Animal Behavior College, a premiere dog training school in America, has provided Sandra, a professional pet sitter, with skills to improve behavior and obedience in the dogs she cares for. “I always loved dogs but not until I went through the ABC program, did I truly begin to understand them,” she says.
Sandra continues with an all-important observation: “I had been a pet sitter for five years. During this time, I saw many of my clients enroll their dogs in obedience classes, go through the sessions and end up with dogs that were still completely untrained”. Because this concerned her, Sandra concluded that there had to be a better way. It seemed wasteful and incomplete that some of the dogs she cared for still had behavior problems.
So, she decided to do something about it for herself. Sandra enrolled in the Professional Dog Training course at Animal Behavior College to remedy the situation and become a certified trainer. Sandra knew the simplicity of teaching a dog to sit or lie down was easy. That was never her problem. Her goal was to know more.
Reading a dog’s body language and becoming aware of what a dog might be thinking was a skill Sandra wanted to develop; she knew it was lacking in her dog sitting toolbox. “ABC provided me with the knowledge and it has proven to be invaluable to me,” she contends. “It has allowed me to better help my clients understand their dogs and correct behavior problems,” Sandra adds.
Since graduating from Animal Behavior College’s program, Sandra has been offering both private as well as group training classes for dogs. “Without ABC instruction, I would not be able to do this,” she says, continuing with “I just love the challenge and enjoy helping a dog become a welcome member of the family”. Sandra values her additional animal career as dog trainer; one that completes her role as an effective pet sitter.