Community Dog Training Benefiting Beagle Freedom Project
Join us this TOMORROW for our final day of fundraising for our charity partner the Beagle Freedom Project through our Community Dog Training Classes! We hope you might spend your midday with us to help them give beagles and other animal they rescued from laboratory testing, the freedom that they deserve!
Hosted by our charity program Love At First Sit® Initiative, our Community Dog Training Classes raise funds for many different charities to benefit people and animals, animal shelters, and rescues, while also making dog training accessible to all of the community to help keep dogs out of animal shelters, ultimately helping to reduce our nations euthanasia rates in dogs.
🐕🦺🗓️ Community Dog Training Classes are offered every Saturday at 12 PM at Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica
🐕🦺💵 Class fee is $5 dollars, then Donate-What-You-Can after that!
🐕🦺💰 Class proceeds are donated to charity. Our current beneficiary is the Beagle Freedom Project
🐕🦺❤️Topics are announced in class, and vary from basic obedience to enrichment topics.
💻❤️ To sign up, go to loveatfirstsit.net - Walk-ins are welcomed, but class-size is limited and fill up fast.
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Community Dog Training Classes Benefiting Beagle Freedom Project
After almost 2 extraordinary months of raising funds for our charity partner the Beagle Freedom Project, we are in the final two Saturday Community Dog Training Classes that benefits this exceptional organization. We hope you might join our class tomorrow, and next Saturday to support their cause! 🐕🦺❤️
Hosted by our charity program the Love At First Sit® Initiative, our Community Dog Training Classes raise funds for many different charities to benefit people and animals, animal shelters, and rescues, while also making dog training accessible to all of the community to help keep dogs out of animal shelters, helping to reduce the nations euthanasia rates in dogs.
🐕🦺🗓️ Community Dog Training Classes are offered every Saturday at 12 PM at Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica.
🐕🦺💵 Class fee is $5 dollars, then Pay-What-You-Can after that!
🐕🦺💰 Class proceeds are donated to charity. Our current beneficiary is the Beagle Freedom Project
🐕🦺❤️Topics are announced in class, and vary from basic obedience to enrichment activities.
💻❤️ To sign up, visit loveatfirstsit.net . Walk-ins are welcomed, but class-size is limited and fill up fast.
See you in class!
🎬🎙️ Carmen Molinari
🎬 📰 Spectrum News 1 SoCal clips, “Every Day Heroes, Profiling Carmen Molinari at Love At First Sit®.” Watch full news story at https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/human-interest/2023/08/15/carmen-molinari-brings-dog-training-to-the-community#
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KCRW Press Play: HOW TO STOP YOUR FURRY FRIEND FROM BEING A BAD NEIGHBOR
In case you missed it! Many thanks to KCRW and Madeleine Brand @themadbrand for inviting me to be a guest on KCRW Press Play to chat about city dog barking ordinances, why dogs bark when they are alone, and ways on quieting them!
📻🎙️To listen to our full chat, visit kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/fox-oil-laguna-film/dogs-barking
📻💵 If you love public radio like we do, please consider donating today during KCRW membership drive at KCRW.com/give so that KCRW and NPR can continue to bring you culture and news from here, and around the world!
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911 Legacy Dogs: We will never forget.
Over 300 dogs and their handler teams were among the many heroes on 9/11 responding to Ground Zero. This included therapy dogs, working dogs, K9 search and rescue, and veterinary teams. Today and everyday, we remember and honor the legacy of these heroes, humans and animals alike, for their brave response to 9/11. And we cherish the memory of all of those precious souls that we lost. #wewillneverforget. ♥️🇺🇸
“After 9/11, K-9 teams searched the wreckage of the crash sites for survivors and victims, and they comforted responders and the families of victims. When images of the dogs at work appeared in news coverage about the attacks, they were a bright spot during 9/11’s dark aftermath.” ~911 Memorial 🐕🦺⛑
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"Every Day Heroes" Spectrum News 1 Socal profiling Love At First Sit®!
It is nothing less than an honor to be Spectrum News 1 SoCal “Everyday Hero” this week! Thank you to brilliant multimedia journalist, Nikki Kay for generously profiling our founder Carmen Molinari, our charity program, the Love At First Sit Initiative, for shining a light on our Saturday Community Dog Training Classes and fundraiser for charity, and also featuring adoptable pup Caramella from the Santa Monica Animal Shelter to boot! We loved having Spectrum News 1 SoCal join us in class and give a glimpse into our cause and services, meeting some of the many talented pups in action, including Lexi and her ma Lindsey, with a touching testimonial from her pa, Chris!
A special thank you to Anchor Amrit Singh for his kind words, and for mentioning our Pet of the Week column in the Santa Monica Daily Press! (Watch thru the end.)
📺🚨🗞️Check out all of LA’s breaking news and stories about the community at Spectrum News 1 SoCal, and give them a follow!
🦮❤️Caramella is a 7-year old, female Chihuahua available for adoption at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter. To set up an appointment to meet and adopt her, call the Shelter at 310-458-8595!
🐕🦺💻 To sign up for a group dog training classes, including our community dog training classes, (class proceeds donated to @beaglefreedom ), visit the https://www.loveatfirstsit.net/group-dog-training-classes !
