Dog Partners

10/27/2024

New Blog - puppy nipping and biting! Link in bio. The fun of puppy biting starts in puppy hood and carries on into adolescence.

Get some tips and helpful advice from our blog posts and magazine articles!

10/15/2024

Got a new puppy?!

Our new set of puppy classes starts on Wednesday Oct. 23rd at 6:45pm in North Vancouver!
Check out the link in bio to register.

10/10/2024

Congratulations to our two latest groups of Terrific Teens: Ren, Poe, Chinook, Dug, Milo, Maizie, Freddie, Poncho, and Flint! (Missing you Ember and Cricket). Great job everyone!

09/19/2024

Congratulations to our latest Positive Puppy class grads: Latte, Zazzi and Rooster! Great job everyone!!🎉🙌

09/04/2024

Do you have a young dog aged 5 months to 2 years? Join our Terrific Teens, Intermediate Manners class in North Van! Start Saturday, Sept. 21st. Register now: https://www.dogpartners.ca/group_training

09/03/2024

One spot left for next week’s class start in North Vancouver. https://www.dogpartners.ca/group_training

08/19/2024

Link in bio. If you’ve got a dog aged 6 months to 2 years, join our Terrific Teens group class in Fernie!!

Thursdays at 6:30 pm. Only 3 spots left!

08/16/2024

Link in bio to register. If you’ve got a friendly young dog aged 5 months to 2 years, we’ve got a class for you! Our Terrific Teens class has been created to help dogs and their owners with this challenging stage of maturity.

Socializing, focus, obedience, leash skills, manners and expert tips. Join us!

08/12/2024

Congratulations to our newest Terrific Teens grads: Lola, Chloe, Bodhi, Eddie and Lizzy! Well done everyone!! Look at all those happy faces!🙌🎉🐶

Next sets start Wednesday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept. 21.

08/10/2024

Link in bio. Classes start Sept. 5 and Sept. 11! Register to secure your spot.

Group classes for friendly young dogs aged 6 months to 2 years. A collaboration between and.

08/10/2024

Classes start Sept. 5 and Sept. 11! Register to secure your spot.
https://fernie.dogpartners.ca/group_training

Group classes for friendly young dogs aged 6 months to 2 years. A collaboration between and.

08/09/2024

We had a recent visit from my nephew and niece and their 2 toddlers. Our dog, Jack, did not grow up around children, so visits are a busy time for me. For all of us to thoroughly enjoy our visit, management between the kids and Jack is top priority.

He’s a friendly dog, but children are a different challenge for him as is the case for many dogs. Just because he’s friendly doesn’t mean he will be equally so with young children who are running around, shouting, crying, slamming doors, looking at him, trying to reach for him, playing with his toys, etc.

The most important thing is to set up management before any children enter the house. Do not wait and see what happens first. It doesn’t matter how big your house is, distance will likely become an issue at some point. If management is in place, there is no need to test the boundaries of your dog’s comfort.

Jack is most comfortable in the living room with access to his couch. He’s older, sometimes a bit sore and enjoys sleeping for many hours in the middle of the day – so it’s a perfect spot for him. It’s summer, so we don’t need to be in that area of the house.

We gated off Jack’s area as securely as we could and declared it off limits to the children. Adults frequently visited to cuddle, keep him company or give him his treasured treat ball.

More importantly, an adult was always present when the kids were inside the house, and we did organized area swaps to give Jack some yard time, too. Left unattended, kids could be reaching over or climbing on the fence or the couch or trying to open the gates.

The kids learned to keep their distance, and that running and shouting in the house was upsetting to Jack.

They had fun hiking with Jack on the trails because he was off leash and free to find the distance he needed. There was always an adult in front and also one in behind to keep an eye on everyone.

My advice to my nephew and niece? Be proactive, teach your children some simple guidelines, supervise what the children are doing and always remember to keep an eye on the dog to see how they feel about things, too.

It was a great visit 😊

07/31/2024

Welcome to our newest puppies: Zazzi, Rooster, Latte and Summer! A bunch of cuties!!😁🐶

Next set of puppy classes starts September 11th. Come and join the fun!

07/23/2024

Link to article in bio. There are many reasons why learning to walk on leash is a critical skill for dogs and what “walking on a leash” means from a training perspective.

Without proper positive training, dogs can be very uncomfortable on leash - feeling trapped or threatened when approached by another dog or person with a dog.

Walking past another dog, coming away from an accidental encounter, and learning that whatever is happening over there doesn’t involve you are all skills to be learned during leash training. We recommend saving greetings and play for off leash time.

For the humans, an important reminder to keep their dogs on leash in leash-only areas, please. We hear stories every week about dogs and their people who are harassed, chased, attacked or traumatized by off-leash dogs in on leash areas. If you don’t agree with the bylaws, then lobby to change them, but in the meantime, please respect them - a lot of us rely on them.

07/22/2024

Some scenes from Sunday’s early morning puppy class 😊

Critical skills: being on a leash and coming when called. Puppies learning to amble on a long line, observing things, keeping a loose leash, greeting and coming away from new friends.

We followed all that with some very low key play. Sizes are a bit mismatched so monitoring and management is important. Everyone did so well!

07/22/2024

If you have children, here are some good tips to help you raise a friendly family dog and keep everyone safe: Monitor interactions between your dog and kids...

07/20/2024

Congratulations to our latest Positive Puppy grads: Sunny, Obie and Chester!!🎉🙌🐶
Great job everyone!

07/20/2024