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Thank you so much for saving our Australian Shepherd, Sydney, which we had just adopted from a local rescue group. As you may recall, Sydney was extremely aggressive inside the house to the point of biting our daughter, Amanda, when she came home from college the first time. We did not know much about Sydney's history. What we did find out about her suggested that she was abused. We learned from experience, and you confirmed, that Sydney's aggression would increase in geographic area as time passed unless something was done. You came to our house just at the point we were going to return Sydney to the rescue organization from which we adopted her. When you performed the assessment, Sydney went after you and bit your leg. Her aggression had increased to the point that she wanted to bite people who walked by the house. Based upon your observations, you made recommendations to modify Sydney's behavior. The exercises that you recommended were as much for us as they were for Sydney. These exercises, which you explained how to do as well as the rationale, were simple and effective. At the follow up appointment, three weeks after the initial assessment, Sydney was literally a different dog. While it is an ongoing process with Sydney, the improvement was nothing short of remarkable. Our daughter came home from college and Sydney was much less aggressive. Sydney no longer tried to attack Amanda. While we need to remain vigilant and need to follow through with the exercises, the results were phenomenal. I am certain that if we had to return her to the rescue group that she would ultimately have to be put down as an aggressive dog, so thank you again for helping all of us deal with this problem. |
