Training Through Teamwork

09/10/2024

Penny and Lacey!

The Dynamic Duo.

These girls are as sweet as they are beautiful!

We’ve been working on building their confidence out in new environments and learning how to communicate to Lacey that she doesn’t have to be our bodyguard when the neighborhood dog walks by us!

Grateful that this is how I get to spend my evenings!

If you want to be able to communicate more clearly and more effectively with your best friend, reach out and schedule a consultation call!

☎️ 980-425-7010
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.TrainingThroughTeamwork.com/contact

09/10/2024

Rosie went home this weekend after her 2 week Board and Train program.

This girl was a ton of fun (and cuddles!)

08/17/2024

Hey Folks!

I still have a spot that I need to fill by Tuesday!! 😫

If you or anyone you know has been thinking about training, you won’t get a better opportunity to save on it than this!!!

Text or fill out the contact form on the website immediately!!!!

☎️ 980-425-7010
💻 www.trainingthroughteamwork.com/contact

Hey Folks!

I had a family that had 2 dogs scheduled to come in for our Board and Train program cancel at the very last minute. 😫

If anyone was thinking about a B&T program, NOW is the time!!

I will give a significant discount (40% off) to anyone that wants to fill one of these two spots!

If you are interested contact us immediately!!
Text me directly or fill out the contact form at the link below!

☎️ 980-425-7010
💻 https://www.trainingthroughteamwork.com/contact/

08/15/2024

Hey Folks!

I had a family that had 2 dogs scheduled to come in for our Board and Train program cancel at the very last minute. 😫

If anyone was thinking about a B&T program, NOW is the time!!

I will give a significant discount (40% off) to anyone that wants to fill one of these two spots!

If you are interested contact us immediately!!
Text me directly or fill out the contact form at the link below!

☎️ 980-425-7010
💻 https://www.trainingthroughteamwork.com/contact/

08/11/2024

As many of you know, working with Rescues and Rescue Dogs was an integral part of what I was doing when I started this business in 2016. A lot of my friends on my personal page are folks that I met through rescue and I continue to have relationships with a few rescues to this day. Because of this, my newsfeed is inundated with posts of dogs that need to be adopted, as well as the vents and rants from those in rescue that are overwhelmed with the sheer number of dogs being surrendered.

Rescues have to turn dogs away because they are full and don’t have any more fosters available.

Shelters are full and euthanizing dogs daily to make space.

Volunteers are exhausted and some of them have to step away from rescue altogether just due to the mental toll it puts on them.

As I scroll though the posts I often think, How can I help?
This is a question I’ve thought about long and often.

I STRONGLY believe that training is the answer when it comes to not only getting more dogs adopted but having them stay adopted and not returned shortly after “due to no fault of their own”

I can offer the training but I am the only person in this business so I am limited to the amount of dogs that I can work with at any given time. It puts me in a real tough predicament trying to balance taking on my paying clients so that I can pay the bills, because at the end of the day this IS a business and my only means of income. BUT, being able to work with rescues and continue to work with rescue dogs is something I am extremely passionate about and take pride in doing.

This is where you come in.

What if WE could come together as a group to get more dogs more training and hopefully, in turn, more adoptions?

What if we could come together as a community to better the lives of the dogs and the potential adopters through training?

What if we could come together as a family to not only give our donation dollars or our donated services in hopes everything works out for them in the future, but also form relationships and friendships that would not only get them the training they need today, but would set us up to be a part of their life moving forward?

I have had an idea that has come and gone for the better part of a year now. Every time I think about it, I get excited about the possibilities but just as quick as the excitement comes, the doubt and fear of failure creep in and I soon find myself moving on, completely disregarding the one thought that has stirred and invigorated my passion for training so I can jump back on the treadmill of business to try find and my next client.

Well, while I am nervous and a bit insecure about proposing this idea, I think now is the time. If not now, when?

I am going to be fully transparent with you. I am not sure if this will work. I am not sure very many, if any, of you are interested, willing, or able to be a part of this.

What I want to do is build an online community for you to join where your membership will go directly to the training of a shelter/rescue dog at no cost to the rescue.

Currently, I offer discounts to rescues but with their limited funds and resources what happens is that they can only invest in training for the worst behavioral cases they have, mostly aggression and severe separation anxiety. While I applaud and appreciate their commitment and effort to helping them, the problem with that is that those level of issues do not only require a 2-4 week training program, but they also need a foster and adopter that will be committed to implementing the training in the long term.

What I envision for this training program is a way that we can offer the training to the dogs that would benefit the most from a training program but the rescues might not see as a “necessity” for a training program due to their resources be better spent on the medical cases in their rescues and the general well being of the dogs already in their care.

What I envision for us as a community is that in the future I would like to have fosters in our circle that would be able to maintain the training the dog receives. Perhaps some of you that have already been through one of my training programs with your own dog would want to foster or maybe I can build a training course for people who want to foster with emphasis on training. We will work out the best way to maintain the training moving forward but those are some of my thoughts.

In thinking about what I can offer you that may bring you value, I was thinking about a monthly Live Q&A so that I can answer any questions that you may have about your personal dogs or answer questions about the dogs in training.

I would of course be providing multiple updates about the dogs in training so that you stay informed and up to date on the progress of the dogs that you are sponsoring.

