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Working Dogs Westmoreland is a professional working dog club dedicated to bringing together responsible dog handlers and trainers who are committed to developing highly trained reliable working dogs.

🐾 Meet Our Executive Board: Spotlight 1 of 6 🇺🇸We’re excited to introduce the six executive board members of Working Dog...
10/21/2026

🐾 Meet Our Executive Board: Spotlight 1 of 6 🇺🇸

We’re excited to introduce the six executive board members of Working Dogs Westmoreland Dog Club! Our first spotlight is on Community Board Member Paula Kruel! 👏

Paula is a trainer with Youngwood Top Dog Services who brings a lifelong love of animals and six years of experience in dog training and therapy dog training. She began her apprenticeship in September 2020, completed a K9 Specialist Certificate Program in 2021, and has earned certifications across multiple training levels and classes.

As an AKC-approved Canine Good Citizen evaluator, Paula’s training experience includes:

🐶 AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy classes
🐾 Advanced group obedience
🌳 Socialization and trail socialization
🏡 In-home training, from basic obedience to addressing reactivity and aggression
❤️ Working with shelter dogs
🤝 Helping therapy dogs and their handlers prepare to serve others

Her experience also includes dog sitting and dog walking. Through her work, Paula helps dogs and their families build confidence, strengthen communication, and develop lasting bonds.

Before becoming a dog trainer, Paula spent 25 years in healthcare, developing the patience, compassion, and problem-solving skills she brings to her training today. She is also preparing to graduate in December 2026 with high honors and an associate degree in Marketing, having earned recognition on the President’s List! 🎓

As a Community Board Member, Paula brings valuable training knowledge, creativity, and a commitment to supporting our members and the community. We’re proud to have her representing Working Dogs Westmoreland and contributing her experience as part of the Youngwood Top Dog Services training team.

Please join us in welcoming and thanking Paula! 🐾🇺🇸

Stay tuned as we introduce the rest of our executive board!

A weekend of teamwork and giving back! 🐾❤️🚜This past weekend, our Working Dogs Westmoreland team spent a volunteer day a...
10/12/2026

A weekend of teamwork and giving back! 🐾❤️🚜

This past weekend, our Working Dogs Westmoreland team spent a volunteer day at Heal Farm Sanctuary in Latrobe, an extension of Heal Animal Rescue in Youngwood.

This nonprofit relies on donations, and our team pitched in by bringing fruits and vegetables for the farm animals. We cleaned out several stalls, learned about the animals and their care, and enjoyed some time meeting and interacting with them! 🐐🐴🐷

What a wonderful place right here in our county! If you’re interested in volunteering with farm animals, please look up Heal Farm Sanctuary and learn how you can help.

I love getting together with our team like this. It gives us a chance to get to know one another better while giving back to our community. Thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, and helped make this day special! 🇺🇸🐾

🐾🇺🇸🌟 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND DOG OF THE WEEK — MEET MAX! 🌟🇺🇸🐾This week, we’re excited to introduce a very special memb...
10/12/2026

🐾🇺🇸🌟 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND DOG OF THE WEEK — MEET MAX! 🌟🇺🇸🐾

This week, we’re excited to introduce a very special member of our Working Dogs Westmoreland Service Dog Division — MAX! 🐶❤️🤍💙

Max is a 4-year-old Australian Shepherd who has a very important job! His dad proudly served our country in the United States Armed Forces, and now Max has the honor of serving his disabled veteran dad as his personal Service Dog! 🇺🇸🐾

There’s something truly special about the bond between a veteran and his Service Dog, and Max is a wonderful example of that companionship, loyalty, and dedication!

🌟 LET’S GET TO KNOW MAX! 🌟

🐾 Age: 4 years old

🐶 Breed: Australian Shepherd

🎾 Favorite Toy: His herding ball!

🥩 Favorite Food: Beef jerky!

🏡 Favorite Place to Relax: Wherever Dad is! ❤️

🤣 SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT MAX!

❤️ Max has never met a person he didn’t immediately love!

