ABOUT US
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I teach dog training classes and I teach them with one one overriding goal. I want to
save dogs’ lives. I use my education, talents, and skills to help humans look at dogs, not
as the dominance-seeking, vindictive creatures from outdated ideas carried into the
twenty-first century. Instead, I work hard to give the most current scientific information
we have on dogs – how they learn, think, communicate. With that knowledge, owners
can deal with the reality of the dog that they live with.
Dogs closely align themselves with us, but that does not make them human. They see
the world through the eyes of a dog, which makes them opportunistic, impulsive, and
often with a set of hardwired behaviors that we find offensive – digging, barking,
scratching, jumping up, and pottying on soft, absorbent surfaces immediately come to
mind.
We humans have our own set of annoying behaviors and dogs, bless their hearts, are
quite willing to accept us despite our faults. Dogs may dig, bark, and jump up, but they
also greet us joyfully, are always happy to join us on a walk, and are more in tune with
humans than any other species. My life has been truly enriched by sharing it with my
dogs and by helping bring that sense of joy to countless canine and human families.