For Your K9, Inc

I fell in love with what may be the most affectionate and most reactive dog to ever walk the earth. Six months into our love affair we had gone through five trainers and made zero progress. Not all the trainers were bad trainers, but all wanted to focus on obedience and ignore the much more difficult and pressing issue of helping Luna(tic) and I work through her reactivity. At this point no in time no one dared entering our house and walking her was something I would only do between the hours of midnight and 4 AM. Finally, Dr Serpico, Luna's veterinarian recommended that we try For Your K9. He had heard that Nancy had a staff member who specialized in behavior. That person was Liz Venderhoef. After an evaluation Liz recommended a couple of private lessons where Luna received Liz's full attention, made more observations and recommendations of actions I could take to reduce the number or level of Luna's "spells", Then, much to my surprise, she invited us to enroll in a group Reactive Dog Class.We have now completed two rounds of Reactive Dog and one or two additional private sessions. This was not done in one big gulp but over the course of six months. It has been s-l-o-w going but the results have been phenomenal. We are no longer the loudest dog in the room, I don't cringe (as much) every time we meet another dog on the street, Luna has made several human friends who are very welcome in our home and is working on two canine friends and on those occasions when she does react it is not as intense and experience and she recovers quickly. WE have a long way to go but we will continue here because Liz has been the only trainer who has recognized Luna's point of view. I think this last point is key; Liz has always had a great rapport with Luna, her real student was me and the lesson I need is to see how Luna views situations and events. I can't thank Liz enough for her patience and guidance. Luna is a hundred times less stressed. Just imagining how hard all that stress must have felt to her and now to see her level lowered so makes me even more grateful! If we could give Liz 100 Stars it wouldn't be enough.