About

Balance, Relationship, Education, Well-Being and Choice

Awareness Centered Training - ACT is integrated into Private Training, Behavioral Coaching and Pet Assisted Therapy Team Training Prep.

ACT is available at all major booksellers in e-book, audio and soft cover.

Excerpts from ACT and Maureen’s publications can be found on our media page. Enjoy hand-outs (excerpts from ACT at The Learning Zone and Media Articles like Children and Dogs, Therapeutic Chewing, Doggy Dinner, Calm in Chaos (de-stressing) and more …

Dogs have changed my life! My vision began with creating a training environment where dogs and people can learn without fear or judgment. It is about living and learning with dogs. Having an open-mind and willingness to explore how another species communicate and learn matters!

Engage with your dog with effective communication and shaping of behaviors while having fun while beginning with connection and life rewards. Use them wisely.

As the co-founder of New England Pet Partners, Inc., a non-profit organization sharing our pets to enhance well-being and education with pet assisted therapy, our focus has grown into supporting handlers and dogs to become Registered Pet Partners (Therapy Dog teams). Happy, healthy and confident dog teams can share connection in community volunteering or professional intervention (IAABC). Sharing our dogs can encourage us to go M.A.D. (make a difference).

Socialization and manners (SAM) gradually, gently and calmly introduces dogs to a variety of sights, sounds and smells. The training sanctuary has medical equipment, stability balls and non-competitive agility as a choice of reward if and when a dog is ready (the key). Mostly, and during licensed team evaluations, dogs and handlers engage with experienced licensed team evaluators and evaluator assistants. Everything is a teaching moment, whether processing a behaviorial issue or Awareness and observation lets us know when we and our dogs are ready to either move forward or slow down a bit.

Breathing is mandatory.

If you feed your dog 2X a day, you have 14 training opportunities every week!

Doggy Diner by Maureen Ross

Our intention is:

Enhancing the quality of canine/human relationships by raising awareness about education and well being, healthy grooming, veterinary and wellness alternatives.
Promoting our dogs training potential with positive, user-friendly and creative approaches that are cost effective, reliable and pain-free.
Empowering owners AND DOGS to THINK and MAKE INFORMED CHOICES.
Encouraging a motivational, safe and caring environment.
Developing communication and training skills that can transition to where learning happens.
Inspire continuing education and volunteer opportunities for individuals and health care professionals. Visit: Pet Partners / AAIIP

Whether your goal is to become a registered therapy team or enjoy a happy, healthy and confident relationship with your dog, gentle, effective skills, techniques and insights, can be integrated into daily living, learning and loving dogs. It’s all about the relationship and behavior you want to create.

Let go for few moments, breathing in a deep nose-to-navel breath - ah-ha. Let’s un-complicate training, reduce sensory overload, and discover how dogs can change your life by waking up our senses.