Four Legged Scholars LLC

When our newly adopted dog started showing ‘stranger danger’ and other anxiety related behaviors, our veterinarian recommended that we contact Johanna Teresi at Four Legged Scholars. Johanna reviewed the issues we were seeing and developed a training plan. We were able to do the working sessions with her using live Zoom and videos of our ‘homework’. Johanna also has a significant file of relevant training videos that she shared to help reinforce the training modification techniques. We are following the training plan and continue to see incremental improvements in our dog’s behavior. We have also been able to apply what we learned to other issues such as separation anxiety and leash walking. We are more confident going forward with a happier dog! Kudos to Johanna and The Four Legged Scholars program.

Thanks to Four Legged Scholars my GSD is now much more relaxed when she sees other dogs (and Horse Buggies) and she walks a lot better on a leash instead of pulling so much. I love how Johanna approaches training, because she not only trains your dog, she also teaches you how to train your dog (tailored to you and your dogs needs) and she makes sure you understand how and why to do certain things. So even at the end of the training you have tools to work with to keep making improvements with your pup! Online training and positive reinforcement really work. Thank you Johanna, you’re the best!

As our puppy grew, we were having more and more issues with her biting, as well as consistently getting the desired results training her ourselves. We decided to enlist the help of Four Legged Scholars. Using live online one-on-one training sessions, we learned to better read our puppy's body language and reactions. Because the sessions were live, our excellent trainer, Johanna, was able to switch focus quickly when unwanted behaviors, like resource guarding, began to occur. The constant biting and resource guarding have stopped almost altogether, and she now responds to the commands we taught her, regardless of which family member is giving them. However, the most valuable part of our training sessions is that we now have the tools, confidence, and consistence to keep working with her to teach her new things as she grows.