Julie,
 
I recently came across your article “A Guide For Taking Home Your Shelter/Rescue Dog.”  As a relatively new Not For Profit, I would like to offer your article to our Adopters by printing it out and putting it in their Welcome Packet.
 
Before I do so though, I would like your permission to print and reprint it.  I certainly would include the coupon codes for your website.
 
Do you ever offer discounts or free access to rescues??  We would love to be able to give some of your articles as well as use some of your training ideas in our training of our rescues.
 
Sincerely,
 
Michele
Assistant Secretary
Paw-Riffic Animal Rescue Inc.

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My response:

Hello Michelle!
 
It’s wonderful what your organization is doing.  I also have been working on ways to save more dogs, perhaps we can work together on this to make it even better.
 
Yes, you most definately have my permission to print out any of my free articles from my media page-have you seen that? (http://www.webdogtrainer.com/media.php). 
 
And, I would be really happy to provide more assistance to you and your rescues.  First of all, I just started a new blog where I would be happy to answer any questions your rescue organization volunteers have or any adopters have about their dogs at NO cost. Here’s the blog where they can post questions and read more:  http://www.webdogtrainer.com/blogs/  It could be useful to you to post this to your website-it is totally FREE and a chance for people to ask any question about dogs and has a lot of informative information on it. I started this because it was amazing to me how many people and dogs can be helped by one small, personalized tip.
 
Additionally, regarding my training website at www.webDogTrainer.com:
I can offer you, as a volunteer of your rescue group a free membership to my training site, but unfortunately I cannot give permission to print out the training site information, but what I can do is offer a 50% off coupon code for the cost of the membership so that would offer a $17.50 membership to your adopters which includes email support from me 7 days a week.
 
How many volunteers do you have?  It is possible that I can offer more than one free memberships to your volunteers as well.
 
I am happy to work with you to meet your goals and needs so let me know how I can help!
 
I look forward to hearing back from you.
 
Julie

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Julie,

We currently have 6 volunteers that are always volunteering, doing adoption events and trying to keep the money coming in!  My job is Marketing and Sales so I am constantly trying to juggle everything to make sure I help our rescue as much as possible.
 
I would love to give all of our adopters a coupon for your site!  I have read through all of the testimonials and I am excited to try some of your training on my own new addition to my family…an 8 week old Schnauzer puppy that I rescued during Hurricane Ike.  She was only 4 weeks old when I got her so she was so small that we had to run out and get puppy milk and blankets to keep her warm!  I am working on crate training with her and since I own my own recruiting company and work from a home office, I am proud to say that she has only had two accidents inside the house in the four weeks I have had her.
 
I believe that your training will help our adopters in quickly learning how to train their new dog which will help us because we won’t end up with returns.  Unfortunately, those happen when people get their new pet home and suddenly this dog isn’t minding or is urinating on the floor.  They immediately get a reality check and it is overwhelming!  If we can point them in a direction for some training that they can do on their own then maybe we can ease the transition!
 
Whatever you can do to help will be greatly appreciated!
 
Sincerely,
 
Michele
Assistant Secretary
Paw-Riffic Animal Rescue Inc.
www.paw-rifficanimalrescue.com

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My response:

Hi Michele,
 
I’ve attached a coupon I made,  If I get a lot of sign ups on my training site from your referrals I will offer a donation to your group as well.  
  
Let me know how it goes!
 
Julie

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Looks great!  We are going to put your coupon in EVERY adoption packet that we give out with our adoptions!
 
I did review the website and I am already doing the crate training as well as taking my pup out all the time!  Working from home is good for that!
 
I’ll get it out right now!
 
Thank you so much for everything!
 
Sincerely,
 
Michele
Assistant Secretary
Paw-Riffic Animal Rescue Inc.

Hi Julie: I was so happy to find your site and quickly joined.. We adopted a rescue dog.. A beautiful 2 year old Shepard-Lab mix.. She is doing great so far adjusting to our large family… She is sweet and has found herself a corner in our family room, and is slowly venturing off around the house.. I read several articles about what to expect when you bring your rescue dog home, and we are following the advice.. My question is.. Am I going about this the correct way, and should I begin her training.. leash walking etc. This is our first Rescue Dog, and I want to make sure that she can start to feel safe and secure… Thanks, So Happy to have Found YOU

My response:
Welcome to webDogTrainer! I am so happy to see you! Congratulations on adopting a rescue dog! It would be very important for you to begin your training program with your dog instantly. What that will do is establish yourself as leader and your new dog will actually feel more secure and confident about its role in life, if you tell them what to do and how to behave(through training). Dogs instantly look to who is leading them and if they don’t see a clear leader they may become confused, agitated, scared, etc. leading to behavioral problems. Being leader means having very clear rules as to what your expectations are of your dog and being very consistent with those rules. Read all of my step one and you’ll get a really good idea on how to do that. If your dog doesn’t see a leader she may think she has to be the leader and that is very stressful for dogs. So, I highly recommend you begin your training right now. Follow my step one and create your goals, learn how to be consistent and what you need to do to be pack leader. Make sure she is getting a lot of exercise too, that is extremely important as you’ll see in my “exercise your dog” article. Also, make sure that you do not feel sorry for your dog no matter what background they may be coming from being a rescue dog. If your dog senses you are sad, depressed, feeling sorry for them or angry then they see you as a weak leader and will not trust you. You need to be calm and confident and very sure about what you expect from your dog. Your dog will love you more then and be happier. I look forward to having you read all of step one because I think you will be really helped by the information in it. Why don’t you email me again after you’ve had a chance to read it and let me know where you are in the process, what you’ve learned and if you have any questions. Then, when you are ready you can move onto step two.
All the best,
Julie