About the owner:

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Indy, (short for Indiana Jones,) is a love bug. She was born on April 1, 2017, and came to us from a breeder, as an 8 week old puppy. Indy's mom is a Collie, and her dad is an Australian Shephard. Indy was spayed at 6 months old. Since we got her as a baby, she did not know how to do anything yet. We taught her what her name was, how to sit, stay, shake left paw, shake right paw, lay down, take it, and leave it. Indy has been super friendly since she was born. She has never met a stranger, and loves all other cats & dogs. For all intents and purposes, Indy has had a very good, spoiled life. She came from a breeder that loved her, and instantly was welcomed in to our home where she became the 1st Dog in our house. She became The Queen very quickly. Indy has never had a hard life. 

Whoa Nelly. Here's where Part One of the test started for us. Let me tell you about Reese, (short for Kyle Reese from the Terminator.) Reese was born July 4, 2017 and he came to live with us when he was 7 months old. Matt found Reese on FB Marketplace. He was born and raised in an Amish Puppy Mill about 5 hours away from where we live. Some very nice people pulled him out of the puppy mill, and were trying to find a home for him. They were told that his mother was an Australian Shephard and his father was a Border Collie. When we took him, we had him neutered, and brought him up to date on his vaccines. 

Reese had a very rough start to his life. He was not nurtured in a loving caring home. He had to fight everyday for food and water. When we brought Reese to our house, things seemed to be going well for the first few days. He got along very well with our 1st dog, Indy. (She was 10 months old at the time.) Approximately 3 weeks later, Reese started to bark- at everything. We were worried about him with other dogs. We were worried with him around strangers. We knew we needed to start training with him immediately. This is officially where our No Leash Training started! After only a few weeks, Reese was responding wonderfully to the e-collar training. He did so incredibly well, that we also decided to train Indy. With a few short months, both Indy & Reese were able to be off leash and enjoying the great life!

Now here is where Part Two of the test comes in- meet Ripley, (her name is from the movie Alien.) Ripley was most likely born around 10-31-21. She was found by Matt's wife Jenny while she was on a business trip in Texas. Jenny went to a local Kill Shelter, saw this little spotted girl there, and instantly fell in love with her. We knew nothing about her; not even her breed. The Kill Shelter said she had been there a month, and her time was almost up. (We rescued her in a nick of time!) They made sure she received all her shots, and spayed her. They told us they believed she was a little over a year old, and that she was some sort of Australian Cattle Dog Mix. They believed she was a street dog, and that she never belonged to anybody. We brought her back from Texas with the help of a transport team. Ripley was timid, and tended to 'submit' to the other dogs, and people very quickly. She needed confidence. We started encouraging her to have fun with the other dogs, and started her e-collar training. She fit in to our 'pack' perfectly. She loves the other two dogs, and even is very friendly with our cats. We taught Ripley everything that we had taught the fist two dogs. There was a big unknown in training her, because we had no idea of her background, or if she was abused. This was a big test for us. Ripley took around 3 months to acclimate to the e-collar system. She was completely trained off leash, before she was even two years old!