🐾 If you’re not giving Max enough attention, don’t worry — he’ll gently move your hand and place it right on his head to remind you that he’s not finished being petted!

📚 Max used to be the REAL dog that ate the homework! And apparently, homework wasn’t enough because he’s even been known to eat important vehicle title documents! 😂

🇺🇸 A SERVICE DOG WITH A PURPOSE! 🇺🇸

Max is more than just a loving companion. As a member of our Service Dog Division, he represents the incredible relationship between working dogs and the people who depend on them.

We are proud to have Max and his dad as part of our Working Dogs Westmoreland family and look forward to continuing their journey together!

🐾 INTERESTED IN JOINING WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND?

Our club is made up of dedicated handlers and their dogs who enjoy training, learning, serving others, and participating in community activities!

We have FOUR divisions within our organization:

🐕‍🦺 Service Dog Division — Supporting handlers and their working Service Dogs through continued training, education, and public-access experiences.

❤️ Therapy Dog Division — Bringing comfort, companionship, and smiles to people through visits to nursing homes, healthcare facilities, and community events.

👃 Scent Work / Nose Work Division — Developing dogs’ natural scenting abilities through tracking, scent detection, and exciting training opportunities.

🎓 Advanced Obedience / AKC Division — Helping dogs and handlers continue developing obedience, confidence, teamwork, and real-world skills.

Our club offers opportunities for qualified teams to participate in group training outings, community events, and continued education. Membership is FREE for approved teams, with an initial temperament evaluation required.

📩 Interested in becoming part of our Working Dogs Westmoreland family?

Send us a Facebook Messenger message or email us to learn more about joining one of our four divisions!

🐾 NOW LET’S SHOW MAX SOME LOVE! 🐾

Please join us in congratulating Max on being this week’s DOG OF THE WEEK! Drop a 🇺🇸 or ❤️ in the comments and help us celebrate Max and his veteran dad!

Thank you for your service, and thank you, Max, for being such a special part of our team! 🇺🇸🐾

🐾🇺🇸 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND — THIS IS WHO WE ARE! 🇺🇸🐾Did you know that Working Dogs Westmoreland is a community-based ...
10/10/2026

🐾🇺🇸 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND — THIS IS WHO WE ARE! 🇺🇸🐾

Did you know that Working Dogs Westmoreland is a community-based dog club with FOUR different divisions?

We are a growing group of dedicated dog owners, handlers, trainers, and volunteers who share a passion for working with our dogs, continuing their education, and making a positive difference throughout our communities!

🐕 OUR FOUR DIVISIONS:

🐾 1. THERAPY DOG DIVISION ❤️

Our Therapy Dog teams visit nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities, community events, and other locations to bring comfort, smiles, and companionship to those who need it most!

🐾 2. SERVICE DOG DIVISION 🦮

Our Service Dog division supports handlers and their dogs through continued education, training opportunities, public access practice, and community outings. Service Dogs are individually trained to perform specific tasks that assist their handlers with disabilities.

🐾 3. SCENT WORK & NOSE WORK DIVISION 👃🐕

Put your dog’s incredible nose to work! This division focuses on scent detection, tracking, mental stimulation, and developing your dog’s natural searching abilities through fun and challenging activities.

🐾 4. ADVANCED OBEDIENCE & AKC DIVISION 🎓

For dogs and handlers who want to take their training to the next level! This division focuses on advanced obedience, AKC activities, continued socialization, real-world training, and strengthening the relationship between dogs and their handlers.

🇺🇸 WHAT MAKES OUR CLUB SPECIAL?

✅ FREE club membership!

✅ Community outings and training opportunities.

✅ Opportunities to volunteer and give back.

✅ Continued education for dogs and handlers.

✅ A supportive community of people who love working with their dogs!

🐕 INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM?

All prospective canine members must complete and pass an approved temperament evaluation and meet our club’s membership requirements.

Youngwood Top Dog Services can assist you with getting your dog temperament tested and taking the first steps toward joining our team!

📩 WANT MORE INFORMATION?

