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Donna Chandler
I have trained dogs all my life and showed obedience dogs with finishing 2-UTD dogs. UTD, Utility Dog Tracking, is one of the highest obedience award for any dog to achieve. I have authored 5 published books and I have a national and... View more
I have trained dogs all my life and showed obedience dogs with finishing 2-UTD dogs. UTD, Utility Dog Tracking, is one of the highest obedience award for any dog to achieve. I have authored 5 published books and I have a national and international video, “Good Dog One-der Class” that is sold by many veterinarians nationally and internationally, Pet Stores across the United States. The “GDOC” video is not a dog show/obedience video but it is having one of the GREATEST dogs one has every owned. The ‘GDOC”is also what every “Service Dog” must know to begin “Service Dog” training. All of my work is approved by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards for CEs through R.A.C.E. I also work with breeders in teaching them how to socialize their breeding stock, temperament test their breeding stock and how to earn the dog’s and puppy’s trust. I also work with breeders with rehoming their breeding stock.
Once the puppies leave the breeders, then I have a program with a separate video with training Pet Store owners and their staff how to take their puppies further when they arrive at the Pet Stores with socializations and the beginning of their training. The new owners of the puppies sold at Pet Stores go home with my video to continue their training. These puppies are rarely returned. The video sells for $179 and all of the veterinarians, breeders and Pet Store owners that sell the video receives $70 of the price/video with no inventory.
The NUMBER 1 reason puppies are surrendered is behavior when the puppies are in the juvenile age of 7-months to 18-months of age. 3.1-million dogs are surrendered annually. 390,000 of these dogs are euthanized according to the ASPCA. I have one mission and that is to keep the puppy/dog in its forever home and in the veterinarians practice.
I also train dogs with serious behaviors that include, biting, resource guarding, separation anxiety, noise fears, submissive urination, obsessive anxieties of many kinds, and many more undesired behaviors. Many of these dogs are cured if they are under the age of 6-ish utilizing drug therapy and behavior modification. I work very closely with veterinarians nationally and internationally, Australia, Kenya Africa and Britain.
Training service dogs is one of the most rewarding parts of my career. I see these dogs change 100s of human lives by allowing them to live independently and for the owners to be comfortable to go out in public.