We reached out to Smart Dogs about our two-year old rescue, Hamilton. We rescued Hamilton as a puppy and he joined his sibling sister, Hugs, who is also a rescue. We had never enrolled Hamilton in outside training thinking it would be completely reasonable to train him ourselves. We were wrong on so many levels. After two years, Hamilton had developed some really undesirable behaviors – enter Smart Dogs. The first day Ian came to our home, Hamilton immediately warmed up to him and immediately started taking to the training. We really liked Ian’s style because he wasn’t trying to train him with tons of treats – he used Hamilton’s regular kibble, when needed, and lots of love and affection. Ian showed us how to work with Hamilton so that we were consistently reinforcing each lesson we had. After three lessons, Hamilton’s progress has been amazing. He sits without even being told and is walking so much better on a leash, waiting, staying – it has been incredible. We highly recommend Ian and Smart Dogs as they have made us see that it doesn’t take an act of God to train a really, really stubborn dog.
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