Borderline Dog Training

09/05/2024

Had a great first Puppy Life Skills class tonight with these adorable pups!! 🥰
What a smart and confident group!

08/10/2024

Jack and I had an amazing time at the IFCS World Agility Championships in France! We had probably our best agility performance ever, and I'm so proud of how we ran! It was an honour to represent Team Canada at this event!

We finished 12th overall in the 24" (600mm) height class, out of 62 dogs! Jack is such a wonderful agility partner and I'm so happy I got to experience this with him!

The sport of dog agility has taught me so much, and I've made many lasting friendships because of it. I enjoy sharing my knowledge with my students and love watching them improve and have fun with their dogs!

08/06/2024

EDIT - classes are all full

REGISTRATION OPEN!

I'm now taking registrations for Puppy Life Skills classes starting in September! These classes will run on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 - 7:00pm. Dates are: September 4, 11, 18 and October 9, 16, 23. The classes use games-based training methods and will cover puppy confidence games, self-control, focus, recall and how to train a sit and down using shaping!

If you'd like to register, please PM me or email me at [email protected] with your pup's name, age, and breed. The cost is $200 for the six-week course.

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*I will also be offering an Essential Life Skills Part 1 class on the same dates from 7:15 - 8:15pm. I'm currently contacting those on my waitlist and if there are spots available after I've worked down the list, I will update this post!

Send a message to learn more

07/08/2024

I am thinking of offering another Puppy Life Skills workshop series! The dates would be Sunday August 4th and Sunday August 25th from 9:00am-12:00pm, cost $200.

If you are interested please send me a private message so I can determine if there is enough to go ahead with the workshop!

07/07/2024

Spring classes are all wrapped up!

Essential Life Skills, Advanced Life Skills and two sets of Agility classes!!!

Is it just me, or are the students and dogs getting better and better?! 😍

06/30/2024

The Borderline group was well-represented at today’s agility fun match at Peck Meadow Dog Sport Field!! I’m incredibly proud of each person for stepping to the line and having fun with their dog! There were so many great connected moments and I’m really enjoying watching all of these teams grow! Great job everyone!!

06/14/2024

REGISTRATION OPEN!

I'm now taking registrations for Essential Life Skills Part 1! These classes will run on Wednesday evenings from July 3rd to August 7th. There will be 2 time slots offered: 6:00 - 7:00pm and 7:15 - 8:15pm. The cost is $200 for the six-week course. The classes use games-based training methods and will cover self-control, focus, confidence, optimism and boundary games!

If you'd like to register, please PM me or email me at [email protected] with your dog's name, age, breed and the time slot you'd like. As a reminder - please no dogs that are aggressive towards other dogs or humans!

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06/02/2024

I had such a fun time this morning at the first of two in the Puppy Workshop series! Aspen the Newfoundland, Henry the Pitbull/Boxer, Luna the Bernese, Champ the Australian Shepherd and Max the Border Collie were great pups to work with! They were all very sweet, smart and very eager to learn!

I am always so amazed to see how quickly young puppies learn the art of shaping. They were all confident and loved the games based training! Can’t wait to see them all again on June 23rd!!

05/21/2024

Puppy Workshop Series!

When: June 2nd and June 23rd
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: 1732 Meadowvale Road, Harmony (behind Greenwood)
Cost: $200

Due to some puppy interest, I will be hosting a Puppy Workshop series over two Sundays in June! During these workshops I will be going over all my class notes for Puppy Life Skills. As soon as you register, you'll have access to a Facebook group where you can review the notes and games videos for Lessons 1, 2 and 3, plus some additional bonus info! After the first workshop, I'll post the notes and videos for Lesson 4, 5 and 6.

The Puppy Workshop will accommodate 6-8 puppies up to 6 months of age. Older pups will be considered. Participants will be split into two groups, with 3-4 puppies working at a time. This will ensure all the pups have a break between sessions! We will also be covering some theory.

The training center has soft cushion flooring, chairs are provided, and it will be air conditioned!

Registration is open now! Message me or email at [email protected] to register or for more information! Only a few spots left!

04/12/2024

Little Baby Belle came into the training center as an Optimism/Confidence experience for the dogs in the last Essential Life Skills class!

She didn’t do too bad with Boundary Training either!! 😂🐑

04/05/2024

Congrats to all the students and pups who graduated from the two Essential Life Skills classes yesterday! Very proud of how much all the dogs improved over the 6 week period! Awesome job everyone!

04/01/2024

I set up a course that was pretty challenging and pulled together multiple skills we worked on in this class set. Mike and Flynn nailed it!! Although he made it look easy, it wasn’t! Lots of skills required here!

