Badger's Testimonial
May 2003
I am glad to say that my dog Badger and I were one of the first clients of AnimalSense when you opened. Honestly, I expected some trial and error to go one when it came to the classes but it [Oak Park Canine Learning Center] was so close to home and my dog REALLY needed some behavior classes. Badger was 2 1/2 years old when we started and we had already tried a local pet store training and none of it worked for him. Badger had issues beyond comprehension and I was willing to take anything.
What I found at AnimalSense was everything that Badger needed. There was no trial and error because Jamie did a complete assessment on Badger and knew exactly what class was appropriate for him, BAD DOG CLASS. Badger had issues of biting, not allowing people to grab his tail, kids made him crazy and he would not even let a stranger get acquainted with him by smelling their hand because he would immediately bite!! He did not like other dogs and showed clear signs of aggression toward anything but ME. Jamie worked with him and ME (yes I needed training too, probably still do) so that I could calm down and let Badger see that everything around him even all the other bad dogs were going to graduate.
Badger has drastically improved and boy I must say so have I. I don't feel the anxiety I used to feel with strangers approaching him and he knows that he is safe if I am calm. Badger is great with babies but is still willing to work on the toddlers :-). I am very happy with AnimalSense and am confident that when I decide to have my own children (human) my son badger and I will go back to AnimalSense to learn the next step. Badger will need to learn to not be jealous when sharing affection and I will learn to give him the same or more love when the new arrival comes. Thanks to Jamie, I feel confident with Badger and so does the rest of the family and neighborhood. Thanks AnimalSense
Sincerely, Badger and Me (Silvia Vega-Mitchell)
