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Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner shares Jamie’s first month in foster care. Jamie shows progress with Craig, leash training, and neighborhood walks, sleeps through the night, and practices commands, while still managing fear, reactivity, and indoor stress.

Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner shares Jamie’s third week in foster care. Jamie shows progress with Craig, backyard leash training, and neighborhood walks, while still managing fear, reactivity, and resource guarding. Careful supervision and consistency continue to guide her improvement.

Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner chronicles Jamie’s second week in foster care. Jamie shows glimpses of her personality while managing fear, reactivity, and resource guarding. With careful guidance, leash training, and gradual exposure, she’s making steady, encouraging progress.

Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner shares Jamie’s first week in foster care. Jamie shows progress with trust, leash manners, and crate habits, while still navigating fear, reactivity, and resource guarding. Patience, structure, and management are guiding her toward steady improvement.

Jamie is settling into her new home with early mornings, crate training, and supervised interactions. She’s improving in leash manners and trust but still shows resource guarding and tension with Zoey. With patience and structure, her family guides her toward steady progress.

Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner chronicles Jamie’s first day in her foster home. Jamie struggles with early-morning barking, leash manners, and crate adjustment, but shows progress building trust, learning basic commands, and beginning positive interactions with family members and resident dog Zoey.

Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner shares her first foster experience with Jamie, a timid rescue pup. During her first day at home amid COVID-19, Jamie explored her new surroundings, adjusted to crate time, and began bonding with Jeri.

Bark Busters trainer Jeri Wagner begins her first foster journey with Jamie, a timid rescue pup who’s faced multiple failed adoptions. Through patience and training, Jeri hopes to guide Jamie past her fears and toward the forever home she deserves.

Becoming a foster parent to a lucky dog is one of the most rewarding and enlightening experiences a dog lover can have. Foster parents play a valuable role in easing the burden placed on shelters while providing a safe environment, full of love and attention, until the special pups find their forever homes.