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SADIES’S STORY

Sadie is the namesake for Sadie’s Rules K9 Training. She was taken off the streets of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was given her ticket to life thanks to the Puppy Rescue Mission and The Tanzie Project, Inc.  

Sadie's beauty is her gift, but also her curse. Since she doesn’t look aggressive, people always want to interact with her, but Sadie does not want to interact with them. Even when she was previously out in public with a muzzle on, random people would attempt to pet her. I had to learn quickly to be her advocate, and tell them "no."

In doing so, I learned that the more I advocated for her, the less she needed to advocate for herself—which she would often do in inappropriate, aggressive, and dangerous ways.

Now when out in public, Sadie can ignore what stresses her out because she trusts me to handle it. Balanced training has enabled me to not worry about her on a daily basis. I can even board her if I need to—something I couldn’t do before.

Sadie has come so far! She now helps me socialize dogs that come in for our board & train program and need help learning how to be around other dogs. She is so patient with them and it’s so amazing to see her so confident.

 

Balanced training not only changed her life, but ultimately saved it.