Team Canine, Phoenix Dog Training

brad — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:39:40 +0000

Check out this awesome and inspiring video from Ricochet the SURFice dog. It’s a great message for all of us and a great message for us dog Mom’s and Dad’s to really know who and what YOUR dog is and to let them be themselves!

Click on the link below…

Be Who You Are by Ricochet the SURFice Dog

Starving, wounded and tick bait…

brad — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:25:16 +0000

Backing out of our driveway last Saturday night, Tamara and I spotted an unfamiliar dog wandering around a new neighbor’s house. We knocked on the door and got no answer and tried to sweet talk this pup to us. He kept moving down the street so of course Tamara starts her foot pursuit. Knowing how this is going to end up, I go back to the house to get the treats she will need to coax this scared dog to her. When I catch back up to her the dog had wandered into a cul de sac and collapsed under a parked car. After about 10 minutes of coaxing and baiting him with food the little guy inched his way out from under the car.

He looked like a walking skeleton; you could see every bone in his body. He had deep puncture wounds on his rear right leg and was severely dehydrated. We got him back to the house, gave him some water and some food and got him settled into a cozy crate in our garage and turned the AC on.

The next morning we opened up the crate to get a better look at this poor little guy. He was so grateful and sweet and covered head to toe with ticks! I spent over an hour with tweezers pulling ticks out of his ears and around his eyes. We finally gave him a tick bath and saw hundreds of ticks falling off of him.

We named him RJ, short for Romeo Junior after our sweet Romeo who many of you have seen in classes. He is tick free, putting on weight and his wounds are just about all healed up. He is one of the sweetest dogs we’ve ever seen, he’s around 7 month old, loves other dogs, all people and even our cat. We’re looking for a forever home for him so if anyone is interested in this sweetie just give us a call at 602-954-8353.

Service Dog or Therapy Dog?

brad — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:29:53 +0000

There seems to be a mass confusion of the differences between a Therapy dog and a Service dog. In short; a Therapy dog is a dog who has been trained and has passed a test and therefore been certified by a certified evaluator with one of the Therapy dog organizations. A Therapy dog is a dog that visits hospitals, nursing homes, etc. to bring love and joy to those residents that can benefit in countless ways by a visit every week from an unconditionally loving canine.

A Service dog is a dog that has been professionally trained to aid and assist a person in tasks that they are not capable of performing without assistance. To these people their dogs are their lifelines, their saviors and their very best friend.

Please read this article from AKC regarding the amendment to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) defining very clearly what a service dog is and what they are not. Many people are taking advantage of the priveledges that Service dogs receive and it is having a detrimental effect on “real” Service dogs and the people that rely on them.

Some new pictures from our recent Greyhound Graduation

brad — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:49:39 +0000

Brad with Dan King, facilitator of the Greyhound Prison Program in Arizona.

Group Photo

Very moving new Greyhound video

brad — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:03:54 +0000

People Food

brad — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:39:25 +0000

Check out this article on Debunking Myths on MSNBC; “Never Give Pets People Food”

It goes along with what we’ve been saying for 11 years.

New Video from AZ Republic

brad — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:59:57 +0000

Check out this great video from the Arizona Republic, it’s a teaser for a much bigger story on the Greyhound Prison Dog Program we are working with.

Our Newest Addition

brad — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:40:24 +0000

Meet Denali, the newest addition to the Jaffe clan. Let’s just say it was an unplanned, “oops” baby for us. He is the same breed as Buddha and from the same breeder. Here is a great shot of the two new best friends. To think he’s going to be as big as Buddha! He is a real sweetheart, but a puppy none the less. He’s adjusting well to the whole clan and is loving his new raw food diet. He lost his first tooth yesterday, of course he swallowed it, so no putting it under the pillow and no visit by the tooth fairy…oh well.

We’ll keep you updated with photos as our new giant grows.

Welcome to Team Canine-Meet our Family

brad — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:11:54 +0000

Welcome to our new blog and thanks for visiting. While we consider all of our clients part of our Team Canine Family, for those visiting us for the first time or those that don’t know too much about us, we figured we’d introduce ourselves.

We’re Brad & Tamara Jaffe the founders, owners and operators of Team Canine.

We have two wonderful children;

Karisa who currently is a full time student at ASU studying pre-law, and working full time at a local law firm.

Michael is studying police sciences and working full time as a security guard at one of our local malls.

They both are incredible people; honest, trustworthy, compassionate, hard workers, leaders and of course animal lovers. We are so proud of who they are and of the direction they’re going!

Now for the four legged members of the family…

Romeo our 13 year old leader of the pack

Smudge our 6 year old Maltese/Yorkie editor

Keanu, our 3 year old Cavalier King Charles

The baby of the family; Buddha Bear, our two year old Shiloh Shepherd