I can recommend a great trainer on Long Island. His name is Jesse Effman. He is a NY State Certified dog trainer.
I adopted Birdie from him. He pulled her from the Oyster Bay Animal Shelter, fostered her and trained her for four months until we found him.
Birdie is working on becoming a service dog now.
BTW - if you adopted your dog from a shelter on LI, make sure he has ALL of his distemper shots. We found out that Birdie didn't have the second shot and wasn't protected against distemper.
My Vet called the shelter and gave them hell, but they told him they only give the first shot, not the second. Which leaves the dog unprotected.[/quote]
I do have a trainer I have been using for years. If something should change I will definitely get further information. Thank you.
All my dogs were pulled from the NYC shelters. In fact, they gave Knuckles his first shots way too young and that is why both the vet and I feel he was so sick when he was a baby. He has had all his boosters since the first shots. But thank you for making me aware. I am sorry to hear what you went through.
Good luck with Birdie!![/quote]