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Passion Fur Paws Dog Training

Passion Fur Paws is a dog obedience company where teach for understanding. We educate both the dog and the handler.
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07/28/2024

07/16/2024

Dearest Passion Fur Paws clients and potential clients,

For those of you who don’t know about my health scare in January, I went into cardiac arrest at my home where CPR was performed until the paramedics arrived. I was then taken to the hospital and intubated for several days with a chance of not pulling through. After being extubated there was a very long road to recovery, part of that included having a surgery to implant an ICD device in my chest to prevent further cardiac arrest incidents. It is believed to have been stress and medications that reacted poorly together causing the cardiac arrest.

I’ve spent time recovering and thinking about how to proceed with my dog training business that I’ve been so passionate about building. I have come to the decision that for the time being I will only be accepting previous clients that are in good standing and referred clients after an interview to make sure the new terms and conditions are understood and accepted. I will only be doing private sessions at this time, this is including basic obedience through advanced obedience as well as therapy and service dog training. We will also have a monthly pack walk to join in for anyone who’d like to come.

Thank you for understanding,
Crystal Villarreal

05/26/2024

Handsome Mr. Brady is on duty!

05/26/2024

Scout is enjoying his ride!

05/22/2024

This amazing team has been working very hard on their service dog training. It’s been a long road but Stephanie & Poppy are doing amazing! We had our second restaurant training/outing and they killed it! Great job guys! We’re SO proud of you!

05/15/2024

There are several dangers posed by fake service dogs to real service dogs, including:

1. Distraction: Fake service dogs may not be properly trained or socialized, which can lead to them being disruptive or aggressive towards real service dogs. This can make it difficult for the real service dog to focus on their tasks and may put them at risk of injury.

2. Stress: Real service dogs are highly trained to perform specific tasks and are relied upon by their handlers for assistance. The presence of a fake service dog can cause stress and anxiety for the real service dog, as they may feel threatened or overwhelmed by the presence of an untrained or unruly dog.

3. Risk of injury: Fake service dogs may not be properly trained to behave in public settings, which can increase the risk of physical harm to both real service dogs and their handlers. Aggressive or poorly behaved fake service dogs can pose a danger to real service dogs, leading to potential injuries or altercations.

4. Damage to reputation: Fake service dogs can give a bad name to legitimate service dog teams, as they may behave inappropriately or cause disruptions in public spaces. This can lead to increased scrutiny and discrimination against real service dog handlers, making it more difficult for them to access public spaces and receive the accommodations they need.

Overall, the presence of fake service dogs can pose significant risks to real service dogs and their handlers, compromising their safety, well-being, and ability to perform essential tasks. It is important for individuals to respect the rights of legitimate service dog teams and not misrepresent their pets as service animals.

05/14/2024

It’s finally here guys! New group classes will be starting the 2nd full week of June, classes will be held in the evenings and we need a vote in the comments… first vote a class day 💥Tuesday💥Wednesday OR 💥Thursday then vote for a time 🌟5:30pm🌟6pm 🌟6:30pm OR 🌟7pm.

🐾Classes will be held at Cascades! If it rains we’ll either use the pavilion or we’ll cancel class for excessive rain.

Thank you!

05/10/2024

Happy National German Shepherd Day!!!

04/28/2024

❤️...!

04/16/2024

Join us while we deliver smiles!!!

03/14/2024

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02/24/2024

I am out of the hospital and back to work, that being said I do still have a few things healing up pretty slowly so I’m not back to 100% yet. I want to say THANK YOU so much to my clients that have been so understanding.
It was confirmed that I did in fact have a heart attack, I had to be on a ventilator for 3 days and they put a defibrillator in my chest. I am off my lifting restriction but still trying to take at easy for a little bit and I’m still pretty uncomfortable every day.

Services we will be offering:
🌟🐶We will be accepting new clients into our Service Dog & Therapy Dog programs!
❤️❤️❤️We currently have 11 Therapy Dogs in schools around Jackson county right now and several active Service Dogs!

🌟🐶One on one sessions - in public and in home! Jackson and Ann Arbor!
🌟🐶Group walks!
🌟🐶We’ll be having workshops again!!

