Graceland
nope, not on Facebook. I'm extremely UN-technical.
I've been working with dogs since I was a child - did dog-walking/dog-sitting, started volunteering at animal shelters and wildlife rehab center and did that all through college. In college I sat and watched public dog training classes though I had no personal dog and did not have dogs as a kid. I sat for hours and drew dogs and horses and read about the behavior of dogs and wolves. I went to dog training seminars though again - no dog. Always knew I'd live with dogs and hub and I bought our first house with that in mind, looked for a fenced-in yard with a house and found that. The year after we moved into the first house, we searched for a reputable breeder for our first dog, since I wanted a larger, multi-purpose working dog to trial with and had certain temperament and personality. Since I'd not lived with Rotties before, we chose to go with a reputable breeder who could serve as a guide for a long time and we still keep in touch and go back to her to ask her things - she and her husband are judges in the breed and compete in a variety of dog sports.
Then in 1999 we looked for and adopted another dog, a Lab through rescue.
I also started mentoring officially with master trainers and have done that with the 3 different people, still attend seminars as much as I can, and research on nutrition. I've taken tons of classes over the years with my own dogs and I also volunteer at a shelter now with the Behavior Department, doing training and be-mod.
Kind of work - I help customers at the holistic pet supply shop. I don't do cash register/transactions since I have a learning disability <math> but was hired to focus on customer questions on nutrition and training. I also do some light stocking of small things<hernia> and cleaning.
but usually I do work on Thursday.