A Great Message from 2 Great Clients!

A message from Lynn and Ellen Sowers, clients who began training their Bella when she was 8 weeks old in our puppy class. Here she is today, a full adolescent dog! Adolescence is the most difficult time of training, so many ups and downs until maturity. This can be very frustrating but they are messaging to tell you to keep training, work through it, be consistent and you will have a great dog through the years. Training never really stops but you are on an unbelievable journey throughout the years as long as you train respectfully and consistently! Here is their message-- This is our precious Bella. She's just at a year old. This was our first experience with a puppy and proper training, and she has been a handful. Her dad is a Boxer (the playful side), and her mom is a Beagle (the "nosey" , distracted side). We've had her in training with Terri since she was 10 weeks old, but started socializing her when she was about 8 weeks. Consequently, she is quite the social butterfly. She loves pretty much everybody and most other dogs. She has a BFF and fave gal pal from Puppy I class. These 3 girls have been together for almost a year now. They work so well together and have such great confidence when they are working together. It's always good to compare notes with the other moms. It takes a lot of work and patience, and there are times when you think it's just never going to work. Then one day something clicks!! She gets it!! It's such a rewarding feeling when that happens. And it happens time and again. It makes it all worth the time and effort we have put into it. We're all still working at it and still learning. The training has been as much for mom and dad has it has been for pup. It has been a long process, but well worth our time and effort. Bella is turning into such a great pup. We're so glad we found Terri. Without her and the wonderful training and all that we have learned, we might have been one of those families that gave up and re-homed ou

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