Meet Cooper

[Alysser]

Hi all,

It's been awhile! I also keep forgetting to introduce Cooper. We've actually had him since Dec 2017. He was 6-7 years old when we adopted him. He's a really sweet dog but had some major anxiety issues. Extremely reactive and had BAD separation anxiety. We kind of dealt with it for the first year. Then in January he destroyed my couch and we decided to do something about it. I found a few youtube channels. We found balanced training and now we have a different dog. He's fantastic. He can even be off-leash, something I never thought I'd get with a Beagle mix! He sleeps in his crate now, he's just a different dog. Less anxious and much happier!

He knows all his basic obedience commands and is VERY good on walks now. I am so impressed. We were on the verge of giving him back to the shelter. He has been through alot already, at some point he was shot (Xrays revealed this), he was terrified of everything when we got him, etc. He is a confident proud dog now. I always loved the "zero to hero" type dog stories and I finally have mine