Woof It Up Dog Training and Separation Anxiety

12/11/2025

Portia: Available for adoption at the Oromocto SPCA!

Yesterday was the first day she had a full body tail wag when she saw me. She is definitely warming up to me. YEAH!

On our walk, she was pulling a lot, and I don’t blame her at all, I completely understand as the shelter dogs have to be in their inside kennel because it’s just been too cold for them to be in their outdoor kennel.

She absolutely loves the snow.

If you were interested in this four year-old American bulldog that gets along with people, and dogs, but doesn’t like cats please reach out to the Oromocto SPCA!!

You will not regret bringing this beautiful girl into your home!

12/10/2025

What gets rewarded gets repeated.

this is actually a one and a half minute clip, and in 90 seconds she looked back at me seven times. Seven. All on her own, she made that decision.

This is my second walk with Miss Tina, and man somebody needs to snap this girl up ASAP.

She is going to be one easy dog to live with, she’s choosing to engage with me and I’m just rewarding it.

When you bring a dog into your home, I believe formal training can wait. I believe that relationship building, engagement on their terms, meeting their species typical needs, and giving them loads of time to rest and recover goes so much further than teaching a sit, stay or down skill.

Trust me, she will love you to the end of time.

Oh, make sure you have a soccer ball for her and be prepared to throw snowballs in the air for her to catch.

She is available at the oromocto SPCA!!

12/08/2025

Look at this sweet face.

Portia it’s so freaking smart. I have only fed her through the fence in her outdoor kennel, and I’ve started to work with her and as usual, I start with a walk, see if I can get some engagement.

To my surprise, I got a lot of engagement. So much so, she was walking beside me looking up at me and when I turned, she turned. She is an incredible dog, extremely smart and loves to cuddle.

With the cold weather, our SPCA dogs have to stay inside and those kennels are much smaller than the outside ones.

It would be grand if she could get a home asap!!

She does as well with dogs, ignores people on the street, and the only thing that she doesn’t like, is cats.

Sounds perfect to me. If you think so, I encourage you to go and meet her.

12/07/2025

Available at the Oromocto SPCA! Meet Tina, an eight-year-old American bulldog.

You would never guess that she’s eight years old. This is my first time working with her and she has got so much pep in her step.

After the SPCA resolved a lot of her health issues, she is ready for her home (without cats though!)

My only goal for the first session is to see if I could get engagement from her. After about five minutes outside, I’d say her name and she’d turn to look at me.

Within 10 minutes, she kept looking back at me, because she knew she was getting duck treats. And then we didn’t get really far, lol. I am so OK with that.

She loves to walk, she is super fun, and I will share more and more videos of her until she is safe and loved in her new home.

12/02/2025

Way to go, Gibbs!!

This is a dog that did not like people in his home. After months of working together, creating a process that helped Gibbs know he was safe, providing the skills he needs to navigate stressful situations has resulted in him, sniffing me, then moving away, and deciding to go lie down on his own.

THIS is why I do what I do.

Good job Gibbs.

12/01/2025

This looks like so much fun!!

Want to try something new with your pup?

Come out to our Canicross Clinic and hit the trails together!
✔️ No prior experience needed
✔️ All gear provided
✔️ Open to all dog sizes & all ages of handlers

✨ Huge shout-out to Thelma at “All Outdoors NB” for donating some amazing harnesses — thank you!!

12/01/2025

Update: he has been adopted into a wonderful home and he will be living his best life!!!

This is all I think about.

Boomer!!!

Go see him at the Oromocto and Area SPCA and he’s available for adoption.

If you want a dog that:
✔️ loves with all his heart
✔️ will be your best sidekick
✔️ loves to cuddle
✔️ rubs against you like he’s a cat
✔️ a goofy boy

Boomer is the dog for you.

12/01/2025

Yeah! Let’s do this for the Oromocto and Area SPCA

11/30/2025

Look at this!!! Boomer is being shared far and wide and thank you everyone.

11/28/2025

Update: he has been adopted into a wonderful home and he will be living his best life!!!

How does this dog not have a freaking home?

Boomer is amazing. Yes, you’ll have to meet him three or four times before he is so excited to see you.

Is it worth it? 1000%.

He has been at the Oromocto SPCA for about nine months. Why? I know times are tough, I know that he isn’t a dog that runs out of his kennel and is super excited to see any human that lets him out. This is true, but meet him a few times and you will see how he rubs up against you like a cat. How he cries and whines to be near you.

How he is so loving, and so sweet, and so funny and quirky. Just look at those ears.

Please. Please. Please share him far and wide. We need to find a home for this amazing and awesome dog.

11/27/2025

I get it some dogs don’t like taking meds.

We train for this!

Although Diesel isn’t the one that gets meds on a daily basis, he is still part of med taking for number of reasons.

I feel bad, giving a big piece of cheese to my Rousey and not to Diesel. And although he will literally eat anything I give him, I want to make taking meds, fun.

Diesel is also very, very very food, motivated, and to move away from his dinner or breakfast to get meds, it tells me he absolutely loves this.

Even if your dogs don’t need to take meds, start training them to like taking them.

That could look like, putting an empty pill capsule in peanut butter, cheese, or anything else that your dog likes. filling a syringe with dog safe bone broth, and then putting peanut butter on the end, letting them lick it while you are pressing the plunger of bone broth.

Giving your dog meds should not be pain!