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By Austin Bouffard
Special to the Rappahannock News
In between the Amissville Baptist Church and the post office, a driveway leads to Averill and Ken Ring’s Mountain View Dog Training— Obedience and Agility.
On their property behind the church is a large outdoor training facility. It’s filled with different courses including jumps, see-saws, hoops, tunnels and other obstacles for dogs to learn to conquer, given the right motivation.
“Dogs are very receptive and easy to train if you know what makes them tick,” said Averill Ring.
For the past ten years, the Rings have been running Mountain View and finding out just what makes dogs tick.
“If you can motivate a dog you can teach them anything,” said Ring. “But finding out what makes some dogs tick is a real challenge. It’s not us. It’s up to the owner. If the owner can’t find what it is (that motivates their dog) then they say, ‘Well, I love my dog as a couch potato.’”
Ring, 59, confesses that she owns 12 dogs: four Australian Shephards, one Border Collie and seven Saint Bernards.
Even though some of them compete, they are all couch potatoes if the couch
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