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Patty Vesalo

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Local Business Profile: CleverPup 101 Family Dog Training

Trainer uses creativity and a large bag of tricks to make dogs think good manners and good behavior are their ideas.

Patty Vesalo could be considered the Miss Manners of dog training. As owner of CleverPup 101 Family Dog Training, she works to make the family dog an integral part of the family by teaching them manners. “At my sister’s house at Christmas, the dogs are in crates.” Vesalo said she’d rather have the dogs right in there with the family, but without manners they are relegated to crates. The trick to teaching doggy manners? “Dogs have to think it’s the coolest thing in the world to offer good manners or it’s always going to be a struggle,” Vesalo said. “Everything starts with an in-home private consultation. I make it my business to get to know you and your dog,” Vesalo said. CleverPup 101 training is tailored to meet the needs of individual …

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