Alaska Dog Boarding and Training exceeded our expectations for the training of our husky Luna. Luna
is a 9year old Alaksa Husky who had been
with us since she was 6 months old. She had always been a very dominant dog, but in recent
years had been getting very aggressive with other dogs. We had to keep her on the leash at all times even off road for
fear that she would attack another dog. While out of the country for an extended period of time her behavior peaked,
our dog sitter ended up with stitches and we had to make a decision about her future. We researched all over the U.S
for weeks trying to find a place that we could send her for training. What we discovered were a lot of false promises
for "curing" our dog, lots of bragging and putting down other companies, and lots of bad reviews. Then we found Alaska
Dog Boarding and Training.
Story from
Teanna owner of two Cane Corso Italiano.
How do you begin to write a testimonial about two people who helped
save your dogs life?
I was the proud owner of two beautiful Cane Corso Italiano and I
treated them like spoiled children. I adopted the belief that love and dog treats would make them listen and that I would
naturally fall into the pack leader roll. Don’t get me wrong I attempted to discipline them but usually it resulted
in me getting frustrated and giving up. I thought that several of the behaviors they developed as puppies were cute and quirky
but I soon learned that these "behaviors" could be very dangerous when dealing with an adult dog.
We bought Heidi, a Doberman puppy, from an out-of-state breeder.
Before too long our pup was developing a personality to say the least. She has a dominant personality, very willful
right from the beginning, and was running us ragged. She would constantly tackle and bite our 4 y.o. son,
seeing him more as a litter mate than a human, bite at our feet, and appeared to be trying to kill our mild-mannered cat. She
would use our home as a toilet simply as a display of attitude and dominance. We were beyond frustrated! Looking
for somewhere to turn we found Alaska Dog Boarding and Training.
This is a picture of Gambel aka Alfie @ 40 lbs, lean mean machine He
is such a sweet heart, although if some one he does not know looks into his crate he does growl. If Lupe is with them
then he is cool. Brigitte & Shaun you have done an excellent job on raising smart and beautiful German Shepherds. We
have three from you and they are so smart and beautiful. I love working these dogs. Thank you so much Cynthia
I am the current
handler of “Faust” (or Faust Lytle Vom Klatolklin). We have completed all phases of both Patrol and Explosives
Detection training and have been a team for the BNSF Railway Police based at Birmingham, AL since early,
2009. So far, our travels have included assignments in Arizona, California
and Chicago.
I located your websites
and noted the relation to Faust and would appreciate any information you can provide on him (where was he born – is
he from Alaska?, other “famous” or service relatives,
other interesting facts).
I know that he was
bought from a club in Southern California and I was given a CD with photos and videos of
him growing up and training but know nothing else about him.
He is my second K-9
partner (and probably the best) and you would be very proud of his work.
We continue to train
daily on something – obedience, tracking, explosives detection, etc. and he is at top performance! He is very eager
to please and has the best temperament of any working dog I have seen.
I
have included a photo of us taken in Bakersfield, CA
last October during the last part of our formal training.
I thank you for your
assistance! Please feel free to contact me by e-mail or phone.
Bryan & Faust
p.s. Bryan It was great
talking to you! Thanks for all the updates on Faust!! The Lytle's
Our trainer close to us is a wash out. Did you
get my email about training ? If not will call you beginning of January. Can we spay her before she is paid for? Have
more pics just learning how to send. We will send a family one shortly. She is excellent with the chickens and ducks and would
play with the goat if the goat was willing. Did very well with Jack corgi this last week...they left at noon and Mckinley
appeared to miss him for a bit even had to go out to check if he was really gone. They played hard. I have been working with
her and using distractions.We walk at least a mile everyday at a brisk pace. She has a carry pack and I put a small soft weight
in each side. She is doing very well. The last few weeks are really the first I have had any real time to concentrate
on her. She is free in the house at night and is great. Does well with the bird who has learned to say eh-eh.
Will send more pics soon. Get back
to me on the spaying as soon as you can . She is probably mid-way between heats which I heard is optimal time to do the
surgery.
Here are some recent photos of Kenja. We took her out target shooting with us.
We were going to leave her in the car but decided to keep her on the leash and see what she would do. She didn't flench but
instead was very interested in where the noise was coming from. I meant to ask you last
time I wrote. What is the weight of her parents? I'm curious as to how big she is going to get. She is about 70 pounds right
now. I wouldn't mind her getting bigger but If I remember correctly thats about what her mom is??
Glacier Sold to Scott of Massachusetts rescue
and recovery k-9 team!
Shaun & Brigitte
I applaud you both, what a wonderful Job you had done with Glaciers imprinting.
Well let me tell you a story since she has arrived Glacier has rearranged every pair of shoes in the house, removed 2 (PLASTIC)
balls off the x-mas tree, almost knocked tree down, dragged a 3' tall stuffer bear and Christmas tree across the floor and
has been a wonderful pup. Attached is a couple pics I took today.
Thank you both for making this a wonderful experience.
Alaskas Working German Shepherd Pups!! Breeding Goals Production of dogs
for service jobs and high level sport competition. Special attention on hard working temperament. Genetically full and crushing
bite. High prey fight and hunt drives. ...