I was spoiled with my first Labrador Retriever, he was perfect, he didn’t really want to chew anything, jump on people, he just wanted to please me. Then six years later, I decided to get Bromley a little brother Labrador named Stratton. I quickly realized that they had very different temperaments. Stratton would eat anything if it didn’t eat him first. He had no idea how big he was and would run into people or jump and had very selective hearing. I took Stratton to puppy kindergarten with Terry, where he learned the basics and also socialization and exposure to different surface textures, sounds and people which helped him with his confidence. He was doing great but at around one and half years old, he started to rapidly forget his manners. If there was something else Stratton would prefer to do when I gave him a command, he would look at me and then go the other way. So I emailed Terry about what was happening and he quickly got back to me about a stage called…. Labrador Deceivers… Terry came over to see Stratton and after the first session, Terry affectionately said, “He has turned into a punk.” He was testing his boundaries. So Terry suggested I come back for some more advanced courses for Stratton. We worked with the e-collar and some retrieval type work so Stratton felt like he had a job. He quickly was able to remember his manners and more. Terry was very patience with Stratton and me. He suggested many options to try to get Stratton physically and mentally tired. Terry also was great in always being available for questions after my training was over. Thanks to Terry I love going to the park with Stratton and don’t have to worry about him running the other way, jumping on anyone, barking or many other unwanted behaviors so now I have my two great labs. Thanks Terry

Torrey C.