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Competitive K9s Dog Training Dog training services in and around the Ottawa area. Offering privates, semi privates, group classes

Offering private lessons, semi private lessons, group classes, board and train/title, and general boarding. We specialize in training performance and sport dogs and their handlers. Instruction in Sport Detection, CKC Obedience, Rally, IPO Obedience and Tracking, Obedience for Sport, and Pet Manners available.

01/06/2025

One spot left in Level 1 Scent starting this Friday! This may be one of the last Level 1s until late winter/early spring so if you are interested nows the time to jump on it! Register at the link below!

https://competitivek9s.punchpass.com/series/38686

12/26/2024

Shady would like everyone to know we have scheduled our first Level 1 Scent class of the year! This class will run Fridays at 6:15 starting January 10th - see the link below to sign up while we go let Shady in to search ;)

https://competitivek9s.punchpass.com/series/38686

11/16/2024

Hi! My name is Sumi and I was 12 INCHES from earning my games championship with a perfect Q record. Instead today we had to settle for just 2 titles - Speed and Distance. So now I make my handler sit through the off season with my Games career at:
Speed - 3/3
Distance - 3/3 (in a whopping 8 seconds today 🤣)
Aerial - 2/3
Team - 2/2

If we meet in a formal setting my full name is now SD-GMCH Case Dismissed Van Sinova SD-GS, SD-GD

11/09/2024

More fun shots of Rychly and Dia from our Photoshoot with !

11/03/2024

Stephanie's competition dogs (I hope) for next year!

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10/31/2024

More to come on the weekend but for now a sneak peak from CK9s shoot with - Diabla Van Sinova SD-A

10/28/2024

Saturday classes were followed last week by a Designated Odor Test! The DOT is an unofficial event where beginner teams can test their skills in a lower pressure environment (sometimes more experienced teams come too). It is run using odors - wintergreen, pine, and/or thyme. Each odor is tested separately with a single hide in a search of 12 to 14 boxes - 1 hide (unknown to the handler) with a 3 minute time limit. A pass is earned when the handler correctly identifies the hide without making a false call (mistake). We had 2 teams test on wintergreen only while the rest tested all 3 odors so ran 3 separate searches. Congratulations to the following CK9 students for testing and passing all 3 odors:

Pam and Havoc
Donna and Holly
Tanya and Cally
Delphi and Fury
Jordan and Baloney
Michel and Beau
Suzanne and Kiki

We also had 2 visiting teams test and pass on Wintergreen. Congratulations to:
Lynne and Finette
Sandra and Rolo

Nice job everyone!

10/25/2024

Train dogs ✅
Buy things for dogs ✅
Take pictures of dogs ✅

Just another trip to Kemptville - back tomorrow for more of the same. Big sale starting btw guys! And someone remind me to scan the QR code this time so I can upload for the contest 😂

(Full width Pics in Stories!)

10/13/2024

Different hides, different locations, different dogs, different approaches, same alert! One of the reasons we prefer a nose point/hold - all sizes and shapes of dogs can perform it no matter where the hide is, even when it is inaccessible!

08/21/2024

2 new SD Elite titles plus a 4th on the way to the big f**king ribbon on Friday! Congratulations to Paul and Freyja, Chris and Irina, and Maryrose and Gryphon!

07/17/2024

SD-MACH Qrazy van Arek SD-GD
May 6, 2010 - Jult 16, 2024
We lost one of our originals today. Qrazy was born and raised here, and competed in scent for 11 years exactly - to the day. Sleep well my love.

07/13/2024

Canada's first Malinois (and first Belgian Shepherd of any variety) Scent Detection Grand Master Champion is..... Sumi!

While this has actually been a relatively short road for her for me it was much longer. I originally began chasing this with her mother, who earned 3 of the 5 required title scores with all the Gold rankings and judges she needed before the pandemic shut the world down. When life resumed we tried again, but her age and Cushing's meant it just wasn't possible to complete it.

Sumi however looked at me and said "Hold my beer" and hit the ground running with a 200/200 her first attempt. One year and 3 days later she wrapped it up with her 5th Gold score under judge Russ Fox today at a home trial. 3 generations of scent dogs, each of whom has made Canadian history in the sport. How lucky am I to have these dogs, and the best crew around us - Competitive K9s is truly a world I'm proud to be in and of course the always incredible Fire and Ice Team rocks!!

Thanks to Judges Julie, Russ, Doug, and a very special thanks to Sumis other favorite person Chris for each leg towards this!

06/21/2024

Just another history making day around here again....mcintyre continues to prove Sibes are more than just a pretty face as she piloted Sage to become the first Scent Detection Elite Champion and Scent Detection Grand Master Champion! Sage is one of just 34 dogs in Canada to have reached this level (the highest currently available) in the SDDA. But this is just the beginning as Gryphon will aim to make it 2!

