Sol is a 4 year old Pit mix whom we adopted from a shelter when she was 11 months old; before that, she was a stray in Puerto Rico. When we first brought Sol home, we took her everywhere (dog parks, doggie daycare, you name it), having no real understanding of dog reactivity. At first, she handled it all well. Over time, however, she began showing occasional signs of aggression and discomfort around other dogs, children, and people with specific characteristics. In response, we started...

Nox is a 6 year old Pitt Lab mix adopted from a shelter around age 2 by a friend. This friend’s circumstances changed, so I took over Nox’s care around age 5. Nox struggles with handling big feelings in a safe way, particularly he responds to fear and suspicion by using aggression toward other people. We live in an apartment together, and it was absolutely chaotic. He barked at every noise, he lunged and pulled on every walk despite wearing a muzzle. We tried different training tools/methods...

Name/age/breed: Bonnie, 1 year 3 months, Pitbull/Staffordshire terrier mix How you found us: We saw G&S training dogs at Stonebridge in Woodbridge and the dogs they were training exemplified what we were looking for with our puppy. Challenges prior to training: Being that we were first time puppy owners and Bonnie had a rough start in life before we got her from the shelter, we faced many challenges with our Bonnie girl. Bonnie was terrified walking out of the front door into our neighborhood...