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If I had it to do all over again, my platform would have been more about how to help cut down the populations of stray and mistreated pets. It would have been about the ability to make service dogs out of the many stray dogs in our area. It would have been how to help individuals develop great companions from the many lonely pets. Too many pups … read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

I wish there was someone around that could help me train golden retrievers, Labradors, and some of the other big dogs here in Cherokee County how to become service dogs. I keep seeing several individuals in the community who could possibly benefit from the use of a service dog, and I have found mine to be highly useful as she is growing. Being the… read more

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The more I am living with my dogs, the more I am learning that I need to do more research. There are several areas that I am weak in when coming to my animals, and I feel that research is a great way to learn more about how to care for my dogs. I would like to learn more about how to train my pup, how to stop growling when it comes to the older dog… read more

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Today as with many days in the past, I have been working on redirection with her. I was amazed that for the first day, she was able to actually be redirected on the first try. We are making some progress towards getting her to train with positive reinforcement, instead of the negative reinforcement.I would much rather be able to train on a daily b… read more