Be Free Dogs - Dog Training in South Florida

Be Free Dogs is a dog training facility that evaluates each specific dog and owner dynamic.  This facility is dedicated to making sure you and your pet have the best quality of life.  This training facility works with you and your dog to make sure your dog is obedient as possible.  Has your dog ever tugged you down the street?  Be Free Dogs trains your dog how to walk by your side on a leash or without one.  It is time to be stress free and have a loving and well behaved dog to come home to.


Be Free Dogs offers 3 different services:

Be Free Pups Foundation Package -- People are constantly asking us “When’s a good time to start training my puppy?” Our answer is always “NOW!!”  Dogs are constantly learning.  If you are not shaping their behavior now, their environment will.  Avoid annoying behaviors and get your pup on a super start with our incredible puppy package.  Learn how to establish a special bond with your puppy and teach him/her the imperative skills needed to become a mannerly well adjusted pet in just four-sessions.  Your puppy will learn house manners, how to walk nicely on a leash, potty training, how to select appropriate items to chew on, not to bolt out of doors, not to jump, to sit-stay, relaxation exercises, to come when called every time, and much, much more! This package is designed for puppies aged 9 weeks to 5 months. This is real training with real results. 

The Be Free Four-Footed Family Member -- Here’s how to get your dog to listen to you, in the house and around your neighborhood immediately!!  This is a package that contains the vital skills needed to teach your dog to be a well mannered, well adjusted dog that every one loves to be around.  Learn imperative communication skills that every top dog trainer uses and get incredibly quick results with this five-session package.  Teach your dog how to walk on a loose leash, hold a sit-stay, never to bolt out of your door again, not to jump, relax in relaxed settings, come when called every single time OFF LEASH, and much, much more!  Increase the quality of life for you and your dog! This easy to learn, safe and fun package works on all breeds. This package is designed for dogs over 5 months.  This is real training with real results. 

Personalized Packages – These sessions allow you to focus and correct problems for which you may need special assistance.  Whether it’s tricks and performance, competition obedience, or behavior problems such as potty training, aggression, and more… we can tailor a package specific to your dog.  You tell us what you want.

Located at:  2750 SW 116 Ave Suite 109, Miramar, FL 

(786) 419-3647

ARF - Animal Kindness Radio Show

Tune in every Thursday morning at 10 a.m. on WPBR-AM to hear a variety of topics on animals.  From dogs to cats, to even horses, this radio show is for pet owners to learn more about animal kindness. Topics include  pet insurance, natural horsemanship, and the effect that domestic violence has on animals.  The show is sponsored by Animal Kindness Unit of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and can be streamed at www.wpbr1340am.com.  

The program ARF is hosted by Boynton Beach resident Barbara Masi. Although the show started in June, it still lacks a large audience. Masi and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office are working hard to  educate the public on how to care for their animals.  Masi has been rescuing and rehabilitating greyhounds throughout the year, but she has been working hard to learn more about other animals.  According to Masi, she just wants people to learn how to treat their animal with kindness.


According to the Palm Beach Post, Masi works with Laura Danowski of Heads-Up Media to find equestrian topics. They are always looking for interesting guests as well as sponsors. Listeners with a sponsor or story idea can call Masi at (561)688-3981 or e-mail her at animalkindness@pbso.org. Anyone who wants to call during the show can call (561) 533-6134 . Callers outside Palm Beach County can dial (866) 936-9727.

Pornstars for Pups

On Friday and Saturday night,  Off the Hookah in West Palm Beach is holding the most entertaining charity of the year.  Hosted by Ron Jeremy, provocative penthouse pets will be posing with their pets on Clematis Street.  The charity will be raising funds and awareness to several animal shelters throughout the country.  Pornstars For Puppies has been hosting parties and events where penthouse girls have been selling autograph photos of them posing with their pets.  

According to Fox News, "They garnered fame as "Penthouse Pets" but now the men’s magazine centerfolds have opted for a different approach and are posing with their pets — all in the name of charity." If you live around West Palm Beach and you like puppies or pornstars, this event is for you!  It will be a lot of fun and all the money will be raised to help numerous dogs.  A large portion of the money that is raised will go to the Peggy Adams Animal Shelter in West Palm Beach. 


Friday at  7:00 pm and Saturday at 4:00 pm.


