by DogSmith | May 30, 2011 | The Journey of a Terrified Rescue Dog LARA
Lara in a short video that shows how cute she is and how far she has come. She is happy and relaxed and actually responds to her name and to a simple cue to 'sit' This was a dog that was so scared for so many months she would curl up in a ball and hide her face. It...
by DogSmith | Feb 11, 2011 | The Journey of a Terrified Rescue Dog LARA
What a great team of people head up New Spirit 4 Aussie Rescue FL, I always feel so proud to help dedicated rescue persons in a call to "Rescue Action" This great Red Merle boy was located in a high kill shelter in North West Florida, the shelter manager worked with...
by DogSmith | Feb 4, 2011 | The Journey of a Terrified Rescue Dog LARA
Here is Lara working with Rachel, The DogSmith Palm Beach County Florida. Bailey is working with Susan, Rachel's partner. You can see from the video that Lara is still uncertain at times but doing a great job with Rachel.
by DogSmith | Feb 4, 2011 | The Journey of a Terrified Rescue Dog LARA
Now don't get me wrong, Lara is a great jumper. Ask my husband to describe her behavior each morning when she greets him. What Lara was very scared of doing was moving toward or in-between the two uprights of a single Agility jump. I have wanted to teach Lara to jump...
by DogSmith | Feb 3, 2011 | The Journey of a Terrified Rescue Dog LARA
A very short video. One minute we are all sitting in the training area just 'taking five' and the next minute Lara runs up to Rachel and targets her hand. Look at the surprise on Rachel's Face, she wants to give a big WhooHooo but anyone who is used to working around...
by DogSmith | Dec 16, 2010 | The Journey of a Terrified Rescue Dog LARA
I was looking through some photographs of Lara the other day and realized the first time I met her was in January of 2010. She was curled up in the corner of her kennel at a local animal shelter, so afraid that she would not even raise her head from beneath her paws....
