GDA66: Uncontrollable Shelter Dog to Frisbee Champion




FernDog Podcast: Dog Training & Behavior Tips and Advice show

Summary: There are an endless amount of high energy dogs that are quickly labeled as trouble makers and unruly because of their energy and lack of manners. These are not bad dogs, just super high energy pooches that just never learned any manners.<br> In this edition of the podcast I talk with Roo Yori about his super high energy pit bull Wallace, who started off a crazy shelter dog but with some hard work and training became a disc dog champion and all around great dog at home. Wallace’s story was made famous due to Jim Gorant’s book appropriately titled, Wallace.<br> In this episode<br> 2:34  Welcome Roo <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592407315?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1592407315&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=dogspelledbac-20"></a><br>  3:28  What’s Walace like<br> 4:44  Wallace’s illness<br> 6:51  What Wallace was like in the shelter<br> 12:45  The challenges of shelter life for Wallace<br> 15:18  Finding outlets for Wallace’s energy<br> 24:03  Bad behavior in a home too<br> 25:37  The creation of the spring pole<br> 35:17  A frisbee dog is born<br> 41:38  The reaction to a Pit Bull as a frisbee dog<br> 44:42  Being proactive to get results<br> Links<br> <a href="http://ferndogtraining.com/your-dogs-bucket-list/" target="_blank">Your Dog’s Bucket List</a> – my blog post<br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WallaceThePitBull" target="_blank">Wallace on Facebook<br><br> </a><br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592407315?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1592407315&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=dogspelledbac-20" target="_blank">Wallace the book on Amazon</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wodfordogs" target="_blank">WOD for Dogs on Facebook</a><br> <a href="http://youtube.com/user/wallacethepitbull" target="_blank">Wallace on Youtube</a><br>