Mardi Richmond, CPDT-KA
A long-time contributor to Whole Dog Journal, Mardi Richmond is a dog trainer, writer, and the owner of Good Dog Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA. Her favorite thing in the world is working with puppies.
Latest Blog
Dogs Should Not Be Gifts!
I’ve given a few private lessons to a client who received an 8-week-old Golden Retriever puppy as a Christmas present. This man is retired, a recent graduate of cancer treatments, and lives alone. His young adult children apparently thought he needed a companion and bought him the puppy as a gift.