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BC SPCA Accredited, Fear Free Certified, Professional Dog Training. Servicing North Vancouver, West

01/27/2025

Beautiful day for the day 1 of puppy class here in Fernie! Welcome to Yogi and 3 siblings - Willow, Peggy and Cash. Mini sibling reunion plus training :)

01/25/2025

Beautiful day! Decided to wander around City Hall and do some socializing - watching people, listening to noisy vehicles, saw some flags blowing overhead, practiced some skills m. We love doing our Recall (come when called) behaviour - so fun! Then DAD arrived!!! Best afternoon ever 😁☃️

01/23/2025

Welcome to our newest group of North Van Positive Puppies: Beau, Bear, Baker, Mackie, Nester, Cedar, Gus! The last 3 are siblings!
Always fun to have a sibling class 🤪😆!

01/20/2025

We’ve discovered that Peggy has quite the nose and loves scenting and tracking exercises and games.

It’s not actually common for puppies to just start using their nose to track and find things. It’s also not common for them to be able to watch and track the direction of a tossed treat at 10 weeks old. Here Peggy does both!

We’ve created a game in my training space. If she comes and sits in front of me, I’ll toss a treat somewhere and cue “find it”. She’s very work oriented - won’t stop until she finds it even if she gets distracted she remembers what she was doing and goes back to work until she finds it. Nothing deters her or gets in her way as you see in the second video.

This particular day she came and sat 21 times to start her game before looking for another activity! Scenting games and sports are fantastic outlets for scent driven dogs and energetic puppies - really any dog - they love these activities! Bonus: it’s very satisfying and very tiring for them!👍😁

01/15/2025

Peggy: Had a play date with my bro Cash today! So excited to see him - he didn’t know what hit him!!

Val: Play between siblings can be rough and not always fun for everyone. These guys did ok - holding Peggy back at times who latched onto his neck at every opportunity 🙄.

This is the nice play video 😁.

Find the passed out puppy in the last pic!

01/14/2025

Starting some crate training today! I don’t believe all puppies need crates - it would depend entirely on your life and home environment.

If you do want or need to use one and your puppy wasn’t crate trained before you got them, you need to train slowly and thoughtfully.

You can’t just jam a puppy in a crate. Good, well educated trainers DO NOT tell you to let your puppy fuss and cry it out in a crate.

They MUST be happy and comfortable - not just at night but MOST IMPORTANTLY happy and comfortable in there during the day when they’re awake and active and alone.

You may have been told your puppy was crate trained, but frequently I find this means that the breeder, rescue or foster merely put them in a crate at night when they were sleepy and called it job done. That’s NOT crate trained.

If there’s any vocalizing in there when you put them into their crate, they’re not crate trained. If there’s reluctance to go into their crate, they’re not crate trained.

If you need them crate trained, take the time and do it right.

01/11/2025

Little miss Peggy was a little worried about the woodshed this morning. A building she has happily romped around in since the day we brought her home. Perhaps entering a sensitive stage – we’ll see what else triggers any different response in the next few days.

After careful observation, she wanted to do some cautious exploring, chew on some wood bits, then I used her Recall which she loves doing so we could end on a fun note and go back outside without lingering too long.

We’ll walk by it later and see how she feels then.

01/10/2025

Today Peggy tried out an elevator for the first time. No problem!

She was able to explore the whole space, then was comfortable staying on the ground watching the doors close and ride one floor up and down. I had planned to have her in my arms in case she was startled, but she had other ideas!

01/10/2025

Today was another big day! Peggy: I went to the veterinarian and met Dr. Carrie who I liked a lot, got a check up and my vaccines - I’m 13 pounds! She said I’m very healthy and I got lots of treats. Did some people / school bus watching on the way home. So sleepy now…🥱💤.

01/09/2025

Learning about the vacuum. We are looking to achieve:
- curiosity not fear and avoidance
- interest but not over arousal
- the ability to disengage easily
We don’t want fearful or over-aroused barking, chasing or biting. Vacuums are a part of everyday life so we need to build and reward a neutral response as they blend into our puppy’s life :)

01/07/2025

We’ve had Peggy for a week now and I’ve learned (had suspected when I chose her) she’s not a puppy for the faint of heart! She dives headlong into any situation, has thrown herself at and conquered every treat dispensing toy I’ve given her – large, noisy or challenging – and if you know me, you know I’ve got them all!

We’ve gotten a good start on recall, drop it, leash skills, spin, hand target, learning to busy herself, and nail trimming. House training is a work in progress – it’s cold and she’s a smaller pup than we’ve had before but at least she’s good at p*e pad use so we’re getting there.

