Trouble is Trouble no more!

When my daughter named our golden retrieve puppy Trouble, the vet asked me if I knew what I was doing. I laughed and said "yes". Little did I know that after having him neutered, Trouble started living up to his name.

I know most dogs become calmer after neutering. Not Trouble. He became extremely aggressive with other dogs - big, small, it didn't matter - he would take them all on and not just one at a time.

Working with another dog trainer brought only marginal success. Trouble sort of learned to sit, stay, come and heel. However he would only do it in the house. Outside, he would see another dog and it would be game over. It got so bad, people at the parks started asking me why I brought a dog "like that" to the parks - and that was when I had him on a leash!

So, one day as I drove up Mountain Hwy, I saw this colorful van with "Sit Happens" emblazoned on the side. I raced up after it to get the phone number. Jeff answered and said he would come over to meet Trouble and assured me he could solve the problem.

Honestly, I was hopeful but skeptical.