My husband and I have always adopted shelter dogs or taken in strays. We’d dealt with problems before but nothing prepared us for Troelie (age 1,5) and Ferro (age 6) border collies adopted from a shelter in Belgium. Neither was housebroken. Ferro could be aggressive with other dogs and fixated on bicycles. Troelie, emaciated from giardia, was terrified of everything except other dogs.  Any new situation rendered her dead-eyed and motionless---she’d collapse in a terrified crouch. We had to pick her up and carry her to get her to move at all. We called Honderwijs and Janette agreed to come to our home the next day for a thorough evaluation.  She prepared a page and a half of written advice--most of which was completely new to us. We gratefully followed her suggestions, including crating the dogs and fitting them with pheromone collars, with good results. She came with me to the kennel when vacation plans forced us to kennel the dogs for 10 days after having them only 10 weeks. She knew the kennel workers and together, they came up with a way to handle our dogs. We signed up for basic training for both dogs.  Troelie’s come a long way but she requires special treatment in class and both Janette and her partner, Sonja, modified exercises for Troelie without short-changing the rest of the participants.  With the guidance of Honderwijs, we look forward to many enjoyable years with Ferro and Troelie.