My husband and I are so thrilled to have Riley as a member of our family!  When we got her, she was extremely nervous and showed signs of fear aggression. But we knew we had to give her a chance. By the second day, we could already see signs of change! She started approaching us more, was growling less and seemed to be making herself at home.  By the second week, she was much less nervous, more confident and started trying to play with our other dog, Maci Lou.  After a session with Mikkel (Becker, Homeward Pet’s pet behaviorist – available to our adopters as part of our Adopter Support Program), we started training her to help build more confidence and get her used to being handled. It didn’t take her long to learn all of her commands!  Now – three months later – she’s like a totally different dog!  She approaches strangers and lets them pet her (most of the time), she plays a ton, loves to travel in the car, enjoys the dog park and is a total love bug!  We are so glad that we gave her a chance!  She’s so sweet, very fun and we are totally in love!

We really appreciate how up front and transparent the staff at Homeward Pet were about Riley’s behavior challenges. It would have been much more difficult to work with her without knowing her full history.  The meeting with Mikkel was invaluable!  She helped us to understand how training could help Riley with confidence issues and resolve her fear aggression. All of the staff were extremely helpful!  The Homeward Pet adoption program offers so many resources for new families – what a fantastic program.

Thanks so much for working with us to welcome Riley home!

-Meg