|
Testimonials Sweetpea Blair Carroll
My sisters and bratty brother want to thank you for all the fun games you play and teach us. (My Mom calls it Training ? That must be a human word). All of our friends in the Park think the tricks we do are really cool and sometimes we get extra pets and hugs from people because I hear them say to Mom that we are so well behaved. Whatever.  Letter from Ezra Caldwell- guardian to Putney Caldwell Push ups are confusing to her.. sit from down is tricky. We'll work on it a bit this morning. Walking on a leash continues to improve. Very rarely any real Pulling. She has adjusted to being left in her crate instantly. Almost no whining at all. I went to Fairway after meeting with you and got chicken thighs (murray's @ $.99 a lb!.. pound for pound cheaper than decent dog food!) I'm sold. Naturally she loves it. Her level of attentiveness is getting so much better. Checks in much more often. More better eye contact. Anyway. Thanks very much for your input. Quite helpful. You have a real gift. the best, Ezra. New York City 7-21-05
Letter from Claudia Bader, guardian to Ellabella, Bebop, and Sabatini Bader  When my puppy, Bebop, started showing signs of fear aggression, I didn't know what to do. I was an experienced dog owner, even having trained one of my dogs to a high level. I thought I had done everything right with Bebop. I had socialized him early, had people over, introduced people to him in the park. But he began barking at people whenever they looked at him. It was very hard because we live in NYC, in an elevator building, and run into people all the time. Lydia came over and I found out that there were a number of things I could do to change his behavior. I immediately had hope. She gave me a clear protocol and now we are working with it. Bebop isn't completely over it yet, but he much better, and we have a clear idea of how to work with him and what to do to change his behavior. I was at the point where I was wondering if I could keep him due to his behavior problems, and now I have no doubt that we will be able to keep him forever. We're very grateful to Lydia for her help. Sincerely,Claudia Bader, Bebop, Ellabella, Sabatini 8-1-05
Letter from Marlon, father of Snoopy  Snoopy is my adorable baby boy dog, even though everyone else says he's a very big dog. He's going to be 9 in October, is very people-friendly, and indifferent to most other dogs, except for unneutered males. I adopted Snoopy around 2 years ago, shortly after he was neutered. He is very aggressive around unneutered males and over time I tried telling him to "sit" and "stop" and "no" (amongst other commands), pulling him towards me away from these dogs, using citronella - all of which worked inconsistently, causing both Snoopy and me a great deal of stress in addition to stressing out the parents of unneutered males that came near Snoopy. I had a 1 hour lesson with Lydia in which she taught me how to humanely effectively distract Snoopy with food as soon as I saw an unneutered male approaching. In almost all instances thereafter, I have been able to very effectively distract Snoopy around unneutered males before he picks up their scent. It helps that Snoopy is very food driven and that I mostly know which dogs in the neighborhood are not neutered, but without Lydia's training, I would not have been to walk within 10 feet of unneutered males without struggling to control Snoopy. Thanks Lydia,Marlon and Snoopy New York City 9-5-05 |
Dear Lydia,
Lydia-
graphics created by: Grace Lerner Sharfstein
website friendly dogs: dogs loved and trained by Sit Stay Dog Training