Laney’s Success Story —

Between losing a loved one, moving to a new house, Covid closures/working from home, and the upcoming arrival of our first baby, we were already struggling with leaving Laney home alone and we knew that another big life changing event wasn't going to help make it any easier. As a human who has her own struggles with anxiety, it made me feel like a horrible dog mom that she was feeling that way all day while we were gone. I was desperate for any kind of help and thank god found your page on Instagram!! 

I could not be more grateful to Jenna and the RRP for helping me and my sweet Laney! After spending over a year trying to ease her separation anxiety through other training classes, supplements, using Adaptil collars/diffusers, even going so far as getting medication from the vet because we thought we had no other option. Then Covid hit and spending 6+ months home with Laney basically 24/7 made things even worse. Now with the upcoming arrival of our first baby, we knew we needed help!! 

Working with Jenna in the RRP over the last 12 weeks has been life changing! Even though we know there will be some setbacks as we all adjust to life with a baby, Jenna has given me the tools and confidence to pick up where we left off and continue making progress. 

There are so many little things we can do on a daily basis to help support Laney on this journey. It doesn't require hours and hours of training or effort every day. Doing 10-15 minutes of enrichment on a regular basis has, I think, helped make the biggest difference! Not only has it improved our bond and is something we both enjoy doing together, but it has also increased her confidence (she's a little agility rockstar now!) and is helping Laney to learn different ways to regulate/comfort herself on her own. 

Talking through a mission, problem-solving together, even getting to hear how/what other dogs in the program have been doing were all super helpful for me. Having multiple opportunities each week to review progress or ask questions was a huge plus! I think [the training logs] definitely helped to identify trends in behavior and to measure increases in comfy time/overall progress. Just watching the videos was helpful too, but taking time to break them down and really look and analyze what was going on made it easier to help judge when to push/challenge Laney vs. when to back off a bit and give her more time to generalize what we were working on.

I truly believe Laney will always have her own little anxious quirks and will always to some extent need to be close by me to matter what, but she is definitely not the "Velcro Dog" she used to be. I am able to leave a room now without her following on my heels, I can take a walk around the neighborhood and she doesn't totally freak out when I get back, heck I can even go to the bathroom now without her pawing at the door! 

RRP has been such a game changer for Laney and has even helped our other pup, Chesney, work through some of his own quirks. For us, at least, RRP wasn't about learning techniques to train our dogs to be "perfect", it's about having dogs who knows their humans love them and want them to be comfortable and confident when they are alone. They definitely still have their "naughty moments" and can be attention-seeking at times, but overall they are more relaxed and comfortable day to day and that was our biggest priority!

There truly are no words to express how thankful I am to have stumbled across Jenna's page on Instagram!!

If you are even considering signing up, DON'T HESITATE! It is easily the best thing you will ever do for yourself and your fur baby!