Hello Roman,
First of all, we want to thank you for “training us” on helping our very afraid german shepard puppy.
At 5 months of age, Luna was hit by a car. Her right hind leg lost the ball socket and 4 pins were used the pull the bones back together. In addition, her front leg was broken which now has a plate and six pins holding it in place.
During the next 3 months, mostly in the first 2 weeks, she had 8 surgeries due to complications. We got her through the Foster Program at the local shelter and for 3 months she was transported back and forth as needed.
On November 14th, we adopted her with the knowledge that she may have more surgeries in the future. It wasn’t the surgeries we were worried about, it was actually her fear of virtually everything! She sheltered herself in my son’s room and would only come out to eat and go potty. She would not come out of the safety of the hallway and his room. If she had to, she would be so scared that she wet the floor or worse.
We new we needed to get her some help and we got your brochure from the local Doggy Daze pet salon
Since the middle of December when we started our training, she now spends limited time, if any, in my sons room. We have gotten her out on walks around the block but that is still a work in progress. She will come around our friends, although she doesn’t stay, she still will come up and sniff them. She will march right out the front door and hang out on the front porch with us and jumps up to see over the wall. The garage was a big scary place and is now just part of the daily running around the house.
You taught “us” how to work with her and not give in to her drama, which she is the biggest drama queen ever! Once we got the tools, we use them daily and are really seeing an improvement in her overall abilities. We still have lots of work to do, but the more she trusts us and what we are doing, the more she is evolving into this great big sweet girl with lots of energy!
Thank you and we look forward to learning lots more!
Sincerely,
Linda Shadel and Family