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GOOD Trainers, owners, build canine bonds with nose work By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
aura Yurchak doesn’t remember a time without cats – or dogs – in her life. “We always had cats and dogs while I was growing up, they were all wonderful.” As often happens, there is one dog that stands out, just a little bit, from all the rest. For Laura, that would be Bear. “We found this little puppy under a car on July 3 one year,” Laura said. “It was about eight weeks old and all alone. So we took the puppy home. “He looked like a little bear, so that’s what we called him.” Later, she heard about a litter of puppies that had been born about that time near the place where Bear was found. None of the puppies lived,
except for Bear. “He was my doggie soul mate and he was with me through some drastic ups and downs in my early adult life. I was devastated when he died in 1993,” Laura said. Laura and her husband, George, were sold on dogs. “We started looking at the Humane Society for another dog. We brought two home, a cattle dog mix and a border collie, Harley and Lucy.” One is male and the other female. Laura commented that problems at home could start when there are two female dogs together. George and Laura took the dogs to training and fell in love with the activities. Laura researched what it took to become certified and then started traveling to the workshops and seminars. And what began as a love for a wonderful animal companion has turned into
a business of Loving Paws LLC – positive reinforcement dog training in Kenosha. But it’s more than a business. It’s a lifestyle. In addition to the training classes, the Yurchaks work with their dogs – Laura with Harley and George with Lucy. “I started out with basic manners and good canine citizen classes,” she said. “Then I heard about canine nose work.” And things skyrocketed from there. Canine nose work is something any dog and dog owner can do. Dogs are trained to recognize scents and find the hidden sources. It’s a great activity for highenergy dogs that need a job and it works for older dogs that have lost some mobility and agility. “It saved us this winter
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Sharolynn Roche watches as her dog, Rain, searches a warehouse during a “nose work” exercise. During the six-week K9 Nose Work, the dog and handler become more confident in the hunting game and learn to focus, making for a more effective search. As time goes on the dog learns what scents to disregard and what scent to focus on.
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