My role as an independent service dog trainer requires comfort switching hats to cover the many aspects to the process. Part dog trainer, therapist, parenting expert, coach, cheerleader, dictator, advocate, friend and on occasion for some, a life line. The role I play might include puppy raising (more common),...
Farley’s First Weeks
A little video glimpse into the beginning of a service-dog-in-training process. Nurturing a young, healthy & well reared pup and shaping her into a bridge that will help Corbin find his way in the world.
Rescued Me
He is small, sturdy, black, smushy faced and stealthy quiet. His breed, Shih Tzu, is the model for Ewoks who, "...despite their small size, ... are strong". He arrived, admittedly unwanted, in February 2011, a rescue whose owner had given up on him due to dramatic life changes that didn't leave room...