I believe in positive reinforcement for training, working and playing with dogs. With a treat here and there and lots of pets and scratches they’ll know they’re loved and get the love they want when we’ll behaved. I have no problem handling dogs on various leash and collar or harness set ups. I had enough trust in my dog, a German Shepherd, I was able to always walk her I ff leash and she never ran away or misbehaved. I’d bring one with me to leash her in case people would look worried or someone would come around to enforce the leash law in Chicago.

I love to perform trust exercises with the dogs I walk. With my German Shepherd, Heidi, I would reward her good behavior with letting her walk off the leash, play fetch to get her motivated on walks, or use some treats. While in Chicago, I would take her and the others dogs I walked to Lake Michigan to walk along the beach and to go swimming, catch rabbits! and let her meet other dogs there. I also would take her on two to three hour long car rides whenever she was depressed to cheer her up with the wind in her face! Here in Kearney there is Yanney Park, Cottonmill Park, the possibility of taking your four legged furry family members to Fort Kearney which gives them a nice car ride and somewhere we to walk!