Vipers Choice Raw Pet Food And Training

07/23/2024

We finally got our Standard Novice Title!!! It has been 4 solid spring/summers training and attending trials to get here.

We also got 10 Qualifications - 2 First Place, 5
Second Place, 2 Third Place, 1 Fourth Place and a
new Title in Points and Distance Novice.

We worked on each obstacle hundreds of times. I have had to work on my energy/nerves in competition to keep his energy in check. I am learning his communication and what he needs from me. He has pushed me to be a better handler. It is incredibly humbling to work with a dog as a teammate. I can’t explain the love I feel for him. His enthusiasm is infectious and his love for the sport is obvious. I couldn’t ask for a better partner.

Special mention to my support partner - Mark Ormandy and to Denise for her wisdom and unwavering support and love for dogs and the sport. THANK YOU 😊

CONGRATULATIONS ANDREA AND BARNEY, WE ARE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU TEAM “BARNDREA“!
Denise and Jack at Viper’s Choice

05/04/2024

2 SPOTS LEFT!!!

04/30/2024

Our little girl Zazzle is 2 today (April 30). She’s “Montwood Arista’s Wild Wild Ride” and she’s living up to her name!
Happy Birthday to all 20 of Deva’s Kids all born April 30, 10 in 2021, 10 more in 2022.
🥰Denise, Jack and Dobie Crew

04/23/2024

WE JUST ADDED AN AGILITY FOUNDATION SESSION STARTING MONDAY, MAY 13.
Please email for More details and registration form.

04/23/2024

The yard is shaping up nicely! We will be starting Agility Foundation Group Classes on May 8. Poster and registration forms will be posted here on Thursday.

04/08/2024

Spring is here. The backyard is almost ready!

03/22/2024

Happy 5th Birthday 🎉 to the Strutz x Dutch Kids, born March 22, 2019. Seems like yesterday when you were all little puppers!

03/19/2024

03/19/2024

Strutz in Master Jumpers, Moses Lake, WA, March 3, 2024, Q/1st Place
5.5 yards per second on this run. Incredible and especially for 8 years old!
This was our first agility trial of the year. Looking forward to lots of fun and great runs in the future!

02/14/2024

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

01/16/2024

Due to a cancellation 2 spots just opened up! Starts tonight!

01/05/2024

Vector celebrated his 10th Birthday on January 1. Our special boy, “Montwood Arista’s Ring In The New” is still amazing and going strong.
We all wish you the best of health and happiness in the New Year!

12/24/2023

Everyone WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

12/19/2023

https://youtu.be/Fz2-Pa3H_Jw?si=Eb9R1dE_0pyffZa6
Strutz in Master Jumpers, First weekend running on artificial turf- loved it!

Montwood Arista’s Flying Circus, aka STRUTZ, Master Jumpers, Q/1st place, PSDPC Trial, Dec. 17, 2023Running on artificial turf for the first time….loved it!

11/12/2023

Rally-Obedience Introduction Group Class starting MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13!
SOLD OUT!
5 weeks, $200 + tax
250-423-6672

10/30/2023

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻💀

08/10/2023

Zazzle & Tara enjoying a PupCup at Starbucks

08/07/2023

Denise McKay congratulates her students; Andrea with Barney, and Juliet with Spinnaker, on their awesome agility weekend at the Alberta Kennel Club Show (at Spruce Meadows in Calgary).

These ladies and their Duck Tollers are excelling in agility and having a blast!

Andrea and Barney also finished their CKC Rally Novice title on Friday!

06/08/2023

Barney the crazy, lightning fast Duck Toller loves Agility and making Andrea work hard! Great team!

06/06/2023

Congratulations to Juliet & Spinnaker, Vicki & Mika, Philippa & Yuki, and Andrea & Barney, on their fabulous weekend CKC Agility Trial in the West Kootenays! Many more accomplishments and titles to come in the future! Stay tuned….

05/09/2023

Great night for agility!!

04/22/2023

In many cases, people with difficult dogs spend most of their time trying to get their dogs not to do something don’t jump, don’t bark, don’t pull, don’t lunge. Agility gives those dogs something easy and enjoyable to do, and do with enthusiasm!

Agility is a game that you play with your dog. Play is emotionally incompatible with the emotions linked to aggression. If your dog is playful she is less likely to bark or lunge at a person or other dog. Just as “rope courses” build confidence in people, agility course
training builds confidence in dogs. As dogs learn to leap over hurdles, run through tunnels, and balance over planks, their confidence increases. Since most aggression is based on fear, this increase in confidence is helpful. A more confident dog is usually a
less fearful dog.

Every part of agility requires a certain amount of self-control - some parts require a lot - which is always a benefit for an aggressive dog. Once a dog has learned that agility is a
fun game, she will be eager to start performing the obstacles. Before she is allowed to play, however, she has to wait at the start line until her handler releases her. This is just the kind of self-control game that is beneficial to a dog with aggression issues.

Dogs also have to exhibit extraordinary self-control at an obstacle called the table. At this obstacle, the dog is asked to leap onto the table top and sit or down, holding that position for five seconds. Most dogs consider it more fun to be moving. Learning to hold
still earns her the reward (positive reinforcement) of getting to continue with more running and jumping. Agility can even help canines who don’t enjoy the company of other dogs learn to ignore them. They may even learn that dogs near agility equipment
signal impending fun a little classical conditioning.

04/09/2023

HAPPY EASTER 🐣

03/02/2023

"𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯" Susan Garrett

The next time your dog does something you find challenging or embarrassing or which makes you feel frustrated or even angry, take a breath and remember this statement.

They aren't being 'bad' or stubborn or manipulative. They're not blowing you off or being a jerk. It's not a deliberate act designed to wind you up on their part.

Their behaviour is what it always is. A reflection of their learning and their environment. If they are doing something we don't want it's either because we haven't taught them what we do want well enough or because they just can't (not won't) do it under the current conditions. And both of those things are on us, not the dog.

They're doing the best they can with the cards we've dealt them. If we want them to do better then it's only fair that we need to do better, too.

02/01/2023

I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying, You found it hard to sleep.
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear,
"It's me, I haven't left you, I'm well, I'm fine, I'm here."

I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea,
You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to me.
I was with you at the shops today, Your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.

I was with you at my grave today, You tend it with such care.
I want to re-assure you, that I'm not lying there.
I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your key.
I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said " it's me."

You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know, that I was standing there.
It's possible for me, to be so near you everyday.
To say to you with certainty, "I never went away."
You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew...
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.

The day is over... I smile and watch you yawning
and say "good-night, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."
And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand, side by side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.

Be patient, live your journey out...then come home to be with me...

Dogs are family ❤
-Author Unknown

01/19/2023

—FULL—

Rally - Obedience Group Classes Starting Soon! Details on Registration Form posted below....
ONE SPOT LEFT! Starts Monday February 6th.