My name is Tracy Franken.... and for as long as I can remember, I have had dogs in my life. Growing up I was always told I had "a way" with dogs. I never really truly understood why. But my dogs did "get " me and I "got " them. We had incredible relationships. But if someone asked why or how.... the answer was always "I dunno, they just like me". My interested peaked in highschool when I began studing canine behaviour. I read book after book on behaviour and training. How the dog mind works, why they do the things they do. I was facinated. I continued my studies into college where I took the veterinary technology course, in Kingston Ontario. After college I continued on... taking canine aggression seminars put on by PABA, TTouch seminars for canines, taking obedience course after course. It was also at that time I received a phone call about an abused bullmastiff and asked if I could take him in. I of course said yes and this began a journey of rescue and rehabilitation for dogs in my home in downtown Guelph. I took in abused dogs and dogs from research facilities worked with them and when they were ready, adopted them out. At any given time I had on average 7-8 dogs living with me in my 800 square ft home. It was quite the pack, and always changing.
After the birth of my first child we relocated to the Ottawa Valley. We bought a horse farm and started a horse boarding facility. I started working with horses, which lead me on a the path of natural horsemanship.Through that I had my 'AHA' moment. There it was. Parelli's "Love, Language and Leadership." I took to it like a duck in water. Shortly after I went to work part time at a dog kennel in Dunrobin and re-realized my passion for dogs. I completed a professional pet grooming course and started grooming dogs. I realized my skill and way with dogs would help those dogs who don't enjoy and tolerate the grooming procedure. It was at this time and through talking with owners I could see, the love people have for their dogs but yet, most still had some complaint about their dogs behaviour. Jumping up, barking, pulling on the leash. So it got me thinking Perhaps the idea of Love, Language and Leadership but on a canine level... with one exception: ORDER CHANGE : LEADERSHIP,LANGUAGE AND LOVE. I can help people with problems they have with their dogs. Help owners to better understand their dogs. To achieve a relationship with their dogs that is beyond the normal expectations...a relationship beyond obedience.
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