Unified Dog Training

03/28/2024

Indie 😌🐾

03/25/2024

📣Did you know that we offer dog walking? 🐕

📍 Servicing North Shore, Brock, Bach, Downtown, and Westsyde.

Your dog will only ever be in the hands of a trained professional.

We have experience with pullers, prey drive, and reactive dogs.

Heading out golfing for the day and won't have time to walk your dog before you leave? Something came up last minute and now your dog will be left home longer than usual? Having an extra busy week and don't think you can provide the full enriching walk that your dog desires? 🐾

Message us for more information and our rates!

** we don't currently offer scheduled walks 5 days a week

02/15/2024

Love my morning walks among the sage brush with this boy 🌿 🐾

01/28/2024

🎉Happy birthday to this beautiful girl; my daily inspiration, my steadfast companion, my greatest friend 🐶🤎

01/23/2024

This 👇💯

Over the years I’ve heard so many clients share with me how pressured in the moment they felt by often complete strangers to compromise their beliefs and actions surrounding their dogs behaviour.

And many times we can succumb to ‘correcting” our dogs to ease the social pressure from others. Friends and family members may be making hurtful comments, so you prioritize their feelings over what your dog needs from you in that moment.

I don’t share this to shame you.

I share this to empower you.

My father made a comment the last time I visited “Your dog can’t come before people”. I responded, “Yes she can!” I love my dad, don’t get me wrong but he comes from a different time and things have changed.

You certainly can put your dog first.

Don’t allow the prospect of hurting someone’s feelings allow you to compromise what your dog needs.

01/22/2024

Marveled at how two souls - two completely different species - could make eachother so happy. If you were kind to animals, they repaid that kindness a thousand fold. People disappointed; animals never did.

- Alan Brennert

Winter months are perfect for slowing down and spending quality time with your dog, getting to know them more deeply so that your connection with them may grow stronger, and your lives together more seamless.

🐶❄️

(Art: Naoko Stoop)

01/10/2024

Nova 🌟 🐾

12/28/2023

Stella 😍🐶

11/04/2023

10/31/2023

⚠️Halloween fireworks have been banned this year in Kamloops; a win for the dogs and animals!

But even without the fireworks to worry about, there are other things to be aware of to keep your dog as safe as possible:

🍭Most Halloween candies are toxic to dogs. If you have a dog who eats things they find, make sure no one is leaving dangerous goodies around.

🚪If you're handing out candy, your dog may find it stressful and confusing having people continuously coming to the door. Make sure you have a comfortable, contained area of the house for them set up.

🧟‍♀️Certain dogs may find people in costumes more than a little bit spooky. You may need to avoid them if your dog is too overwhelmed.

🎃Be careful and aware of the Halloween decorations you are using. Wagging tails and lit candles can be hazardous.

10/26/2023

❎️Outdated dominance - based training methods are unscientific and damaging to your relationship with your dog and that is why relationship - based training should be a priority for everyone who has a dog.

✅️Relationship - based training emphasizes connection first and foremost, while valuing dogs as sentient beings with their own needs and desires. It focuses on the importance of knowing your dog deeply so that you may live together in harmony.

If you are having trouble with your dog's behavior or feel like there is no connection between the two of you, you may want to reflect on how you have been approaching training and your relationship with them.

📍Do you understand their needs (physical, nutritional, mental, social, etc) and your obligation to fulfill them?

📍Do you have knowledge of canine body language and listen to what your dog is telling you? (A wagging tail does NOT always mean happy, licking does NOT always mean affection)

📍Do you enjoy time with your dog instead of approaching time with them as a chore?

📍Do you respect your dog's boundaries and need for space?

📍Do you know your dog's preferences and incorporate them regularly?

📍Do you provide choice and appropriate freedom for your dog?

📍Are you clear, consistent, and calm in your approach and expectations for your dog?

If you need help with any of these elements I am available to get you started on the right path. 📨🙋‍♀️

10/20/2023

We demand that dogs conform to our world, and too often, we demand that they do so perfectly.

Love your dog enough to let them be imperfect.

🐾👣

My morning walk with Katana on the river.

10/18/2023

Loki practising his sit/stay with park distractions 🐶🍂

10/10/2023

🍂🐶🤎🌾🍁
I am thankful for:

My best friend; my faithful canine companion

The dogs I have worked with in the past who have taught me so many things

The dogs who I work with now, who trust me and have patience with me while I try and find the best way to help them

The dogs who I have yet to meet

The dogs who I have lost
🍂 🐶🤎🌾🍁

10/09/2023

➡️If there's one thing that every dog owner can start implementing today to create a more optimal relationship with their dog, it is this:

👉 reinforce positively every time your dog offers you a behavior that you like. Every. Single. Time.

It is a lot easier to train behaviors that your dog is already willingly offering to you without a cue beforehand.

⁉️ Why spend time teaching a "look at me" cue if you are just going to ignore the times your dog looks at you naturally while you're out and about?

🤦‍♀️ So often we put so much of our focus and energy into stopping the behaviors we DON'T like, all while letting the offered behaviors we DO like go unnoticed.

✅️Take the time you would normally put into fretting about, or trying to cease, the undesirable behaviors your dog displays, and use it to pay attention to when they offer you behaviors you do like so you can reinforce those and help them become more consistent.

10/04/2023

Cooper 😍🐾

09/27/2023

📣Less than a week to sign up for our October walk & train packages, and only a few spots left!

📨Message us or email [email protected] to reserve your spot.

09/25/2023

Wizard 🪄❤️