The Davenport Family - "Cindy" Lab/Border Collie Mix
When we rescued our one year old Labrador mix, Cindy, from owners who no longer wanted her we had no idea the emotional turmoil she had been through. Our poor girl had at times been in a cage for up to 13 hours straight, had no personal connection with anyone, and was terrified to the point of viciousness of men. We decided to try the personal training with her first and quickly realized our girl needed much more than we could personally offer her with a one hour training session a week. She was just such a mess.
My daughter discussed Cindy's plight with Lisa and the decision was made to allow Lisa and her wonderful team to take her and work with her away from us. They were our last chance at saving her from herself and the neglect she had suffered before we received her. The plan was to train her for 7 weeks, but at the 6th week we received a call saying she was ready for us, and that we could make the appointment to be trained on how to continue the training they had instilled in her. When we first saw her it was like seeing a different dog! She was relaxed, she was happy, she was CALM, and she followed commands like we had only dreamed her doing. Cindy is a treasure now and is enjoying her life living on a lake with our other Labrador mix, Ralph, who she constantly makes look bad with her obedience and willingness to please. We don't know what we would have done without Canine Academy's help and are eternally grateful to them for saving our girl.