Training with Bria (2025)

15/01/2025

My family.
The ones that view me as Mom.
As leader, as protector, as best friend.
I love you, more than you will ever, ever know.

09/01/2025

✨ Available for Adoption ✨

Bandit, oh Bandit. Bandit was in the shelter for over SIX years before I pulled him. He was given up on as just a puppy and lost so much of his life behind bars. It still makes me angry to think about. Since being in foster since May, Bandit has thrived in just about every way possible, and he deserves to find his family. If you think Bandit could fit your lifestyle, please reach out. Let’s get this boy home.

Dating profile:
✅ UTD on vaccinations/neutered
✅ Eight years old
✅ Amazing with all animals (currently lives with four other dogs and two cats)
✅ Crate trained/housebroken
✅ Looking for a low traffic, adult only home
✅ Dog and cat siblings welcomed!
✅ Muzzle trained and wears it beautifully on every walk because rude strangers are displeasing!
✅ Can be fearful of men at first but doesn’t take long for him to trust and befriend
✅ Walks amazing on leash both alone and in a pack
✅ Incredibly intelligent and learns quickly
✅ Has a history of RG but absolutely thrives with direction and leadership
✅ Likes the finer things in life, such as a warm blanket on his place bed!
✅ Loves to play with his people
✅ A sweet souled gentleman who thrives with a firm, assertive, and loving leader/handler
✅ Comes with free training with us FOR LIFE 💫

Please share Bandit high and wide! We know his person is out there. We just have to help him find them.
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31/12/2024

Two years ago today a brilliant, driven, handsome, loyal, energetic, GSD/Crocodile cross was born 🐊 Happy 2nd birthday to the boy who single handedly humbles me every single day.

If it weren’t for him, my life would be less chaotic, less demanding, and less aggravating (at times). But it would also be less loving, less purposeful, and less fun. So I would take it without question over and over and over again.

I joke about him all the time but truth is, I’m so happy he is mine. Maybe not as happy as him that I’m his, but that’s what makes him a Shepherd. 🤣

Happy Birthday, my boy. You are loyal, exuberant, hard-working, energetic, highly intelligent, joyful, willing, and loving as can be. I wouldn’t trade you for the world. You’ve fine tuned my handling skills and enhanced my training abilities. I love you so differently, so much, and for so many reasons.
Let’s go work, my pain in the ass, good boy 🩵

29/12/2024

✨ Available for Adoption ✨

ATTN senior dog lovers/adopters!!!!

Facebook…please meet ROXY! Aka…Big Mama 😍 If you are looking for a laidback, calm, senior gal, look no further. Roxy is our senior lady who deserves to land somewhere loving, warm, and quiet to live out her golden years. She has been in and out of the shelter due to no fault of her own (owner became homeless) and there was just no way I could have allowed her to live the rest of her life there. So, she’s with SWB! Below is her dating profile. Please share far and wide so we can find her person/people 🩷🩷

Roxy’s Bio:
✅ UTD on vaccinations/spayed
✅ Ten years young
✅ Crate trained/housebroken
✅ Looking for a calm, quiet, low-traffic home
✅ Structure please!
✅ Would enjoy a woman owner over a male owner but lives with both in her foster home and she is lovely with both
✅ Low to medium energy — one to two walks a day fulfill her exercise needs
✅ Some prey drive, so if there’s a resident cat it would depend on temperament (she does fine with Sabrina, the Den cat who is very confident)
✅ Muzzle trained (because why not! AND, pushy dogs in her face are not cool)
✅ Will be happiest as a solo dog in the home
✅ Neutral around other dogs (will not engage unless being bothered) — Big Mama wants peace and quiet!
✅ Great on leash — zero reactivity
✅ Great in the car (will come with portable ramp to help her in and out)
✅ Loves to play ball!
✅ Sweet and calm temperament
✅ LOVES sunbathing/relaxing outside, so a fenced in yard would be her dream!

