Canine Behavioral Services Inc.

This is not a fairy tale story, but one of hope. Our gorgeous Ella Shigeko, a boxer-mix beauty, 8 ½ years has been profoundly changed in her temperament and her behavior since coming home 3 weeks ago, after spending 7 weeks with Brian Manning and his team in Rhode Island. My Partner, Abram and I took Ella to Brian’s facility from Manhattan at the end of July in hopes of helping her reactivity. Brian also told us when we took her to him, that no matter if he could not rehab her, she could always come to board there. Ella has been reactive since she was 5 months old, and we got her when she was 3 months. I cannot even begin to tell you how many trainers, the camps, the vets, dog psychiatrists, medications we have tried. We cannot recommend Brian and his team enough. We will NEVER take her anywhere else again. She was there for 7 weeks going through a rehab program. When she came back, she was herself, only calmer. We now have a framework to work with her that Brian gave us and we are continuing to work at being better dog parents. According to the program she will go back in 2 weeks to assess how she/we are doing. Many thanks to Brian, Thomas and Laura for their support with phone calls and the many emails to help us in understanding our family of dog and human. Pending Part 2 after Ella goes for her assessment. Sincerely, Ty-Ranne, Abram, Ella Shigeko PART 2 Update December 14, 2024 Hello Again Dog Owners, This is an update to Part 1 about Ella Shigeko, our boxer mix beauty. Ella is now more calm. Ella had her assessment with Brian and his team over a long weekend a few weeks ago. They all said she just seemed fine, and would be welcomed back anytime. Yeah!! What a relief for us. Recently, I have been walking Ella on my own and truly get that I am the Pack Leader. There have been two positive experiences in the past week that are worth mentioning just how much Ella has grown from the work as we have also. Last week, a neighbor’s daughter was home from college and wanted to visit. She used to come over all the time when Ella was young, but not in the past few years. We wanted to see how this would go with Ella and a greeting. Ella was leashed, our neighbor’s daughter was in a chair. Ella went right up to her and just gave her so many kisses and did a little horse dance and came back to give her more kisses. I then calmly pointed to her living room bed and Ella immediately went, and laid down. Amazing, a win-win situation. We would not have even tried this, if we did not have Brian’s training, and the months we are also working with her on a daily basis. The second event was this past Friday. I was walking Ella on her morning walk, and we came upon a new dog, a one year old Rhodesian Ridgeback, Gertrude whom we had met a few days earlier in a very quick hello many feet away. Now, Ella and Gertrude just looked at one another, then both of them turned away. Then Ella chose to sit calmly and look at the view. Gertrude seemed to suddenly get calmer for a minute or two before leaving with her owner. I was so amazed!!!! This had never happened before, EVER. Did Ella just become a pack leader to that dog?. In closing, the greatest gift we got this year was having Ella be with Brian and his team. We are hopeful to get a new dog later next year, and of course that boy will go right away to K9 Behavorial Services. Many thanks again to Brian, Thomas and Laura for their support with phone calls and the many emails to help us in understanding our family of dog and human. Happy Holidays!! Sincerely, Ty-Ranne, Abram, Ella Shigeko

The advice if not getting two dogs, well now you finally let us know, gee thanks, ""why the hell is this not common knowledge"" well l have two. Ive always taken two from same litter, and they actually always are very confident and bonded to me. You must spend time all together and very early take them out separately. And make sure they have there own area to retreat to and there own toys. Some are shared some are not. I have always got them both to full potential. But I've only ever done brothers. This pare l have are my last pups as l'm not getting any younger. This time l took a boy and a girl. They are three now and have on occasion woke me with a short scrap. But I'm sure that's because l don't have enough room in small caravan to put beds further apart. I go "oy" sharply its over. They are very obedient. I make sure I'm more interesting than anything they have on there mind. And keep the bridges split second short, they learn quickly and well.

We are grateful every day to Brian, Thomas, Laura and the team at CBS! Their Pack Cohesion Therapy program worked better than we ever could have hoped for! We got Betty (our 4 yr old Rottweiler) a new friend Dozer (Black Lab puppy) after we lost our Bruschi (5 yr old Rottweiler) to cancer. Bruschi was the only dog Betty was not reactive to, and she was heartbroken when he passed (as we all were). She would cry in the middle of the night. She didn’t want to play or even swim in the pool. After a few months we brought home Dozer thinking if we introduced him slowly as a 3 month old puppy, she might warm up to him. After two months of trying to acclimate Betty to Dozer being in our lives, we knew we needed professional help. We signed them up for the Pack Cohesion Therapy program at CBS. I was wreck at the idea of sending her away, but it turned out to be the best thing we could have done for her. They are now the best of friends who love running around and playing together. It’s a night & day difference as I was genuinely concerned about Dozer’s safety. We continue to use CBS for the SleepOver Service.We love having such a wonderful place to have them stay while we are away. Everything from the transportation service provided to the additional training they get while they’re there to seeing pictures of them enjoying their stay gives us peace of mind that they are in excellent hands!

My experience with CBS, Brian and his team has been nothing but exceptional. We adopted a 5 month old dog back in 2020. He came from a rescue during the height of Covid. Let’s just say our initial time with Milo was less than happy and filled with stress. He had behavior issues that we were not prepared to deal with. That’s where Brian and his team came in. I found his business through reviews just like this and made an outreach for help. Milo was enrolled in the board and train program and off he went. Milo came back to us a very well balanced well behaved and happier dog. We as pack leaders were given very specific training during his re home session . Brian was thorough and explained what was needed to manage him. We have always had support ever since. Milo often returns for visits when we need to board him. He enjoys his time there. I have peace of mind to know he will be taken care of. Here we are in 2024 Milo is still doing amazing. Now we have adopted a new puppy. We find ourselves in a situation we are unfamiliar with as we have never had 2 dogs. A simple outreach to Brian for his advice and support. He has again responded to our need. We are making arrangements to have our new puppy enrolled in the basic manners puppy program and Milo will also get some time with Brian and his team to ensure we get this new relationship off to a great start. Thank you CBS for your passion and expertise in helping our furry family members

I have only good things to say about Brian and his facility. Our dog Buddy was rescued from an abusive owner, and we didn’t really know his history. He was a very stressed dog and would bite when he got anxious. He had to be sedated to go to the vet, as they could not even get a muzzle on him to examine him. After I suffered a bad bite from him, we decided to send him to Canine Behavioral Services. Brian identified things that trigger Buddy to bite so that we could change ways of handling him. We learned how to handle Buddy so he wasn’t feeling stressed, he is much calmer since his return. He went to a vet visit and allowed the vet to examine him without sedation or muzzle. We and the vet were amazed at the change in him. I can’t thank Brian enough for helping Buddy!