The  Employees

  A balanced well trained dog is key to the success of any professional dog trainer's business.  A trainer's personal dogs are like his/her business card.  They tell you a lot about the talent of the trainer and what kind of relationship your trainer creates with a dog. 

  A calm, obedient dog that trusts its handler is also vital for the training and rehabilitation of client dogs. Essential in any aggression rehabilitation a non reactive training dog is needed to train and desensitize a dog aggressive dog.  From modeling appropriate behavior to serving  as a distraction in training, a trainers dog becomes a vital “employee” excpecting nothing more as payment but a cookie and a “good dog”.

Malachy

*the soul who started it all*

Rotteweiler/Belgian Terveurn

Malachy was rescued as a puppy from a neglect situation where his mother  (a pure Rottweiler) was left tied to a horse trailer  with thirteen puppies.    By the time he was 6 months old he had bitten 3 people and killed numerous unfortunate fowl as well as other small furry critters. He had an intensely high prey drive, was overly protective and an all around out of control dog. I spoke to several well known trainers and was told to euthanize him without ever meeting him or doing an evaluation on him, deeming him “a lost cause”  that would never amount to anything more than trouble. That is when I took matters into my own hands and became intensely involved in dog training.  I had to adjust my feelings and preconceived ideas of what I thought training a dog should consist of and in the end spent 10 beautiful years with world’s greatest dog. For those of you that were lucky enough to have met Malachy and have had your dogs rehabbed by him know how sorely he is missed.

Bailey

Jack Russell Terrier

*resident tennis ball destroyer*

Bailey is loves to learn tricks. Some of his favorites are get your leash, beg, paw, roll over, roll over in a blanket, opening presents, picking cards out of a deck, jump into my arms and currently he’s learning to climb a ladder. He prefers to spend his summers swimming in any body of water, puddles included.  He is a typical quirky intense Jack Russell with springs for back legs.

Allie

Lab Mix

*the paper shredder*

Allie was sent to me as a last resort evaluation. She was scheduled to be euthanized as per her rescue due to some issues that deemed her unadoptable. She has an incredible food drive which made her  very motivated to learn. She came to me knowing nothing more than sit and is currently working toward competeing in AKC agility trials.

Bella

Potcake

*seriously that’s what she is*

Bella is our latest addition to our pack. She is a Bahamian Potcake from Turks and Caicos rescued and shipped to the US by some kind hearted rescue people.  She is a shy, sweet girl who is extremely intelligent.