All About Dogs

We adopted a 2 year old German Shepard / Lab mix from a shelter named Sherlock. We already had a cat and needed to integrate Sherlock into our household to co-exist successfully. When we brought Sherlock home, he was nervous, chased the cat, did not respond to commands and pulled constantly on walks with the leash. We sought out a trainer (prior to working with John) and the training techniques were treat based, confusing, and did not show results. We knew there must be a better way and were lucky to find John at All About Dogs Training. When we took Sherlock to John, we could tell immediately from the way Sherlock and John interacted that John knew what he was doing. We worked with John for several months learning how to handle Sherlock. Throughout the process, John explained the psychology behind dog behavior and demonstrated how we could become pack leaders in the eyes of our dog. In summary, the process made sense and worked. Sherlock now consistently responds to commands and has a relaxed demeanor. He would still like to chase the cat but listens when instructed not to chase. On walks, Sherlock walks next to us and sits when we stop walking. Sherlock no longer needs to be on a leash during walks. He is a joy to take hiking, we look forward to many more years of fun activities with our dog thanks to the training John provided.