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Introduction: I have more than ten years experience training/socializing service dogs/puppies and their owners.
Helping people understand what they can do - and should not do - with their puppy, helps eliminate unwanted behaviors before they begin.
My own dog has appeared on several TV news/human interest spots to highlight his skills.
Creating friendly, well balanced dogs and happy people
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Kathy H.
Feb 8, 2011
I have known Kathy as an educator and mentor in early socialization for assistance/service dogs in training when I became a volunteer for PAWS With a Cause, a Michigan-based service dog agency. I began to raise service puppies with PAWS and Canine Companions for Independence and through Kathys education, training and support I have been able to expertly socialize, handle and utilize a therapy dog. I have the utmost respect for Kathy as an educator through her background, knowledge and teaching style. She makes learning fun and has always left me with the desire to learn more. Kathy has been working with me and my disabled son in hands-on socializing and training with our dogs for 6 years. The confidence we have developed has been amazing! We have 3 happy and healthy "girls" that have learned to adapt to a variety of situations with Kathy's early socialization techniques. Kathy has the ability to teach with expertise in a supportive manner, always encouraging the learner to stretch their capacity to become an expert. She readily shares her knowledge and has a wonderful way of aligning herself with her "students" in sharing the learning process together. Thanks Kathy for helping me, my son and my three "girls!" I couldn't have done it without you!
Marie D.
Feb 21, 2011
Kathy is an excellent teacher for both the dog and the human(s) who interact with it. She is knowledgeable in all fields of dog behavior, but is especially gifted in early training and socialization. She has raised a number of dogs from puppy hood both for private clients and for assistance organizations. I personally have known several of the assistance puppies she has raised. I am pleased to see that one of these puppies on a regular basis as an adult assistance dog for a wheelchair-bound friend. It is wonderful to have known this particular dog as a puppy knowing that the firm foundation she received is what enables her be such a wonderfully helpful companion to my disabled friend. All dogs, not just working dogs, deserve this kind of early foundation to help them reach their full potential as loving and beloved family pets.