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STACIE DONATHAN
(559) 696-8585
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Serving Fresno and Clovis
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Stacie offers:
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 | | Private Lessons (in-home fees start at $50/hour)
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Stacie's Dog Training Background
- Lifelong dog enthusiast
- Spent the better part of the past twenty years training family dogs in basic manners, basic
tricks, obedience, hunting, and flyball
- Began offering training services for hire in January 2009
- Member of PAC
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Stacie's Training Philosophy
Dogs are creatures with innate needs for consistent structure, exercise, mental stimulation, and
companionship from and with their human pack members that must be met for them to live a
balanced existence. Once that balance is provided, dogs can be taught to do almost anything for
us we take the time, effort, patience and creativity to teach them and will do so joyfully.
I believe in pulling from a broad spectrum of training methods and techniques to teach people how
to communicate, build trust, foster obedience and have fun with their dogs utilizing praise and play
as their primary motivators/rewards with treats and corrections incorporated on a more limited
basis.
Dogs are abundantly gracious and resilient creatures with exceptional loyalty and inspiring
enthusiasm for life. For anyone who understands the undeniable truth that sharing life with a dog is
a privilege rather than an entitlement and a blessing rather than a burden - I would be honored to
help you and all the dogs in your family enjoy a healthy and fulfilling relationship.
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Stacie's Education
- Graduated from CSU, Fresno with a B.S. in Kinesiology, Exercise Science in 2002
- Successfully completed puppy class, and basic through advanced obedience classes under
the instruction of various local trainers with multiple family dogs.
- Avid student of books, classes, online resources and activities related to rearing, loving, and
training dogs.
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Stacie's Dogs
- Austin, a 6 year-old, male Vizsla has been a cherished member of Stacie and her husband Dan’
s home since he was a puppy.
o Austin is AKC certified, has graduated through the advanced level of obedience classes,
has been trained in and performs well in upland bird hunting, and competed in U-FLI
sanctioned flyball tournaments.
o He has participated extensively in babysitting, traveling, and mingling with people and
dogs of all shapes in sizes in all kinds of places, earning his way even into places that have
otherwise been inaccessible to non-service animals
- Childhood pets included a Springer Spaniel named Molly during Stacie’s preschool years, and
a Samoyed named Sasha that she raised, trained and loved from late grade school through
early high school until losing Sasha to cancer a precious few years into her life.
- Much of Stacie’s dog-related experience has also centered around playing with, caring for,
and assisting with the dogs of her family members and close friends that, while not actually
living in her house, hold a dear place in her heart. These relationships have been with
Labrador Retrievers, Australian Shepherds, Doberman Pinschers, a Bichon Frise, a Coton de
Tulear, Yorkshire Terriers, Rat Terriers, Great Danes, Golden Retrievers, Border Collies, dogs
in the Pitbull and Bull Terrier family, and mixed breeds among others.
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