TASK Dog Training

01/02/2025

We hope everyone has a wonderful 2025!

With a new year comes new opportunities and some losses as well for us. We are sad to announce that we will be officially closing our training services in NJ.

However, with the passing of our beloved mascot Aurora who started it all, and with our owner moving out of state, it is time for us to move on to another life adventure.

Our company started as a small business with our owner years ago who just wanted to help others overcome challenges in their lives. With the help of her trusted service dog Aurora she created TASK and built it from the ground up. No loans and no grants just hard work and passion.

Our owner wanted to help those in need and show them anything is possible with loyal 4 paws by your side. Aurora was her everything and she has taken it very hard now that Aurora is no longer with us. She tried to push past all of the challenges she faced the last couple of years and continued to give to others, until she couldn’t give anymore.

It truly has taken a toll on Lauren mentally and now physically. She still has Vader and Jedi by her side now though and they are doing their best to help her rise again. Sometimes we need to take a step back and realize life is short and you need to do what makes you happy.

Lauren is human just like all of you. She’s just trying to find her passion for dogs again, as unfortunately a series of unfortunate events has caused her to be completely burnt out.

Unfortunately, we also had some very not nice people steal all of our equipment from us as well, and our owner took a huge financial hit because of it. We also no longer have a building to train at to help all of you. We even had others steal lesson plans and curriculum from us after giving them our time and help-they burned us. 😞

Our owner Lauren is having some health issues as well, and needs to take a step back at this time and focus on her own well being and health before being able to help others once again in the future.

We unfortunately are no longer accepting new students. We are very grateful for all of our students that became friends and for all of you trusting us with your dog training needs over the years.

We are grateful for the thousands of dogs that we have trained and for being able to help as many dogs and their owners as possible over the years.

It’s very hard to write this but life happens and sometimes it doesn’t go as planned. To all of our friends thank you for always being loyal to us and referring us to others.

To those who still need help please feel free to reach out to HANLON'S K9 LLC , for help- they are wonderful, and good friends of ours. If they’re too far for you, they may have a trusted trainer they can recommend that’s closer to you as well!

We hope this new year brings health, happiness, and luck to all of you! Thank you all for your understanding and support over the years. We wish you the best of luck with your pups!

Thank you for giving us the best years a small business could ask for!

Please give your dogs pets for us and feel free to drop their pics below so we can see them one last time! We love you all!!
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01/01/2025

12/19/2024

Scientists Say Dogs Understand Human Laughter:

Scientists have discovered that dogs not only recognize human laughter but also understand it as a positive signal that can make their owners happy.

Gregory Berns, a neuroscientist at Emory University, used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to follow what goes on in a dog’s brain during interactions with humans.

The study showed increased blood flow to specific regions of dogs’ brains when exposed to laughter, indicating heightened neural activity.

Similar to humans, dogs possess brain areas dedicated to processing sounds like barking and human voices, suggesting that both species share comparable pathways for social communication.

The research also found that dogs respond more strongly to positive sounds, such as laughter, than to neutral or negative noises. While it remains unclear whether this reaction is learned behavior or an evolutionary adaptation, dogs may even intentionally perform actions to make their owners laugh.

Notably, dogs do not feel embarrassed when people laugh at them, as they lack the social understanding to differentiate being laughed at versus laughing with someone — but they do recognize the joy the person is experiencing in the moment.

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12/13/2024

Those in NJ right now… 😳😬🤣

12/12/2024

Has anyone SEEN the drones??? 🤣😳

Ok let’s get a thread going… to alllll my dog people, I know while you were walking your dog you saw one-especially if you’re in NJ. 🤪

Post your evidence below- if you don’t have any-just post a pic of your dog that works too…
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