The Dog Trainer's Crucible

02/19/2025

The choice to euthanize a dog due to behaviour has wide-reaching impacts - from trainers to vets, shelter workers and fosters, to family, friends and neighbours. Behavioural euthanasia leaves a lasting impact on all involved, and the stigma surrounding behavioural euthanasia often means those affected have limited support.

Losing Lulu is a grief support group for those who have been involved with a behavioural euthanasia decision, including owners, trainers, volunteers, veterinary staff and shelter workers. If you’ve been impacted by behavioural euthanasia and are looking for support, you can join Losing Lulu by clicking the link below. Please make sure you answer all three questions to help the admin team process your membership as quickly as possible. https://www.facebook.com/groups/488243504915808

02/18/2025

Up your teaching game with our brand-new short course! Before the Lesson Plan explores the experiential learning model of teaching as it applies to dog training. The course starts on March 13th, 2025, and classes are held at 7pm EST on Thursdays. Each class will include discussion, activities and practical things to do when you teach. There are also 9.5 CEUs available from the CCPDT for this course. Spots are limited to 20 people, so don't wait to sign up! https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/Before-the-lesson-plan

02/18/2025

New webinar alert! Join Sue to learn about the Good Dog Model, a framework for addressing behaviour change in your client's dogs. The webinar is only $24.99 Canadian, and CEUs are available from CCPDT! https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/Good-Dog

02/13/2025

Join us next week on Thursday, February 20th at 5pm EST for a Live Chat with special guest Caden Cristopher all about adding games to your training programs. You can register for the Live Chat here: https://www.thedogtrainerscrucible.ca/live-chat

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Caden Cristopher Anarchy (formerly known as Chrissi Schranz) is passionate about maximizing the freedom, fun and relationship shared by dogs and their humans around the world. Whether this means teaching your dog or your clients' dogs real-life recalls, playing games or overcoming fears and challenges - human or canine - Caden is your guy. And when things don't go as expected? Well, who doesn't love a good side quest!

02/12/2025

If you are interested in seeing me in action, I am doing a live with Dr. Luke VanRooy of Cambridge Veterinary Services to help a dog named Cypress. You can click here to join:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Sue and Dr. Luke Start Working With Cypress to Address His Behavioural and Medical Needs. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

02/11/2025

Today's tidbit is a reminder to vary your lessons. Drilling makes Fido a Dull Dog!

02/09/2025

Are you looking for help with your development as a trainer, the growth of your business, or looking for direction on what to do next? At the Dog Trainer's Crucible, we provide mentorship on demand, so you can get guidance from a trainer with 30 years of experience of dog training and business ownership. Book a consult today! www.thedogtrainerscrucible.ca

02/08/2025

We think a lot about what challenges we encounter as dog trainers, but there's also so much to love about this profession! So, what's your favourite thing about being a dog trainer?

02/07/2025

Understanding how to fit and use equipment is so important for any dog trainer, regardless of what equipment you choose to use! A thorough understanding of how equipment works allows us to make the best choices for our dogs and our client's dogs. Our on-demand webinar, Fitting Equipment, provides an in-depth look at how different pieces of equipment function, and how to properly fit them. https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/FittingEquipment

02/06/2025

Are you a dog trainer looking for help? Here are some of the services we provide at the Dog Trainer's Crucible to help you with your dog training business! You can read more at www.thedogtrainerscrucible.ca

02/05/2025

The Crucible Community is a great place to meet and connect with other dog trainers, ask questions, and get support. You can join the Community here: https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/the-crucible-community

01/30/2025

Have you signed up for our newsletter? Newsletter subscribers are the first to know about new courses, receive reminders about upcoming events, and get access to exclusive content, special offers, and free resources. You can sign up for the newsletter here: https://www.thedogtrainerscrucible.ca/newsletter

01/27/2025

We love this great reminder from Sarah Groves Dog Training!

Puppies need A LOT of sleep!

At the young age of roughly 8 to 13 weeks old, your puppy will need roughly 15 to 20 hours of sleep a day!

And if they don't get the quality amount of sleep that they need, then you're likely to see behaviours associated with an overtired and overstimulated puppy!

Behaviours include:

- More over exaggerated puppy biting
- Grabbing of your clothes
- Barking back at you
- More zoomies
- Not listening
- Not in a good mindset to learn or train
- Digging
- Growling (normally when they're tugging against your clothes)

Along with so many more unwanted behaviours!

01/27/2025

What is the Dog Trainer's Crucible? We provide Consulting, Community, and Education for dog trainers in all stages of their careers. Read more about what we do at www.thedogtrainerscrucible.ca

01/26/2025

Building a brand is an essential part of growing your dog training business! Here's a few of our tips for branding:

01/25/2025

Hove you taken one of our courses? The Dog Trainer's Crucible offers webinars and courses on a variety of topics to help you as a trainer and as a business owner. Check out our course catalogue here: https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/collections/products

01/24/2025

Have you ever used a behaviour matrix while training? These handy tools help us track our progress, set goals, and avoid lumping. You can learn more about Behaviour Matrices in our on-demand webinar: https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/behaviour-matrices