At Crossbones, we have an unusual item on our group class “required equipment” list: an edible chew or enrichment toy. After many years of teaching group classes (Katherine started back in 2007!), we realized it’s difficult for owners to manage their dogs and listen to the instructor at the same time. To set everyone up for success, we now coach owners to bring something tasty that […]
New year, new name. (Same shade of orange.) New for 2019: Spring Forth Dog Academy is now Crossbones Dog Academy!
So much has changed since Dan and I chose our business name “Spring Forth” in 2010. It was a play on words (think Springer Spaniel) accompanied by my pencil drawing of Tessie jumping. The logo was very personal.
Crossbones is a business name and logo combination I originally came up with in 2013. For a period of time, […]
I’m Katherine Ostiguy, and my company is Spring Forth Dog Academy, located in Providence, RI’s historic Jewelry District. This is a bit of a leap from our roots in the suburbs of Boston, but I’ve been training dogs in Providence for over a year now. It didn’t take me long to fall in love with the city.
I have been training dogs professionally since 2007, but started out by training our family pet, Tessie, to do just about everything under the sun: agility, […]