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04-30-2009, 05:30 AM
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Before he showed up at the White House, Bo Obama was kept under wraps at the rural Virginia home of*Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, a veteran dog trainer who says she been deluged with attention and clients since word got out she was Bo’s trainer.
After being glowingly profiled in USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-04-28-bo-obama-trainer_N.htm) yesterday, chances are there’s only more of that ahead.
Sylvia-Stasiewicz declined to say anything about her work with Bo or her contacts with the Obamas — apparently she’s a firm believer in*dog trainer-client confidentiality — but she did note that she has been besieged by dog*lovers, the media and bloggers.
“It’s a little crazy, a little surreal,” she said. Even though she has been training pets for*rich, famous or otherwise high-profile clients for years,*Sylvia-Stasiewicz says she’s never had a reaction like Bo brought. Sylvia-Stasiewicz, who left DC five years ago for*5 acres in rural Fauquier County, has also worked with Ted Kennedy’s dogs, and one belonging to the mother of actress Sandra Bullock.
A housewife and mother of three who once took part in showing dogs as a hobby, including a Portuguese water dog, Syliva-Stasiewicz, half Portuguese herself,*turned to training dogs as a*career after a divorce. She’s the owner and founder of Merit Puppy Training (http://www.northernvirginiadogtraining.com/), and a proponent of*positive-reinforcement, which rejects chokers and harsh corrections and relies on rewards.
She*says her newfound fame won’t effect the way she does business, other than possibly leading her to add more clients and cl***es. Thanks to Obama, it seems, Sylvia-Stasiewicz got her stimulus package.
(Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
More... (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/04/30/she-knows-bo-meet-the-first-dog-trainer/)
Before he showed up at the White House, Bo Obama was kept under wraps at the rural Virginia home of*Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, a veteran dog trainer who says she been deluged with attention and clients since word got out she was Bo’s trainer.
After being glowingly profiled in USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-04-28-bo-obama-trainer_N.htm) yesterday, chances are there’s only more of that ahead.
Sylvia-Stasiewicz declined to say anything about her work with Bo or her contacts with the Obamas — apparently she’s a firm believer in*dog trainer-client confidentiality — but she did note that she has been besieged by dog*lovers, the media and bloggers.
“It’s a little crazy, a little surreal,” she said. Even though she has been training pets for*rich, famous or otherwise high-profile clients for years,*Sylvia-Stasiewicz says she’s never had a reaction like Bo brought. Sylvia-Stasiewicz, who left DC five years ago for*5 acres in rural Fauquier County, has also worked with Ted Kennedy’s dogs, and one belonging to the mother of actress Sandra Bullock.
A housewife and mother of three who once took part in showing dogs as a hobby, including a Portuguese water dog, Syliva-Stasiewicz, half Portuguese herself,*turned to training dogs as a*career after a divorce. She’s the owner and founder of Merit Puppy Training (http://www.northernvirginiadogtraining.com/), and a proponent of*positive-reinforcement, which rejects chokers and harsh corrections and relies on rewards.
She*says her newfound fame won’t effect the way she does business, other than possibly leading her to add more clients and cl***es. Thanks to Obama, it seems, Sylvia-Stasiewicz got her stimulus package.
(Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
More... (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/04/30/she-knows-bo-meet-the-first-dog-trainer/)