My View: Our dog Page recently needed knee surgery. We adopted her about 18 months ago from an animal shelter. She had been turned over by her owners at 9 months of age and we adopted her 5 months later. We think this time spent in the shelter caused her to have a fear of […]
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Support in Times of Transition
Val, I am so grateful to you for your insight on my dog’s condition. I thought she was dying and had been told to put her down, but just couldn’t bear the thought. I was in agony about making this decision. You gave me such emotional peace of mind about it, and your advice made […]
Dog Whisperer’s Simple Tip Helps Solve Dog’s “Potty” Problem
Here is a little success story of my own. Frankie, my young Springer Spaniel, occassionally needs to go potty in the night. I can’t hear him scratch at the door when I am sleeping. I told him that he could bark to wake me up. He replied that he didn’t want to wake up Daddy. […]
Schnauzer’s Aggressive Behavior Improves
We started working with Val for our minature schnauzer, Heidi. Heidi had severe anxiety during thunderstorms and more importantly serious biting problems. From a young age she snapped at strangers and occasionally us, and we were very worried about her attacking children. It was getting to the point of questioning whether we still wanted to […]
I Have No More Cancer of the Bone Marrow – Dog’s Behavior Improves
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my Forever Dog, Satin’s passing. I have successfully moved my clinic this summer. AND my health has received a Miracle! NO more cancer of the bone marrow! My dogs, Dutchess, Zoey and Zena are all doing fine. I cannot tell you how much you have changed my life […]
Dog Behavior Improves – Now We Are a Real Team
I was at my wits end, struggling with my dog’s out of control behavior. I’d tried everything I could think of, and since I am a dog trainer, and I compete with and show my dogs, that’s saying a LOT! But, nothing was working so I decided to give Val a call. I was so […]