Location: 
OFF THE HOOKAH WPB

314 CLEMATIS STREET

West Palm Beach, FL

Palm Beach Zoo

The Palm Beach Zoo is located in West Palm Beach and is one of the most well respected zoos in the state of Florida. It houses over 1,400 animals on 23 acres of land. Numerous programs happen each day as well as many seasonal events. One of the daily shows is Wings over Water, which has 20 trained birds put on display their skills in both a majestic and funny fashion. The Wild Things Show features New Guinea singing dogs and an African pygmy hedgehog. Both events happen once daily, at either 11am, noon, or 1pm.

The zoo also takes part in many different conservation programs. They help with sea turtle restoration, work in Argentina to save jaguars, help in Baja California to save the pronghorn, and have helped more than quadruple the beach mouse population. On November 20th and 21st the zoo is celebrating the Year of the Tiger in which they "will be celebrating the arrival of Berapi, a female Malaysian tiger that is to be paired with our resident male, Mata,"according to the Palm Beach Zoo. Crafts, live music, and roaming animal encounters will be on display for the event which is from 10am to 4pm those two days.

For adults admission is $16.95 and $11.95 for children from 3-12. The zoo is open every day except for Thanksgiving and Christmas from 9am to 5pm. Be sure to visit!

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

The Gumbo Limbo Nature center is a project in Boca Raton that was founded in 1984. It consists of a protected barrier island that provides care for many rare and endangered species of plants and animals. More than 100,000 people visit the island each year to learn about the many things it has to offer. The nature center features four outdoor seawater tanks; the Mangrove Tank, the Reef Tank, the Shark and Ray Tank, and the Sea Turtle Tank. " All the animals in our sea tanks represent our local marine enviorments,"according to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.

Green Sea Turtle

Also on the island is a 1/4 mile boardwalk trail. It displays an ecosystem that once covered all of Florida. The types of plants and trees are the driving feature of the trail, with such life like grey foxes and red-bellied woodpeckers also being sighted every once in a while. The biggest project behind the nature center is the sea turtle conservation program they have. Florida's beaches supply important nesting beaches for species like the green and leatherback turtles. Every species of sea turtle in the world is either threatened or endangered which makes this project all that more important. This year they opened a sea turtle rehabilitation center, and since then have saved and released more than 150 sea turtles that were once stranded. 

The Gumbo Limbo Nature center is located on North Ocean Boulevard in Boca Raton. They are open Monday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm and on Sundays from 12pm to 4pm. 

Animal Grossology

Palm Beach Daily News

If you love learning gross stuff about science then head to the South Florida Science Museum sometime before January 9th to see the new Animal Grossology exhibit. It's an interactive exhibit aimed at both kids and adults to teach us about the more disgusting side of nature. "Through Animal Grossology, kids and adults alike can learn the biology behind snail slime, fly vomit (yuck!), the blood cravings of leeches and more," says the Palm Beach Daily News.

One of the exciting things created for it is an interactive station in which you crawl through a submarine type display and through the windows look out to see facts about certain sea creatures. "The sea cucumber, for example, will sometimes expel sticky portions of its primitive respiratory system to try to fend off a predator." The exhibit is based on the children's line of Grossology books written by Sylvia Branzei. It appears the disgusting side of nature is more appealing than it seems.


The South Florida Science Museum features over 50 exhibits, a planetarium, both freshwater and saltwater aquariums, and a few natural history exhibitions. 

No more cruelty to dogs!

Palm Beach Post

This past summer was a rough one for dogs. Record numbers of them were picked up from homes after being chained outside without food, water, or shelter. In Palm Beach County it is illegal to chain dogs outside between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. If the temperature reaches 90 degrees you must supply food, water, and shelter for your dog. According to the Palm Beach Post, in an average summer two to three dogs are found a week that are taken from their owners. This summer in one two week stretch almost 30 dogs were saved from their terrible lifestyle stuck in the heat.

One such incident occurred when a female pit bull that was nearly two years old was found one day baking in the 91 degree heat. What should have been a healthy 40 pound dog instead was found at a mere 10 pounds in a wired cage with no food or water. She managed to survive thanks to Animal Care and Control, though she has intestinal parasites and a skin disorder. Five other dogs were seized at the same house that day as well. The owners will face animal cruelty charges.

Animal Care and Control is the first agency in the southeast and second in the nation to become fully accredited by the Humane Society of the United States.