FirstBark
My husband & I have had dogs all of our lives, 40 of those years together with 8 of them. Our most recent senior golden retriever is a handful - happy dog with lots of exuberance. We’ve had health problems, and the on-leash training he had as a puppy didn’t get reinforced/practic…Read full reviewClose full review
My husband & I have had dogs all of our lives, 40 of those years together with 8 of them. Our most recent senior golden retriever is a handful - happy dog with lots of exuberance. We’ve had health problems, and the on-leash training he had as a puppy didn’t get reinforced/practiced. We have a fenced in backyard, and we haven’t had to take him anywhere lately until recently. However, he’s going to need some vet visits because of arthritis. Kat gave us the best advice I’ve ever had which is to start him off-leash first with easy to follow instructions for us. She advised us to make it fun! None of the past dog trainers ever had us start our dogs off-leash first which makes sense! A simple ‘sit-stay-I walk ahead-call him-sit-stay-reward.’ ‘Rinse repeat’ around the backyard then play time! It’s working! Thanks to Kat! We’d highly recommend her.