‼️When it gets warmer we’ll have group obedience at Cascades!

Stay tuned for more updates and message us for more information on setting up sessions or evals for our Therapy & Service Dog programs!

02/06/2024

I will be booking sessions again once I’m out of the hospital. Stay tuned!!!

02/03/2024

An update on Crystal

The past couple days have been really rough on my family. My mom (Crystal) went into cardiac arrest Wednesday night and was rushed to the hospital. Her heart stopped a couple times but they got her stable and onto a ventilator. As of right now we do not know what caused this but they are running every test is order to try and find out. My mom is healthy and has no major health problems so this really came out of the blue. As of today she is off her ventilation and breathing on her own. Once she was up for a bit and out of sedation a little she was able to talk with us, which was absolutely amazing with the rough couple days/nights we had. We will continue to pray and have positive thoughts for her progression. Thank you everyone who has reached out!

02/01/2024

Due to a medical emergency and Crystal being hospitalized we will not be doing classes or outings until further notice. She could really use all the positive thoughts and prayers.

Thank you for understanding.

🐶❤️The Passion Fur Paws Team.

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Our first obedience trial that Scout ever blew… he was only 8 months old. My poor Scouty Pants.

Tuesday nights outing at Best Buy!

We had a blast at our annual Howloween Pawty! Thank you to everyone who came to our fundraiser!

He’s a CLOWN!!!

Ragnar with a slightly difficult recall drill

Freya!

Scout can do it, the question is does he WANT to do it? Lol. This dog. 😂 never a dull moment.

Tully is killin’ the figure 8 heeling!

Sometimes we goof off 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

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Our Story

I have 2 kids who mean the world to me, Taylor who is 18 and Alex who is 7.

Alex likes to read to the puppies and you'll find Taylor snuggled up with the cats.

I rescue and rehabilitate dogs, I am part of Freedom Rescue, I am the trainer for

Refurbished Pets of Southern Michigan for the dogs that they put in the

Lakeland Correctional Facility for the Companion Program.

I’m on board with the efforts of the Jackson County Animal Shelter and the Cascades Humane Society to help train some of the dogs there in order to help them become more adoptable.

I also offer a discount to rescued dogs from these facilities!

I have a 6 year old GSD, Roman who is a service dog and is pictured above, and a 13 year old golden mix named Emma Lou who is on retirement now! I just rescued a 3 year old PitBull named Georgia in attempts to reduce the stigma around how "terrible" PitBulls are.

She will be going through training and become my class dog!

I started training dogs when I moved to California in 2011 and adopted a beautiful black lab that no one could handle. I asked a friend if she's heard of any trainers and so I joined a training class with him, later I was asked to join the class as a trainer because of how fast I picked up on the material and how I commanded the dog, I then had to confess that I also trained and showed in 4-H when I was 13-14! Ha! So I have been training, showing, and rescuing since 1994.

How I was able to learn this amazing craft was that I had an amazing opportunity to learn from 3 of the BEST trainers around. 2 were Wounded Warriors in the Marine Corps that had many years experience, and the other trainer had always worked with and rescued dogs and had the natural touch, she was simply amazing. Neil Grogan, Kyle Cameron, and Linda Riley. The company name was getting out there, class was getting bigger to the point that we had a waiting list and they knew in a few years everyone was going their separate ways since everyone was either in the Marine Corps or a spouse. I feel like I learned more from those 3, in my 3 years there than I could've learned in a lifetime. They were a true inspiration. We worked with a lot of Wounded Warriors in finding them a dog to train and then training them to be their service dog and it's amazing how you can witness a dog literally change someone's life. We also held basic and advanced obedience classes.

I am fortunate enough now to have my mentor be Hector Hernandez with First Class Dog Training!

I find it amazing as well when your family dog is giving you so much grief and stresses you out that you want to kick it out but then you make the call to the trainer (me) and your dog turns it's behavior around because YOU learn how to teach your dog. You have to take the reins and learn how to teach your dog and be consistent, you don't speak dog! It isn't your fault.

Let's learn how to teach your dog together.