Good Times

Romy and Clover love playing in the dogs play yard. Not only do dogs learn how to properly play with each other but they also learn proper dog/kid skills and the kids are the teachers. Romy is quite upset at the behavior that this dog is exhibiting. Romy tries to explain that it is really…

A great little video of Leila, doing a downstay with distractions. Anything going around the back 180 of a dog while the dog is in a down/stay is a distraction, so the act of me walking around the dog with a metal walker, sliding my legs and then having the metal walker go over the…

I put together a quick distraction video …for all of you to see..this is what we do on a daily basis with all of the dogs…once they learn a basic command we have to make sure that they understand what is expected of them….the downstay is a very important command..we tell them DOWN one time…never…

It is just before dinner time, I thought I would take a break in training before dinner and then heading out for more training. Risa and Levi did great today…they had some great play (which I do  when dogs first come into my program) Then I put 1 dog at a time onto a leash…

Great new dogs have come into our kennel this week and we are having so much fun with them. Emily came to us a very nervous dog, but with good obedience skills. Becoming part of my pack for 2 weeks will be so therapeutic and helpful for her overall psyche. Who wants to go on…

Today was a high mileage day on for me. I picked up 2 new Train and Board clients….first Risa in Tiverton and then I had to go to NYC to pick up Levi…a daschund….Risa has been working with me for about 3 weeks and her owners went out of town so they used the time…