For Your K9, Inc

Having an Awful Adolescent with too much energy and not enough focus, I took Liz's Awfully Adolescent class. Thanks to the class I now do more than just manage Zippy. I have a better understanding of adolescent behavior, and I work with him to make training fun with much less frustration. I came away with a solid foundation and lots of ideas of how to keep him engaged and focused while helping him learn to make good decisions. While Zippy and I have a ways to go, we are finally partners in training.

From Little Jerk to Good Boy.....I found myself saying “UGH, my dog is such a jerk when…” This is why we took Awfully Adolescent class at For Your K9. The class was a balance of easy to learn and practice training games along with understanding the short and long term of building the skills. The small class size allowed for an adaptive structure to best support the needs of the students. Each week the instructor (Liz) worked to listen and watch the person and dog interactions to give feedback and guidance. I now have tools we can use to help my dog be a Good Boy more of the time.

Awfully Adolescents was the absolute best bridge between puppy class and further obedience and sports! Liz really took the time to get to know our individual dogs and concerns and tailored our activities, homework, and class time accordingly. The class was more about helping our dogs through the rough times when their “thinking brains” are harder to access rather than straight up obedience, and Liz gave us a bunch of ways to build muscle memory in our dogs so they have good instincts and behaviors to fall back on when they get stressed. It’s such a perfect environment for our little “teenagers”, I can not recommend the class enough! Seriously, whether you’re currently struggling or just looking for where to go after finishing puppy class, Awfully Adolescents is the perfect class!

Highly recommend this school. We have taken a number of diffrent classes here. Most recently we have been in the Scared to prepared class with Bri. This is an advanced level course and has been useful with making our dog more comfortable around people. Bri has been very patient and creative in helping us navigate our rescue pups issues. The best part is our dog loves going there so its fun for everyone.