Whatour clients say about It's Pawsible
I started to read all sorts of information on behaviorand aggression in puppies on the internet. I came acrossthe It's PAWSible! website and was extremely impressed. Icalled and talked to Wayne Parks for almost 45 minutes andhe agreed that there was some reason to be concerned andsuggested we sign Wally up for the August PuppyPawsibilities class.
Scott and I packed up Wally and we trekked all the wayto Westhampton from West Springfield (over a 30 minutedrive). During the first class, Beth let all the puppiesplay together and mentioned she noticed some aggressioncoming from Wally towards the other pups. I told her wewere having some difficulty letting him know who is bossand she suggested we meet one on one.
During our one on one meeting Beth befriended Wally andassessed his relationship with us. While Wally wouldcompletely ignore me and Scott if we called him, he wouldimmediately respond to Beth. He was however, veryaggressive when it came to getting picked up or restrainedfrom doing something he wanted to do. Beth informed ussomething that nearly broke my heart - Wally did notrespect me or Scott. She gave us directions to gain hisrespect - basically limit his freedom and make him workfor everything - and she introduced us to the GentleLeader which went to work immediately. At the end of themeeting she told us we had a 50/50 chance with him andwould have to keep on him.
I can confidently say that meeting with Beth saved us fromhaving to give Wally up - or worse. It wasn't easy, but wetook everything Beth taught us to heart and worked hard togain Wally's respect. After Puppy Pawsibilities we signedhim up for Basic Obedience and then Canine Good Citizenclass. He loves it! Soon he'll start another IntermediateObedience class. He isn't perfect and sometimes tries towin back his dominance but he's still young and I'mcommitted to the training.
There are other facilities we could bring him to fortraining that are much closer to home but wouldn't eventhink about it! It's worth the drive to train with Beth atIt's PAWSible! and would recommend it to anyone!
Jenn and Scott H.
West Springfield, MA