Green Acres Kennel Shop

11/04/2026

PLEASE SHARE – Some people believe a dog training class is only for competition or working dogs and is not necessary for a pet, or companion dog. Others see training as nothing more than teaching a dog to sit and walk nicely on a leash. In my mind, dog training entails everything we need to do to ensure that our dogs can be included in our lives as much as possible and that they can have a long, enjoyable life free of fear, force, and pain. I have seen thousands of dogs since I started my career as a professional dog trainer in 1995, and the dogs that have been trained are typically the happiest and the dogs with the most freedom. – http://bit.ly/WhatIsDogTraining

11/04/2026

Your friends at Green Acres Kennel Shop and Force Free Pets are ready to help you and your dog become best friends for life.

11/03/2026

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – Moving to a new home, whether it’s across the state or across the country, is always exciting and challenging. Not only do we need to move our stuff, but we also need to get settled into a new community. In addition to finding new healthcare providers for the human members of our family, we also need to ensure that our pets will receive proper care in our new location. There is a shortage of veterinarians in most parts of the USA, so many veterinarians are NOT taking on new clients. I encourage everyone to establish a relationship with a local veterinarian soon after your move so your pet will have a veterinarian when needed. Do the same with other pet care professionals your pet may need, such as a kennel, daycare, groomer, trainer, pet sitter, or dog walker.

11/03/2026

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD—My latest Woof Meow Pet Tip at 977 (WNSX) is the first in a two part series on making the holidays enjoyable for you and your pets.

This Woof Meow Pet Tip can be found at both the ForceFreePets and Green Acres Kennel Shop blogs at the links below:
ForceFreePets – https://www.forcefreepets.com/wfmwtip-2026-11-02/
Green Acres – https://www.greenacreskennel.com/2026/11/02/the-woof-meow-pet-tip-at-star-977-with-don-hanson-2026-11-02-making-the-holidays-enjoyable-for-you-and-your-pets-part-1/

11/03/2026

PLEASE SHARE – Green Acres Kennel Shop is a pet-friendly, force-free, fear-free, and pain-free pet care facility. We meet or exceed the standards set in the Guiding Principles of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) and the 2015 behavior management guidelines of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

For more information on our Pet-Friendly philosophy go to http://www.greenacreskennel.com/blog/2006/02/01/no-pain-no-force-no-fear-green-acres-kennel-shop-position-statement-on-pet-friendly-force-free-pet-care/

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11/03/2026

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD – These five organizations all agree. The use of methods and tools that cause fear, force, or pain has no place in the management or training of a dog. They are not only unnecessary but also capable of causing irreparable harm, making their use inhumane and abusive.

• ACVB – American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
• AVSAB – American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior
• AAHA – American Animal Hospital Association
• PPAB - Pet Professional Accreditation Board
• PPG – Pet Professional Guild

11/02/2026

PLEASE SHARE – Dog training has changed dramatically in the past 30 years. While the use of aversive techniques such as choke and prong collar corrections, shock collars, alpha wolf rollovers, dominance downs, and other methods based on positive punishment and negative reinforcement were the predominant form of dog training many years ago, these methods are now considered to be both unnecessary but also counter-productive and detrimental. Many consider them to be inhumane. The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB), and the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) recommend that aversives NEVER be used. Dog training should be fun and that means it is pain-free, force-free, and fear-free. Dog training should be fun for both you and your dog. – http://bit.ly/RewardVSAversive

11/02/2026

PLEASE SHARE – How important is a dog’s breed when predicating their future behavior? Read this blog post and learn what you might want to consider about the breed before you get a dog.

http://bit.ly/DoesDogBreedMatter

10/31/2026

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10/30/2026

OUR MISSION AT GREEN ACRES:

1) To be a Pet-Friendly facility where force, fear, and pain are never used to manage or train a pet, nor are such methods or tools recommended or sold in the store. Green Acres is committed to meeting or exceeding the standards of The Pet Professional Guild (PPG) and the American Animal Hospital Association AAHA 2015 Canine and Feline Behavior Management Guidelines,

2) To Provide pets with a safe and comforting home away from home when their caretakers must be away,

3) To groom pets so that they look and feel their best,

4) To continually evaluate and offer a wide range of healthy and wholesome pet foods and quality pet supplies at fair prices,

5) To teach you about your pet and how to train them so that you become and remain best friends for life, and

6) To serve as an information resource on pet care for the greater Bangor community.