Earlier this year (in april) I sent my two pitbulls to a board and train with sit means sit. They had raving reviews, my dogs needed training and I was going out of the country and needed to board them anyways, and the dates lined up perfectly.

The first few videos were amazing, it seemed like the dogs were really learning. I could tell my puppy was a little on edge in one of the videos, but my old girl seemed okay, just tired.

After I went and picked them up, I was impressed. It wasn’t until I started working with my puppy at home that I noticed something was off. He was showing aggression towards other dogs that he’d never shown before. He was always interested in other dogs and didn’t really know how to greet them properly but he was never aggressive. Suddenly he was.

We went in to do 1:1 classes with him to get him ready for group classes and I voiced my concerns so we worked on it with the trainers dog, but things kept getting worse. Eventually my puppy bit my partner going after another dog. I was horrified. When I told the trainer at the next session she finally told me they’d used a muzzle on him during training. It was the first I’d heard of it and was shocked.

Their advice was just increasing the shock and I knew it was stressing my dog out more than it was helping.

I finally stopped going there and started training with ty the dog guy. We’ve had better success, but my dog is still reactive, we’re just getting better at managing it. And the training is much more rounded rather than focusing solely on the collar.

I know sit means sit didn’t tell me everything that happened during the board and train and I’m worried something did happen, like another dog went after my puppy.

I checked the contract I signed and it only states in responsible for the training if I was the one doing it, but they were, so that seems void.

Should I sue for making my dog dog aggressive?