When you bring a new dog home, whether a puppy, adolescent, adult, or senior, your family can benefit from positive and balanced reinforcement training. Your new pet will need time to adjust to their new environment (your home), and learn rules and expectations you will have for them.
Our fur children can bring us lots of love, joy, and comfort, but they can also be a headache sometimes! Behavior that was either never addressed or has recently surfaced, can be addressed with positive reinforcement training that explores the cause of the behavior and addresses it with effective methods.
Understanding that your dog needs time to adjust to your home, rules, routine, and preferences is the first step to success in working with your dog.
We follow and teach the Rule of Three, which allows them to settle into their new lives as time progresses.
This is important for newly adopted dogs and especially important for newly adopted shelter dogs.
The first 3 days are the initial “detox period” as the dog transitions from the shelter to your home. Your home is new and exciting, with more stimulating activity and space and freedom than a shelter can ever provide. It can be overwhelming for many dogs, especially those who have been in the shelter for weeks.
After 3 weeks, your dog is probably getting used to your comings and goings, learning the daily routine, and starting to figure out when the next meal is coming. He’ll learn that you walk at the same time every morning, and that he gets to go out for regular potty breaks. You’ll start to see more of his true personality and less of his initial response – whether that was fear, excitement, stress or a combination of all three.
At 3 months, most dogs know they are “home.” It’s a process to get there, but with patience and a sense of humor, the two of you can scale the mountain together and enjoy the journey toward a great relationship. At this stage, your dog will have had enough time to learn your expectations, rules, and lifestyle.
Join Amanda Fedric Dog Training for basic obedience and behavior modification, for the betterment of the lives of all dogs and their families.
Serving Garland, Mesquite, Dallas, Rowlett and Surrounding Areas
Kaden
I am close friends with Amanda. When I needed to leave the country for 3 months and I couldn't take my dog with me, I was devastated. Amanda took care of Kaden (a 50lb American Staffordshire Terrier) the whole time I was away. I wouldn't have trusted anyone else with my baby, and Kaden loves her! Amanda was absolutely the best option for my pitbull baby. I would never leave her with anyone else ❤
Kip
We just had our first session with Amanda and it was great. We adopted a 2 year old Bull Terrier who has some socialization issues and i had no idea how to tackle that but Amanda offered great insight and advice! We are going to follow her regime and meet with Amanda for the weeks to come! I am so excited to learn how to be a better owner and watch our furbaby become the best version of herself!
The Baby Bullies
I volunteer with her, transport with her and she trains for me. My daughter’s ESA dog is happily adjusted and functioning in the college setting due in great part to the time spent training with Amanda to make her tune into the additional responsibilities that role requires. She begins next week with The Baby Bullies and hopefully can help me crack the next level with our wildling.
Moxie
I work two jobs so I'm not home much during the week, so Amanda drives all the way to my apartment to watch, play with,and train my big ol pupper, and I've noticed since she's started that Moxie has been improving in her behavior and I even get pictures and videos of her being a good gurl. 5/5 would recommend
Butterscotch
Amanda Fedric is one of the most caring people I know. She has a huge heart and is excellent with animals. She recently cared for our pets while we were out of town. Our dog developed a medical emergency during our trip (completely unrelated to care, Amanda did an awesome job). Not only did Amanda recognize and attend to the problem, she found an excellent vet that was affordable, drove a further distance for quality treatment and stayed with Butterscotch until 1am to make sure that she was ok. I am so thankful that Amanda was there, I do not have much experience with dogs and likely would not have caught the issue as quickly as she did. We highly recommend Amanda for training and pet care.