Celine's K9

10/09/2024

When you tell your humans you’re going to school, but end up partying in the bush instead .. because who needs a diploma when you can party with friends!

07/23/2024

I cried today, in my office and not a few tears and a sniff. I actually ugly cried.

There seems to be no words to make the general public understand what a disaster the rescue word is in. I see all my FB friends post the same thing and yet nothing is getting better, on the contrary it seems to be getting worse.
People are getting dogs and failing them, failing them HUGE.

Today I stroked a 7 mos old baby while he was being humanely put to sleep, yes you read this correctly…7 mos old. Such a behavioural disaster due to his owners failing him he was a danger. I told him he was the bestest of boys, told him that the other side was so much better. He would no longer live in fear and could run, play and have all the treats he could ever want. I don’t believe in God but I lied to this baby and told him, God would take care of him and love him and as I spoke I really wanted it to be true.

We need to do better, something has to change. I’m not sure what it will take to make people understand, please don’t breed your dog if you don’t know what you are doing, don’t be a back yard breeder!!!!!!

All you need to do is walk through any shelter to see this. The shelters are FULL, the rescues are all FULL!!! Everyone is FULL. But mostly I look at my coworkers, the sadness in all of us is palpable. The team I work with is amazing, supportive and so caring. How long any of us can continue is a mystery.

So this is me begging once again. If you are going to get a dog….PLEASE, PLEASE TRAIN! Take your dog for some classes, socialize your dog and get your dog FIXED!!! I heard a quote but don’t remember who said it “ having an untrained dog is hard, training your dog is hard. Pick your hard wisely, your dogs life is dependent on this.”

Tomorrow is a new day, where I will again be hopeful that things will change, today I do not have this optimism.

Much love to all that have read this and most importantly, much love to your dogs. Celine ❤️

05/26/2024

This is too beautiful not to share. Enjoy every moment with them❤️

317.2K likes, 9824 comments. “why is it so beautiful that we try to win a game we can only lose? a reminder, because we sometimes forget we have an infinite capacity for love and the inevitable pain is just proof that what you feel is real.”

04/06/2024

With the warm weather around the corner we are getting ready for our outdoor agility sessions!

Send Felicia and Amanda a text 289-668-1173 or email [email protected]

03/14/2023

***WARNING HARD TO WATCH***
This is why I beg you all to use caution with letting your dogs meet on leash or dog parks. It’s ok not to let your dog meet other dogs while out and about!!

This is why I 🚫 allow on leash greetings in my training

03/10/2023

Doppelgänger class 👀!!

02/24/2023

Let’s have a serious conversation for a second, one that is weighing heavily on me lately.

After more than a year away, I have come back to my beloved job of assessing dogs at the shelter. During my break I opened The Meadow, taught classes and left really before the whole pandemic effect hit.

Before I left, I could honestly say this area really didn’t have an overpopulation problem with dogs. I have been back since January 3rd…and feel like I’ve walked into another world. I can now say…wow we have a HUGE problem. This problem isn’t going to go away anytime soon if we don’t sit up and address it.
I don’t even know where to start…so let start with PLEASE, PLEASE get your dogs fixed.

Are they special? Perfect in your eyes ? Of this I have no doubt. You want to show your kids the miracle of birth? Awesome, find a farmer in foaling season. Whatever your reason I assure you, it’s just not worth it.

The shelters, rescues are all at capacity. Period. In simpler terms…beyond full. Puppies, young dogs, old dogs, mutts, purebreds- you name it and it’s in the shelter/rescue. We need to stop and take responsibility of our actions.

The “adopt, don’t shop” motto also does not fly with me. If you want a well bred dog with certain genetic traits by all means, do it! I know some of the most wonderful breeders who go above and beyond for their dogs and puppies.

The flip side of this is seeing dogs from so called “top breeders” in the shelter after people that paid to have them, now have no use for them. So please, do your homework well and don’t buy a dog based on fancy advertising or because you felt sorry for it. This is a 12-15 year commitment you are getting into, do your homework or suffer the consequences of poor genetics or true genetics of that breed.

I get most people go into this with all the right intentions but sometimes I have to wonder what people are thinking?

How do you get a dog and let it out and not bother to come look for it?

How do you drop it off at a shelter without trying absolutely everything in your power to make it work?

How do you move and leave your dogs in a crate in the apartment you just left?

I will spare you all the horrors of what happens in the day in the life of a shelter, you all have good imaginations.

So here it is folks, I’m begging you- take the role of dog ownership seriously.
Please take your dog for training before you need it, we have plenty in this area.
Please don’t breed your dog just for fun because I can assure you the aftermath of that decision is the reality that every shelter and rescue are living at the moment. And it isn’t even remotely fun, for the animals or the people.

I come home on the days at the shelter and just need to turn off the hurt. Now it’s not all bad, don’t get me wrong. In this space, you will find some truly amazing people doing the best that they can in some of the most difficult situations, staff and managers alike. Some of the amazing adopters who come in to give these dogs a second chance at a good life. It’s all the little things that make this hard job possible.

Whenever I’m with the shelter dogs to test them, I take off their old collars and put on a new one. I do this in hope that that the new collar somehow erases some of their pain and gives them a new start.

And I cuddle them. We cuddle and I tell them that their new owners are on their way…be patient just a little bit longer.

12/23/2022

From my family to yours, wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!! 🎄🎄🎄

10/02/2022

When you are this happy to come to school !!! 😂

09/18/2022

07/02/2022

Which one wore the colour red best!!

04/11/2022

🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰🐸🐦🐍🐢🦎Happy National Pet Day! Drop your pet's pic in the comments, let's give them some ❤️

02/17/2022

Our dogs are always doing the best they can with the education we’ve given them in the environment we’ve put them in” - Susan Garrett

02/16/2022

It’s that time of year when ice on the lakes, rivers, ponds and Canal become unstable and dangerous. Keep your dogs leashed and away from the water’s edge.

02/15/2022

Congratulations to one of our members!!

Gwen Haynes and her boy Leto finished 2021 as the #1 dog all breed for CKC obedience.

This is a huge achievement not just for our member but for the breed itself!!!

Huge congratulations to Gwen Haynes and Leto!!