John is absolutely amazing! When my husband and I first met him, we had an instant connection. He saw how much we wanted to help our dog. We have a 6 y/o reactive pit bull, who has an aggressive past. We thought getting a puppy would help him, and make him nicer, more patient, and kind.
Before Mango Dogs, my German shepherd Lana was a nightmare to take on walks. She would pull and lunge at other dogs, people, bikers, etc. She was mouthy. I felt hopeless and was considering giving her back to the shelter. After just 4 weekly lessons with Justin, she is able to control her impulses and excitement
I have never been so impressed!! I could not recommend Mango Dogs enough! Taylor has completely changed our life at home with our 80lbs rescue dog, Yuna. My boyfriend and I had been struggling with how reactive Yuna had become toward dogs and people, from negative experiences with other dogs. I was starting to lose hope
Before training with Mango Dogs Carolinas, my dog Brady had been “trained” by two other trainers. I had resigned to just not walking him as their methods were not enough for him. He is very reactive towards other dogs which made walking in public impossible. I saw a recommendation on Next Door for this trainer and
Before training, we were a nervous wreck taking her anywhere. She is a very reactive Texas Healer (cattle dog mix). One day she ran out of the house and nipped another dog on the butt. She would jump on guests coming into the house and go crazy on walks. When walking her, she would pull and
I adopted my dog Gino when he was 3 years old and he is so sweet, but he was sooo poorly behaved. He didn’t listen to any commands other than sit. He would not come when called unless I had a treat and even then it was iffy. It was embarrassing I couldn’t take him anywhere
We adopted our rescue dog Lucky, from South Korea in August last year. Lucky was bonded to me in a few months but he was still skittish to my partner even 6 months after we adopted him. It was impossible for my partner to even put a leash on Lucky without my help. Lucky bit my
Our experience with dog training before Mango Dogs was quite frustrating. We went through two trainers and a veterinarian behaviouralist. All of them only wanted to do management training and got me to do things like tarp my fence and other things to stop my dog from seeing things that made him reactive. This isn’t the
When we contacted Mango Dogs we were at a place where we felt defeated and lost at what we could do and what our future with our dogs looked like. We had such high hopes for our little family but felt so stuck. Let me start by introducing our furry friends: Izzie and Leo: Izzie is
In April of last year, I decided my 7-year-old Golden Retriever needed a friend and came across Lola the Bloodhound who needed a new home. I thought that adopting would have to be much easier than raising a puppy. She was already 2 years old, but it didn’t take long to realize she was full of
After over 40 years of sharing our home with eight different dogs ranging in size from a Pug to Newfs, and often two at a time (Cocker and 166 pound Newf; 130 pound Newf and Boxer; same Boxer and rescue Pug), we considered ourselves fairly skilled in raising and handling our canine companions. Then we got
Our pup Murphy is a German shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix which inherently has a lot of strong breed traits. I started with the generic puppy classes then moved on to obedience classes. Murphy was an absolute rock star in class, but this did not transfer over to the chaos of everyday life in our home. Murphy was
My family and I found Ted and Amy @ Mango Dogs after our dog’s behavior became way out of hand. Our dog Maze is 100 lbs; a mixed breed bull terrier and lab, about 2 years old at the time. Maze pulled on walks and he was utterly uncontrollable, especially when other dogs came around. I
We are a four-dog household and always had the mantra, if you don’t like it, don’t come to visit. We existed with chaos at the door any time someone came by….or even a car in the street. Walks were full-out wrestling matches on a good day. Time spent off-leash in the woods, often ended with porcupine
Henry, who just turned one, is the third golden retriever that we have had in our family. We wanted to make sure we would have a super well-trained dog – our other two were pretty good but they were leash-pullers all through their lives and had other “light” behaviours that we just didn’t want to have
Mango Dogs has helped us significantly in the process of training out aggressive behaviors in our rescue pup Mango (yes her name is Mango too haha)! About 3 months after bringing her home, we started to notice aggressive barking, lunging, growling, nipping behaviors specifically inside our house in the presence of visitors. We are very social
I would like to say that Mango Dogs is the best. It had been a very long time since we had a puppy/dog in our home and it was exciting and scary all at the same time. We thought we could do it all by ourselves. Nope! So, we started training when Scout was 8 months
Stella, our Chesador (Lab/Chesapeake Bay mix), celebrated her first birthday recently. The fact that she did that as part of our family is a credit to Ted and Amy at Mango Dogs. Before seeking Ted’s help, we were struggling with Stella’s many issues, which included constant nipping, counter-surfing, lunging, etc. The most serious of these, her
Bubba is a 2-year-old English Bulldog who recently got an attitude adjustment from Mango Dogs and here’s his story. Bubba was brought home to a new family at the age of 8 weeks from a local breeder. Showered with love and affection for the first 6 months, when they realized they were not equipped to give
Before coming to Ted, my dog Callie would pull on the leash and was reactive to most dogs that we passed on our walks. I was stressed taking her to new places because I had a hard time holding back a 70lb dog and I didn’t know what she would do if a dog got too
Ted has been exceptional in helping train my dog Beanie, a year old German Shepard who was reactive with other people and dogs in the car and while on walks as well as leash pulling and poor recall. It got to the point where I was nervous taking her for walks and minimized her time in
I believe in investing in experiences and my time with Mango Dogs continues to pay off through the enjoyment of daily life with my dogs, Gemma, and Lucy. Before training, I couldn’t enjoy my dogs off-leash and didn’t have full control of them. In addition, my two young dogs liked to wrestle in the house. Sometimes
