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Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much! 

Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much! 

Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much! 

Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much! 

Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much! 

Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much! 

Hi Lauren,

To add to the conversation, here's a list of training credentials and what they mean. Anyone can provide training services, no matter their approach, skills, or experience, so seeing that a trainer has one of these credentials demonstrates that they have agreed to a code of ethics and have certain knowledge and skills. Each credential has a directory of trainers or behaviorists near you. There may be excellent trainers who do not have credentials, since there are financial barriers to them, but this can be a starting point.

Hi all! Weird Rescue here! We are in need of some advice/recommendations.

We are a fairly young and small rescue still. Several months ago one of our founder's friends tragically passed away after a battle with cancer.  She had a dog, Gemma, and one of her final requests was to make sure Gemma didn't end up in a shelter, so we took her on. 

Gemma is a 4 year old large Lab/pit/shepard mix who LOVES people! However, she is quite reactive with dogs. We didn't know this when we first took her, as she had been living with a senior dog her whole life that she was fine with. We are a foster-based rescue in Los Angeles without a facility as of now and we have been having a very hard time placing her, and honestly we just don't have the set up to work proper socialization with her as of now, and most of our fosters have other animals in the home. She is a super sweet girl and we just want her to have the best life! So we are looking for any advice or recommendations on facilities that might help better equipped to help her work through this reactivity or ways you've found to successfully place reactive or only dog situations.

Thank you so much!