Dog mimics everything her mom does and it's absolutely adorable
You ever have a loved one who clearly takes after you? Maybe your mannerisms, your hobbies, or something else?
This Golden retriever is named Ali. She takes a lot after her mom, Daniela Carrera.
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Daniela is a dog-trainer. Throughout all her years of working with strangers’ dogs, she needed an assistant to make things easier.
Who better to communicate with dogs than another dog? Being a Golden retriever, Ali is gentle, trainable, and friendly – all things Daniela needs.
And it seems like Ali has become like Daniela in more ways than one. It’s normal for a dog to become as attached to you as you are to them. But Ali took this a step further.
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Ali copies whatever her mom is doing. She just wants to join in whenever she can.
If Daniela happens to doing stretches, Ali will show up and do stretches with her. Is Daniela doing ab workouts? Well, time for Ali to join in. Yeah, dog have no use for a 6-pack. But Ali doesn’t know or care.
She has, in a way, become Daniela’s shadow in the best way possible. Ali can even do jump rope sessions with Daniela.
Daniela takes her to Home Depot, Walmart, PetSmart, and many other places. Ali is happy to tag along, carrying bags and walking alongside Daniela. Of course, she sports a vest that shows her status as a service dog.
It’s also a testament to how smart retriever breeds are. Her mom describes her as a “Very high-energy, happy dog that always wants to please you”. I guess it’s fortunate she’s into exercise, right?
When she’s not funneling that energy into working out with mom, she’s using it to rehabilitate other dogs.
Working as a dog-trainer isn’t easy, and having an assistant can go a long way.
If faced with a particularly anti-social or aggressive dog, Daniela can count on Ali to calm them down.
“I would take these dogs that were highly aggressive. She’d let them know “I mean no harm” – Daniela said
Ali is a very well-trained service dog. That training came from none other than Daniela, and Ali has remembered a lot of what she learned.
A whole number of dogs that Daniela has worked with have changed thanks to help from Ali.
Anger management for dogs is best done with a breed that rarely gets angry. She says that letting Ali play with them and ease up their tension is particularly effective.
“Playing and socializing is a big way… because then they learn to accept their place in the pack. And there’s different ways that they communicate between each other.”
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Ali’s help has made Daniela realize how important a service dog can be.
She says her goal is to train dogs in other countries to be service dogs as well.
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Of course, the blueprint will always be the sweet and loving Ali – who now helps Daniela watch over a baby girl of her own!
Watch and listen to Daniela tell you all about Ali below. Be sure to share this article as well!
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Source: The Dodo on YouTube, Daniela Carrera (@danielacarreraw) on Instagram, ALI (@alitheservicedog) on Instagram