Review:
Our dog was suffering from a rather severe case of separation anxiety where he would destroy anything in the house he could if we left him uncrated and would physically hurt himself if he was crated. We tried different ways of conditioning him, but it didn't really help. We spoke to various people (trainers and vets) and they basically said to try the methods which we were already doing. The vet suggested medicating him, which we didn't want to do. In the few hours Tara was at our home to help us there was a change in him. He would stay in his crate with the door open and not freak out and we were able to leave for a short time (30 mins or so) with him crated. We continued to work with the methods she showed us for a few weeks and it slowly, but continously improved. Within 6 weeks or so, using the methods Tara showed us ..., we were able to leave our puppy home in his crate without a problem. He even lays in it all the time now...which he would never do before. Tara most certainly helped us get started in the right direction with helping our puppy and was there with support and suggestions through to the end. - September 2008