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Building Bonds Building Bonds certified professional pet training uses only the most humane and effective training methods. By Appointment Only, Dog Training, Dog Products

Your dog will love training and you'll get the results you need. We also sell the highest quality dog products to support your training.

06/26/2025

🐾 Welcome to the GOOD LIFE Academy at Building Bonds! 🐾

At Building Bonds, we believe a good life for dogs means more than just obedience—it means resilience, confidence, and connection.

Through our GOOD LIFE Academy program, we help dogs:

✨ Build strong social connections—with people, other dogs, and the world around them
🧠 Engage in meaningful enrichment that taps into their natural instincts
🌱 Develop behavioral flexibility and the ability to bounce back from challenges
🧘‍♂️ Grow stress resilience to navigate life with calm and confidence

Whether you're raising a pup, supporting a teen, or just want to help your dog thrive, our Good Life Academy support dogs of all ages and stages.

💬 Want to know more about how the GOOD LIFE Academy can help your dog flourish? Drop a note below!

Because every dog deserves the good life. 💛🐶

06/24/2025

A complete behavioral treatment plan consists of environmental management, behavioral modification, and therapeutics.

06/23/2025

Congratulations to our ďżźPuppy Kindergarten Level One graduates!
06/21/2025

Congratulations to our ďżźPuppy Kindergarten Level One graduates!

06/18/2025

We often think of trauma as something that happens to an individual, a specific event, a particular hardship. But what if that trauma can be passed down through generations?

It turns out, this isn’t just theory. In both humans and animals, generational trauma is real and we’re starting to understand just how deep it runs.

One of the most striking studies on this was conducted with mice. In this experiment, researchers exposed a group of male mice to the scent of cherry blossoms while delivering mild electric shocks. Unsurprisingly, the mice began to associate the smell with danger and displayed clear signs of fear whenever they encountered it.

Here’s the extraordinary part: their offspring, and even their grand-offspring, were also afraid of the cherry blossom scent, despite never having experienced the shocks themselves. Analysis showed changes not only in behaviour but in the structure of the mice’s brains and even their DNA. Trauma had left a biological imprint that was inherited.

This concept of epigenetic inheritance may explain why some dogs, particularly those from puppy farms or rescue situations, can present with significant behavioural challenges even if they’ve never experienced direct abuse or trauma themselves.
In puppy farms, for example, generations of dogs may be born into high-stress, deprived environments. Mothers often suffer extreme neglect, lack of enrichment, and chronic stress. Their puppies even when adopted into loving homes can carry the emotional residue of that experience. It’s not just poor socialisation. It’s a history written into their nervous systems.

Understanding this changes everything.

When working with fearful, reactive, or shut-down dogs particularly those from difficult or unknown backgrounds we must approach them with greater compassion, patience, and a trauma-informed mindset. It’s not always about “fixing” a behaviour, but understanding its roots, and giving the dog a chance to feel safe enough to start healing.

If you’re living with a dog who seems stuck in fear or overreacts to the world in ways that don’t make sense you’re not alone, and they’re not broken.

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