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Here is an interesting Associated Press story concerning breed bans. Breed bans are very similar to racism. The video above shows a Pit bull that I used to have picking up all the trash in a park.

Dutch government to lift 25-year ban on pit bulls

The Dutch government says it will lift a long-standing ban on pit bulls because it did not lead to any decrease in bite incidents.

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The children’s book that makes readers
love fruits, vegetables and get up and move is now available for
download. Visit
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and download Sending You Sammy today!

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I will be leaving this afternoon to conduct three seminars in Brasil. The first dog training seminar will cover training for police patrol and protection. We will be covering drives and teaching skills such as, the out, recall and proper decoy techniques. The second seminar will cover advanced Search and Rescue Dog Training and will be a follow-up to the seminar the we taught last year. In this Search and Rescue Seminar, we will be teaching advanced techniques for S&R dogs and handlers. We are even planning rapelling with the dogs. The third and final seminar will be a three-day Police K-9 and SWAT applications course for the Brazilian Military. These seminars should be doth interesting and exciting and I am excited about being a part of them. We will have updates, photos and video form the seminar on the website soon, so check back often.

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Things To Consider When Boarding Your Dog Before A Vacation

When you and your family go on vacation, you need to find a place for your dog to stay while you’re gone. Unless you have a normal boarding facility in which your board your dog, you’ll should prepare a few questions to ask prospective facilities. Leaving your dog behind without doing a bit of due diligence is asking for trouble (for you and your dog). Here are 4 critical questions you need to ask before boarding your dog.

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Quickie Guide To House Training Your Dog

Dogs need to be trained properly in order to know when and where it’s acceptable to go to the bathroom. As with any type of dog training, you must be consistent. Dogs learn by routine. Change the routine and you’ll confuse your dog. A confused dog will likely have an accident. First, understand that dogs don’t instinctively know where to urinate or defecate. They need to be taught. Below, you’ll learn how to house train your dog so it will never be confused about where to “go” again.

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Thanks to the United States Humane Society and Mary O’Connor Shaver from Columbus Top Dogs for this information. 

The U.S. Senate at the end of last week followed the lead of the House of Representatives and overrode President Bush’s veto of the Farm Bill, ushering in key new protections for animals.

The final bill (which is now considered law) - except for one section excluded due to a technical glitch - bans the import of puppies from foreign puppy mills for commercial sale in the U.S. The law spares young, unweaned and unvaccinated pups from harsh, long-distance transport during which they are exposted to extreme temperatures and often die in cargo holds — and will keep foreigh breeders from the tragic overpopulation of pets in this country.

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It’s that time of year again, where you could take your wonderful pet to work and show off the love of your life! I received my notice from Pet Sitter’s International where they have selected June 20th for the official date to take your dog to work. Your participation in this event could make a huge difference in saving a dog’s life that is in desperate need of a forever home. The preventing sponsor of this event is Comfort Zone, you can visit them at www.petcomfortzone.com for more information.
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Recently, I have receive a lot of phone calls and emails about using detection dogs at checkpoints. The handlers that I have been speaking with have wondered what the “rules” are when using drug dogs at checkpoints. The “rules” are simply this:

1. Drug checkpoints clearly violate the Fourth Amendment.
2. Checkpoints can be established to detect drunk drivers, illegal immigrants and to verify license and registration.
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We as trainers find ourselves discussing this topic quite frequently with pet owners. But we find that many pet owners get confused on the actual diagnosis of the anxiety. For instance, from time to time, in the kennel we see those certain dogs that are escape artist, or drool and maybe not eat well the first few days of their stay in a new place. This does not necessarily mean that your dog suffers from separation anxiety, some dogs are just not use to the kennel environment and do not do well around all of the other dogs, new noises, and new smells.

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We recently trained a German Shepherd named “Apollo” for a client in Huntersville, NC. Apollo attended our three week advanced training course to teach him off-leash obedience and to also instill some manners. We enjoy getting updates and emails from dog owners and we thought that we would share this one with you.

Hi Erin and Jason!

Just wanted to give you a follow up on Apollo. He has been home now for almost four weeks and boy have things changed around here! Prior to coming to your boot camp, we had to deal with the relationship between him and our Australian shepherd, our two cats, and of course the whole family. Now, we can get moments like this because everyone is relaxed around each other AND our little female cat who hid from him for the first three weeks he came to us, now rolls on her back under his nose and bops him on the nose if he is behaving inappropriately!

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