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Dog training and behaviour modification in Montreal. Personalized approach to training

06/21/2025

Classroom right before summer break — every student totally checked out… except for that one kid in the front who’s still trying to listen to the teacher. 📚🐶

06/10/2025

Spotty and Mya at the vet today. Spotty got some acupuncture and adjustments - I could tell he was feeling better when we got home🥰. Mya got some herbs to help her reverse sneezing - sensitive to something in the environment. Was so happy to see how relaxed Mya was while waiting for Spotty and how good she was for her exam!!

06/08/2025

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially completed my Canine Nutrition Certification! 🐾📚

As a dog trainer, I’ve always believed that health and nutrition are the foundation of a balanced mental state. Just like us, our dogs thrive when their bodies and minds are supported by proper fuel. This certification deepened my understanding of how what we feed our dogs directly impacts their behavior, energy, focus, and overall well-being.

I can’t wait to integrate this knowledge into my training work and help even more pups live their happiest, healthiest lives. 💪🐶

06/01/2025

End of an awesome rainy session with Haru, Luna and their family💕
When I first met Haru 6 weeks ago, he was focused on biting and barking at pretty much everything in sight. Very stressful for Haru and everyone else. Now he’s starting to make human and dog friends, enjoying running around, sniffing and playing. Still a long way to go! A small part of his training has been showing him that charging and biting people isn’t allowed, but mostly having fun outdoors and changing his perception. This session we added some obedience for both dogs.
Thanks to Jackie, Diane, Karen, Peter and their dogs, who helped with his training! Thanks to Mya whose official job is now to give hugs (she’s super happy with that!) and show how that strangers aren’t scary 🙂

05/23/2025

Mya adventured so hard, we ended up at the vet 😢. Apparently the porcupines are really bad this year. Vet said that they don’t usually try twice - i hope thats going to be true for Mya

02/18/2025

Why are off leash walks in the woods so enjoyable and important? Pace and proximity.

We’ve co-evolved with dogs over 10s of thousands of years and while we’re similar in so many ways, two areas where we run into conflict, especially in the modern world are pace and proximity.

A dog’s walking pace is ~2x as fast as ours. While the radius where we consider a person to be walking with us is ~2m (reason for 2m leash, social distance etc), for dogs this is usually 10s to 100s of meters. This means that, Mya, who is out of the picture because she’s in the woods, isn’t thinking that she’s run off, instead she’s wondering why I’m so slow and not joining her in the hunt. This distance will vary by individual and breed. eg dogs that are bred to hunt independently will have a wider radius at which they feel they are still with us. When I need them to come close, I can simply recall. Therefore they get what they want, and I can feel comfortable when I need to.

The last thing I would want is a dog who feels like they can’t leave me and stays close when off leash. This usually happens either because a dog has a slow pace (breed, age), is anxious to explore or has been overly managed/corrected into staying close.

This is why teaching a dog to walk with us on a 6ft leash or in heel can be so frustrating, though it is necessary. Too many people/trainers get fixated on pulling on leash. And while, teaching the boundary of a leash/leash communication is part of leash training, the bigger issue is teaching a dog to walk at our pace and stay close.

In my experience this is easier and less frustrating if the dog learns they will have the opportunity to run off leash. And no, going to a dog park is not the same. It may allow your dog to expend energy, but it won’t replicate traveling/covering distance/hunting as a pack, which truly changes your relationship with your dog.

02/12/2025

Panbeh joining in on banana time :-)

02/02/2025

These two goofballs, while I’m making a smoothie, trying to figure out what to do to get a piece of banana (they did) 🤣 Ivan saw Spotty sitting in the crate and decided to join him. When Spotty really wants something, he’ll sit facing the corner (like he’s been put in a time out)

01/29/2025

Loki

01/24/2025

Yep, we’re still doing pack hikes when it’s -20C :-). This week’s hikes with Wilson, Mango, Po, Kali, Scotch, Monty and Teddy!

01/10/2025

Had so much fun on our pack hike yesterday!! Mya made sure to show everyone how to track deer and hunt field mice in the snow 😃

Next pack hike is Jan 16th

12/31/2024

Happy New Year!!! And a very Happy 14th Birthday to Spotty and his siblings!!

Address

200 Elgar Street
Montreal, QC
H3E1C8

Telephone

+15145482506

Website

https://laikadogtraining.com/

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