"Mack is my 2 year old 24 lb. labradoodle, from no fault of his own he has fear aggression of other dogs and situations (we feel this came from a boarding facility where dogs were free to roam outside unsupervised as he wasn’t the same after that experience). Mack is in a household of 4 teen and above children and 2 dogs. He was very dominant on walks, growling and lunging at other dogs uncontrollably and a few times got in a fight with his dog brother where the pup had to seek medical care for his injury. I reached out to Ruff Academy and 1 other large chain training facility, the chain facility said they were going to be honest with me and told me to rehome Mack, that it is too difficult to reset his mind not to be aggressive. Rebekah @ Ruff Academy said let me at him, I can definitely help Mack! We did the board and train for 2 weeks, in the 2 weeks he was working with Rebekah we would get daily videos of what they were working on and pictures of Mack in his new places he was training. She would tell me how he was improving and what they worked on that day. It was amazing to me to see him in videos working beside new dogs, he didn’t pay them any mind and went on with his commands, I was in total shock. I could have bet money that he would attack another dog, and that Rebekah would call for me to pick him up because of his aggression. Well none of that happened….yes he showed her his true colors on day one with his fear aggression with some other dogs and she showed him how to work through the fear and aggression with her commands. It’s been 2 weeks since Mack has been home, he is nothing short of AMAZING!!!! We can take him on walks and he can walk right by another dog like he is not even there. Our first walk in our neighborhood I walked him right up to the dog he most despises and he laid there in his “place command” and let the dog sniff him and couldn’t have cared less, this was a dog weeks ago he would lunge and growl at every time he’d see him. At home he is busy practicing his commands and his brother dogs are following what he has learned. He is calm and collected and can just be a dog now and not be fearful and aggressive. We can now shop at all stores that allow dogs and go to places where other dogs are without having the worry of him getting aggressive. He can do all the commands with distractions like a champ, he is seriously the best behaved dog now, even if he didn’t have fearful aggression the board and train would have been worth it to have a well balanced well disciplined dog. Our family a cannot thank Rebekah and Ruff Academy enough for saving our Mack! Sincerely, The Specht Family ❤️"