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Longtime Southampton Animal Shelter Dogs Get Special Training, Become More Adoptable

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Shinnecock residents at the billboard construction site on the southern side of Sunrise Highway, off the eastbound lanes, Saturday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Shinnecock residents at the billboard construction site on the southern side of Sunrise Highway, off the eastbound lanes, Saturday. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Trainer Sergei Emmerich helps a longtime shelter dog at the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation train to become a Canine Good Citizen through the American Kennel Club. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Trainer Sergei Emmerich helps a longtime shelter dog at the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation train to become a Canine Good Citizen through the American Kennel Club. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Trainer Sergei Emmerich helps a longtime shelter dog at the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation train to become a Canine Good Citizen through the American Kennel Club. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Trainer Sergei Emmerich helps a longtime shelter dog at the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation train to become a Canine Good Citizen through the American Kennel Club. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Southampton High School Principal Dr. Brian Zahn addresses the crowd at the 2014 graduation ceremony on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

Southampton High School Principal Dr. Brian Zahn addresses the crowd at the 2014 graduation ceremony on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

Dancers performed before guests headed into the dining area. MICHELLE TRAURING

Dancers performed before guests headed into the dining area. MICHELLE TRAURING

Westhampton Beach Junior Emma Sloan is hoping to raise awareness of the dangers of eating disorders at her high school. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Westhampton Beach Junior Emma Sloan is hoping to raise awareness of the dangers of eating disorders at her high school. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

authorAmanda Bernocco on Aug 9, 2017
Bundles, a 6-year-old gray pit bull terrier, was on a leash, calmly sitting to the left of his handler, Derrick Nash, on Sunday at the Southampton Animal Shelter, when a... more

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