Pet of the week - August 22, 2022
Hot off the Santa Monica Daily Press is our “Pet of the Week!”🗞This week we spotlight 2 year old adoptable male cat, “Homie” from the Santa Monica Animal Shelter. Hailing from the streets of Santa Monica, handsome, chatty, and wise, he is bound to make you swoon! Our pet tip this week explores “Keeping Hot Days Cool and Fun for Dogs and Cats!” To read the full article, click on the QR code on our post, or go to https://www.smdp.com/pet-of-the-week-homie/220537 🗞
📰 Pet of the Week Highlights:
🐈⬛ “Hi, I’m Homie! A two-year-old male cat, ID#A06329! An alley cat through and through, I earned my cred on the streets of Santa Monica. Life on the streets could be destitute at times and a fight to survive. Nights were for hunting, days were for hiding, and territory needed protecting. My battle wounds tell the tale of throwdowns with feline ferals, to which I always prevailed. Even though mine was a rough life, I’m not bitter. The hustle made me wise and never hardened my ability to be kind. One day I stumbled upon some nice folks at the Salvation Army who were so charmed by my swagger, I came to be known as their “Homie,” the warehouse cat! And so began my story with a new life with humans, leaving the streets behind….
☀️ Pet Tip: Keeping Hot Days Cool and Fun for Dogs and Cats
It’s that time of the year for fun in the summer sun for all! But with it comes higher risks to safety and heatstroke in dogs and cats. But there are many ways to keep them safe, healthy, comfortable, and provide them with tons of fun…
🐾❤️ To make an appointment to meet Homie at the Santa Monica Animal Shelter, call (310) 458-8595, Tuesday through Saturday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. For a full list of their adoptables, and more information about the shelter visit santamonica.gov and search Animal Services.
📸 Martin Hernandez
#TBT City of Santa Monica Most Loved Awards Ceremony at City Hall: We are humbled and grateful beyond measure to you, our family, friends, clients, and our community for voting us the WINNER of Santa Monica’s #1 Most Loved Pet Related Store for the second year in a row! And a resounding “hip, hip, hurray” to all of the Most Loved Business; nominees, finalists, and winners! We are honored to be such good company! 🏆🐾
Accolades are only as meaningful as the ones who bestows it. Thank you to Santa Monica Daily Press, Buy Local Santa Monica Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, City of Santa Monica, the Most Loved Awards affiliates and sponsors, and Santa Monica City Council for not only creating this opportunity to shed a much earned spotlight on the small business community, but for creating a space for all businesses alike to celebrate one another. And celebrate we certainly do! We love you most of all! 💘
📸🎥💃🏻🐈⬛ Featured in post:
Santa Monica Mayor: Sue Himmelrich
Santa Monica City Council Member: Lana Fernandez Negrete
Her Feline Highness: Naobi the Tortie
Love At First Sit CEO: Carmen Molinari
Love At First Sit Staff Member: Dajah're Robinson
Dog trainers, join our team!
If you have ever had the desire to make a difference in a dog’s life by providing them with behavior modification and training to help them thrive in the real world, we are looking for you! We are currently seeking loving, motivated, and exceptional private dog behaviorist and trainers, and dog training instructors and apprentices to join our esteemed and award winning dog behavior and training program team in Santa Monica California, and the immediate surrounding communities! 🐕🦺♥️
To learn more and apply, visit loveatfirstsit.net/jobs 💻🐾 We look forward to learning more about you! #joinourteam #dogtrainers
In the News: Dog Returned to dog owner, but investigation ongoing.
Hot off the Santa Monica Daily Press 🗞 We are delighted to have been invited to offer some insight on dog behavior in the issue of animal abuse and cruelty. On April 11, a man was witnessed whipping his dog with a leash and the dog trying to get away. The video of these events went viral, leaving the community with many questions about the circumstances surrounding this incident. Read the full article: https://www.smdp.com/dog-returned-to-dog-beating-owner-but-investigation-is-ongoing/217066
From a behavior standpoint, this incident brought to light what is defined as abuse and how it should be addressed. Animal abuse is not always overt. It can be emotional neglect by ignoring your dog consistently, or not providing them with the resources to meet their needs. These circumstances can be just as emotionally and physically damaging.
As dog behaviorists, we believe that any treatment of dogs should be approached with the least intrusive and minimally aversive approach (LIMA) that is fear and force free with positive reinforcement. The latter approach will not prevent dogs from behaving inappropriately, but may cause lasting emotional effects that may inform their behavior negatively. Understanding that dogs will respond more effectively when approached in a positive and productive way, rather than forcefully, provides an alternate way to manage a dog’s behavior humanely, and offers dogs the opportunity to respond because they are motivated to, rather than because they are in pain or terrified.
Abuse of any kind is inexcusable! From online resources at Association of Professional Dog Trainers, IAABC, to behavior training programs like ours that offer virtual and in person private sessions, to group classes, there are resources available to dog owners that provide education and tools to address and resolve even some of the most severe behaviors effectively and humanely. This approach also offers the opportunity to deepen the bond with dogs through the training
Happy Easter from Love At First Sit®!
From the very best bunny imposters of the most adorable pup and chick kind, we wish you a very Happy Easter abs Passover! 🐶🐰🐣 #HappyEasterSundayEveryone #happypassover
