Local Service Dog To Help Autistic Child

April 1, 2011 - PRLog -- About The School

The Sanzone School of Dog Training has been serving the Chicagoland area for over 10 years.  Specializing in far more than just dog training, the Sanzone School is a full-service firm offering the following: private and group lessons, bootcamp, boarding, personal-protection training, yoga, accessories, food and supplements, networking services, adoptions and sales, and a television show.  The overall vision and goal of the Sanzone School is to provide our customers with all the tools needed to give them and their dog a safe and happy life.  

Biography

The founder, Toriano Sanzone, is a professional trainer, author, dog behaviorist, and motivational speaker. He has traveled the world researching and developing some of the best dog training techniques available. He offers his services in hopes of fulfilling his dream: to live in a world with 45 million trained dog owners, and 45 million trained dogs.  His expertise is vast in all things dog related.  This expertise inspired him to write a book about training and raising a dog, titled “The Wolfkeeper.”  

His experience and credentials include: Volunteering training services for local animal shelters, creating of 12 doggy yoga maneuvers, creating of training programs for various facilities, and being awarded dog trainer of the year in 2007, 2008, and 2009 by the Personal Protection Dog Association.

Objective

The objective of this media kit is two-fold: to inform you of the current endeavors the Sanzone School is em”bark”ing on and to offer the opportunity to advertise through us, specifically the television show.    

Other Endeavors

In addition to the services listed above, The Sanzone School is currently in the process of training a service dog for a local child suffering from autism, epilepsy, and other disabilities (see press release). It is our opinion that endeavors like this are among the most important of all the services we provide.  We aim to help more than just this one child by using this story to boost autism awareness, and also spread the word to parents of autistic children that options like this exist.


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Local service dog to help autistic child

AURORA, Illinois – April 1, 2011 – A local family has been fund-raising to get their son an autism service dog.  Erik Bailey, 7, was diagnosed with low-functioning autism, sensory integration, and seizure disorder in 2008.  The family has been struggling both financially and physically to address the special needs brought on by the disorder.  Through a bowl-a-thon and candy bar sale, they have managed to raise enough money to purchase a service dog.

Toriano Sanzone, local trainer, will be preparing the autism service dog for the Bailey family.  Through a combination of intensive training, and positive energy therapy, the dog will assist in keeping track of Erik’s location, alerting the family during or even before a seizure, and helping his overall social development.

“I believe getting this dog for Erik will really help him to have a more fulfilling, somewhat normal life.  For him and for us.  This means everything to our family,” said mother Stacie Bailey.  Since Erik could walk, it has been a struggle to keep him from trying to get out of the house.  They must constantly keep the doors locked and repair locks when they are broken.  “Erik is fascinated by doors, windows, locks, garage doors, elevators.  He just loves these things,” she added.

Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder effecting nearly 1% of children today.  The disorder hinders social development, creates communication difficulties, causes repetitive behaviors, and often brings on seizures.  Though there has been an increase in autism awareness over the past few years, there is still a tremendous amount that is not known about the disorder.  While there is no known cure, there are many programs and other tools that can improve the life of a child with autism, including a professionally trained service dog.

“It really means a lot to me that they have entrusted us with this task,” commented trainer Sanzone. “They could have gone to any trainer in Chicago.  I look forward to the opportunity to help improve the life of this child.

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