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"How training my Miniature Schnauzer puppy forced me to nearly give her up and choose another puppy and how, eventually, I amazingly ended up with two successfully trained, beautiful Schnauzer dogs that I will treasure for years to come!"

 

 Authored by: Jenny Stewert, Tinkerton MA.

 

Jenny, left, and friend with Sally and a young Lucy (right)

  

 Being a dog owner has bought both tremendous joy and pain into my life. I wanted a dog for years and finally my dream came true when Sally came home as a schnauzer puppy. We selected a reputable breeder and bought all the items recommended for her, and did our very best to welcome her into our home. Dog training was the next step! 

Sally was so very excitable and could not be tamed for weeks. She aggressively defended her territory, barked at all visitors and would go toilet all over the house and yard where ever it suited her. Anything we tried was unsuccessful. 

She was so cute and adorable though! We loved her so much but just prayed she would begin to behave for us. Sally's breeder put it down to the fact that she was young, and like training any other dog, she should be more 'breakable' with a little more age on her side..... 

  

It got to the point where I had considered myself as unsuitable for a dog like Sally....  

  

I went through so much pain and anguish with training my puppy, and just hoped that she would mature into the kind of dog that I had always desired. I wanted Sally to walk calmly, to ride in the car sensibly and to patiently accept food when it was offered to her. We hated her leaping on furniture, nipping and chewing EVERYTHING, peeing on the carpet and yelping at nights instead of sleeping. 

Most of all I wanted my dog to behave around my friends and children, without fear that she would embarrass me or worse, get excited and bite or bark at my loved ones. 

Many friends and other dog owners that saw me struggling would offer dog training advice, tips and ideas for how to get my dog under control, and obviously as you would agree, it was highly embarrassing for me. It was like the whole world thought I was incompetent! 

Unfortunately, it made me fear taking her out and letting Sally interact with other people. I tried Puppy-Preschool and later, Puppy School with no success. Before I even turned up for the first time I knew Sally was going to let me down. All she wanted to do was fight and jump around with other dogs. Even the drive to the training centre was a nightmare for me! 

  

There was days when I would dread coming home from work, for fear of what Sally had been doing while we were gone......  

  

 I did everything possible for my dog. I took her to expert after expert, I read the internet for days and weeks combing for information and I read nearly all dog books I could rent at my library. 

Sally would briefly but sporadically respond to sensible training and discipline but would soon get back into her old ways as quick as I thought she would mend...It seemed like she was just taunting me to expose my flawed training methods and all the work I had done. 

With Sally nearing a year old, I had grown tired of the explanation of her 'being young and excitable' as an excuse for her behaviour and training problems. I was at my wits end, and was seriously contemplating - dare I say it - moving Sally to a new home, and trying again with another puppy. 

I mean, as horrible as it now sounds, I just knew  there was perfect dogs out there by the dozen with happy owners, so I wondered wither I had just found a dud dog..There was no other explanation for it surely! 

As luck would have it, I was stocking up on pet meat at our local pet shop, when God himself sent me a gift by the name of Veronica Stephens, a schnauzer lover like me. She saw me thumbing through a Schnauzer owners guide and asked me if I had a Schnauzer... 

  

My 'dog-life' changed forever when Veronica told me about her brothers training techniques, I knew she was so very genuine from the passionate way she talked about his successful dog training ideas...  

  

Veronica and I chatted away for about half an hour, she told me of her brother Daniel Stephens who had worked with nearly every breed and had particular expertise with hard to train breeds and excitable dogs. I was so intrigued with his work, I got on the net when I got home and looked up his work. To say I was impressed was an understatement. 

It didn’t take me long to realise that a HUGE number of people had experienced great success with Daniel's beaut guide sitstayfetch.   

Cautiously, but determinedly I read more about sitstayfetch  and its broad coverage of a great many dog behaviour issues. My apprehensions of getting an internet based product quickly dissolved and I confidently purchased Daniels guide, and excitedly began to put his work into practise. 

My initial read of sitstayfetch  was captivating, and I was confident I had received exceptional value even before I had started working on Sally's problems using Daniels revolutionary and fresh methods. 

Boy was I in for a shock when I started training though! Sally's turnaround was so fast and so abrupt, it was like I had began to work with a dog that I had never known before. What’s obvious when you read sitstayfetch , it just how perfectly Daniel understands a dogs mind, and how to best understand and get inside it. 

I was very impressed with sitstayfetch's  coverage and explanation of how MY reactions, actions and instructions can be tuned to be understood by the dog. Sitstayfetch  also brilliantly tailors your techniques to suit the breed your working with, as Daniel points out that each is different in nature and has a vast range of methods to cover this. 

Sally, within I would say around 2 weeks, became accepting of my direct instructions in a way I wouldn’t have (initially) thought possible. I taught her to use my praise as a reward, and I learnt that all along I had been sending her the wrong signals with my traditional commands, actions and discipline. 

Sitstayfetch  also has given me the toolkit and necessary skill base to confidently address all my dog training problems within the 4 months since I purchased the product. Covered in the PDF book, are specific addresses and chapters on: 

-Aggression and bad behaviour in dogs and puppies 

-Defensive, territorial and un-predictable behaviour curbing 

-Curbing shyness, fear and natural instinct in your dog 

-Whisper training for the ultimate control of your pet (and so easy to learn) 

-How to make your dog walk on a lead perfectly every time 

-Develop perfect eating behaviour and discipline around food 

-How to stop chewing, biting, nipping and mouthing urges. 

-Tricks, commands and advanced behaviour and training for specific tasks to get the best from your pet (i.e. fetch the paper!), and a whole lot more I haven’t got the time to detail here. 

  

Sitstayfetch  did so much good for me as an owner, and Sally as a pet, I recently bought myself another Schnauzer pup and am having the time of my life with my two new best friends, reformed, revamped Sally and perfect Lucy...!  

  

Sitstayfetch  really has opened my eyes to the enjoyable side of dog ownership. I really urge anyone to read it and enjoy being in the place I am with my two beautiful, perfectly mannered young dogs. The rewards outweigh the small investment by thousands of times, in my opinion. All the very best for you and your dog and sitstayfetch . 

Have a look at SitStayFetch here www.sitstayfetch.net 

Check out some pics of us below. 

  

All the very best and warm wishes,

Jenny Stewert.

Young Sally and Lucy (so cute!)

 

One of my favourites, mum and Lucy! (Mum used to fear her!)