K-9 Country Inn Working Service Dogs

09/08/2025

K9CI Murphy is hard at work keeping an eye on his little handler at the park! 🛝

Lots of exposure to other families, dogs and activities for this sweet guy! ♥️
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09/05/2025

K9CI Judy leaning into “settling” aka being “on standby” at Starbucks! No problem for this golden girl! 🦮👏
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09/05/2025

K9CI Jeph has a couple more handler training sessions planned before he starts the Home Integration Process!

This sweet guy will be going to spend a couple of days with his handler in his future home. This means establish a routine and boundaries, bond with his handler and get accustomed to his other four-legged siblings! ♥️

We are so excited for this team! 🎉
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09/05/2025

Badge of Life Canada is proud to collaborate with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) for our upcoming Leading Forward event October 15-17, 2025 at Horseshoe Resort in Barrie, Ontario. This partnership underscores a shared commitment to advancing mental health support for Public Safety Personnel across Canada. All speakers, agenda and online registration:
https://badgeoflifecanada.org/2025-event.

Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting our speakers in a series of social media posts.

Today we feature: Dave Hurst

Dave Hurst is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist at Central Ontario Psychology and the founder of Downtown Psychology in Toronto. Presenting on "Trauma Informed Work Places", Dave’s approach is highly experiential and holistic; he invites and nurtures the active involvement of the whole person, including mind, emotions, and “felt sense” (the body’s response to our experiences), as all three can provide us with wisdom and direction.

09/04/2025

A great first day of Public Access with K9CI Boone and his handler! Look at them go! ♥️
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09/01/2025

A great day of public access with K9CI Jeph, K9CI Judy and K9CI Josie! Their day consists of several trips in the car, various stores, encounters with dogs and a restaurant! Good dogs! ♥️
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08/29/2025

K9CI Graduates K9CI Timo and handler Richard lead the pack walk hosted by and !

Keep it up, training never stops! 👏❤️
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08/28/2025

A good public access trip that consisted of grocery shopping, a trip to the pet store and the dollar store!

K9CI C**t and K9CI Murphy did an awesome job at ignoring all the yummy distractions, interesting smells and the general public. They also worked in a heavy downpour. Well done boys! ♥️🐾
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08/26/2025

08/26/2025

Training with the boys today: K9CI Murphy, K9CI Garth, K9CI C**t and K9CI Jeph 🐾

✅: Basic obedience
✅: Heeling exercises with various speeds and distractions
✅: Wobble board work for uneven or unstable surfaces
✅: Placement work with distance and distraction
✅: “Get dressed” cue for harnessing and head halter going on and off
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08/22/2025

Cooperative play is an amazing training tool used for building relationships with clear communication and rules, but also for learning! We teach our newly matched teams how to play with their new working partner to enhance and build their relationship.

It’s not all work for these amazing super dogs, they get to play too! Whether it’s decompression and enjoying interaction or training with a motivator! ♥️
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02/17/2025

💡 A couple of things are happening here!

K9CI Garth is being positively reinforced following the lure, stepping onto an elevated surface, physical touch and verbal praise, and exposure to the vest.🐾

Every time we step into training sessions with these young eager minds, we want to solicit a positive association with training!

These puppies are working hard to reach their next stage of training. The end game? Becoming a PTSD Service Dog or an Operational Stress Intervention Dog (OSID) through our program OR be placed as an Autism Service Dog or Mobility Support Dog. ❤️‍🔥
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