George | Golden Retriever | Pasadena, CA | In Training
- Alex Kruse
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
Meet George! He's a 10-month-old Golden Retriever from Pasadena, California, and he's here for our Three Week Reactive Board and Train Program. George is a big dog, and he knows it! He throws his weight around to get his way with his owners, often jumping, grabbing the leash, and mouthing as a means of bullying people until he gets what he wants. He's very happy to see any person, but he's reactive towards other dogs and will lunge and bark at them. Over the next three weeks he'll learn that he can't push people around anymore or jump on them for greetings, how to be around other dogs on leash without lunging at them, and that he still has to listen to all those commands he learned as a puppy but wants to be selective about in his teen months. Stay tuned for George's three-week transformation!
5/24/26
After George's drop-off, I took him out into the park to see what he would do for me on his first day. While he was able to give me his Sit pretty cleanly, everything else was pretty much just George being George. He got the zoomies almost right away and was having a great time bounding around and grabbing at the leash. Heel was definitely not happening, and while he did come when I asked him too, it was more of a charge than a clean Recall. He was mouthy when I was getting him to drop the leash, and he was all too glad to show off those reactive behaviors when another dog walked by. On the plus side, he was actually really well-behaved in the crate on the way home, so I don't anticipate issues there! At the house, introductions with other dogs also did not go well. A lot of times dogs can be leash reactive but they're fine when it's off. George was not having it with friends at all today. It was his first day and I know he's a little thrown off by being in an all-new environment with strange smells and people, so I'm hoping we can try again once he gets settled in more, but as of right now we can't risk any play time with other dogs. He does have plenty of space in his own play yard and didn't bark or fuss at all while in there, so if we can't graduate him to having friends, he's perfectly content with his private suite at least! He also doesn't seem to be overly anxious about anything, and didn't do too badly with trying to push me around today, but he did already try to test a few boundaries. House rules, manners and expectations are certainly going to be the first in line to be reinforced, then once he knows he can't get what he wants until he gives me what I want, everything else should fall right in line!
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