Here is Penny with her family from Rye NY. Penny is the 8 month old Dalmatian puppy and comes from a household with three other dogs. Penny’s mom contacted us here at Westchester K-9 saying, “Penny is showing some rough behavior to the little ones and we need some help managing it”. She wasn’t playing nicely with one of her dog siblings. So, like all of the dogs who come to us, we started her on some basic obedience.
Each dogs needs are catered to, while they are training with us. After a solid foundation was learned, and since Penny was having a hard time with toys around her siblings, we worked with her and toys around our other pups. We showed Penny it was okay to have something to chew while with other dogs but we also taught her to leave her toys when we asked. As important as it is for Penny to obey her commands, it is just as important that the other dogs in her family have some structure as well. Penny may have been the only pup from her family to come to WK9 for training but Penny and her siblings will all benefit by having some rules!
Penny was able to join her family after our 3 week board and train a much happier pup, with a lot less stress!