Have you got 20 minutes?

So do I.

My earliest, fondest memories growing up just outside of Detroit were the times I spent with Charlie and Marty — the dogs of our house. I still think they knew me better than anyone back then, and I thought I knew them as well.

Then I was gifted a puppy in the 1990s, followed by an increasingly more urgent need for the many saving graces of formal “dog training.”

That special connection between you and your dog may well have started with your heart; I think it can be wonderful when it does! But it doesn’t make that relationship any less loving when you ask for help with a little guy who’s chewed-up three pairs (so far) of Nine Wests. Nor does it make you too Type-A to have a dog anyway because you’d like to now the secrets of “supervised separation” compliance.

I’ve been formally trained to teach people what works best and why, at both ends, along with the step-by-steps in between. For a lot of people reading this, it may be just as important to know that I have never stopped living it as a pet parent, or, if you prefer: A therapy dog handler.

A lot of dogs by janet reporting focuses on Jasper and how that’s going. He’s a Husky-mix rescue that came to us from a shelter at the age of three. Eight months prior, my husband and I took in his “brother,” all-but all-poodle, four months old.

In other words, I’m still hands-on and very much in-touch.

My own canine help line

I can’t imagine signing-up for any sort of dog training class without first talking with the instructor. Maybe something for puppies, early? Maybe.

Even before dogs by janet, when I was a store employee and phone calls outside of the time clock were on my own dime, I personally spoke with each person. It always meant a better first time in the door with their dogs. More often then you’d think, we’d discuss potentially better fits in a class where they would get a better foundation in the fundamentals, or a step up where they’d benefit from something that meant a bit more mental stimulation.

Occasionally, they got all they needed from that phone call — which typically went about 20 minutes.

When I started transitioning to a schedule that took me out more with my own therapy dogs making visits as their handler, I remained available by phone to clients who’d taken by in-person classes. When I adjusted my advertising to reflect this in the Belleville – Area Independent newspaper, I started getting contacted by a whole new group of people.

Pretty much like I’ve been doing since the very beginning, we either get to the bottom of what they need in that one conversation, or I help them come up with a clear list of points they can use to identify the right class or trainer to get them where they think they need to go with their dogs.

I’d be happy to try and help you out as well. As I said on my home page, “any sort of questions, from potty training to CGC.” Free of charge. No obligation.

Just click on my “Contact” page here for next steps.