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"I would be absolutely thrilled to tell you about our experience! I can't say enough about how wonderful Terry is! My husband & I respect her a great deal. She's very knowledgeable & has a marvelous balance of being quite strict with the training, while being very kind & compassionate at the same time. You will quickly learn that it's for a very good reason that she's strict. She definitely knows what she's doing. It's basically because of her that our very dominant, aggressive & hyperactive 65 lb. "killer" Blue Heeler now sleeps with our cats & gets along with all of our other dogs! He tried to kill them all when he first came into our home & back then I NEVER dreamed that he'd be as amazingly sweet & loving as he is today. Before his training, I looked liked a "battered wife" because he would constantly jump up on me, knock me over & constantly nip & bite me. He was completely unmanageable. (He was given to us as a last resort & if we hadn't agreed to take him, his previous owner would have taken him to the Humane Society instead of our house. As aggressive as he was, I don't believe that he would have ever been adopted - they would have destroyed him.) I had to wear long sleeved shirts & long pants (in the middle of our hot summer) because I my arms & legs were completely covered in bruises. He nipped not because he wanted to hurt me, but because he simply hadn't been trained & was trying to establish his dominance. (His jaws are so very strong & didn't realize that he was really hurting me.) Fortunately, (thank God) we went to Terry for obedience training. Actually, it should be called "owner training" too, because you will learn for the first time, how to effectively communicate with your dog in a way that he can understand. It's really quite wonderful when this happens - you will share a common language with him & you will both learn a great deal. Terry can teach you everything that you'll need to know, but you will still have to have the discipline to consistently work with your dog & train him once you leave the class. She can't do that - you'll have to do the work! It was Terry who taught us that the worst thing anyone can ever do with an aggressive dog is to act aggressively towards it. (I can now whisper a command & this formerly aggressive dog obeys!) That only teaches them to be more aggressive! That's one thing that you don't have to teach dogs. If the time ever comes for them to become aggressive because they're defending you, or if you're ever in danger, believe me - they know exactly what to do & you won't have to tell them! I think that our Blue Heeler is probably the "poster child" of dog obedience. If our dog could become the sweet lovable family member that we now have, then ANY dog on the face of the earth can be trained to be the same! It does take patience & you do have to be willing to work every single day with your dog. Plus, every dog learns at a different pace, so you really do have to be very patient & loving. It's well worth it though to have a pet that truly becomes part of your family that you can share your home with. We've trained each of our dogs over the years, but I've never known any dog to be as extremely aggressive as ours was. You can ask, but I don't think that even Terry had ever seen any dog like ours before. I had to keep him way at the back of the class far away from anyone else for weeks because of how terribly aggressive & hostile he was. He was quite scary! Basically, he would snarl, bark, lunge & try & kill anything that came near. I apologize that this is extremely lengthy & I know that you really didn't ask for a lecture, but if you could have seen the miraculous transformation in this animal, you'd be as amazed as we still are today! :) I truly think that the only regret you'll ever have, is that you didn't take your dog for training sooner. By the way, while I was training our second dog (a black Lab) with Terry, I was so surprised to see my veterinarian in class with her dog too (a very large Great Dane). She told me that Terry was the only trainer in this area that she would go to, which I had not known when we took our first dog to Terry. Although I really didn't need my vet to tell me that, it was still nice to know! Whew! So...there you have it. Good luck with your dog & let me know if I can help further (although if you have Terry, you won't need me)! Irene:) PS By the way, just for the record - no, I'm not related to Terry (never met her before we took classes with her) & no, she doesn't pay me to say all of this! She should though, eh?! Just kidding! Best of luck to you! Irene Ramirez--Lumberton, Texas":)

My name is Terry Pfeffer and I live in southeast Texas. I have been a dog trainer for 28 years. I love to work with someone who has been having problems with thier puppy or dog. I get such a kick when the owners see thier puppy or dog respond to the commands. Most puppies or dogs are not stubborn, just confused about what is expected of them and where they rank in the pack(your family). I teach the owners how to communicate properly with thier animal by becoming the leader.

I currently own 5 dogs. One Boxer-BT Abby Gump,One Pekingese-Pugsley, one Jack Russel mix--Aggy(Agnes),and two mixed breed dogs-Uggie and Goober. I also own two cats-Pita(grey and white)& Lil' Bit(tiger striped).
This is "Goober". He is a mix of Manchester terrier and rat terrier. He thinks he is a little human, not a dog.
On the next few pages you will see pictures of my babies. all five of my dogs live in the house with me and my husband, Bob. My cats go in and out of the house when they please. Cats always do what they please and not what we want them to do. Of course, my cats are trained and do come to me when I call them!

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