How I got started in dog training.

Like most of you I inherited a dog who had A LOT of behavior issues. He eat a fortune of my shoes, broke a window barking at the mailman, growled at my friends, had issues potty training, pulled on the leash, and chewed almost everything he could get his mouth around. His name was Bingo and he was a 95 lb Lab/Shepherd mix. Although I loved my dog like a child, and still refer to him as my first child, I was at my wits end and did not know what to do. For these reasons I started searching for a trainer in my area to help me. Unfortunately I lived out in the middle of nowhere and there were no trainers to help me. Doing some internet searches I found Animal Behavioral College and started thinking of becoming a trainer. I had trained all of my mom’s dogs, she was a breeder of Doberman Pinschers and Miniature Dachshunds when I was growing up. The course I took was more intensive that I bargained for and I was introduced to the world of positive reinforcement for dog training for the first time. I gave it a try and it worked. Bingo ended up being a model dog and was the envy of all my friends. Gone was the scared untrainable dog and in his place was my model citizen. I was hooked on dog training and have been training ever since.

Bingo in his twilight years

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