MK9 Dog Training

04/10/2025

Working on a stay, duration of behaviour or distractors can get really boring sometimes.

Here, I'm adding weird movements! Getting creative in how we work towards behaviour goals can make sessions way more fun!

04/02/2025

**COURTESY POST** ---> PLEASE SHARE!!
Guinness is in need of a new home!
Basic Info:
Age: 2.5 (DOB June 5,2022)
Breed: Lab / Golden Retriever / Springer Spaniel
Neutered
Vaccines UTD

Cats: Unsure, he’s never met one
Dogs: Yes** (see below)
Kids: Yes*** (see below)

FAST FACTS:
Features:
Travels well in car (long distances too!)
Crate trained (but not used often)
Food driven
LOVES scent activities, would be a great scent sport candidate!
LOVES the water, swimming & dock diving
Basic obedience
Up for anything & aims to please!
Very affectionate!
Good with kids***
Good house manners

Struggles:
Arousal regulation
Leash reactivity****
Mild resource guarding
Will steal socks

Likes:
Anything sniffing related!
Treat puzzles
Learning new skills/tricks
Fetch
Swimming
Dock Diving
Food
Snuggling

Guinness is eagerly seeking his next adventure! This lovable 1.5-year-old lab mix is a sweet and snuggly companion who enjoys playing, learning, and exploring. His favorite activities include sniffing, swimming, and spending time playing or snuggling with his favorite humans! Guinness has moderate-high food drive and moderate ball drive. Due to his love of nose-based activities, Guinness would be a great scent work candidate, or to be given a nose based job. Guinness is eager-to-please and learns FAST; he’s wicked smart, and has enough energy to go all day long. Even though he is high energy, he is polite and easy to be around in the house. Guinness has participated in training lessons and has good general obedience cues. Guinness’ motto is “all gas, no brakes” but definitely would benefit from learning some meditation techniques ;)

Guinness' ideal day would be a morning romp through the woods, a midday boat ride & dock diving, an afternoon of playing with a ball and then snuggling up on the couch in the evening.

03/25/2025

So proud of Simba & his mom 😭❤️

This clients goals are to have a little dog who is comfortable travelling with her, is a gentleman around strangers & is confident in his own skin. Their first trip together is a smashing success 😭❤️🎉

Enrich The Canine will also be so proud of this little guy!

03/01/2025

Village Pets Boutique is having their grand opening today!

There's great deals, gift baskets & a locally owned business to support!!

(There's parking behind the store)

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02/22/2025

Getting feedback from clients is important. One thing included on my feedback forms is:

"If there's anything you could have changed about training with me, what would it be?"

The response that has made made me laugh the most so far was:

"A little less talking, more training."

🤣❤🤣❤🤣❤

Anyone who knows me, will also laugh at this feedback.

I've been told I talk to much since the day I learned how to speak. 🤣

While I try very hard to curb this tendency, it will never go away. In order to ensure students understand a concept or technique, I'll explain it six ways from Sunday.

I have alot to say okay?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

02/16/2025

Self Care Sunday

Focusing on training goals, behaviour problems or "doing enough" is exhausting. It's really easy to forget about ourselves and work so hard that we are running on fumes.

Not realizing how stressed & tense we've become on a day to day basis. Being so disconnected from our bodies that we can't hear it screaming for rest.

When we are dysregulated, we make choices based on survival. When we are exhausted, we lose access to our best selves.

Rest is a NEED. Just as we need food and air to live, we need rest.

There will always be a to-do list. There will always be people trying to get your attention. There will always be distractions.

The only person who can monitor your capacity & energy is you.

This Self-Care Sunday, ensure that you are putting aside some time for yourself. Fill your cup today ❤

Enjoy a picture of me from Yoga Teacher Training at the a few years ago.

02/16/2025

Bobby says, go inside; get hot chocolate for you, a chew for your dog & snuggle where it's warm.

No matter what type of snow dog you have, stay safe & warm during this snow storm!

You can catch us making enrichment toys for the week after we've finished our snow angels 😇

02/16/2025

Awaken your sense of adventure, go play outside!

02/15/2025

Client Testimonial:

"Morgan's approach is so unique. Her approach to basic skills is so inclusive of all levels and she is so skilled at assessing obstacle and helping to create success with an adjusted approach. Where Morgan's shines is her deep connection to behaviour, body language and mental states. I have learned so much about my dogs at a whole new level. I am able to watch play sessions and new interactions and see signs of stress, arousal and relaxation making me a far better advocate for them. Managing their mental states has made our day to day so much smoother, made my dogs happier and has allowed me to overcome some challenging obstacles by seeing how my own mental state was affecting my dogs. Every dog owner should take advantage of these amazing tools by spending some time with Morgan."

Please note: This client wished to remain anonymous, so a picture of a previous, unrelated trainee has been provided

02/14/2025

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02/14/2025

Happy Valentines' Day!

Drop your favourite dog Valentine puns in the comments; I'll start!

02/14/2025

Part 3/3 of the Emotions = Hot Soup

We will have times when things get to hot. In those moments, we are managing, and trying to cool down as quick as we can.

Know when you're burning, so you can cool down and avoid injury.

02/12/2025

Yesterday we introduced how emotions are like big soup. Today we discuss how to cool down the "soup"

We can: wait, breathe, use coping skills, try sensory push ups etc.

02/12/2025

No matter what, hot soup can't be eaten hot, it will burn you.

We must first cool the soup to avoid injury.

Big emotions (in us and our dogs) are much the same way. Once we've gone over threshhold, we MUST cool down before engaging in an activity / situation.

With soup we can:
- Cool down one bite at a time by blowing on it
- Add an ice cube
- Wait

With emotions we can:
- Practice the trigger in controlled, smaller situations
- Wait, breathe.
- Use coping skills like sensory pushups, grounding techniques to cool down faster

02/10/2025

Sensory push ups can help our dogs process the environment and reduce overstimulation!

This activity was developed by Jessica Eden O’Neill ,Canine Behaviour Expert from Pet Intel. & Emotional Well-being. The activity is designed to help dogs to...

01/24/2025

Hear me out because this one may seem a little weird !

Essentially this mom is practicing a recall with her kid :P

She specifically says she plays this game often, not just when she needs to take her son to nap, leave the park etc because she WANTS HER SON TO ENJOY COMING TO HER!! So she puts in reps of just fun "recalls".

It's the SAME with our dogs!! How often do you play fun recall games & how often do you call your dog just to end their fun?

When recalling, try to add value to your dog as much as possible. Play a game, point out something interesting, etc etc.

Kinder K9 Pet Intel. & Emotional Well-being

12/10/2024

Walks with our dogs can include more than just walking!

In this video I'm using different cues to get Mayhem in different positions on this bench. Near the end I switch to a touch cue to get her into position instead of each individual cue to show the versatility of a touch!

Positions im looking for:
- front feet on bench
- four feet on bench
- back feet on bench

12/10/2024

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