Just wanted to let you know that Asher did his job. Karen and I were in northern Virginia two weeks ago. We stopped at a mall and left Asher in the car. When Karen returned to the car, and as she got into the car, a man with a gun tried to carjack our vehicle. Asher went through the window and attacked the carjacker. Just as I arrived, the carjacker tried to shoot Asher. At that time, I terminated the subject. Asher was not hurt; he did a super job. The shooting was ruled JUSTIFIED. I found out that this person was out on parole. He had been convicted of this same crime many times before. THANK GOD we were not hurt. Thanks again Ivan; keep up the good work.
Greg Bennett
USCA 2000 National Champion
I have known Ivan for a few years now and have always admired the way he thinks about how a dog thinks. We first met about 1999 or 2000. I had already been on a WUSV team with Troy. I was preparing for the following year’s events when we had Ivan come in to do a seminar. What happened was he not only helped me to see what I needed to do with my dog's weakness, but he completely changed the way I look at dogs and how to make it "clear" to them. It was truly a huge change in my approach after that. And we became friends. I will always be grateful for Ivan's thinking outside the box with the training and making me think differently.
I have had a great year with Ali my Bouvier; he has turned out to be a great dog. I just wanted to say thanks. The training I did with you has been the foundation of everything I do/ You helped a lot!
Eric S. Eisenberg
USCA 2007 National Champion
I had a training problem which I tried unsuccessfully to solve for a long time. I even had other trainers try to help me and they failed also. I didn't know Ivan at that time, however I decided if anyone could solve the problem using a method I would approve of Ivan could. I went and trained with Ivan and he fixed my problem within three training sessions the first day I was there. I spent a few more days training with and getting to know Ivan. Ivan is a super trainer and a great guy. Ivan definitely helped me on the way to achieving my goal of becoming the 2007 Schutzhund USA national champion. Everyone who is involved with dogs could benefit from training with Ivan.<
Roo
& Wallace
Purina Incredible
Dog Challenge National Finals 1st place
Hello, my name is Roo and I have a Pit Bull named Wallace. Just
wanted to send over an email to say thanks for making your
training videos. A friend of mine had purchased a couple of
your videos and I was able to watch one regarding tug training.
We saved Wallace from being put down and after watching your
video it gave me the basis that I knew I needed for this little
high drive pittie I now had on my hands. I mainly started
training just to get an out command, but the foundation we set
took us to places I never imagined. We got involved with the
sport of Frisbee dogs and the philosophies from what I saw on
the video I watched were very similar to how to train for this
sport. In our sport it's just one big game and the dog is in
drive the entire time. The transition Wallace made into the
Frisbee dog world was incredible. In under two years, I was
able to take this "good for nothing" dog that was a "liability",
and turn him into one of the best Frisbee dogs around. Here's a
recap of our first two years together. We have won major
competitions this year, and just won the Purina Incredible Dog
Challenge National Finals. I have to get going, but I just
wanted to say thanks for making your training videos. The
information is really great and this is just proof for you that
it expands beyond the sport it was produced for. Feel free to
check us out on You Tube or and
www.wallacethepitbull.com
Maybe somewhere down the road I will be able to thank you in
person.
