Canine United

We were looking for some help with our dog and his on-leash reactivity. We've taken a class before but found that we couldn't transfer the skills we learned there, to the real world. Ryan came and met with us at our house and talked with us, then went out on a training walk in our neighbourhood. A lot of the advice was what we had already learned (which was actually reassuring, because we prefer the positive reinforcement model) but he gave us some helpful tips about how to actually apply it outside. He also gave us some really useful insight into why our dog was behaving the way he does, plus he gave us a better idea on where we had been going wrong in the past (basically moving ahead too quickly without really perfecting the good behaviours). We've seen some improvements in our dog, though I admit that any delays are always due to our lack of consistency. I do wish Ryan could just magically transfer his cool and calm demeanour to us on our walks -- as soon as our dog was in his hands, he calmed right down and followed all of his commands. Of course our dog was so perfectly behaved when someone else was around, but this actually proved a big point about our own body language affecting our dog.

I would definitely recommend Ryan to anyone.