Meet Max, awesome puppy of the month
For the most part anyone who brings a puppy to a good positive trainer is off to a great start. Owners who seek outside help have invested not only money, but the pledge of their time to teach the puppies how to live in our world.
I have had dogs all my life and never took a dog to class until about 10 years ago and it was eye opening. Sometimes, as my pups breeder recently reminded me, we are just too close to the situation and need an educated eye to guide us. My own new addition will be attending classes starting next week.
Meet Max, a 16 week old Golden Retriever.
Max lives with a retired couple who have always had a wonderful dog to share their lives with. I have just completed four private sessions in their home to get Max started on the right paw and he is coming to group classes in just a few weeks. Why? It is important to them that Max be a part of their everyday life and be a part of the family. He goes everywhere with them, and they have young grandchildren. Both the husband and wife are power walkers and they want a well behaved walking buddy who will not pull them over.
The majority of privates I teach are with dogs who have serious behavior issues and it is a joy a work with a puppy of good breeding and sound temperament, and great owners.
What is that saying again...oh yea...life is good.
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Can I get an "AMEN" for that! As a dog trainer in Ohio, it's such a joy to see owners of a new pup commit to their dog's "education" and start down the responsible road to being a lifetime pet guardian! I have next door neighbors who acquired a pup (loaded with potential) for all the wrong reasons - as a distraction for their other grown dog who spends 75% of his life on a trolley line in a small backyard tangling himself around trees or barking his fool head off. Now puppy Number Two has had even less attention and is allowed to frequently run loose, upset the neighboring dogs or simply join in the getting tangled up/monster bark-a-thons her buddy does. I have offered numerous times to assist them (at no charge, I might add) instructing them and the pup in Basic Obedience 101. However, the owners are lazy, keep erratic hours, have two young children and simply can't be bothered. So now the problem of annoying, undisciplined dogs are foisted upon the neighbors immediately proximate to them and the dogs are doomed to a pointless existence. These owners represent the opposite extreme of what trainers encounter every day - so it's refreshing to hear tales about Nancy's commited clients!
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DonnaSeptember 2, 2006 10:55 AM
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