Mako’s Success Story —

My biggest takeaway from the RRP is learning when to increase my time away from my dog. My issue is that I did not do alone time training for my dog because I didn’t want him to feel any panic at all. Jenna has given me confidence to start the training and taught me when it is okay to increase time away. My favorite takeaway is learning how to play with my dog and add other forms of enrichment in his life.

Playing with my dog is such a big part of our relationship. And we play better because of your videos. Your lessons have taught me a lot about dog body language too, especially with my dog as an individual. I feel that allowing Mako to say “no” to me has improved his trust on me.

Pre-RRP and before getting my dog, my most memorable and one of my favorite videos I found from your channel is the “Why You DON’T Need to Exercise Your Dog on a Walk”. Before this video, I was in the mindset that a tired dog is a good dog. Walks are done to physically tire out dogs and if they’re feeling antsy still, you just need walk them some more or tire them out with fetch. Walks weren’t for sniffing time and the dogs should always be on a heel position. I think this video was my gateway drug to your channel. I’m mentioning this because it’s like the lightbulb moment for me how owners/guardians should listen to their dog. It really taught me more about what it means that dogs are individuals. Also before, I thought that the “dog as in an individual” just meant their individual quirks.