One Heart One Mind Canines

05/04/2024

This girl needs a fantastic home!

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03/11/2024

It has been awhile since we have been active but it is time to get back to training! This looks like so much fun, why not join us in participating!

11/11/2023

06/05/2023

Great Father’s Day promo! Take advantage of the savings and book a mini vacay.

Buy one night of dog boarding and get the second 50% off. Need a weeks stay book one week and get the second 50% off. Must be booked and paid for before Father’s Day.

04/02/2023

Fun day working on our excellent scent searches with some wonderful students. I just love the conversations that arise and watching the final searches!

03/26/2023

By special request here is the sweetest little terrier Seamus. He is not loving the rain and ice today. He would rather hunt for stray cookies in the house.

03/09/2023

Sneak peek at some new props for our intermediate and movie mutts classes

03/08/2023

03/03/2023

This why my dogs only travel in these crates in the car.

We will take this crash rating over a simulated crash in a laboratory setting ANY day!! 🥲🐶💚💜

"Hello, I wanted to reach out to you guys with this picture. My car was involved in a rollover accident, I was not in the vehicle and neither were my dogs, but the saving grace to the drivers life was my xl ruffland holding up the roof to my car. There is not a single scratch or dent on my kennel . . . I am blown away that the kennel does not even have a crack, and beyond grateful that it saved his life. The only reason my roof did not collapse onto the driver was because of the kennel."
M. Little
Inglis, FL

02/21/2023

PSA: Stop buying expensive toys and invest in dollar store dusters. They are the bomb in this house😂😂😂😂

02/15/2023

PSA instead of buying expensive toys go to the dollar store and buy gloves. Drop one occasionally and hours of fun will follow!

02/14/2023

Great day to be alive🥰 soaking up the vitamin D ☀️

02/06/2023

Great intro to scent workshop . We introduced some incredible dog and handler teams to the fun of scent detection. Great job everyone!

01/26/2023

Love, Love, Love

Cannot be said enough!

All Dogs Love Me.

I've slapped people's arms. I've said clearly "she does not want you to pat her." I've stepped between people and her. I've said "please don't pat her." I have tied yellow ribbons on her leash, I have bought her a bandana that says "Do not pet." I have been her advocate.

"Can I pat your dog?"
"No"
Meanwhile, the hand is already extended towards the dog.

It is frustrating how people don't listen, to dogs or to other people.

This dog will bite. She ended up with us because she did.

But the beautiful thing is she communicates VERY CLEARLY that she does not want to be patted by strangers. She is clear on her boundaries but because "you" are not listening to her she will bite you when you pat her despite her giving you several signs she does not want to be patted. Despite me telling "you" not to pat her.

She does not approach people, she moves away or sits off to the side behind me or beside me, she puts her ears back, she lifts her lip, she wall eyes. She may as well have a neon sign flashing that says "LEAVE ME ALONE". But you know what? No one does.

"I've been around dogs all my life, they all love me."
"No sir, this one does not, and she's telling you it quite clearly."

Then there's the treat people. "I'll just give her a treat so she knows I am nice, she was probably abused."

No ma'am, she doesn't want your treat. You can't bribe her to like you. And it doesn't matter if she was abused, it doesn't matter what her past or present was, she doesn't want to be patted. "You" and your treats aren't going to be a magic pill to fix that.

So, she's muzzle trained. And she wears one in public. And as much as I am pro muzzle, she should not have to.

She should not have to wear a muzzle because people should respect her signals that she doesn't want to be patted (especially those who have had dogs all their lives and think all dogs love them). People should listen when I say not to pat her. But they don't. So she wears a muzzle so she can't bite people when they push past me, ignore me and ignore her signals that she doesn't want them in her space. I protect her, to the best of my ability, but she wears the muzzle because if that "dogs love me" dude pushes past me fast enough and shoves his hand in her face, I know he's going to be the first person to say she's vicious and blame her for the bite.

If your dog isn't comfortable being patted by strangers, then don't make it. If your dog doesn't like company in your house, then leave your dog in a safe place away from visitors. Don't approach people's dogs without their permission.

Learn and understand dog communication skills and respect them. We get a lot of emails asking us to take dogs that 'suddenly' turned on the owner/family member and bit them - in almost 100% of cases the dog warned the person, but they ignored the warning.

Dogs have boundaries. They need to learn to accept care related handling, which is best achieved by making nail trims, grooming and body checks low stress and positive. They do not need to accept hugs, kisses, patting from strangers or family members. As owners/handlers we need to advocate for them, to protect them from those who don't listen. Train them to be comfortable in muzzles, because when no one listens, muzzles protect them from being blamed for making the wrong choice - in many municipalities a minor bite is enough for a dog to be reported to the authorities. While I know my dog would not be wrong for biting, it's my responsibility to protect her from those who refuse to listen.

I also don't want random strangers patting my friendly dogs. My older girl was a therapy dog, but I still don't want you to pat her without my permission. I work with dogs and I don’t pat every one and I listen to them and respect what kind of interaction they want. So, listen to dogs, your own and other people's.

01/01/2023

Oneheartonemindcanines shared a post on Instagram: "Everyone’s recall need to look like this! Vivid rocks the decal playing with her friend Jax! ❤️ ...

08/23/2022

Surgery is done. Now the hard part begins. 10 days of quiet🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #❤️

08/22/2022

Puppies practicing chilling while their owners chat. Such a great Puppy Foundations class tonight 🥰 🐾❣️

07/31/2022

So much fun this morning teaching our Total Recall workshop. We have some tired dogs and handlers this afternoon🤩

07/23/2022

This was a lot of work! Can hardly wait for tomorrow🤩

07/17/2022

Cookies on the paws in puppy class this week.

07/07/2022

Dani says “hurry up human let’s make with the swimming!”
☀️

07/05/2022

This is why I do what I do ❤️ no matter what class I teach the most important thing is building your relationship with your dog. Is this not what it is all about? ❤️

07/04/2022

Vivid & Dani had a lot of fun at the library demo this morning with their friends. Such great dogs focussed on working and then they got to meet tons of adorable kids.

07/03/2022

No matter what she does she is completely adorable!!!!🥰🥰

06/04/2022

Look who is catching discs!

05/15/2022

Wren says she is ready!!!! Let the swimming begin👙🏊🤿🐾🥰

05/08/2022

Vivid has some really odd moves🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

05/08/2022

Some Mother’s Day shenanigans while we work today! Dazzle and Tilly say happy Mother’s Day to 😎

04/17/2022

Scent trial morning!