Gainesville Canine Academy

Sorcha is so knowledgeable and has a great approach to teaching. She gets right down to business and uses the class time wisely. She provides a good environment for learning and keeps the class size small so she can work individually with each of us as we work to train our dogs. Sometimes her husband comes to assist and he is also very helpful. I would highly recommend her level one obedience class.

A question about Alachua Humane society. Can the shelter dogs even they ones who are in foster homes, IF/BE trained correctly and looking at ones who are house trained, etc, even in the kennel, become service dogs or atleast dogs who serve a purpose like sports, etc? I've seen a story once about how a shelter dogs became a service dog, but I'm thinking about it because adult shelter dogs are proven to gone through a few horrid stuff and I don't exactly wanna put the dog through that, but if the dog is up for it (or getting a energetic dog that you can handle, or a dog who already knows tricks) be a service dog successfully hence their background/or if you be patient with whatever dog you got? I'm also thinking of using this service as for when I ever get a shelter dog.

Sorcha and Michelle were amazing at working with our dog Barley--a 2-year old rescue dog. They are both expert at their craft of service dog training--and also as important, in being patient and thorough in helping us as handlers understand our roles in providing clear direction to our dog. Barley's first plane trips (literally across the world) went totally smoothly because he and we knew exactly what to do--thanks to Gainesville Canine Academy!