Nora left our dog training facility this weekend and went to her new home south of Chicago, Ill. It was one of those difficult good-byes. We had all grown attached to her, but particularly Maddie, my daughter who spent a lot of read more »

Congratulations to the newest group of graduates of the TMD E-cademy program. Participants John Pesz, Carol Dimino and Madeline MacFarlane recently completed our 10 day foundation course. This program immerses students in the techniques, philosophies and skills required to successfully incorporate remote read more »

Congratulations to Bear, the Belgian Malinois and his family. Bear won the large dog division at tonight’s Annual Mutt Dog Derby at the Mystique (formerly the Dubuque Greyhound Park and Casino). The derby is a fund raising event for the Dubuque Humane read more »

Nora took her first field trip today. She was pretty excited! It was time to take the skills she has been learning in our board and train program out into the world of pedestrians, kids, strollers and untrained dogs dragging their owners read more »

Today was one of the days that I take my students of the professional dog trainers school to the local humane society to work with some of the dogs there. Our trips to the shelter always make for very interesting and enlightening read more »

Does that picture evoke a few emotions? Probably, I expect it would. Not the happiest photo. But wait till you see some of the others that are to come. This is Nora (and me with the soft cast). Nora is the dog we read more »

Two dogs went home today from our Board and Train program. Their obedience is greatly improved and they both worked on some much needed behavior modification. They worked here at the facility in Wisconsin and took some field trips to Galena, Il read more »

Meet the bully-breed dog we brought back from the Jackson County Humane Society for some training and rehabilitation work. We brought her back here to our dog training facility in Wisconsin because we felt we could help her best through a board read more »