She has a very fine line between sufficiently stimulated to be sleepy and content and over-tired which turns her into a velociraptor with lightening reflexes who makes noises more ferocious than any Doberman we’ve had. She loves barking at Jack and getting him to be ferocious at her without any concern at all.

She’s a challenge to be sure! Jack is still on the fence (well behind the fence) as to whether her addition is at all beneficial but I’m confident we can convince him 😊

01/05/2025

Tempted to tiptoe around the house once your puppy is finally asleep? Don’t! It’s important for puppies to get lots of rest – up to 21 hours a day for very young pups; but it’s also important for them to learn to rest and relax around our usual household noises. I wouldn’t vacuum or run my vitamix when my puppy is sleeping close by. However, as long as she can remain asleep and get her rest, I would grind my coffee, use my oven timer, empty the dishwasher, turn the radio on and do lots of common household things. Your puppy may need different considerations based on their particular degree of confidence and hearing, but gradually getting them used to the day-to-day sound of our lives is important. Even when sleeping, they can learn they’re safe with certain noises in their environments.

01/03/2025

Early lessons: being on a leash without feeling like you’re on a leash. Outings are short, in areas with little distraction and full of fun!

01/02/2025

How did we ever raise puppies without beef chews and treat dispensing toys?! Great tools for learning to keep yourself busy when the humans are not available to play.

12/30/2024

It was a big day! Welcome puppy Peggy to our family ❤️!

12/25/2024

Happy holidays everyone! Jack was beyond excited to have his friends Ketchup and Pickle over for Christmas Eve 😁. His pupils have finally returned to normal this morning 😆. Enjoy the holiday with your pups!

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.

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Resource Guarding is a common trainer term. It’s normal dog behaviour - things dogs may do to keep us from taking away something they have. It’s normal but sometimes humans don’t respond to properly. This is a fun exercise Peggy and I have been working on! The intent is resource guarding prevention - preventing any concern she has that I’m going to take away her things - in this case toys. Resource guarding is normal, but we want to work toward ensuring dogs aren’t worried about their possessions in our presence. We want them to happily give up anything we need to get, and play, eat and enjoy their precious items in our presence without fear of losing them or being forced to give them up. “Happily give up” is the critical piece there. I’m also using this same exercise to bolster her “Drop It” cue and work on our toy play relationship. Peggy likes her stuffies, she loves to run around with them, and she loves to tug a bit when we each have an end. What I’m doing here is tossing her a toy and then pretending to try and get it back so she can grab it, run away with it, then come running back for more play. When she’s close by, I cue “Drop It!” and toss down a lot of very good treats so she’s happy to drop her toy. While she’s eating, I pick up her toy, and when she’s finished her treats, I immediately toss the toy again for her to get and repeat the game. I’ve turned trying to take her things into a fun game and a way to practise my Drop It training. It’s up to me to use the right treats, the right toy and play the game in a way she understands and has fun with. Each session is very short. I want her to be happy to bring her toys to me to play with, and use games to build a solid “Drop It” behaviour. I want us to have a fun relationship so she’s happy to listen to me in other contexts. Note: this is an exercise to be done with a puppy or a friendly dog who doesn’t guard their toys. If you think you have a reso

Doing some socializing to the tractor/snowplow! Peggy is confident enough to run right down there but it’s much more valuable for long term confidence to let her watch from a distance. We are working on maintaining a loose leash around exciting things at a distance that makes it as easy as possible. Asking for and getting the occasional treat, and my verbal assurance and praise help her learn to be patient (self regulate), keep me in the picture (as she tends to stand at a distance from me), and learn that tractors are not something we need to worry about or get involved with. . #puppysocializing #puppytraining #whattractor #puppies

Early lessons: being on a leash without feeling like you’re on a leash. Outings are short, in areas with little distraction and full of fun! . #puppytraining #besttoyever #leashtraining #leashlearning #dogpartners

Puppy play! Always interesting how different groups play so differently. And then it changes week to week. Some groups require lots of interruptions, some require few interruptions. There’s always at least party animal in the crowd! . #DogPartners #PuppyPlay #PuppySocialization

Some really nice puppy play between veteran puppy REN and newby puppy Flora! Good puppy play is fun for all parties with no one feeling overwhelmed, trapped or bullied. Monitored play is important. Dogs are subtle with their body language. It’s important these early experiences are fun not frightening! . #dogpartners #puppyclass #puppyplay

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