Hadley is a one-year-old spaniel who is extremely anxious and cannot relax her mind.

Her owners contacted me for help because she barks nonstop outside on a walk, around the house, whines continuously and show a general restlessness and unease despite all of her owners efforts.  
‘from Hadley’s owner’s original email:

”We have been to different trainers and they have all given us different methods to try to help us but nothing has worked.”

”When she is inside, she is constantly barking. It gets worse when she sees birds, people, dogs (anything that moves really) from the window. I know she barks for attention, and we have tried to correct this but it has not worked.

“On walks, she lunges at cars, barks at everything and seems very aggressive towards other dogs. “

“Focusing on us in different environments. She rarely pays any attention to us when we are outside. Constantly pulling on lead, she looks like a sled dog trying to drag us along. When we stop walking and tell her to sit, she sits for a second then is back up and pulling/whining. “

“Aggressive” towards other people and dogs. If someone comes over to our house, she growls and barks, then lunges and backs off. She has never bitten anyone. The barking can last for five minutes, but sometimes it lasts for over an hour. The moment someone tries to pet her once she is calm, it starts up again. With other dogs however, they could be out of her sight and she will still be barking and lunging. Even just hearing another dog bark, she goes crazy. “

“Her vet has told us that she is anxious and has prescribed Trazodone, but only for when we know a “stressful” event is coming up.”

Take a look at Hadley in these videos to give you an idea of her progress!

• Video number 1 is minute one of her arrival at the kennel. It will give you a glimpse of what she was like and you can see the transition start to take place in her very first session.  
• Video number 2 is towards the end of her first week of training.
• Video number 3 is towards the end of week 2 of training.  
  Upon seeing the video Hadley’s owner commented:

”Holy moly!! She’s like a completely different dog! We are so happy she is doing well and I can’t believe how quiet she was! We have tried bringing her into Chico and mondou before, and even without any dogs or staff around it did not go well. I’m beyond happy she is calming down. I don’t know what to say! “