Owner Patti Muraczewski, CPDT

Patti is certified by the Association of  Pet Dog Trainers and Animal Behavior College.  She has been instructing pet owners and their dogs for over 30 years.  In addition, Patti has served as an executive director of a humane society for 15 years and has served as a board member for numerous animal welfare organizations. 

Patti is the founder and President of the Bichon and Little Buddies Rescue and writes a column in the national publication Front and Finish.  Patti currently trains and competes with her own dogs in obedience, agility, flyball and freestyle.  Her Bichon Frises have been nationally ranked in the top ten for Bichons in agility, obedience and flyball.  Snafu, her oldest Bichon, is the most pointed Bichon in North America in the sport of flyball. For Pet’s Sake training school uses reward based training to guide the dog and owner to a higher level of control, communication and enjoyment.

Patti's dogs include:

AG-11 Dalnavert Luvit's Dirt Devil OA, OAJ, CD, RNA, TDA, FGDCH (Snafu). Snafu is a Bichon Frise and is small in size but large in her drive to complete. Snafu has titles in agility, obedience and flyball. Her claim to fame is that Snafu is the most pointed Bichon Frise in the history of flyball over 40,000 points. She is twelve years old and is mostly retired but does compete in Teacup Agility and recently received two new titles in that venue.

U-ACHX Kirby RNA, OA, AXJ, CGC, FGDCH, HTM (Kirby). Kirby is a rescue Bichon Frise and beloved by all he meets, human and dog. He is known as the party dog because he is always ready for a good time. Kirby's claim to fame is that he is the first Bichon Frise in the world to get a Freestyle (doggy dancing) title. He is the third most pointed Bichon for flyball in North America. He loves agility, flyball, lure coursing and swimming. At eleven years old he is still competing and he would love to take up tracking in his old age.

Paisley Ann is a rescue Papillion. She is in the "under construction" stage and is learning obedience, agility and flyball. She is Patti's assistant for the Small Dog Classes and loves to demonstrate her tricks.

 

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