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My name is Emily, founder and head trainer at The Home Grown Dog.My entire life has revolved around all animals from the time I was old enough to talk, but my two true loves have always been horses and dogs. I am
Now, let's talk about my why I became a top-notch dog trainer.

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It's the year 2020 and I brought my very first puppy home expecting some work, but lots of puppy love!
Instead...I was met with shark teeth, a voice box that could match Mariah Carey and non stop tornado energy.
Cue my puppy blues and some intense feelings of "what the heck did I do"...
Sophie was the cutest bundle of crazy you ever laid eyes on but, like so many others, I was overwhelmed with the chaos I brought into my home. This very quickly launched me into the big, WIDE world of dog training.
I spent the next year and a half learning, researching and focusing heavily on raising the most balanced dog I could and in turn, fell in love with dog training.

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