Rocky is an eight pound 5 year old poodle mix. His owners have had him since he was nine weeks old and decided they needed to change their relationship with him. Before we started training Rocky wasn’t housebroken, barked excessively for attention and was very fearful of other dogs. In six weeks we corrected his housebreaking errors by keeping him on a lead in the house with his owners at all times, except when they needed to be gone. We then utilized a small pen in the kitchen to prevent accidents. We also addressed his fear of dogs by introducing him to dozens of my other clients dogs. I wanted to be sure that I trusted the dogs he met, so his first experiences with dogs were positive. After meeting several different reliable dogs of different shapes and sizes over time, Rocky was ready to play! The last issue was to address his demand barking Rocky learned gradually that when he was quiet and calm that different types of rewards would be provided to him. Over the course of several weeks we made him go longer and longer stretches of being quiet before rewarding him. Rocky loves training, and once he understood that behaving in a certain manner meant his needs were met faster he blossomed into the dog his owners always wanted!