Otis

Our 3 year old WCS, Otis, was in need of training in recall and socialising with other dogs. We had done some training with Linnea before and decided between us that Otis should go for residential training.

The difference in Otis in the 4 weeks was incredible. Gregor and Linnea kept in touch throughout the time with progress videos and messages. This helped us miss him less. Despite knowing his progress I was still nervous when on our first training session together at the end of his stay Gregor let Otis off lead in the meadows. This is something I would never have done previously as he would have run off after birds, dogs, picnics, etc. Instead we played ball for ages and discussed the work Gregor and Otis had done together along with information on how to continue this at home. We had 3 further sessions and Gregor was available throughout this time to answer the many questions we had.

Now Otis has great recall, he loves to play ball or explore the woods and I am confident that he will stay in sight and come back when asked. As a family we now enjoy our walks with Otis - they are fun again.

Otis also benefited from his socialisation with the other dogs and now is part of the day care gang.

My only regret is that we didn’t do it sooner. Otis is living his best life 😊

-Anne Marie