improving his behavior with other dogs
✅ Desensitization to sounds & noises
✅ Developing impulse control
✅ Giving him a job! Ollie loves to work and training helps fulfill his pack drive and develop a stronger relationship with his family
Ollie has absolutely thrived in training. He LOVES working with people! He LOVES a busy, active day like we have during our boarding school programs!
We have now taken his family through our exclusive download process that we go through we each dog we train, helping to transfer his new, balanced behavior over to his family.
Training of any dog must include training of their family. There is no such thing as “fixing” a dog. You must create the healthy mindset, then teach the family how you got there and how to maintain it.
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