Authentic Paws LLC

12/23/2025

We are taking a break and will be closed until Mon., Jan. 5.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! 🎄🎁☃️❄️🛷🎉

12/15/2025

Management vs. Training — what’s the difference? 🤔

These two terms get used interchangeably in dog training, but they are not the same.

Management is about controlling the environment so unwanted behaviors don’t happen in the first place. This might look like using gates, crates, leashes, or distance to prevent jumping, chewing, counter surfing, or over-arousal. Management is immediate and keeps dogs (and humans) safe!

Training is about teaching your dog what to do instead. Through repetition and reinforcement, dogs learn behaviors like sit, settle, leave it, and recall. Training takes time, but it creates long-term behavior change.

Here’s the key part:
👉 Management prevents rehearsal of unwanted behavior.
👉 Training builds the behaviors you want to see more of.

The most effective dog training plans use both. Management supports learning, and training makes management less necessary over time.

That being said, it is also okay to JUST use management in situations when you feel you need it! As a busy parent, management is essential to both your success and the success of your dog and baby or toddler!

Have questions? We’ve got answers to help support you through this journey!

Send us a DM today and we will help connect you with the right resources to help!! 🐶

12/15/2025

Jack ❤️🫧🫧🫧🫧

12/15/2025

Jack liked the bubbles 🫧🫧🫧

12/15/2025

Jack practiced walking nicely on a leash, played in the snow, practiced Leave It, took a 60 second nap, and then got his second wind 😁

12/15/2025

I love and train all dogs, but this is so true

Let’s get one thing straight:
We NEED ethical dog breeders.
Not backyard breeders.
Not puppy mills.
Not “oops litters.”
Ethical. Responsible. Passionate. Breeders.

Because the truth is this:

Good breeders don’t just produce puppies — they protect entire breeds.
They’re the reason we still have healthy working dogs, therapy dogs, sport dogs, and family companions with predictable temperaments and solid genetics.

Good breeders raise puppies like they’re staying forever.
Socialization, early exposure, enrichment, confidence-building…
None of that is “extra.” It’s STANDARD.

Good breeders take dogs back, every time.
For life.
No questions. No judgment.
Because their puppies NEVER end up in shelters, ever.

Good breeders breed for preservation, for improvement, and for LOVE.

And here’s the part people don’t want to admit:
Without ethical breeders, we’d lose the breeds we depend on and adore.
Service dog lines.
Duty-driven working breeds.
Family-safe temperaments.
Sound structure.
Predictability.
Purpose.
History.

Shelters are full because of irresponsible breeding —
not ethical breeding.

So next time someone says,
“Just adopt,”
remind them:
You can support shelters
AND still value ethical breeders.

Both matter.
Both play crucial roles.
Both are needed.
Because the breeders doing it right?
They’re the ones keeping dogs healthy, stable, and loved for generations to come.

- copied from unknown author-

12/12/2025

What is Jack thinking?

"I'm serious, I sat, now hand over the treat" 😏

12/12/2025

Jack is learning to sit upon arrival versus knocking you down 😁
*His little smile after the treat 😍

12/12/2025

It's snow bathing season ❄️❄️❄️❄️

12/01/2025

Such a handsome boy, Jack 😍

12/01/2025

Working with this handsome guy today ❤️ I wonder if they're related 😁

08/30/2025

I would like to recommend a local business!

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