We ask them to protect
Day after day I am asked to rehabilitate dogs for aggression. I have worked all different breeds, ages, sizes and yet they all have the same issue, they are asked or trained to protect us and condemned for doing so. This week in particular I have received multiple calls about human aggressive dogs, dogs that are growling and in some cases “unexpectedly” biting the family members. For me, there are no “unexpected” attacks just a dog that has been taught to do so. In very rar
Oh the myths I hear about Staffies
With all the hype about how “bad” staffies are, I thought it was time to bring some facts to the public and have a bit of fun with them as well. As you all know, I will notrefer to them as “Pit Bulls” as this is not a breed, this is a term dubbed to dogs put in a ring to fight one another. Myths about our Staffies They have “locking jaws”: This is probably my favorite myth about them, the one I get the most laughter out of. I want to meet the person responsible for stating
Pack behavior at its finest
A couple of days ago I received an urgent phone call from a Humane Society asking me if I could help them with a stray mom and her 3 pups. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I am just a very small training facility run by myself and my partner Brandie-thankfully she loves this business as much as I do- but still, we are not a rescue group. So why did I get the call? The little family they needed help with, they told me were staffies with disabilities. This i