Before reaching out to Mango Dogs, I was at my wit’s end with my dog’s behavior. I never imagined how quickly my life and the life of my dog would be transformed after working with Ted. A few shorts months ago, I would not bring Nova around any new people/dogs due to her reactive behavior –
Jupiter the Border Collie Jupiter is an active Border Collie puppy but we were noticing some destructive behaviours that were giving us trouble. He would tear around the house, chewing and destroying the kids’ toys, or anything else he could find. He never settled down in the house; he didn’t know how to just “be” for
My husband and I adopted our three-year-old shepherd, Keiser just over two years ago. We were so excited. We had just bought our first home and within a week we adopted this adorable one-year-old pup from a life of abuse and neglect. We got Keiser home and within hours we were looking at each other so
I brought Tootsie home at 12 weeks old. Tootsie has always been a people dog, she LOVES attention and is extremely loving and cuddly! The best way to describe her is a big sook! Until Tootsie was two years old she was a social butterfly with other dogs and loved to play! Two years ago Tootsie
Danny and I got Shadow back in Oct when he was 8 weeks old. Before getting him we started watching YouTube videos like Jeff Gellman to see what we could learn before bringing home Shadow. We picked up the basics and thought we could do it all on our own as most people do. We had a
Hey Ted! Since it has been weeks since we were last at group social I thought I’d just send you a quick note to let you know Matt, Luna and I are doing great! We have just been super busy enjoying the summer. We have been away with Luna on a few weekend trips, surf trips, beach days,
Diesel is a four-year-old Beagle/German Shepherd mix that we adopted five months ago. When we first got him, he was very nervous around strangers or in crowded areas. We live in an apartment building, and Diesel would sometimes refuse to get into the elevator if someone else was inside. He was especially nervous around men, and
Roxy is my 5-year-old Husky/lab/valley bull mix. We have been together since she was 6 weeks old and truthfully I had no idea what to do with a puppy. I watched a ton of training videos read a bunch of books and showered her with love, toys, and treats. Our first year together was frustrating and
Dolly has always been “special”…since bringing her into my home when she was 5 months old I knew she was special, that she needed lots of work, attention, and love. Up until Dolly was 1 year old she was your average fun-loving puppy, she attended daycare, had lots of dog friends, and was able to be
Life is not always about making the easiest decisions, because the easiest thing we could of done was give our dog back to the sildenafildosage breeder. He came with issues and for whatever reason they were there. Some were reinforced by not knowing how to deal with his issues. Some issues got better some worse. He
Poppy is my three year-old Treeing Walker Coonhound, and I have had her since she was nine weeks old. I take all blame for her behavior issues. Poppy and I worked very diligently with a trainer as a puppy, to at least have her learn some basic skills, ie leash training, sit/stay, recall, etc. As a
We found Jilly at a rescue in Amherst NS . When we brought her home we quickly found out that she had very bad separation anxiety when she ripped apart our door and door frame. She then started to open windows and jump threw the screen. She escaped numerous times. We had gone to another trainer
Memphis is a fun loving, full of life Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix. You would never know, looking at him now, that he has had a pretty complicated past. By the time Memphis was 6 months old, he was diagnosed with severe hip dysplasia. Memphis underwent two major surgeries just weeks apart followed by four months of strict recovery. By the
Teddy is a beautiful three year old male red nosed pit bull. Teddy came into our home as a foster through a local pit bull rescue. It was obvious from the beginning we had our hands full and were in over our heads. Teddy was insecure, leash reactive/aggressive, didn’t know any basic commands or have any
My boxer, Finnegan is the joy of my life. He is a goofy boy that makes me laugh every day. He loves to cuddle and just be with me. I bring him to the office everyday and anywhere else I go. Being a boxer, he was extremely excitable, he jumped on people, knocking them over. He’s
Hi my name is Jenny Lind, I have a 10 month old Husky mix named Gizmo. Four weeks ago, Gizmo was a SPAZ! He would get up on the counters, he barked at people walking by, he would jump out at bicycles. He could not sit, stay, or come. He was not able to go off
We adopted a 2 year old Boxer named Tyson, he was “free”. Nothing in life is free, and Tyson was no exception. He came with a host of problems, skin allergies, separation anxiety, no manners, dog aggression and above all Tyson was a nightmare to walk! Tyson also thought kennels were for other dogs, not him.
“We adopted our dog, a lab/rotti mix, almost two years ago. When we first brought her home things seemed to be going well but it didn’t take long for us to realize she had some behavioural problems and dog aggression that needed attention. She was crazy in the car, pulled on walks, would not come when
Jen and Derick recently sent Coco, a lab, to be trained with Ted. This is the e-mail that followed after Coco returned home. After training with Ted, the difference in our dog is amazing. We don’t use the leash to take her out to use the bathroom and she doesn’t bolt and take off like she
We adopted our adorable border collie Strider at 8 weeks old. We came home proud and excited with the belief that we would be able to train this dog as we had our last dog. However something went terribly wrong, and instead of having a dog who brought happiness and comfort to our family, we were
Rolo is 5 years old and all things chocolate labs are supposed to be; hyper, fun, goofy, lovable, etc. But, he was also stubborn and unruly. We had tried puppy obedience classes when he was small, he pulled so badly we couldn’t get him into the classroom and inside, he was too distracted to learn anything.
We got our dog Isobel, a rescue dog from Labrador, when she was 10 weeks old. When we got her she had some behavioral issues we had to deal with. Izzy pulled at the leash, jumped on people-dogs-counters, and we also wanted a dog we could walk confidently off leash around other dogs. Ted worked with the
A month ago we found a video on youtube that Ted posted and it really impressed me. Ted’s a great dog trainer and he understands that training our dog is only the start, he spent a lot of time training and teaching us to be well-educated owners too. That’s important for us, as we want to