If you think Roxy could be a fit for you or someone you may know, please fill out our adoption application. Please reach out to me or (her amazing foster family) for any and all questions. It is our ultimate goal to get this girl home over the next couple of months (or sooner!!). Can you help??? 🙏🏼🧡

https://form.jotform.com/240646681897169

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25/12/2024

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Holidays from my heart to yours! 💚❤️💚❤️

25/12/2024

All Flippy wants for Christmas is……

A family. And Santa came right on time! Stick your tongues out if you got the best Christmas present ever!! Flippy has found his forever home with the best mom, dad, and brother. This one is extra special to me because Christy and Brian came into my life when I posted a puppy for another rescue over a year ago who was in need of a home. They adopted that puppy and named him “Smokey” and we have helped them raise him ever since. He comes to school weekly and he has grown into a lovely young man.

Now, they have opened their home and hearts to one of my rescues. Talk about full circle. Flippy was dropped off at the shelter for “having too much energy.” He developed severe kennel stress and had to be in solitary confinement in a lone trailer due to his mental instability and critical stress. And then he came to SWB where he would never experience such conditions ever again.

Everyone help me welcome FLIPPY (now TYSON) to the TWB family!!! We are over the moon 😍 We can’t wait to continue to help him and his family with his training and help him level up to his awesome brother. Let’s get to training, Ty! But for now, let’s celebrate this special holiday season 💚❤️💚❤️

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15/12/2024

In this crazy, hard, sometimes hurtful world, you have to find your people. I often say that creating SWB is the single worst and best decision I’ve ever made, and I mean it. I have never felt so much gratitude and so much stress from something, ever. The work is nonstop, the pressure is daily, and the anxiety is regular. But the reward and happiness of helping dogs and bringing people joy is also abundant.

Rescue is not at the forefront of my life. I entered the world to help when I can, and I will continue to do so. But my family, my business, my personal dogs, their health, and their joy and fulfillment will always take priority. Rescue work takes a village, and that is just the damn truth. So if you’re involved in any way as a volunteer, foster, or someone who has donated to the rescue in any way, please know how much I appreciate you and please understand that I absolutely couldn’t do it without you.

I will not be taking on any new dogs until the ones under my care are adopted. With that being said, six year old Big Vinnie is adoptable and would really like to find his forever people. Please take him into consideration if you’ve been looking to add to your family.

Two year old Chulo (no cats), ten year old Roxy, eight year old Bandit (no children), and three year old Asher (no dogs) are also all available for adoption 🩷🙏🏼
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03/12/2024

**SHARED TO INSTAGRAM**
One thing I will absolutely NOT allow is being told by somebody who knows NOTHING about dog behavior that a dog looks “miserable” in a PHOTO because they don’t have a “smile” on their face. Excuse me? Do dogs walk around “smiling” all day long? I’m truly confused.

I pulled multiple dogs from the shelter who would never have a ticket out of there if it weren’t for me and that still isn’t enough? One dog being a TEN YEAR OLD SENIOR who now lounges in a fenced in yard all day long enjoying the outdoors which she loves, getting two walks a day, getting loads of love and attention, laying on comfortable dog beds with warm blankets, getting fed two meals a day, and that’s not enough????

I’ve been warned multiple times to stay away from Hempstead but my heart and talent told me to stay focused for the dogs. But I won’t be treated or talked to in such a way. What I’ve done for these dogs hasn’t been enough — instead, sitting in a cold, loud shelter for 23 hours a day seems to be better? If you’re so concerned about a dog, fill out an adoption form. Give them the life you think that we are not. Make s**t work for the sake of the dog if you think you can do better. DO IT.

I’m not someone you can walk all over and talk to in such a way. I am simply not the one. Period. Look at my miserable personal dogs in this post. They must be horribly treated….theyre not “smiling”….

Imagine? Imagine running a successful business who helps dog owners keep their dogs in their homes and living a healthier, happier, more fulfilled life together….being told over and over again by owners who have given up, that I saved their dog’s life….and their own?….and then opening your heart up to start a rescue focused on long term shelter dogs just to get such a message about a still photo of a dog laying comfortably on a dog bed after lounging outside freely all day?

