What an Aggression Control Program IS:
Aggression Control Programs decrease your dog's aggression through:
- Management (teaching your how to react to your dog's aggression, and control the environment to reduce the triggers that set off the aggression)
- Redirection (teaching, practicing, and proofing new behaviors to a high level of reliability. This allows you to redirect your dog with a new, alternate behavior - instead of allowing the natural tendency towards aggression)
These programs are tailored to each individual case. While there is no magic cure for aggression, gaining your dog's trust and reliable responsiveness through training changes your life with an aggressive dog from stressful, unpredictable, and full of danger and liability into a manageable, predictable, workable relationship.
What an Aggression Control Program is NOT:
The truth is, no trainer can 'make' your dog like things he or she is afraid of, or aggressive towards. Just like we can't 'make' you like spiders, snakes, sharks, or anything else that you're afraid of.
There is no 'magic cure' or training program for aggression.
...and any trainer who tells you something different probably has a few bridges for sale, as well.
In a perfect world, all dogs would get along with all kids, babies, adult humans, cats, and other dogs.
But in reality, most aggression cases have very complex causes - including genetics, past experiences, breed dispositions, individual temperaments (personality) and more.
That doesn't mean you have to give up on your dog.
But you do have to understand that it is unlikely that ownership of your aggressive dog will ever be 'easy.'
Owning an aggressive dog requires patience, dedication, and an extremely strong commitment to your own responsibility to keep yourself, the public, and your dog safe and in control - at all times.
When you work on an Aggression Control Program with us, you're learning how to manage, control, and redirect your dog. We can show you how to make this tough job more straightforward.
Why are Aggression Control Programs So Costly?
Many of the exercises you'll do in an Aggression Control Program are the same that we do with every dog we train - so why do you have to pay more?
The higher fees are for your trainer's protection. In Colorado, anyone working with animals professionally (groomers, trainers, veterinarians) cannot seek legal action for being bitten by the animals they work with.
Likewise, should your dog injure one of our demo-dogs, we have no legal recourse.
Because of these risks, we collect a higher fee for Aggression Control services, in case we require medical attention for a bite from your dog.
