Owner:
Debra Jo  Chiapuzio

(714) 742-8895

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Debra Jo Chiapuzio

I have been around animals my entire life. I grew up on a couple of acres in La Habra Heights, California and thought I lived on a farm. I have had horses, cows, donkeys, goats, chickens, rabbits, ducks, hawks, cats and dogs. Fish, rodents, snake and tortoises! (I am sure I am leaving out someone.) Animals just make sense to me. They are one of the area's in which I thrive.

All I can remember doing was teaching someone to do something they weren't necessarily breed for. My donkey could run a hunter hack course and the cows you could saddle and ride. The duck thought is was a dog, the dog thought it was a human, the cat was sort confused and the goat, well the goat is a story all by himself. So I think you can get the picture.

Like all of those who have cared for multiple pets, there have been a number of extraordinary souls in my life. Personally I will never forget the likes of Puff a hamster, Tiffany a Bassett Hound, Sydney the goat, Macaroon the best horse I ever knew, a chicken with funny feathers who name I can not remember, and  Magnum a Rottweiler who emotional saved me and lived with me for a period of over ten years. (Even now I sigh to think of his commitments.)

They come and they go, there lives so much shorter then the human existences. We are fortune to have so many opportunities to love. Emma is one such advantage in my life. After adopting her I realized that she was special, a little different then my average dog. We have spent some time exploring what enriches her life and in turn I have had the most wonderful experiences in mine.

I think critter first and it is obvious they notice, including Emma. Animals  have continually expanded my live and I couldn't imagine it any other way!
 

Debra Jo Chiapuzio

This is Emma's other human, Jim

They are so the same!

Animals need training
Humans need education

There's always
more to learn

My latest adventure
 is with the
Animal Behavioral Institute

where I am currently enrolled in their
Animal Assisted Therapy Certificate Program

I am also looking for
what Knowledge I may
need for her new
following her new path of
stage and film training

I have began
CERT training

It may sound like
I am going overboard
for a dog. But my Grandmother told me education is never a waste

 It is knowledge
and  no one could  ever take that away from you

So I learn
everyday

On the greatest subject
 I have ever studied,
my dog!
 

Just be willing.