Eleasha Gall, CPDT      APDT, IAABC, IPDTA

She started her training career in South New Jersey at the Ocean City Humane Society in the mid-1980’s.  After learning some training techniques she continued to assisit with any trainer she could find.  After a few years she also tried out dog grooming but found training was her passion.

In the early 1990’s she started volunteering with various pet rescue groups and started the Bucks County chapter of the English Bulldog Rescue.

After moving to North New Jersey Eleasha found numerous rescue groups to volunteer with.  She fostered over 100 dogs and 30 cats with Animal Allies, People for Animals and Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue.  She also raised 2 litters of puppies having them housetrained and knowing their basic commands by the time they went to their new homes at 8 weeks old.  She also visited the Chicago Shedd Aquarium and had a chance to work with their beluga whales.

In 2003 Eleasha opened Sit. Stay. Play! Dog Training and Day Care in Union,NJ.  This was Union Countys first dog trianing and day care facility.  The day care was quickly booked to capacity and there were 10 weekly group training classes.  Over 50 dog attained their Canine Good Citizen award, over 30 dogs went on to be Therapy Dogs. Hundreds of puppies and adult dog attened training classes learning to be great pets.  Many pets who would have been given up or put down were given a new lease on life.

She attends at least 100 hours of seminars and training classes every year in order to keep up with new methods and techiniques.  A traditional trainer originally, Eleasha switched over to the clicker method in about 2000.  Amazed with the speed and reliability it provided she had to relearn dog training but is glad she did. 

Eleasha has now moved back to Bucks County and has brought with her the knowledge to help out local families have the dogs they always dreamed of.

 

Eleasha is insured and bonded by Business Insurers of the Carolinias

The story of Monster

In January of 2009 I went to my volunteer job at Bucks County SPCA in Lahaska, PA.  Little did I know that this day there would be something different to see.  A little Australian Cattle Dog puppy name Reggie.  He had been sitting at the shelter for 3 weeks.  Upon getting to the shelter I went down the row of kennels and looked for the first dog I would work with.  That's when I saw the dog I did not want to work with.  A Cattle Dog puppy given up by his owners right before Christmas.  I had two Cattle dogs and they both passed away suddenly within 9 months of each other.  Quite an awful thing to go through and I never wanted to see another Cattle Dog.

So I convinced one of the other volunteers to take him out while I took out other dogs.  All was well until the other volunteer had some questions to ask about his behavior.  We went in the interview room and I fell in love.  I couldn't touch him because he just bit my hands if they came close to him.  He didn't want to be cuddled(obviously) and went after the door any time another dog walked by.  What's not to like, right?

I went home that day and tried to talk myself into forgetting about this little bundle.  It was January, he had dog issues, it was not a good time to housetrain or socialize, I was pet sitting for a friend...I went 4 days later and put in my adoption application.

So it took a day to find out if I was approved so I only one person.  No one at work or any of my other friends had a clue.  Saturday came, I found out I was approved and I picked him up on Sunday!  We immediately went to a shelter sponsored puppy class and with much relief to the rest of the class I kept him away from the other puppies.  I was sure he would at the very least scare them so I kept everyone safe.

On the ride home I couldn't get him into the crate so I just put him in the back seat where he proceeded to go to the bathroom.  Once we were home he went after the other dogs and when I did put him in the crate he would potty, bark and cry.  He drank all of the water every time it was put down and could jump over all gates(yes up to 4 feet high).  He was an untrained puppy and this was a lot to take in but because people had failed him up to this point, what did I expect?

So the first order of business was to get him loving being crated.  I used the video Crate Games and within an hour this little guy was running into any open crate and hanging out.  Not calmly because that just wasn't in his vocabulary yet.  But he did enjoy being in the crate.  Slowly but surely I worked up to being able to shut the crate and then leave the house.  Being able to have him in a crate would make all the difference in his life.  He could now travel safely in the car, visit friends houses and go on vacations and stay in hotels.