Send us a Facebook Messenger message right here on the Working Dogs Westmoreland page!

📧 Email: [email protected]

🐾 You can also contact Youngwood Top Dog Services to schedule your dog’s temperament evaluation.

🇺🇸 FOUR DIVISIONS. ONE TEAM. ONE MISSION.

Whether your passion is therapy work, service dogs, scent work, or advanced obedience, there may be a place for you and your dog at Working Dogs Westmoreland!

🐾 Come grow, learn, train, and serve alongside us!

Congratulations to all the graduates‼️ Please check out Top Dog for all your Dog Training Needs!!💯🔥🐾‼️
10/06/2026

Congratulations to all the graduates‼️ Please check out Top Dog for all your Dog Training Needs!!💯🔥🐾‼️

🚋🐾 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND TAKES ON THE TROLLEY MUSEUM! 🐾🚋Our Working Dogs Westmoreland team had a fantastic time visi...
10/05/2026

🚋🐾 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND TAKES ON THE TROLLEY MUSEUM! 🐾🚋

Our Working Dogs Westmoreland team had a fantastic time visiting the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington County!

We absolutely LOVE getting together with our teams for fun and unique training opportunities like this. Experiences like these give our dogs valuable real-world exposure to new environments, different sounds, crowds, movement, unfamiliar surroundings, and plenty of distractions.

But these outings are about so much more than training our dogs. ❤️

One of the things we’re most proud of is the growing family and support system we’ve created within Working Dogs Westmoreland. Our members get to train together, learn from one another, encourage each other, make memories, and just enjoy spending time together with our dogs.

That sense of community is a huge part of what our club is all about!

🐕 Interested in joining Working Dogs Westmoreland?

If you and your dog are interested in participating in one of our four divisions, send us a Facebook message or email us!

🇺🇸 Service Dog Division
❤️ Therapy Dog Division
👃 Scent Work / Nose Work Division
🐕‍🦺 Advanced Obedience / AKC Division

📧 [email protected]

Come train, learn, explore, and become part of the Working Dogs Westmoreland family! 🇺🇸🐾

🦁🐘🐒 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND TAKES ON THE ZOO! This past weekend, members of Working Dogs Westmoreland had an incredibl...
10/02/2026

🦁🐘🐒 WORKING DOGS WESTMORELAND TAKES ON THE ZOO!

This past weekend, members of Working Dogs Westmoreland had an incredible opportunity to take our dogs to the Pittsburgh Zoo for a very unique real-world training experience!

We couldn’t be prouder of how well our dogs and handlers did! 👏🐾

A zoo provides exposure that is extremely difficult to recreate in a traditional training environment. Throughout our visit, our teams worked around:

🐘 New and unusual animal sights and smells
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Large crowds of adults and children
🐕 Other working dogs and distractions
🔊 Loud and unexpected noises
🚶 Constant pedestrian traffic
🛒 Strollers, wagons and mobility equipment
🌳 Changing indoor and outdoor environments
⏳ Extended periods of walking, waiting and settling
🐒 Movement and sounds from animals they may have never experienced before

Most importantly, our handlers practiced keeping their dogs focused, engaged and under control while experiencing something completely new.

These types of outings help build confidence, neutrality, obedience, handler communication and appropriate behavior in real-world environments. Every successful exposure gives our dogs another experience to build upon!

We had a wonderful day together, and we are incredibly proud of every team that participated! 🇺🇸🐾

Interested in becoming part of Working Dogs Westmoreland?

We currently have FOUR branches for our members:

🐕‍🦺 Therapy Dogs
🦮 Service Dogs
👃 Scent Work / Nose Work
🎓 Advanced Obedience / AKC

If you are interested in joining our team and having your dog evaluated to see which branch may be a good fit, we would love to hear from you!

📩 Send us a message right here on Facebook

📧 Email: [email protected]

Working Dogs Westmoreland 🇺🇸🐾
Training together. Serving our community. Building better teams.

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5256 US 30 STE 276
Greensburg, PA
15601

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