Private Dog Training Classes (Aggression) for a Pointer and Schnauzer Mix – “After going through 2 other trainers who did more damage than good, we finally found Johanna Teresi at Four Legged Scholars. Johanna uses only positive training methods and has a vast knowledge of dog behavior/psychology. We have two dogs (one that is very neurotic) that started fighting (among other issues). These fights accelerated until it was almost a daily occurrence. When we started meeting friends and family anywhere but our house, we decided we needed help. Johanna came to our house, helped us to understand what was going on, set some goals with us and gave us detailed instructions to accomplish these goals. When my neurotic dog decided he was going to be scared of the clicker, Johanna immediately changed her methods to make him comfortable. When my other dog was so hard to motivate, she was so patient and explored many things to get his attention. When my husband and I would get frustrated, she would re-route that frustration into a calmness that allowed us to be able to train in a loving, successful way. Johanna Teresi has given us so many tools to make our house a much more pleasant place where we can now have friends and family over.” – Jennifer and Dave Padgen with Lou and Pete (Pointer Mix and Schnauzer Mix)

Jennifer and Dave were feeling an incredible amount of stress because Lou, a Pointer mix, and Pete, a Schnauzer Mix, were barking at numerous stimuli that were passing their home.  As a result of the stressful barking, two dogs would fight with each other.  The owners were craving more peace in their household.  Because Jennifer and Dave were so committed, they enrolled into private dog training classes.  The results they created were very profound.  Their dogs learned to be quiet as people passed the house.  Using systematic desensitization, we trained their dogs a “quiet” command.  The dogs also learned to redirect their aggressive behavior by performing other behaviors such as “leave it”, “come” and going to their “place”.  Because so much progress was made Jennifer and Dave purchased even more private dog training classes. By the end of our sessions, the dogs were rarely fighting and the house was very quiet.  A few months later, Jennifer and Dave stated that their pointer mix and schnauzer mix were no longer fighting.