Marjorie Lineweber
My Dog's Place LLC
Stonington, CT
About
Since childhood, Marge Lineweber’s life has been filled with animals. She was raised with an assortment of animals from reptiles, rabbits, sheep, and horses to dogs and cats. Marge’s love and respect for animals lead her to work in a veterinary practice, where she served as a veterinary technician for over 5 years. Her passion for dog training was realized when her Gordon Setter Java helped her find positive reinforcement training. While fulfilling Java’s love for socializing through doggie daycare at My Dog’s Place, Marge began to learn that dog training without force was possible, and the world of positive reinforcement training opened up to her and Java. Marge began to soak up all she could about positive training by reading books, taking classes, attending seminars, and apprenticing with established trainers. She does believe that the greatest teachers of all have been her dogs, “they tell us everything we need to know about training, we just need to listen." Marge now shares her life with Pike (an Australian Shepherd), Kade (a Gordon Setter), Frye (an English Setter), Surf (an Irish Red & White Setter) and Burger (also an English Setter) . Together they enjoy agility, water sports, frisbee, flyball, pet therapy, rally obedience, scent, and search work, but most of all just the pleasure of each other's company. Her previous dogs were Java (a Gordon Setter), Summit (an English Setter), Ares (an Australian Shepherd), Fyssher (an Irish Red and White Setter), Derby (a Red Irish Setter), River (an Australian Shepherd) and Noodle (a pointer mix) who were all instrumental in their own special way in bringing Marge new learning experiences and changing the course of her life. They are all greatly missed and lovingly remembered every day. Marge has owned and managed My Dog’s Place since 2002. She is very closely involved in the day to day activities of the business; conducting daycare interviews, training and supervising staff, setting class schedules and curriculums, and handling client communications. As one of the facilities instructors, Marge enjoys all aspects of positive reward training with dogs. She teaches Puppy Primer, Companion Dog Fundamental, Companion Dog Essentials, Companion Dog Advance, Canine Good Citizen, Therapy Dog, Retrieving, Scent work, Thinking Dog, Basic Frisbee Skills, and Canine Water Sports. Marge is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers , a Certified Pet Dog Trainer, an AKC approved Canine Good Citizen Evaluator , a founding member of Canine Water Sports as well as a Canine Water Sports Judge and a Certified Professional Animal Care Provider .
Specialties
Agility | Canine Fitness Classes | CGC Training | Clicker Training | Group Training | In-Home Training | Puppy Classes | Reactivity | Trick Training
Contact
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Experience: 25 years
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