I originally had a really bad experience with a Dog Training Academy so I was very hesitant to spend more money on another dog trainer, but I had just adopted a middle age Husky (her name is Abby) from the pound that suffered from severe leash aggression towards other dogs. She would also get crazy and start barking frantically at EVERYTHING when I took her in the car with me or if I took her in the elevator. So I felt like I had no choice and really needed help to deal with the situation so I decided to take a chance and did my homework and found Gaby's Dog Training School. I am so glad that I took another chance because Gaby is absolutely WONDERFUL. He was very patient, listened to my concerns, and helped me understand how to deal with my dog's issue.
Now, this isn't like what you see on TV where the dog is cured from their aggression, anxiety, fear, etc, in just half an hour. As the pet owner, you really need to put in the extra work as well and Gaby was instrumental in not only helping me understand my dog's behavior but how to react and address it when I'm out on a walk with my Abby.
My dog has made HUGE improvements. Even though she still barks at other dogs, she calms down a lot quicker now where before she would go into such a major frenzy that most of the time, I would need to carry her back home immediately because continuing with the walk was virtually impossible.
Now we can go to dog parks, even though we only spend about 10-15 mins there, she's learning how to socialize with other dogs, where before I couldn't even take her near a dog park because she would attack the first dog she saw. Gaby explained that her aggression really came from fear - fear of being attacked by another dog, so my dog would become very aggressive to try and scare or ward off the other dog in fear that it would attack her first (fight or flight). The same would happen in the car and elevator. She felt "contained" and felt she had nowhere to escape if a dog were to come at her. This was all making perfect sense to me and it really helped me in being patient and working with my dog to help with her fear.
Also, when I adopted my dog, I realized that she knew absolutely NO commands. Not even sit. So Gaby also helped me with teaching my dog how to sit, lie down, wait/stay. Abby now knows all the commands very well and her anxiety/fear has really diminished in the last several months.
Gaby's Dog Training is the place to go if you're looking for a professional dog trainer. Thanks Gaby, you are the the best! You had helped us a lot. read more