Trainers have a cardinal rule: Don’t get attached. We work extremely hard to practice that rule. We know from experience that the second we allow ourselves to get attached,
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Bites happen. Every trainer goes through the experience of it at least once in their careers. It’s scary, it’s traumatizing – for the owners as well as the trainer – it’s messy, and once it happens, you’re never the same.
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Abby was very excited when I arrived to pick her up. She recognized my car, and as soon as I got out, she started whining and lunging with excitement. Then, she saw my friend, Tanya – but, instead of
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