I’ll get a restraining order before I ever allow someone to defame what I do and falsely speak upon the dogs in my care. You got the wrong one.

29/11/2024

Petey: Adopted 🩵✅

Miss Erin texted me a few months back about a dog who was dropped off at a vet’s office in CT where her sister works whose owner wanted to euthanize simply because she didn’t want him anymore. Thankfully, the vet staff said “no way” and ended up caring for Petey over the next couple of months. Although they knew Petey absolutely did not deserve to die, they did know that the vet’s office was no place for him to call home.

Petey ended up making his way to SWB where he was put into the most amazing foster home while he attended school weekly. He showed us very fast that he was full of love and desperately wanted to know how to “dog.” So, we showed him!

Cheryl saw Petey on my social media and quickly realized he was a dog she would like to meet. And let’s just say, their first meet and greet couldn’t have went any more perfectly. Soon after, Petey entered the F2A process with Cheryl and barely made it halfway through before Cheryl knew he was “the one.”

The two have become the best of friends and are officially…family🫶🏼 I’d like to officially introduce Cheryl and Petey to The TWB Pack where they will know nothing but love, support, care and encouragement. We LOVE you guys!!! Congratulations 🤩🥳

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29/11/2024

I would like to formally introduce everyone to our two newest team members! Everyone welcome….MISS CHRISTINA and MISS JESSICA 🤩🥳

It’s really cool how things just come full circle sometimes. Chris originally came to us to continue to work on her dog Jax’s dog reactivity. From our first session together, Chris was someone who just “had it.” It has been an honor to watch her grow as both a handler and an owner, and it is now our biggest honor to have her as part of our team! Christina also adopted Dough Boy, one of two of my very first shelter pulls.

Jess originally came to us for her dog Henley’s intense dog and leash reactivity. It took her a lot of courage to finally sign up for a session, but it took her even more courage (and trust in me) to actually take her dog out of the car at our first session. Jess’s growth in so many ways has been exponential. She is one of my favorite “stories” to date. We couldn’t feel more blessed to add her to our team. She also adopted Bucky, one of my first local rescues.

If Christina or Jess take your dog at hand off or hand them off at pick up, don’t be afraid to introduce yourselves! You will see them around at Pack DTs and TMTs helping your dogs become their best selves. We couldn’t be happier to add these two amazing handlers to our program.

Cheers to an official Team of Five 🥂🥳✨

24/11/2024

Polo: Adopted ✅💙

It is my absolute pleasure to announce that this beautiful boy has found his Mom and Dad. The world has an amazing way of just working out, and that’s exactly what happened here. Kiera and Sam were drawn to Polo as soon as I posted him. If you’re in rescue, you know you can only get your hopes up *so* high without being disappointed, as people tend to reach out with interest in adoptable dogs all the time but never actually follow through.

Although their first meet and greet wasn’t until almost a month and a half later, Kiera and Sam followed through like they said they would. Timing was perfect. They followed every necessary step and we knew upon their first greeting that these were his people. We know that Polo will absolutely thrive and be loved and given guidance for the rest of his life, and that is the exact reason I began rescue to begin with. Save lives, be patient, find matches, give joy.

“Good things come to those who wait.”

Congratulations P. We couldn’t be more ecstatic for you and this beautiful life ahead. Everyone, please welcome Kiera, Sam, and Polo to the BEST PACK IN THE WORLD!!!

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23/11/2024

Update: Adopted 💛

Sergio has found his forever with the best family. He is finally HOME! When you know you know, and Frank knew the second he bumped into Sergio while on a job at work. We couldn’t be happier for this amazing family and amazing dog.

Happy life Sergio. I told you I’d find you your people. You deserve nothing but the best, and you got it.

Congratulations to the Pimental family on their new family member! We are over the moon 😍🩵🙏🏼

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22/11/2024

“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”

Prayers for my big man are always appreciated.

The truth is, we don’t know how long we have with anyone on this earth. And if they’re born with conditions that will alter their length of life to begin with, you can only appreciate every day you have with them.

Never underestimate your inner strength, my strong boy. Every day is a gift with you here.🫀🦾

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