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Understand A Growling Dog

By Susan Sharpe on Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Canine Companion conducts dog training classes in Fort Wayne, Huntington and surrounding communities and behavior consulting nationwide.  Along with their combined 30 years experience and endorsement by national organizations, the lead trainers are graduates of Purdue University’s DOGS! Program and have earned the title of Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers... Read More...

Turn “Be a Millionaire Day” into Reality

By Lamont Neal on Sunday, May 13th, 2012

If you look hard enough, you can find many obscure holidays, but few of them can instantly capture people’s interest as much as Be a Millionaire Day, which is “celebrated” on May 20. While amassing a million dollars may not be as significant a milestone as it used to be, most of us would still feel pleased if we could someday attain “millionaire” status... Read More...

Training Never Ends

By Susan Sharpe on Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Canine Companion conducts dog training classes in Fort Wayne, Huntington and surrounding communities and behavior consulting nationwide.  Along with their combined 30 years experience and endorsement by national organizations, the lead trainers are graduates of Purdue University’s DOGS! Program and have earned the title of Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers... Read More...

Think of Lifetime Financial Moves

By Lamont Neal on Saturday, April 28th, 2012

If you’re a mother, you’ll probably get some nice cards and flowers on Mother’s Day. But of course, your greatest gifts are your children themselves. And since you want to see them happy and financially secure, perhaps you can use this Mother’s Day as an opportunity to consider ways to help your children at various stages of their lives... Read More...

Choose The Right Collar To Walk Your Dog

By Susan Sharpe on Friday, April 20th, 2012

Canine Companion conducts dog training classes in Fort Wayne, Huntington and surrounding communities with behavior consulting nationwide.  Along with their combined 30 years experience and endorsement by national organizations, the trainers are all graduates of Purdue University’s DOGS! Program and have earned the title of Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers... Read More...

Earth Day Lessons Can Apply to Investors

By Lamont Neal on Sunday, April 15th, 2012

April 22 is Earth Day. Started in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day is designed to create awareness of the Earth’s environment and to encourage conservation efforts. If you and your family participate in Earth Day events, such as helping clean up a local park or taking materials to a recycling center, you know the benefits of doing your part to improve your surroundings... Read More...

Fleas, Ticks and Mosquitoes

By Susan Sharpe on Friday, April 6th, 2012

Canine Companion conducts dog training classes in Fort Wayne, Huntington and surrounding communities and behavior consulting nationwide.  Along with their combined 30 years experience and endorsement by national organizations, the lead trainers are graduates of Purdue University’s DOGS! Program and have earned the title of Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers... Read More...

Early IRA Funding Can Pay Off over Time

By Lamont Neal on Thursday, March 29th, 2012

You’ve got until April 17 to contribute to your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for the 2011 tax year. That’s not a lot of time, but if you have some money available, and you haven’t completely funded your IRA for 2011, consider doing so before the deadline. And once you’ve “maxed out” on your IRA for last year, why not get a jump on 2012?
           Actually, you could have started contributing to your 2012 IRA as early as Jan... Read More...

You Talk Too Much

By Susan Sharpe on Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Canine Companion conducts dog training classes in Fort Wayne, Huntington and surrounding communities and behavior consulting nationwide.  Along with their combined 30 years experience and endorsement by national organizations, the lead trainers are graduates of Purdue University’s DOGS! Program and have earned the title of Certified Pet Dog Trainer through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers... Read More...

Help with College Funding & Estate-plan

By Lamont Neal on Friday, March 16th, 2012

Now that another school year is drawing to a close, your young children are a step closer to the day when they?ll be heading off to college. Of course, as you?re probably aware, higher education doesn?t come cheap ? and the costs seem to continuously climb. You can help your children ? or even your grandchildren ? meet these expenses by investing in a 529 plan... Read More...

Bringing Home A Puppy

By Susan Sharpe on Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Canine Companion conducts dog training classes in Fort Wayne, Huntington, Columbia City and surrounding communities and behavior consulting nationwide.  Along with their combined 30 years experience and endorsement by national organizations, the trainers are all graduates of Purdue University’s DOGS! Program and have earned the title of “Certified Pet Dog Trainer” through the Association of Pet Dog Trainers... Read More...

Become Familiar With These 5 Key Areas

By Lamont Neal on Monday, March 5th, 2012

As an investor, what are your goals? You can probably think of quite a few — but over the course of your lifetime, your objectives typically will fall into five key categories. And once you’re familiar with these areas, you can start thinking of what they’ll mean to you in terms of your financial and investment strategies... Read More...

Is Your Dog Stubborn?

By Susan Sharpe on Friday, February 24th, 2012

 

When owners talk about their dogs the phrase “He is so stubborn” is often heard.  These dogs are not being stubborn.  They are under motivated.  Why should he do what you have asked?  Dogs are self-centered.  What is in for him?  If there is no motivation to perform a task, no one wants to do it, including our dogs... Read More...

Put Power of Tax Deferral to Work

By Lamont Neal on Friday, February 17th, 2012

As an investor, you may sometimes feel frustrated. After all, your portfolio seems to be at the mercy of the financial markets, whose volatility is beyond anyone’s control. Yet you can control the quality of the investments you own and the diversification of those investments to improve your chances of attaining your long-term financial goals... Read More...

Is Your Dog a Thief?

By Susan Sharpe on Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Does your dog steal things and run through the house, running right past you with that “ha ha look what I’ve got, catch me if you can” look in his eyes?  He has learned what gets your attention and he’s doing it.  He knows that playing with his own toys doesn’t get the same reaction, but pick up something of yours and the game is on! 

Dogs love to be chased and quickly learn to initiate a game of chase by grabbing socks from the laundry, a Kleenex out of the trash or shoes from the closet... Read More...