✅ start line stay
✅ layering
✅ tight turn out of tunnel
✅ “check check” cue
✅ front crosses
✅ blind cross
✅ backside to a “k-turn” (fancy!)
✅ tunnel sends

AND not to mention Mike got all his verbals out in a timely manner, and had correct positioning!!!

This was Mike and Flynn’s 4th set of agility classes - but he wouldn’t have gotten this far without all the work he’s put in at home practising! Awesome job guys! 🤩

04/01/2024

Just finished 3 sets of agility classes yesterday! WOW what a great group of students and dogs!! They practised at home and it paid off because what an improvement in everyone! Super proud of these guys! 🤩

03/27/2024

My oldest dog Tory is sweet 16 today! 🩷

If you have a good eye, you may notice that my Borderline Dog Training logo includes Tory in it!

Tory is the dog that started everything for me - both agility and my passion for dog training! I feel very grateful to still have her in my life ☺️

02/20/2024

Congrats to the awesome students and dogs in three different agility classes who graduated on Sunday!! So proud of the progress you all made! 🐾

02/17/2024

March classes are full!

I will be offering two sets of Essential Life Skills classes and three sets of Agility classes over March and into April. These classes filled up from current students and my wait list so there are no openings.

If you are interested in any upcoming classes with me, please reach out as I already have a waitlist started for the next set of classes starting in May sometime!

02/15/2024

Puppy Life Skills and Essential Life Skills graduates from tonight!

Super proud of how far all these teams have come! They put a lot of time and effort into training and it really showed! It was fun working with some new breeds too!

Congratulations everyone, I can’t wait to see some of you in the next set of classes!

01/28/2024

Student Shoutout! 📣

Ronda Gouchie and her Schipperke pup Joya completed Puppy Life Skills and Essential Life Skills at Borderline Dog Training with huge success! But there’s more! They took their games-based training knowledge to a whole new level, and earned THREE Trick Dog titles, all before Joya was 7 months old! 🤩

Congratulations Ronda and Joya, what an accomplishment! 👏

01/15/2024

📣 Attention Dog Lovers!

Jack and I were selected to compete for Team Canada at the IFCS World Agility Championships!! 🇨🇦

To help raise money for our trip to France in April, local businesses donated some great items and I put together a dog-themed gift basket worth $2,000!!

Check out the poster for ticket prices and message me with any questions! Thanks in advance for your support!

01/13/2024

Today is our 1-Year Anniversary!!

One year ago today, I taught the first Life Skills classes to my first ever students!

It's been a privilege to work with so many awesome people and lovely dogs! I have enjoyed teaching very much this past year, and can't wait to see what the future brings!

A big thank you to everyone who supported my business in its first year of operation!

12/31/2023

Dog Agility Fun Match Dec/23

Don’t blink, because some of these dogs are super fast!!!

12/31/2023

Super proud of my agility students for doing so awesome at the Sublime Fun Match yesterday!! This is such a fun group and they’ve all worked hard on their skills! 🤩

Congrats to Jessica and Holly for winning the Judge’s Choice award in Starter Jumpers!

12/29/2023

1 spot available in Puppy Life Skills

Intro to Agility is now full.

Both starting in January 2024!

12/21/2023

The last classes of 2023 graduated this week! What an awesome group of students in Puppy Life Skills and Essential Life Skills!

So proud of the Puppy class - they picked up the boundary games so quickly and we got a lot accomplished with that group!

The Essentials dogs were so great!! They did awesome on self-control exercises and I loved watching the dogs problem solve through the art of shaping!

I’m very grateful to have worked with these students and pups!! Congratulations everyone!

12/20/2023

1 spot left in Intro to Agility and a couple of spots left in Puppy Life Skills starting in January!

12/18/2023

I didn’t get a group photo of the Beginner Agility class that graduated today, but I did manage to snap a few videos over the class set! Here’s some students showing off their super skills!!

I’m SOOO proud of these folks and what they’ve accomplished with their dogs! They all worked hard and practised at home and it really showed each week! What a phenomenal group of students and dogs, I really enjoyed this class!🤩

12/18/2023

Two Intro to Agility classes graduated today! Super proud of these pups and their progress through the class set!!
Congrats everyone, you all did so well with your dogs and most of all, I think all the dogs had fun!

12/11/2023

I have a few spaces left in my January classes! Please email me with any questions or to sign up!

EDIT: Essentials class is now full. Still spaces available in Puppy Life Skills and Intro to Agility!