We have recently experienced a rash of clients that have experienced problems with their dogs and have sought our assistance after working with other trainers. The issues that they initially had with their dogs was dominance, inattentiveness and otherwise unruly behavior. Again, they worked for some time with another company and followed the recommendations of their trainers. The clients explain to us that they were told by these trainers to growl in thier dogs face when it was necessary to get their attention, stop their unwanted behavior and to be the “pack leader”. They stated that it was explained to them that by growling in the dog’s face, the dog would quickly understand that they were in charge and that this would mimic a pack leader controlling them. Unfortunately, they were bitten in the face (and other places) while growling at the dog.

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We’ve spent the last 2 months building out the new studio for Grind and it’s finally done! I didn’t mind all the hammering and sawing but I’m glad things are cleaned up and somewhat back to normal. The main room is a pretty cool space for me to hang out in. I like the giant screen. I’m trying to get them to show movies of squirrels on it but so far they haven’t complied…I’m not giving up though.

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