Second Chance at Life with Rodney Little | The James Protin Podcast

“All the Kings horses, and all the Kings men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again.”

I’m sure you recognize that well-known nursery rhyme from your childhood but our guest this we experienced it in real life. 
While riding his motorcycle, he was the victim of a horrific hit and run accident that left him lying in the street broken and literally dead.

Rodney was brought back to life at the scene and literally put back together After being life flighted to a trauma unit in Pittsburgh.

But that’s only a part of Rodney‘s story.

Rodney has over 20 years of dog training experience. His love of dogs stems from early childhood when he got his first German Shepard growing up in a small farm town in Pennsylvania. 

But it was Sarge, a Black Shepard/ Lab mix he adopted in 2012, that led him to his dog training business.

Sarge had been abandoned and later taken to a kill shelter before he convinced Rodney to take him home. He did not know much to start but through hard work and dedication Sarge became well trained dog. After mastering all of his basic commands it was time to find Sarge a job so they assisted the State Police with missing person cases. 

Later Sarge was recertified and trained as a mobility service dog, then also trained and recertified as a Top Dog Therapy Dog.
Finally, in 2014, Rodney took the leap of faith and started Youngwood Top Dog Services.  Having both a police and military background he was excited to start and grow this new dog training business. He left his career in retail to open Youngwood Top Dog Services and now enjoys fulfilling his passion for dogs by getting to work with them every day.

And there’s more…

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