Ruff Mutts Dog Training
2026-03-28T20:53:51.000Z
This is our story and our journey. My husband and I unfortunately found each other a little later in life, we had both been married before and had kids from those marriages. At the time we met I had my own fur babies and so did he, and unfortunately he wasn’t able to bring them into our life. I lost 2 dogs in one year and as we all know the heartbreak from that sucks and we swore, NO MORE PETS!
Until one morning when our neighbor had a friend over and in her arms was a clothes basket full of little black lab puppies. So Ofcourse we came over to see and hold these beautiful little babies. They were only 2 weeks old at the time and barely had their eyes open and without even giving it a second thought I help my sweet girl and knew she was meant to be with us. Ofcourse we had to wait 6 more weeks but we knew she was ours. Fast forward to going over to pick up our girl Greta and seeing all the babies a lot bigger and running around like a bunch of psychos lol Not all of them had homes yet and there was another little girl who instantly went to my husband and stole his heart, and so now we have 2!!! We thought it would be better for them to have each other plus we loved them so much.
And everything was perfectly fine with us and the girls for the first year. One day it happened out of nowhere. They began fighting each other. And it wasn’t play fighting, it was angry, vicious, bloody fighting. It would start over a toy, it would start when one of them was sitting on my lap and fighting for attention. 95% of the time it only happened when I was around them. And it was everyday, sometimes several times. I would try to break them up and ended up getting myself bit. They would both walk away bleeding and shaking. It was absolutely horrible and terrifying. And we had no idea why this even started happening.
We debated on finding them separate homes and not keeping either one of them because it wouldn’t be fair. So we had talked about maybe getting them some training and that’s when we found Lorenzo’s dog training.
It wasn’t long after our initial conversation with them that Clark and his partner Daniel came to our home for an assessment. I’m not gonna lie and say it was pretty because it wasn’t. It was at that time and having them just talking to us and explaining why this could be happening was all about dominance. The reason it didn’t happen around my husband was because he was more of an Alpha and they knew that. They saw me as one of them because I will admit I was not a disciplinarian at all. I let them do what they wanted and didn’t put much effort into correcting them. We couldn’t even walk them because they didn’t know how to act and I’d end up getting drug. We couldn’t even go camping anymore which we love doing because they wouldn’t behave and would bark at literally everything and just ruined the entire experience.
Also, I’m not gonna lie and say our jaw didn’t drop when they told us how much it was gonna be, we were so hesitant and reluctant to do this for that reason. But we knew this was our last resort short of finding them different homes. So Clark took our girls and kept them for 2 weeks. We had several training sessions during that time when he brought them home and we got training. I had to work really hard and step out of my comfort zone to be more authoritative which isn’t really my thing so that was a challenge for me. And everytime he brought them back things got a little better each time. Clark would demonstrate with them and teach us. He never once raised his voice and had the patience of a saint. Never got upset or flustered and seeing how they were with him and the bond he had with them was a little sad to me. I wondered why they couldn’t do that for me and look at me and respect me the way they did with Clark. After they were home we continued training with Clark and he would come to the house for the training. We continued working on things with them and still do.
The fighting has completely stopped, they walk like a boss on a leash and we are even to the point of not needing a leash to walk them because that’s how well they behave now. And no, they don’t run around like crazy dogs, they stay by our side at our heel. We go camping on a regular basis and get more complements with how well they are behaving. We can finally enjoy our girls and live harmoniously and happy. Finding Clark was a life changer for us. We held on so tight to these girls because they were the first thing that was ours together and why we didn’t want to give up. We will never be able to thank Clark enough. His compassion for his job and the love he has is so apparent. He is doing exactly what he should be doing. So if you have made it to the end of our story and have any hesitation don’t because it was 100% worth every penny and every tear that came along with it.