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Photos from the Staten Island Advance: Staten Island Doggie Boot Camp

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Patrick, a blue-eyed, 3-year-old Shetland sheepdog, attended Doggie Boot Camp with his owner, Nancy James of Great Kills. “The dog loves to learn, and enjoys being taught,” she said.…

Staten Island Doggie Boot Camp is part obedience training, part socialization

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – FORT WADSWORTH – Canines of all breeds, ages, and temperaments descended on Von Briesen Park, off Bay Street, last Sunday afternoon, starting at 1 p.m. The hopeful owners shared some common goals: Socialization, and corrective training for beloved pets.

They arrived from all shores of Staten Island, with high expectations about free …

Class for pets, owners combines obedience training, socialization and is held Sundays

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – NORTH SHORE – Canines of all breeds, ages, and temperaments descended on Von Briesen Park, off Bay Street, in Fort Wadsworth, last Sunday afternoon, starting at 1 p.m. The hopeful owners shared some common goals: Socialization, and corrective training for beloved pets.

Dogs and their owners arrived from all shores of Staten …

Arrochar resident Alice Marino has launched a training business for canines and their owners

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – ARROCHAR – Alice Marino left her well-paying, middle-management job at a prestigious advertising agency in Manhattan more than 20 years ago and never looked back.

“I decided that if I had to work for the rest of my life, it had to be for me,” she said last week.

So she took …