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Dear Sam,

I'll never forget Grady. He became the store mascot at the local Barnes & Noble

I'll never forget Grady. He became the store mascot at the local Barnes & Noble

We just wanted to let you know how pleased with are with your training methods. Grady (our 2-1/2 year old Weimaraner) was rescued with the help of Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue about 18 months ago. He’s a wonderful, sweet tempered dog, but had never had any formal training and was a real puller. At 65 lbs. he was strong enough to walk Jenny instead of the other way around!

With your help, we learned along with Grady and now are quite confident that we can take him anywhere. And we do! He goes with us on hikes, short trips, and even into many businesses that previously would not allow dogs. People are always commenting on how well-trained he is and we always take that opportunity to sing your praises.

Thanks again, and best wishes for the continued success of your business.

Sincerely,

John and Jenny Edwards

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Hi Sam,

Heard about you from a man at Petsmart. He had a Weimaraner on a leash.

I’ve never seen such a well trained dog. It was wonderful.

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Sam:

Thank you for making us aware that Jack is not an aggressive dog. I realize that we were treating him as such and I was super uptight about it. However your reassurance has let me relax around him. We are enjoying our walks and romps now. His tantrums are getting weaker and occur much less frequently. I can foresee a time when they are non existent. I am so glad that we found you. If we hadn’t I am not sure that we would have kept Jack and he is

turning out to be a super dog.

Keep up the good work. We need more dog trainers like you in the world.

J M

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A breed rescue leader for a major national breed club wrote the following about Sam Basso: “I have placed over 150 dogs between the 3 rescue groups I work with since January 1999. Sam Basso has been a great source of assistance to me in rescue. He has offered his expertise as a behaviorist and trainer to my rescued dogs. This service has made all the difference in the successful placement of many of my rescues. I have referred him to many callers that have had behavioral problems and the dogs were able to stay with the owner and not be turned over to rescue, which to me is a great tribute to him, help to the dog, and success for the owner. I have seen him work and value his abilities to humanely and reasonably train a dog.” – Member of the Mastiff Club of America

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Dear Sam,

Please consider this my formal way of thanking you for an excellent lesson in behavioral training for Bumper. We will be going to Petco tomorrow (Saturday) to purchase the items you recommended and start the training.

Just to let you know; the little work that you did with Bumper has already paid off. When my wife went out to get the mail and returned, she opened the door to come inside and Bumper, who would have normally rushed out, just sat inside until my wife closed the door. Naturally, we are not going to assume that he is already trained not to run when the door is open. We will diligently work with him using your technique until we are absolutely certain that Bumper has gotten the message and obeys 100% of the time.

I also want to thank you very much for the discount you gave us. I will consider it an unintentional, but, nevertheless, a very appreciative birthday present. Today just happens to be my 75th birthday (Wow!!). So, thank you again.

You are truly a Mensch!

Sincerely,

AV

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Hi Sam,

Max and I had an incident which I wanted to tell you about. I took my sister-in -law home from our place in Canada one day. She lives here locally. Max was with me and she said that her dogs (3) would love to play with Max, so when we got to her place, her dogs came out and started jumping all over the car and (silly Me), I thought they were just excited to see my sister – she had told me that they were well behaved. After, I got the car parked I let Max out of the car and he was immediately attacked by these 3 dogs. I don’t think that I am exaggerating when I say that had Max not had his leash on and I was able to grab the leash (because they had covered Max and I couldn’t see him) and pull him out from underneath the pile of dogs that he would be dead today. I picked him up and threw him into my car where the dogs jumped on my car again.

The long and short of all this is – thanks to you (because you recommended that I always have him drag a leash when meeting new dogs), Max is alive today! THANK – YOU . Also, it is time to get busy with Max, he is such a great dog and keen to learn that I would like you to see him and see where we should go from here. My schedule for the next little while is this: this Wednesday we go away until September 3, we are then away again on September 6-9 and then vacation time will be over. I do want to get signed up for seeing you once a month, so please tell me what works with you and I’ll be there. Regarding is attack – if you have any ideas or want to see him, let me know and we will see if somehow we can meet earlier.

I hope the summer has been good for you and Dillon is doing well. Talk to you soon.

B

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Dear Sam,

This is the H___ Family, with their dog Baihana. We’d like to thank you. Your training has helped improve Baihana’s behavior greatly. She comes jogging five days a week now, and stays at a steady pace without fighting or causing trouble. A few weeks ago, she escaped. We commanded, “Sit!” at her, and immediately, she stopped in her tracks, sat down, and waited for us to come over and take the leash. Once again, thank you.

Sincerely,

The H___ family

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Perhaps you remember Toby, the German shepherd mix. Just want you to know he is doing very well. He is now three years old and thanks to your training and guidance we are still together and looking forward to our upcoming move to Florida. I fear, but for your expertise, I would not have had the confidence and knowledge to get through Toby’s terrible teens !! He is very handsome and very smart.

Thank you. RS

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