Brodie | Labrador Retriever | Walnut, CA | In Training

Meet Brodie! He's a 9-month-old Labrador from Walnut, California, and he's here for our Two Week Community Board and Train Program. Brodie is a typical excitable young dog in the height of his teenage rebellious phase. He wants to dart everywhere and grab everything when on leash, he jumps when he's eager to say hello, and while he knows some of his commands, he basically wants to do them on his own time. Over the next two weeks we'll teach Brodie to calm down when he's greeting people, how to walk nicely on a Heel, and make sure the commands he already knows are nice and solid. Stay tuned for Brodie's two-week transformation!

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11/23/25

We spent a little bit of time at the park today before heading home just to get a feel for what Brodie could do. I definitely got to experience the pulling on leash issue firsthand, so that'll be one of the first things we'll set straight. He's strong! He did sit when I told him too with relatively few issues, so on that one we just need to work on getting him to hold it for longer than a second, and the same with laying down. He also came when I called him, but that led to him circling me and jumping up. It's great that he's excited to be called, but we'll make sure he learns to come into a sit instead of being all over the place! Once I got him home I introduced him to my dogs, and while he was a little timid at first, he adjusted to them pretty quickly and then spent time exploring the yard. He's more curious about everything than anxious, which is great. We didn't do anything too difficult today so he'd have some time to adjust, but tomorrow we'll get straight into it and start getting him on track!

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