Pet-U-Cation Training & Rehabilitation Services, LLC

07/10/2025

Sluggo and sidechick Belle (if Hyena asks, you never saw em!)

07/07/2025

Oso ♡ It's been a blast seeing him come out of his shell! The ones that take weeks or even months to win over always pay the biggest emotional paychecks!

07/01/2025

Ginny was one of a kind; her humans were responsible for making sure so many others got to experience the joy and humor she brought into every situation. One of the funniest, most heartwarming moments of my career was when they dressed her up like me for Halloween, orange/red hair, treat pouch, cross-bodied leashes slung and all. Her *ahem* enthusiasm 🙃 for squeaky toys brought them to PuC, our shared love for training and advocacy for dogs kept them here for a long time. Thank you for including us all in what was a one of a kind experience and lesson in how well a dog can love unconditionally ♡ We will never forget Miss Ginny. ♡

05/05/2025

Hi my name is Harry Styles and I'm here 4 training plz

03/24/2025

Welcome to the , Diesel! He belongs to one of our neighbors here at the center and we can't wait to get to know him better and help him learn all of the skills he needs to be the best boy he can be!

03/17/2025

I love puppy class. This dude just gave up mid treat search and laid down. Head buried completely. Over it.

03/05/2025

Another that doesn't know he's different!

03/04/2025

Another one of our tripods came in for a leash lesson today! These dudes have no idea they're a leg short.

02/14/2025

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

For years, fluoxetine (Prozac) has been pushed as the answer to behavioral problems in dogs. Veterinary behaviorists and force-free advocates love to cite “science-backed” studies to justify long-term medication use. But here’s a big problem, most of these studies are flawed, biased, and rely almost entirely on owner-reported data.
Take, for example, the 2009 study on fluoxetine for compulsive disorders in dogs (Irimajiri et al., J Am Vet Med Assoc). It claimed fluoxetine helped, yet the only improvement came from owners’ OPINIONS, not actual behavioral measurements. When researchers looked at objective data the dogs’ actual behavior logs they found NO SIGNIFICANT difference between the medicated and placebo groups. But guess which result gets cited?🤫
How about the 2007 study on fluoxetine for separation anxiety (Simpson et al., Veterinary Therapeutics). The conclusion? Fluoxetine was effective … but only when paired with a structured behavior modification plan. And yet, thousands of dogs are medicated without any meaningful training, as if a pill can replace actual learning.
Sad reality is that Dogs are being drugged, not rehabilitated.
Ask any serious trainer what happens when they get a dog that’s been on fluoxetine for years. They take the dog off the meds, implement a sound training plan, and SHOCKINGLY the dog improves.
Not because fluoxetine “worked,” but because the dog finally got what it needed: clarity and proper training.
Yet, the AVSAB keeps pushing these medications while dismissing legitimate training as “aversive” or “outdated.” They’d rather chemically suppress behavior than actually address it.
The real question isn’t whether fluoxetine has some effect but why so many dogs improve when you REMOVE the drug and train them properly?!!!
Behavioral change comes from learning, not sedation. It’s time to stop pretending otherwise.
I know I am not the only one noticing that dogs on fluoxetine don’t get better - they just get dull.
The dog isn’t learning or adapting, just becoming more passive.
This can actuallY DELAY proper rehabilitation, because the dog’s emotions and responses are chemically suppressed rather than modified through learning.
Thinking about making a solo podcast to talk about the dog I have in training right now, one of the many that end up euthanized after YEARS of being on SSRI’s and the pandemic of prescribing psychotropics like flea medication

12/02/2024

What a HUGE change in this girl from the start of her course to passing her test on the 7th week! It's been a blast to have Macy attend day training and day care over the last few weeks too. Her humans are so dedicated to her training and it really shows!

11/09/2024

"Homework for week 3. I have never enjoyed walking a dog as much as I have the last 2 days. This is amazing! Thank you!"

~ Kristin & Macy, current Canine Good Citizen course participants

You get out what you put in, Kristin & Macy are a great example of this!!

Our next round is taking enrollments now, email [email protected] for more details.

10/28/2024

"Hi I have an appointment 2 b trained plz!"