Bruce & Robin Edwards
About Us
After being in the dog-eat-dog environment of corporate life for more years than we would like to admit, Bruce and I decided to jump the fence and look for a new pack. Our luckiest day was when we began dog training.
Bruce had been a top technology executive for major corporations and I was completely engulfed in the sales life of selling travel incentives to Fortune 500 companies. One day we just woke up with the epiphany that we wanted to have careers that made us feel good about ourselves and helped others… and that’s why we began dog training.
If we had to define our dog training methodology, we would call ourselves Canine Behavioral Specialists. We focus on creating a strong bond between you and your dog. This allows you to easily direct your dog to the right decision and create a bond that will last a life time. Our methods are easy to learn and simple to implement.
“Our Pack”
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into The Gulf Coast, little did we know that a great dog was on his way from the devastation of Louisiana to our local Humane Society. We brought Nickie, our English Springer Spaniel, into our pack. With all that he had been through, he had many behavioral issues to overcome. We were able to quickly make him a great dog through the natural and simple training methods that we use with all our clients.
Some time passed and one of my friends was given a puppy toy poodle for her 75th birthday by her grandchildren. The big problem was that the puppy would constantly be getting under her feet and she was afraid that either she was going to step on and squish the cute, little puppy, or she was going to trip and break her hip. She knew she couldn’t keep her, so she asked if I could find a home for her. She was a white, little fur-ball full of love and energy and I brought her home. That’s as far as she got. Tricia became the second member of our canine pack. Tricia was great, except that she was not socialized and would just drive Nickie crazy. We employed socialization methods and focused behavior with her and Nickie to allow everyone the understand each others’ rules. Things got back to normal very quickly and everyone is now fine.
Several years passed and then Bruce came home with news about a friend who had just rescued a Belgian Malinois from a local rescue group. Bruce’s friend initially had every intention of caring for the dog, but his job had just told him that they were relocating him to New York. Mollie (that is her name) is a great dog, but he just couldn’t take care of her once he moved to New York. Bruce and I both love Shepards, so we decided to take her. We had never had a Malinois and assumed that they were about the same energy level as standard Shepards. We were wrong. Mollie is a great dog, but has more energy than any dog we have ever encountered. Because of this, she could easily intimidate Nickie and rarely gave up her focus. We gave her a “job” of watching over the back yard, created clear behavioral boundaries, and implemented a regimen of obedience lessons. These actions allowed us to redirect her focus to us and establish us as her leaders. She calmed down and Nickie was very grateful.
Another two years passed and our pack had settled down to “life as usual”. Well, that didn’t last. A local Veterinarian called us and told us that one of her clients had to give up their two, new puppies. It seemed that they didn’t check their Condo Rules that specifically said “No Dogs”. We brought Bo-Bo, a female Morkie, and Ligmont, a male Miniature Yorkie into our pack. At first, they were very shy and timid around the other, larger dogs. To tell the truth, there were some fights that we had to separate. By employing our puppy socialization methods and canine rule structure, they quickly opened up to energetically join the rest of the group. As always, we made sure that everyone understood that Bruce and I were the leaders and their caregivers. We were the ones that were the bottom line in resolving any disputes.
We went several years without adding a new member to our four-legged pack. As with most of our doggies, Maggie’s entrance into our family came as an unforeseen blessing. We had been thinking about adding a new Shepherd to our pack for a while but weren’t contemplating bringing in a young puppy. We had just started working with Maggie, a ten-week-old German Shepherd Husky, when her owner said they could no longer keep her. Her owner asked if we would take her, and we enthusiastically agreed. Maggie is now a very high energy, young adult. Maggie has been a handful to train and is still very much a “work in progress”. As with all our dogs, she has her own, unique personality. Although completely nuts, we love her to pieces!
So if you need basic dog training, advanced dog training, or rescue dog training, contact us today. Training a dog, whether it’s small dog training or mature dog training; we solve your problems. We’re the dog trainers serving Cumming, Dawsonville, Gainesville, Alpharetta, Dahlonega, and many other areas of Georgia that can get you results!
