Have you always wanted to try Barn Hunt with your dog but don't want to commit to a 6-week class in case your dog doesn't like it?
We have a Barn Hunt Try It class coming up to give you just that opportunity. We also have our next set of Introduction to Barn Hunt also available if you're interested in diving straight in.
Schedule:
Barn Hunt Try It:
Friday, August 2nd: 6:15-7:15PM
Cost: $40+GST
Introduction to Barn Hunt (6-Weeks):
Wednesday August 7 - September 11: 7:30-8:30PM
&
Friday August 9 - September 13: 6:15-7:15PM
Cost: $240+GST
Barn Hunt is a sport where dogs are searching for gerbils hidden in strong PVC tubes which are strategically placed and covered in straw bale courses. The dogs must identify and alert on only the tubes that have the gerbils in order to successfully complete the run.
Register Here:
https://booking.appointy.com/Insyncdogtraining?st=416158
Watch our instructor Kendra Tkach working on the beginning steps of shed hunt with her husky Sochi.
If you want to learn a practical sport that can teach your dogs to find antler sheds, lost articles such as keys, and other fun scent games, check out our NASDA classes/drop ins.
NASDA (north american sporting dog association) is an inclusive organization for all breeds and mixes, big and small. You can read up more about NASDA here:
https://nasda.dog
These are the current offered classes @In-Sync
NASDA Try It: Thursday, June 27 @ 7:45-8:45PM $40+GST
Introduction to NASDA: Thursday, July 4 - August 8, 6:30-7:30PM $240+GST
NASDA - Searches: Thursday, July 4 - August 8, 7:45-8:45PM $240+GST
You can use the link below to sign up, we look forward to seeing you then!
https://booking.appointy.com/Insyncdogtraining?st=572947
We have a wide variety of toys at the shop. Tug toys, frisbees, chews, floating toys and more! Come check them out!
Looking for ways to keep your dog busy? Try scattering their kibble in the grass. This is like a large, natural snuffle mat! This allows your dog to slow down while eating, use their other senses and get some mental stimulation.
Here is our Rally instructor, Kendra showing some rally with her dog Sochi.
Rally obedience is where precision obedience meets fun! Any breed at any age can do rally!
The sport is focused around teaching your dog applicable real-world skills while still keeping an upbeat engagement. This sport is very beginner friendly with room to become competitive. Participants are encouraged to talk and engage with their dogs to show off teamwork skills.
Sign up today for our beginner rally class, where you will learn precise behaviors and focused heeling. Then, put your new skills to use in our rally coursework class.
Register for our Rally classes here:
https://booking.appointy.com/Insyncdogtraining?st=572947
Here are 4 of our day train dogs enjoying some play time. We hand pick play partners to ensure similar play styles and sociability. Not every breed or dog enjoys the same style of play. It's important they are matched appropriately to keep everyone safe and happy. These 4 enjoy rough and tumble play and are perfectly matched for each other.
Remember, not every dog enjoys playing with others. Teaching your dog to be calm around other dogs and not getting overly excited, scared, or reactive is how to properly socialize your dog. A social dog that is barking, jumping, and pulling towards other dogs in excitement is not properly socialized.
6 puppies and their owners dedicated to teaching their puppies to walk appropriately on leash around distraction.
This is just 1 of the many life lessons we cover in our Puppy Life Skills class.
You can register your puppy for this class or one of our other group classes on our website.
We also have many private training options if you would like a more one on one approach.
www.insyncdogtraining.com
A few rambunctious youngers who attend our day train program. These 3 were working on impulse control with added distraction.
Look at those happy tails!
In this video, Rebecca is working a dog named Grizz. It is his first day of day training and he is transitioning to using positive reinforcement to help modify his dog and people reactivity. We chose to fit Grizz with a halti as well as a front clip harness to give 2 points of contact. This allows for more control in an over threshold situation and help to redirect the dog away from the trigger. During this session, Rebecca is introducing LAT (Look At That) to help him learn that dogs nearby can be a positive thing. When using LAT, it is important to keep the dogs under threshold, which means adding enough distance where the dogs feel comfortable and doesnt need to react. When Grizz looks at the other dog, she marks it with a yes (or clicker) and uses the food lure to turn his attention away from the other dog and rewards. We want Grizz to associate dogs with positive things but also learn when he sees a dog, he can turn away vs lunging forward.
As the session progressed, we were able to add more motion as well as decrease the distance between dogs. If at any moment, the dog became agitated, we would immediately back up to increase distance and keep the dog under threshold.
This method of training works to modify the dogs underlying emotional response to the trigger.
1 hour of place work with our day trains condensed into 1 minute.
Place work is fabulous to build impulse control around other dogs and/or people. We recommend teaching it for situations where you need to create control and distance with your dog. Making or eating food, when guests come over, or if your dog struggles with settling on their own and needs a little help are all common situations where a place behavior can be helpful.
A place could be a dog bed, a mat, an area of the house such as a stair landing or a raised bed like we are using here.
Did you get a Covid puppy? You are not alone!
Socialization and training are just as important despite covid social distancing.
Set your puppy up for success and enroll in a puppy class. The class is for you to learn how to effectively train your puppy as well socialize your puppy during these challenging times.
If your dog needs a bit extra socializing, we also have weekly drop off puppy socialization classes.
Register here:
https://booking.appointy.com/en-US/insyncdogtraining/bookings/service
Here is a video from one of our puppy life skills classes. These puppies are working on settling on a bed with distractions as well as loose leash walking.
