https://ossingtonvillage.com/2012/03/ossington-welcomes-unleashed-in-the-city/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ossingtonvillage.com/2012/03/ossington-welcomes-unleashed-in-the-city/#comment-1331 Sat, 04 May 2013 17:31:00 +0000 https://ossingtonvillage.com/?p=3870#comment-1331 Our
dog went to Unleashed for about 11 months, and we just recently pulled him out
of there, after we found out that one of the employees, Max, yelled at our
dog. He brought him home one day and
when our dog jumped on our couch, Max decided it would be appropriate to yell
at our poor dog. We were pretty upset
about it, and when I spoke to the office manager about it, at first, she was
very apologetic and said she would discuss it with Max. But when Max was too cowardly to admit what
he did, even though we had a witness who was able to provide a lot of
specifics, we spoke to the owner Kate.
Instead of apologizing for what happened, she defended what Max did and
implied that our witness “misheard”, and tried to guilt us into keeping our dog there by telling us
how much they had gone out of their way to help our dog, etc., which we never found to be true. They claim to have a lot of experience
working with rescue dogs who have anxiety issues (which was our dog’s
situation), but the truth is that Kate is a self-taught so-called dog expert,
and is not good at reading dog body language and understanding what dogs
need. A lot of dog daycares that are run
by experienced professionals encourage owners to use positive reinforcement –
Kate and her team use leash corrections, pin dogs down, and I have even seen
her use a spray bottle on a bloodhound who goes there regularly. If you believe in positive reinforcement, or
have a rescue dog that needs a lot of patience and understanding, Unleashed is
a dangerous place for you to leave your dog.
Max was completely inappropriate with our dog and we couldn’t take any
chances that something else would happen in the future, especially since they did not feel that they were out of line.

]]> https://ossingtonvillage.com/2012/03/ossington-welcomes-unleashed-in-the-city/#comment-1299 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:12:43 +0000 https://ossingtonvillage.com/?p=3870#comment-1299 […] in the City opened in March, bringing joy to dog owners with their walking and boarding service, and a retail store with toys, […]

]]> https://ossingtonvillage.com/2012/03/ossington-welcomes-unleashed-in-the-city/#comment-1295 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:08:37 +0000 https://ossingtonvillage.com/?p=3870#comment-1295 […] of our new retail arrivals this year was Unleashed in the City, a pet care centre at 45 Ossington. They are involved with an […]

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