Bruce & Robin Edwards
About Us
After being in the dog-eat-dog environment of corporate life for more years than we would like to admit, Bruce and I decided to jump the fence and look for a new pack. Our luckiest day was when we began dog training.
Bruce had been a top technology executive for major corporations and I was completely engulfed in the sales life of selling travel incentives to Fortune 500 companies. One day we just woke up with the epiphany that we wanted to have careers that made us feel good about ourselves and helped others… and that’s why we began dog training.
If we had to define our dog training methodology, we would call ourselves Canine Behavioral Specialists. We focus on creating a strong bond between you and your dog. This allows you to easily direct your dog to the right decision and create a bond that will last a life time. Our methods are easy to learn and simple to implement.
“Our Pack”
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into The Gulf Coast, little did we know that a great dog was on his way from the devastation of Louisiana to our local Humane Society. We brought Nickie, our English Springer Spaniel, into our pack. With all that he had been through, he had many behavioral issues to overcome. We were able to quickly make him a great dog through the natural and simple training methods that we use with all our clients.
Some time passed and one of my friends was given a puppy toy poodle for her 75th birthday by her grandchildren. The big problem was that the puppy would constantly be getting under her feet and she was afraid that either she was going to step on and squish the cute, little puppy, or she was going to trip and break her hip. She knew she couldn’t keep her, so she asked if I could find a home for her.
She was a white, little fur-ball full of love and energy and I brought her home. That’s as far as she got. Tricia became the second member of our canine pack. Tricia was great, except that she was not socialized and would just drive Nickie crazy. We employed socialization methods and focused behavior with her and Nickie to allow everyone the understand each others’ rules. Things got back to normal very quickly and everyone is now fine.
Several years passed than then Bruce came home with news about a friend who had just rescued a Belgian Malinois from a local rescue group. Bruce’s friend initially had every intention of caring for the dog, but his job had just told him that they were relocating him to New York.
Mollie (that is her name) is a great dog, but he just couldn’t take care of her once he moved to New York. Bruce and I both love Shepards, so we decided to take her. We had never had a Malinois and assumed that they were about the same energy level as standard Shepards. We were wrong.
Mollie is a great dog, but has more energy than any dog we have ever encountered. Because of this, she could easily intimidate Nickie and rarely gave up her focus. We gave her a “job” of watching over the back yard, created clear behavioral boundaries, and implemented a regimen of obedience lessons. These actions allowed us to redirect her focus to us and establish us as her leaders. She calmed down and Nickie was very grateful.
Another two years passed and our pack had settled down to “life as usual”. Well, that didn’t last. A local Veterinarian called us and told us that one of her clients had to give up their two, new puppies. It seemed that they didn’t check their Condo Rules that specifically said “No Dogs”.
We brought Bo-Bo, a female Morkie, and Ligmont, a male Miniature Yorkie into our pack. At first, they were very shy and timid around the other, larger dogs. To tell the truth, there were some fights that we had to separate. By employing our puppy socialization methods and canine rule structure, they quickly opened up to energetically join the rest of the group.
As always, we made sure that everyone understood that Bruce and I were the leaders and their caregivers. We were the ones that were the bottom line in resolving any disputes.
We went several years without adding a new member to our four-legged pack. As with most of our doggies, Maggie’s entrance into our family came as an unforeseen blessing. We had been thinking about adding a new Shepherd to our pack for a while but weren’t contemplating bringing in a young puppy.
We had just started working with Maggie, a ten-week-old German Shepherd Husky, when her owner said they could no longer keep her. Her owner asked if we would take her, and we enthusiastically agreed. Maggie is now a very high energy, young adult. We thought that Mollie, our Malinois, was an “intense student”, but she was easy-peasy compared to little Miss Maggie.
Maggie has been a handful to train and is still very much a “work in progress”. As with all our dogs, she has her own, unique personality. Although completely nuts, we love her to pieces!
So if you need basic dog training, advanced dog training, or rescue dog training, contact us today. Training a dog, whether it’s small dog training or mature dog training; we solve your problems.
We’re the dog trainers serving Cumming, Dawsonville, Gainesville, Alpharetta, Dahlonega, and many other areas of Georgia that can get you results!
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