I am very interested to know how you and Bacardi are doing now. How did the at home session pan out?
I don't blame you for sending your pup away for training. I have heard great stories about training for therapy dogs that requires them to stay away from home.
Also my boy had me at my wits end quite afew times through his teen rebellion phase. I work in social services and always joked that I would oneday ship him out to doggy bootcamp, (I didn't know that there really were such places.)
I was nearly pulling my hair out but I read and read and took him to classes. Consistency, patience, and unconditional love are the only things that got us through.
We as the boxers parents have to remember that our dogs behavior is a reflection of our committment to our babies. They are our kids. We have to keep them out of trouble by supervising them, teaching them right from wrong, and removing them from the situations that get them in trouble.
I learned very quickly that when Loki is bored he gets in trouble. If I don't be careful to keep things out of his reach, he will destruy them. ie....300$ cell phone, potted plants, bottle of script drugs, etc.....
I think many people would agree, it is usually the parents that need more training than the dogs.
I hope that you two are getting back to your normal routine and I wish you the best of luck.
Knowledge is power