How to Find a Dog Trainer or Behaviorist You Can Trust

So, you’ve adopted a new dog. Congratulations! As exciting as this time is, now the real work begins. If you want to raise a dog that is well-behaved and well-adjusted, it’s time to start focusing on how you are going to train and socialize your dog. For many, especially those dealing with specific training-related concerns, this means that it’s time to find a dog trainer or behaviourist in your area.

The hard truth is that dog trainers aren’t strictly regulated. Anyone can make a website and claim to be a professional. Before you run to Google “dog trainer near me”, there are a few red flags that you need to look out for.

Working with a questionable dog trainer is not only going to fail to give you the results that you want, but it can also set your dog back considerably. It can even cause significant problems for you

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Neighborhood org Dallas Pets Alive! helps dogs find foster and forever families

 

 

Five months ago, Shelby Sue was a scrawny, starving mutt lying in an alleyway. She’d contracted heart worms and been hit by a car, leaving her with huge scabs and scars all over her body, and leaving her without the energy to walk. It was in the alley that Dallas Animal Services found her. 

With the shelter’s space often hitting critical status since the beginning of COVID, Dallas Pets Alive! Founder and Executive Director Leslie Sans picked up the dog herself to foster until she could find a permanent home. Now, Shelby Sue is 40 pounds heavier and happily looking for her forever family. 

“We had to try everything to give her that second chance because no animal should die in that state,” Sans says. “And that’s DPA. We save the ones that are on their very last notes and their last chance, and Shelby Sue is a shining example

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Woman turns to Facebook to find owner after dog is hit and killed in Bulloch County

Woman turns to Facebook to find owner after dog is hit and killed in Bulloch County

A woman is hoping to find the owners of a dog who was hit and killed on Highway 67 in Bulloch County back on July 5 so she can return the dog’s collar to them.



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