{"id":31126,"date":"2025-11-03T11:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/31126\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:38:10","slug":"carole-adamczyk-trains-service-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/31126\/","title":{"rendered":"Carole Adamczyk trains service dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0A Hillsborough County woman is involved in a several great causes including raising and training service dogs. Carole Adamczyk is the group leader for MacDill Puppy Raisers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a recent evening Adamczyk and about a dozen other volunteers from the group were at a Lowe\u2019s parking lot in Brandon training the future service dogs. Part of the training was to get the dogs to stay still at their handler\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

What You Need To Know<\/p>\n

\u00a0Carole Adamczyk leads the MacDill Puppy Raisers group<\/a>
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\u00a0Group members raise labrador service dogs for Dogs Inc
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\u00a0Adamczyk leads group training sessions twice per month
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Adamczyk has raised about a dozen of the service dogs in her home\u00a0
\nHELP PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING DOGS TO PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES: dogs inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf your dog gets up during it, just put him back in his sit again. It\u2019s okay,\u201d said Adamczyk.<\/p>\n

The dogs are all Labradors, and the organization Dogs Inc.<\/a> will place them with the person who needs a service dog. That could range from a blind or sight impaired person or a veteran with PTSD.<\/p>\n

Adamczyk facilities the real world training twice a month. That includes taking the dogs inside the Lowe\u2019s store to get them used to unfamiliar places with lots of people.<\/p>\n

Dogs can get excited about a new person coming up to them, but they are taught to stay very calm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been practicing this for a while, so they know not to lunge when somebody approaches them,\u201d said Adamczyk.<\/p>\n

Adamczyk has raised about a dozen dogs in her home including her current dog, Chloe. She demonstrated how she trained Chloe at her kitchen counter using treats and a paw pad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m training her to stay on my left-hand side because that\u2019s where we want them as they continue to grow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Adamczyk also takes Chloe for long training walks in her neighborhood using a special collar. The training is a rewarding experience when she sees her dogs make progress. \u201cAnd the first time they get it, you are overjoyed. It\u2019s wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The best part of the experience is when the dog is ready to be placed in a home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat day that you meet that person is wonderful. When they tell you they saved their life, it\u2019s amazing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0A Hillsborough County woman is involved in a several great causes including raising and training service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[767,2297,770,2296,28,115,772,2298,202,204,203,199,201,200,135],"class_list":["post-31126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-app-community","tag-app-everyday-heroes","tag-community-news","tag-everyday-hero","tag-florida","tag-news","tag-on-air-ticker-article","tag-rick-elmhorst","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}