I was also thinking about a monthly meet up or pack walk with our own dogs (or without if you choose). Again, I could answer any of your training questions or I could help you with anything that you are working on with your own dogs. I would bring the sponsored training dogs so you would get to meet them in person and physically be a part of their training program.

My ultimate goal would be have future adopters also become a part of the community. To continue to bring the dogs to our monthly meet up so we can all see them and continue to be a part of their journey in the long term.

I am hoping to launch this program into full effect soon, but what I would like to do is open up enrollment to a group of you that will be my Founding Members.

As a Founding Member you will get instant access to our own Facebook group. In that group I will be bouncing my ideas of you and you will have direct input in what I can do to add as much value as possible to the community.

You will also be the group that will nominate dogs for the program. When we bring in a dog you guys will have the opportunity to choose the dogs that you would like to see get the benefit of the training and then we will put the nominees out in the community where the other members will then vote on which one(s) we end up working with. If you are affiliated with any rescues and would like to give your rescue the best shot to get your dogs in the program, being able to nominate your dogs would benefit you!!

I would love to hear any of your feedback. Good, bad, or otherwise.

If you think this is a great idea and you would love to be a part of this community, Send me a DM or email me at [email protected] and I can send you the details. I will be enrolling Founding Members at least until the end of this month.

If you are interested and have questions, I would be happy to go into more details. Again, just
DM or email me at [email protected] I would be happy to answer anything there or schedule a time for a phone conversation and discuss details that way.

The thought of what we could achieve together is super exciting to me!! I hope you think so too

08/04/2024

We had the honor of attending the car show at 704Exoticauto today! Muffin, who is 1 week into his 2 week Board and Train Program, came with me to meet a bunch of new friends and show off how well behaved he could be!

07/01/2024

Coal Pepper trained with us a couple years ago but he is back for a Board and Tune program because his new brother Brody is joining us for his 2 week Board and Train program!

Brody, now the 4th dog we have trained for this family 🥰, is one of the sweetest gentlest souls that you have ever met! We have been working on his recall because the family is transitioning to farm life where the boys will get much more room to roam, and we’ve been working on his heel command because he will not have to pull a sled out in the field which is what he seems to think a leash is for 🙄🤣

06/24/2024

You may remember Ezekiel from his training program several months ago. He is boarding with us while his family goes on vacation and he has been on his BEST behavior!

A Malinois is NOT the breed for everyone, BUT when you start young with training and are as consistent as his owners have been, the result is an amazing dog that is as comfortable relaxing and hanging out as he is playing at 1000 mph (and he definitely can play at 1000 mph, that’s for sure 😂)

06/18/2024

What’s happenin’ Folks!!!

I have been slacking on social media posts so let me get back into the groove of posting regularly with Brittany Spaniels Fig & Maple, who just spent a week in our Board and Tune program after doing our One on One program a couple of years ago.

If you’ve already been through one of our training programs but think your dog would benefit from a stay with us to get in some practice or work on a specific behavior issue while you go on vacation (or staycation 🤷‍♂️), then reach out and let us know how we can help!!

02/16/2024

They are our Best Friends ❤️

💔

12/21/2023

Mimo is a 3 yr old GoldenDoodle with a heart of gold BUT his excitement at making friends takes a toll on his bedside manners.

We are working on Mimo greeting new friends a little more calmly because he is WAY too big to be jumping on people!!!

12/08/2023

(🚨Adult language🚨 if you have kids around, tell them to put on their earmuffs! 🙉)

If you know me and you’ve ever been on Tik Tok, then as soon as you saw that Ezekiel was in for training then this was definitely going to happen 🤷‍♂️

Starring
Ezekiel as himself
Maizee in the role of “Tony”

🤨
🧐

12/08/2023

I am late to the party as Mae went home yesterday and Ezekiel goes home tomorrow but I just wanted to share their pics because both of these guys are SUPER photogenic.

Both puppies, both sweet as can be, and both with enough energy to power a small town 😂

11/12/2023

Daisy is a 7 yr old Shiba Inu/Husky mix that was recently rescued from Mecklenburg Co by way of Cabarrus Co.

Though not much is known about her past, she is the sweetest, gentlest girl who still runs around and plays like a puppy!

The biggest issue with Daisy?

She pulls on a leash like sled dog! (Wonder which of her breeds she got that from 🤔🧐)

And she is an escape artist of houdinis caliber, so we need to make sure she has a VERY solid recall!!

11/10/2023

Better late than never 😳 (Never late is better 😔)

Coco is a 4 month old Shih-Poo (Shih Tsu/Poodle mix) who is finishing up her Puppy Board and Train and going home tomorrow!

10/03/2023

I can’t believe I forgot to post Penny’s pictures!!!

If you remember Piper from 2 weeks ago, this is her sister Penny!

Penny is the sweetest girl in the whole wide world and is here to just tighten up her commands so that she can have some off leash reliability in the future!!

09/29/2023

Ella is here to learn some obedience but most of all, gain some confidence!

She is a bit of a nervous Nellie but one of the absolutely sweetest dogs you’ll ever meet 🥰

09/28/2023

Mr Fred is the sweetest boy in the world, he just needs some manners so that he can learn that my lap is not a zoomie track!!! 🏎️💨