Rankin's kitties

These are our new kittens - now 11 weeks old - Sasha and Storm (brother and sister). They are like little puppies, following me around, wherever I go. Siamese are so friendly and very smart. We can't wait to teach them some tricks. Right now I would be happy if they could learn to stay out of the kids' cereal bowls.

The Pet Trainer is in!

Hi
My name is Karen Lanoue-Lambrecht I am owner of PAWS-itively Obedient and a Certified Pet Dog Trainer. I have been in the animal field close to 28 years as I started my career as an animal health technician. In the mid 90's I adopted an 8 month old American Eskimo and within a short time enrolled in a group dog training class where I worked at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital. The instructor was a veterinarian and a behaviorist and I had a great time learning at the class and working with my new dog. I asked if I could keep coming to classes to learn more and thus started my desire to become a dog trainer.I started my business in May of 1995 and took a national certiication test for pet dog trainers in 2001.
A CPDT (Certified Pet Dog Trainer) must continue to attend educational seminars and accummulate CEU's (Continuing Education Units) every 3 years to keep their certification title. I also belong to the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) is a professional organization of individual trainers who are committed to becoming better trainers through education. Their website is a great source of information for the average dog owner where they can do a search to help locate a trainer in their area along with pet industry information ,visit the website at www.apdt.com
I use positive reward based training methods ,educating clients so they can build a better bond with their dog while getting the behavior they want. I offer in home and group class instruction,visit my website www.pawsitivelyobedient.com for more information.
I would love to take general dog training questions from the readers at Norwell Reads.

Paws-itive Educational Training

Karen Lanoue-Lambrecht
Certified Pet Dog Trainer
Pawsitively Obedient
781-837-1510 617-413-1510
http://www.pawsitivelyobedient.com/
pawsobd@yahoo.com
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