The fact that you are here right now, probably means we have a lot in common. When we first got our little Collie we thought we had the perfect dog for our two boys. Well, you'd never know it by looking at him, but our little puppy turned out to be a little monster. He refused to be housebroken, he chewed everything in sight, he wouldn't stop barking, he jumped on people and furniture, he was a terror to walk on a leash, and he basically wouldn't respond to a single command.
Of ALL his bad habits, his constant chewing was probably the worst. No matter how many toys and rawhides we gave him, he would push them aside and proceed to chew on things that did not belong to him, preferably things of value. This antique piano bench was one of his favorites.
Our problem was we were stuck. Imagine looking into the faces of these two little boys and telling them we had made a mistake and would have to give up the dog. Not going to happen.
So we set out to fix the problem and try and turn our cute little monster into a good family pet. Now I don't know if you've tried obedience school or not, but if you haven't and are thinking about it--don't. It was really the first thing we tried and what a waste of time and money it turned out to be. Yankee would respond a little better when we were in class, but get him home and forget it. He would be just as bad as before. We even got a nice diploma, but he chewed it.
This story does have a happy ending however. We were lucky enough to trip over the SitStayFetch program designed by Dan Stevens. The first thing we did was sign up for his FREE 6 day email course. The information in this course alone is worth a fortune to an owner of an unruly dog. Right off the bat we learned that almost everything we were doing to correct Yankee's behavior was wrong. In fact many of the things we were doing were making matters worse. By the end of the free six day course we were seeing amazing results. For the first time we were making progress. So we took the next step and purchased the entire program. The results were truly unbelievable. Yankee is not quite 7 months old now and he is 100% housebroken. He no longer chews anything he shouldn't, he comes when he is called, he is a joy to walk on a leash (never pulls), and friends and family are free to visit our home again without the fear of being jumped on or pawed to death by what they used to refer to as the Tasmanian Devil. By following the simple and easy to implement techniques laid out in the SitStayFetch program we were able take our cute little monster and turn him into a wonderful family dog. So, if you're having problems similar to the ones we were, check out the SitStayFetch program and at the very least take the free 6 day course.
