Emma Franke

18 And looking for volunteer work to graduate and get experience for a future job with canines. Caring, Empathetic, hardworking and devoted to comprehensive animal care and wellness. Personal experience working with anxious dogs, can quickly adapt to hostile and erratic situations. Works well with high adrenaline, and prioritizes a healthy bond between animal(s) and the trainer just as much as the training itself.

Currently training a mixed breed working dog. In the last year, here's the progress I was able to make:

• Fixed anxiety with food items such as treats
• No longer pulls/tugs, runs towards cars and people on leash
• Fixed hyper aggression towards humans when in contact or near water (asides water bowl and puddles)
• Greatly reduced hyper vigilance
• Improved work drive
• Improved recall
• Knows basic training and a little more
• Greatly reduced anxiety towards touching his paws

CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS

• Anxiety in public spaces
• Anxiety and aggression towards grooming
• recall
• Taking commands while locked onto a target
• Speeding up commands, improving duration of commands such as sit and stop

I spend much of my free time educating myself with every free source I can find on understanding canine language, psychology, nutrition and training and applying different approaches to find the best one to accommodate my dog. I wish to do this in the future with more canines than my own, and learn a slough of different training styles. I want to pursue this with my life and any starting point I can get would be great.