4:31pm Monday 16th April 2012 in News By Allan Tunningley AN Eden dog trainer is being approached by an increasing number of worried pet owners desperate to stop their animals chasing sheep. Janet Ardley said she has ‘never been busier’ after being contacted by owners who admit they can’t stop their dogs pursuing livestock. The rising concern of pet owners follows a growing trend in sheep .. more …
Nick White served his country, first as a Marine, where he saw heavy combat in Iraq, and then as a Secret Service agent, where he had to be prepared for just about anything. White’s Marine unit was the first to enter Fallujah , site of some of the most intense fighting of the Iraq campaign. During his tour, White became fascinated with the keenly trained dogs the military uses to sniff out bombs, .. more …
April 01, 2012 11:43 AM Sniffer Dogs Can Help Enhance Fight Against Drug Traffickers, Say Trainer KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Bernama) — A dog trainer who has considerable working and training experience in the United States and Europe believes that law enforcement agencies in Malaysia can enhance their success rate against drug traffickers by using specially-trained sniffer dogs. Anthony Stephen, .. more …
Kingsford is a very friendly, enthusiastic black lab mix whowill get a second chance that will start inside the walls of thestate penitentiary.The year-old puppy has been at the Central Nebraska HumaneSociety in Grand Island for several months. Monday he left theshelter for Lincoln to be taught obedience by a prison inmate.After being trained, Kingsford will go home with a veteran.Kingsford is the .. more …
Her calling, as it turned out, was turning her hobby into something that would change lives in immeasurable ways.In 1992, Mrs. Picard was living in Connecticut with her husband, Dale, and their two daughters. When her father suffered a debilitating stroke, he came to live with Mrs. Picard and her family.”He had just retired,” Mrs. Picard said. “After working hard his entire life, he had just .. more …
But a simple one-word command freed the dog to pounce, and Thibodaux Police Lt. Eddie Rodrigue quickly found himself on the wrong end of Rico’s mouth.That exercise will be repeated dozens of times over the next four weeks as Rodrigue puts on a training academy for four dogs who will work for the Lafourche Sheriff’s Office. “They’re pretty much green when the come to us,” Rodrigue said of the dogs. .. more …
An established routine is the key to effective and successful crate training. This daily routine will help him in establishing a reliable behavior not to eliminate in wrong areas of the house and to eliminate on the designated toilet area. Moreover, never forget to reward your dog with praises and traits such as foods and toys every time he is able to perform his toilet properly. The difference .. more …
“As soon as I got him, I knew he was too good to be true,” she said. “Within three weeks I took him to Philadelphia, where I was going for training. I also had him tested. I wanted to know for sure he was a sound hit dog. While I was there I had a reaction to fish and my blood sugar went off. He has been trained to recognize diabetes. He picked up on that right away. We rescued him, and he rescued .. more …
It was a horrible Labrador puppy that I owned over 14 years agothat got me started taking dog obedience classes.I became interested in teaching the classes, so I attended theAcademy of Canine Education in New York for two months of intensivetraining. The training was seven days a week. Anthony Jerone, thefounder of the academy, is my mentor as he showed me how to workwith dogs and their owners. .. more …
A pack of seemingly-forgotten rescues from West Milford got a true leader last week, as a Rhode Island-based dog trainer traveled to Sussex County to provide them and their handlers with some needed primacy.In an unintended display of dedication, the pack leader even slept in a van with three members of his brood on the trip down. Jeff Gellman, of Solid K9 Training and a similarly named radio show .. more …
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