![]() ![]() No one forgot him! His school became a “full service training school”. The uncanny ability with dogs, he was blazing a trail that no one had dared and he had a characteristic bald head and was a big broad man. At her suggestion, he named his new venture Captain Haggerty’s School for Dogs.īusiness once again boomed. Betty-Ann was the woman who would eventually become his wife. Around this time he met Betty-Ann LaMott, at, where else but a party for dog fanciers. Crime was up in New York City and everyone wanted guard dogs. Around this time he teamed up with Dick Maller and formed Tri-State School for Dogs. He then returned to New York City around 1960. The Captain left active duty around 1959 and then went to Berlin where he opened up a Laundromat for one year. (This only includes his first three years of the over 10 years he served)īronze Star with V Device Purple Heart (Three) He promoted me to Sergeant and I was very grateful to him for that.” I don’t know where he learned it all but he was very good at what he did. During his career in the service, he also became the commanding officer of the K9 Corps.Sergeant Bennett, a seventy-seven year old man living in Alabama said, “I was sure sorry to hear Captain Haggerty passed. He also received at least one of his Purple Hearts in Korea. This was received at the Battle for Pork Chop Hill which was depicted in the 1959 movie with Gregory Peck. It was this time that he received his Bronze Star with the V device. After attending Ranger school, he went back to Korea. About one year later, he decided that he was bored and went back into the service. After that tour, he returned to New York City. Around 1951, he enlisted in the United States Army. The breeds included Irish Setters, Boston Terriers and Bull Terriers.Cap never spoke of his military career and the only information we have is from an incomplete set of military records and stories others have passed along. When he was growing up people did not grow up to be dog trainers, his goal was to work as a handler. This early love for dogs and his fighting attitude prepared him for his future. He would fight to the death, he would never give up.” As a kid he was more interested in attending dog shows than ball games. Tom Philbin, a childhood friend, remembered, ‘When we were kids, no one would ever fight Artie. Born in Manhattan, he and his younger brother Gerard were raised in the Bronx. “Dogs lost a champion but I lost a friend.” -Steve Diller ![]() Captain Haggerty is responsible for making “dog training a respected and valued profession.” It has been said he did for dog training what the Beatles did for rock and roll. The legacy that began six decades ago continues. ![]() Shortly before his death, he had been called “The Last Real Dog Trainer in the World.” Today the school and his legacy is being carried by his only child, Babette Haggerty. It has been said that he was the “Man who trained the trainers and made dog training a respected profession.” Many modern methods and techniques used today were developed by the Captain. The Captain has left behind a legacy that forever changed the dog training profession. Then in 1962, Captain Haggerty began Captain Haggerty’s School for Dogs in Bronx, New York. It began with Great Grandfather Haggerty and his show Boston Terriers and Grandpa Healy’s Irish Setters. ![]() For four generations the Haggerty Family has been involved in the joy of training, breeding, raising, showing, and handling man’s best friend. ![]()
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