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"Training is more than just sit and stay. It's also learning
about dog behavior and the canine-human relationship. Once the owner has been initiated into this way of thinking, we
are ready to train the dog. First, you must get a sense of the dog's temperament. Dogs, like people, have their
own personalities and need to be treated individually. A brash, tough dog must be trained much differently than a shy,
timid dog. " ~ Shelby Marlo New Art of Dog Training"
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hope you will enjoy my blog I've written below about my own personal "family"; My dogs Gracie and Kelly. My
cats Roy Rogers and Tutu and my bird Albert. These are my musings about them. For those of you who have written
emails to any of them - they work for food!!! Marlo
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Kelly is buzzzing like a bee
Kelly’s Story
Kelly is my dog! I love him dearly and find him to be the best companion I’ve ever had. It wasn’t always that way. Kelly came to me thru
my dog Gracie. When Mollee died, my beautiful Walker Hound, Gracie “told” me she missed
having someone like herself to play with. Off to the humane society we went and Gracie fell
totally in love with him. They have been best friends ever since. It took me a bit longer as Kelly had issues!!!
He was afraid of suitcases, briefcases – especially black ones. He was afraid
of anything you had in your hands, once my cell phone sent him into the back yard for an hour!! I’d
never seen that before. Kelly had come from a great home and was super healthy when
I got him. I was told he’d always been that way. A water bottle could send him
into hiding and crying like a “girl”. Kelly is a big 55 pound lab mix. Not
pretty to see him like that.Since
I train dogs and have a fantastic ability as a healer and communicator with them I thought “OK is this a trick of the
universe I’d get a dog like this”? Well of course it was just time for another STORY in my life. My
clients know me best as I always have some story to tell them to help them with their pets. Kelly is my
personal unfolding story. To start
I trained Kelly to “smell” whatever he was afraid of. I started small with a book.
He was terrified one night when I brought the book close to him and he suddenly noticed it was a “big cell phone”
or something. I am big believer in just talking to your dog or cat or horse. I
don’t care if anyone thinks it’s silly or anything. Just talk out loud to them.
So I told Kelly. “I want you to smell anything you are afraid of” and we began.
That was 3 years ago and he’s always smelling something!! He now does
it on his own. Recently
for fun I taught Kelly to buzz like a bee. That’s right to “buzz like a bee”.
I used to play this game with him where I’d take my finger and act like a bee and pretend to hold it over him
keeping him wondering when or if the “bee” would get him. Now come on I
know you have done the same thing with your pets before admit it. Well anyway I finally felt quite guilty
about putting him thru such torture that I felt I’d turn the game around a bit. So I taught him to
buzz like a bee. I just say to him “OK Kelly buzz like a bee” and he does!!! What
is soooooo funny about it is that every time I get Kelly to do this game with me in front of a friend each friend has the
same reaction. They get very emotional with tears in their eyes and everything and have the most unusual
expression on their faces. I still can’t quite make it out but it’s almost like astonishment
that Kelly can actually do it. Each person jumps up and runs over to him and hugs him af and we all laugh
and laugh and laugh. Maybe we will end up on Oprah or something one day if I can
add some more “sounds”. I almost ruined this to the point that
there would have been NO bee story to tell. I had friends over and HAD to show off Kelly to them.
I got Kelly to “buzz like a bee” three times!! My friends were rolling on the floor
laughing and in tears by the end. Well Kelly didn’t like it too much because he was used to getting his favorite treats
when he did something so spectacular. I was so caught up in showing him off I forgot
he had feelings too and worked for his favorite treats. So he went on strike for about three weeks.
It was pathetic. I tried daily to get him to buzz like a bee for me and noooooooooooo.
Cardinal rule - treats after every trick, especially one like that!! Finally
he felt sorry for me and started to do it again and I make sure he gets his favorite healthy treats.
Well this would not be much
of a story if I didn’t tell the “end of the story”. Last week I discovered a big plant
in my back yard loaded with “bees” getting nectar out of the flowers. I had walked by it several
times while doing my laundry in the garage. I was so glad I’d not been stung. I
stepped a safe distance away to get a really good look at how many bees there were – wowowowow there were a lot. I had
my attention on one in particular, it was amazing how industrious it was with that flower. Suddenly I became aware that Kelly
was by me and I looked at him. I could sense he was a bit afraid and then Kelly, on his own, smelled the bee!!!
I held my breath fearing that any movement would cause the bee to sting him. The most amazing thing
occurred the bee sort of “shrugged” his shoulders, now I know they really don’t have shoulders, but I swear
it looked like the bee shrugged his shoulders at Kelly and basically told him to bzzzzzzzzz off!! Kelly
moved back and off into the house we went. I wondered what I would have done if Kelly had been stung by
the bee. I'm so glad we didn't have to find out. Has anyone out there had to handle a bee sting on their dog? Would
love to hear from you on how you handled it.
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Mollie and I welcome you to our website.
Mollie is my wonderful Walker Hound dog, saved from the Georgia floods. She has given me 16 years of
joy and happiness. She has also been a fantastic teacher for me. I learned that a dog at any age can learn
new tricks. Mollie was 15 when she learned to "crawl". She enjoyed learning her "back from death
routine". She would play dead and then I'd pretend to resuscitate her and after the 3rd chest compression she'd
spring back to life!! She loved performing for "cookies" and would not work for anything BUT food. I'm
sure all of you out there can relate with your own pets. Mollie died in February of 2006. We had a 16th birthday party for her.
She got tons of emails and calls from her friends. She got any and all food she wanted that day - 2 McDonalds cheeseburgers,
Chinese food, cakes and cookies. She left her body peacefully surrounded by my other pets and her closest friends.
I had taught Mollie to "go to her mark"
which is what a person or dog must be able to do when they are on a movie set and preparing for a scene. I felt so happy
I'd taught her that because I know she is now on her "mark" in life. Providing good service means taking the time to listen and work with you every step
of the way to make sure you receive the services you need. I maintain strict confidentiality.
I hope you'll find the information you need on this site about the products
and services I provide. I look forward to working with you.
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