Jessie's Pals

When I first met Jessie I knew I had just met my biggest challenge, it took me an hour just to get close enough to put a lead on. He was the most aggressive dog I had ever met, and one year later I have still not met a dog that can equal his level of aggression. But Jessie was just scared, he was scared of people and he was scared of dogs. Unbelievably, a couple from Bangor saw past his problems, fell in love with him and adopted him. I can't imagine what had happened to him in his previous home, but thanks to the dedication of his new family he is hardly recognisable from the dog they took home a year ago. The patience and commitment they showed Jessie is nothing short of incredible, and I am not sure that another family would have gone to such lengths with their new dog. Jessie's new family were so impressed with the work I did with Jessie that I ended up working with the whole families' dogs. This page is dedicated to Jessie and his pals , some of which are pictured here.

Jessie was really nervous when I first met him

Jessie was written off by other Trainers and Behaviourists as un-trainable, one even refused to assess him and simply said 'put him down'.

Once Jessie learnt he could trust me, we became great friends and could start working on building his confidence in other situations .

Being rewarded for learning new things is a great way to boost confidence in dogs like Jessie.

Jessie used to attack any dog he saw, only 10 minutes later Jessie was able to stand calmly by the fence while his owner petted the other dog

Davy was not housetrained, hyperactive and needed some obedience training.

Here Davy is learning the most important obedience of all - walking on a loose lead.

Davy and Jake learning a new trick together. Training two dogs at the same time is always a challenge. I would advice anyone to think carefully before getting two dogs at the same time, these dogs don't live together but they do spend lots of time together, Jake used to get very confused when Davy went home and used in pee in the house, creating a temporary pack between the dogs stopped this habit instantly.

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