Month: May 2022
Amber Jester is the owner and sole trainer of The Good Dog located in Newark, Texas. Amber has extensive experience in animal training at the private, corporate, an animal shelter levels. Dave recently sat down with Amber for an interview.…
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Jackson was the first dog at the shelter who I helped to become a great and welcome family member. Jackson was an 80 lb Golden Retriever, about 3 years old. I never learned how he ended up in our shelter,…
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A community with a mission – to help fill the world with Happy Dogs in Happy Homes. We invite you to join our community of people who love dogs, who want dogs in their lives, and who have or want…
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I used to work at an animal shelter. While the work was rewarding, one thing I would notice over and over again is that many dogs would be surrendered because they became unmanageable. The story was usually the same: owners…
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Finding a sustainable way to help dogs, dog owners and trainers at scale. About two years ago I left my well paying job leading a small electronics system design and manufacturing team because I just plain got burned out. After…
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Our first family dog was a failure. Blackie lasted in our home for about 4 days. In all likelihood he was euthanized — not because of anything he did, but because we had no idea what we were doing when…
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Noble was an awesome, massive, 120 lb, 4 ½ foot tall 5 year old purebred great dane. He was surrendered to the shelter by the family who had raised him on a 5 acre piece of land where he had…
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Helping to save dogs has become a major part of my life over the last 10+ years. Prior to that time, I had dogs in my life as pets, but I never really learned much about them other than that…
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