Mystic, CT
Marjorie Lineweber
Since childhood, Marge Lineweber’s life has been filled with animals. She was raised with an assortment of animals from reptiles, rabbits, sheep, and horses to dogs and cats. Marge’s love and respect for animals lead her to work in a veterinary practice, where she served as a veterinary technician for over 5 years. Her passion for dog training was realized when her Gordon Setter Java helped her find positive reinforcement training. While fulfilling Java’s love for socializing through doggie daycare at My Dog’s Place, Marge began to learn that dog training without force was possible, and the world of positive reinforcement training opened up to her and Java. Marge began to soak up all she could about positive training by reading books, taking classes, attending seminars, and apprenticing with established trainers. She does believe that the greatest teachers of all have been her dogs, “they tell us everything we need to know about training, we just need to listen.”
Training Philosophy
Marge believes in positive reinforcement training methods, using food, toys, attention, and access to play to control and shape the dog’s behavior. She rewards desirable behavior and redirects or manages undesirable behavior.
Services
My Dog’s Place offers a variety of services, including:
- Daycare: Puppy daycare and adult daycare, with separate play areas and supervision.
- Training Classes: Puppy Primer, Companion Dog Fundamentals, Companion Dog Essentials, Companion Dog Advance, Canine Good Citizen, Therapy Dog, Retrieving, Scent work, Thinking Dog, Basic Frisbee Skills, and Canine Water Sports.
- Workshops: Props Workshop, Speedway Simulation, Stunt Dog Workshop, Tandem and Rear Crosses, Tricks Workshop, Weaves Workshops.
- Behavioral Counseling: For issues such as dog reactivity, human reactivity, separation anxiety, door charging, fearfulness, destruction, nuisance barking, rough play, jumping up, shyness, chewing, lunging.
- Special Events: Client Appreciation Day
Certifications
Marge is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, a Certified Pet Dog Trainer, an AKC approved Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, a founding member of Canine Water Sports as well as a Canine Water Sports Judge and a Certified Professional Animal Care Provider .
Specializations
Puppy training, obedience training, Canine Good Citizen, Therapy Dog, Retrieving, Scent work, Thinking Dog, Basic Frisbee Skills, Canine Water Sports, Agility, Behavioral Counseling
Training Methods
Positive reinforcement methods, using food, toys, attention, and access to play to control and shape the dog’s behavior. They do not use or allow the use of choke or pinch collars in their facility.
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