Healing Companions Blog

by Denise Fenzi | Jan 27, 2020 What does it mean when we say a dog is “over threshold?” It means the dog is over the optimal level of arousal to learn or

  Republished courtesy of Denise Fenzi | Jan 21, 2020 I have a story (it gets to dogs in the end): My husband was a patient in a teaching hospital this past

  Republished courtesy of Denise Fenzi | Jan 17, 2020 Life is busy right now. That happens – life being busy. It’s hard to keep up. Priorities have to be made

  Republished courtesy of Denise Fenzi | Jan 13, 2020 Imagine this: You’re walking your leashed dog on a trail and you see a leashed dog approaching.  The owner tenses, pulls the

  Republished courtesy of Denise Fenzi | Dec 31, 2019 What do you do when you predict a successful repetition in a shaping session and then, just as you are

  Republished courtesy of Denise Fenzi | Nov 26, 2019 A friend of mine went to see an in person trainer – an excellent trainer; I know her well. That

  Healing Companions is grateful this for the many generous donations from charitable funds.  

  by Denise Fenzi | Nov 15, 2019 Typical behavior is what I would expect of a given dog in a given circumstance. It has nothing to do with desirable

  Check out this podcast where Denise Fenzi talks to Suzanne Clothier about “Relationship Centered Training”. Suzanne and Denise talk about how she got her start in dogs, what led

  Thank you to Mr. & Mrs. Gregory for their continued generosity and support in honor of their daughter Elena.  We are deeply touched and grateful. Thanks also to Red

  We thought you might be interested in this new link on our resources page highlighting Music Therapy for Dogs.  If you haven’t visited our resource pages for websites and

By Rita Guinta, Volunteer Creative Writer ~ Healing Companions, Inc. Meet Charlotte and Rosie, her psychiatric service dog in training. They are a new team with Healing Companions who have

  by Rita Guinta, Volunteer Creative Writer, Healing Companions, Inc. My name is Cyndi and I appreciate this opportunity to share my story about my psychiatric service dog in training

Charlotte and Rosie met and bonded immediately! We are so thrilled with how smoothly this adoption has and continues to go thanks to the support of so many folks. We

by Denise Fenzi* | Jun 24, 2019 I’m on a roll with this crispness topic! I have talked about the importance of being crisp in training. Crispness provides clarity to our dogs which

by Denise Fenzi* | June 22, 2019 It is common for individuals to struggle in the space between basic manners for a dog and understanding the underlying science and more