Happy Mother’s Day

To all my beautiful dog mom clients and all the other dog moms out there. We hope you have a lovely day celebrating mothering, caring, growing kids up, no matter who your kids are.

Halloween Dogs 2015

Here’s a little fun for Halloween. A lot of these are photos of my autumn board-and-train kids. They are adorable, and so are mine.  Helen Verte Schwarzmann, contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor Your Board-and-Train Dog Trainer for Weston, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, and Hollywood in Broward county south Florida

National Mill Dog Rescue

National Mill Dog Rescue “Sometimes it’s important to remind ourselves why we do what we do.” “Lily, wearing tag #251, crouched, suffering in a small wire cage at the auction. Breeding dogs were being sold to the highest bidder. Lily looked straight into Theresa’s eyes that day and asked for help. Theresa purchased Lily and promised to “shower her with love until the day she died”. For the next 15 months Lily learned about being a dog. She learned about {Read More}

When Dog Owners Have Colds

One of the things that’s important when you live alone with pets is to think ahead. This week I’m battling a cold, which took a lot of my energy, and I have a board-and-train. Do I stop doing my daily training lessons with my client? Heavens no! But where I have a choice, and I usually do, I do the daily training lessons at home instead of going out on the town. Any behavior I teach a dog always starts {Read More}

Happy Valentine’s Day To Our Dogs

We have a special relationship with our dogs, and when Valentine’s Day comes, let’s not forget showing them some of the love, too, in an extra special way. Treats are always appreciated by most fur kids, so why not make a delicious homemade cookie for them and add a twist with a heart-shaped cut! These are going to my students’ dogs and my own. Tuna fudge is always a fine treat, and very easy to cut with a cookie cutter {Read More}