Abby | Goldendoodle | San Marino, CA | In Training
- Alex Kruse
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read
Meet Abby! She's a two year old Goldendoodle from San Marino, California, and she's here for our Two Week Urban Board and Train program. Abby is super friendly with people, likes other dogs when she's off leash, and she's very smart, but she doesn't always behave when she's excited or when she's on her leash. She sometimes jumps on people to say hello, and she can get reactive to other dogs during her walks. Her Heel is certainly something that needs to be worked on, and she doesn't always come when she's called. Over the next two weeks we'll make sure she knows to follow through on all her commands, teach her some good manners when it comes to meeting people, and show her that she doesn't need to worry about passing other dogs on leash anymore than she does off leash. Stay tuned for Abby's two week transformation!
8/3/26
After she got dropped off, I took Abby to wander around the park a little bit so we could get to know each other. She's actually not too bad with her pulling until she sees something that interests her, then she'll launch towards it! She did come when I called her, but only once she decided to and she'd zoom away again really fast! If she knows a Down command, she refused to do that one for me, but she's really good with her Sit! That one she did for me almost every time I asked, and fairly quickly. I just have to teach her how to hold it until I release her! She was also fine seeing other dogs as long as they were at a distance. She only reacted to one dog we passed by who lunged at her first, but I kept her moving and she settled down pretty quickly. I'll be sure to get her around more dogs who aren't reactive so she learns not every dog is out to get her! At home, on the other hand, she did fantastic in the play yard with the other dogs. She let everyone sniff without issues, and she had no reactions when some of the other dogs went to bark at the fence at a passing stranger. Basically it confirmed that to her, being stuck on the leash is the problem, so we'll work on that. Inside the house she actually settled right down on a doggie bed, no problem. She barely touched her food, though, which I expected might happen, but the nerves typically only last about a day or two before new dogs are comfortable enough to eat. She is attentive and that solid Sit is already coming in handy, so I anticipate good things from her in the coming weeks!
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