Meanwhile finished her goal for the year before it's even halfway done by earning her SD-MACH with Urban! Now some more grinding as she takes aim at Elite!

06/01/2024

It's been a busy couple of weeks for CK9 students! I'm not caught up on all their CKC results but here are a bunch of the new SDDA titles earned!

NEW SD-S SP:
Morgan Kirkham w Mahem
Stephanie Perrier w Dia
Holly Drabyk w Reed
Chantal w Lu
Katerina w Hazel
Jan Hatherell w Pippin
Carolyn w Ella Bella
Jess Paveley w Juno
Olivia Sparks w Lennyx

NEW SD-A
Belle Severn w Wicca
Holly w Reed
Debra McPherson w Mazu
Pam Curtis-Lalonde w Selene
Chris and Loups-Garou

NEW SD-E SP
Michele Janine AG w Charlie

NEW SD-EL
Christiane Roy w Fado

SD-CH
Melanie DiZazzo w Shady

SDA Title scores towards championships
Chantal w Skye Hewston
Kysha Weeks w Liberty

Elite Title scores towards championships
Maryrose McIntyre w Sage x2
Kitsune Chi w Irina
Stephanie w Sumi

05/07/2024

A championship for you and a championship for you and a championship for everybody!!!

What an amazing day a couple of weeks ago as SIX separate teams completed the requirements for Championships or Master Championships in SDDA 👏👏👏

Congratulations to:

Paul and Thalys - SD-MACH (Paul's 3rd dog to achieve this!)
CK9 Instructor Deb (and Maryrose) with Darragh - SD-CH
Carol and Urban - SD-CH
Christine and Bowie - SD-CH
Kysha and Liberty - SD-CH
Jane (and Maryrose) and Taz - SD-CH

Super excited to see these teams pursue their Masters and/or Elite titles as they continue!

02/08/2024

First time Excellent titles for 2 of our teams this weekend! Interested in starting this game with your dogs? We have 2 spots left in this set of Level 1 classes! Sign up for Fridays at 7:30pm here:
https://competitivek9s.punchpass.com/series/32606

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/WaaoWsHW2eqtaYHE/?mibextid=oFDknk Sharing the link above as it's an excellent rebuttal to some common cooling myths (myths which can kill dogs). There has of late been a massive resurgence and circulating of dangerous myths regarding cooling hot dogs, in particular those near heat stroke (note the dog in the video is not heat injured, this was a specified cooling break during a sprinting workout). The old myth of avoiding ice water, avoiding pouring water on etc had been debunked. Please please please before sharing these posts written by random folks with no research behind them, no medical training, and no CURRENT in the field experience read the current study and best practice information can be found at the following links: MYTH BUSTING – COOLING HOT DOGS with the UK Veterinary research team https://heatstroke.dog/2023/07/20/myth-busting-cooling-hot-dogs/?fbclid=IwAR07ChOSq-PTfc-DN_B_aePTMzKGq06I7GGuzw3-QBmskg3MipglcSys2Js ARE YOU READY TO BEAT THE HEAT? COOLING HOT DOGS – MORE MYTH BUSTING https://heatstroke.dog/2024/04/12/are-you-ready-to-beat-the-heat-cooling-hot-dogs-more-myth-busting/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1sud0ZKqfM3PF0_xcaQRgdXzmHKfFT5nkuHsZTOq6UYGpjbryDpPmfzbA_aem_RZ7l8lh3RN0PoPvFQMltTA Royal Veterinary College https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/news/the-rvc-urges-owners-of-hot-dogs-to-cool-first-transport-second?fbclid=IwAR023ZAXQm_1n9FQwo8aVCP2SZdxdmBhXMgwH-e_m3iaX2OHyK0nujbO_Ws Cooling methods used in dogs with heat-related illness under UK primary veterinary care 2016-2018 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=108153058936611&id=100092257509484 Rethinking Heat Injury in the SOF Multipurpose Canine: A Critical Review. Janice L. Baker, DVM; Paul J. Hollier, DVM; Laura Miller; Ward A. Lacy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227176693_Rethinking_Heat_Injury_in_the_SOF_Multipurpose_Canine_A_Critical_Review Heat Injury in Working Dogs Webinar with Dr. Janice Baker https://m.facebook.com/stor

Dont get me wrong theres a bunch of errors here and certainly the hide isnt legal (too exposed). But on the topic of small dogs and high hides: Her nose is just over 20 inches and it wasnt even that high when she picked the hide up which is just shy of 4 feet above the box. The box was set at 20 inches so the hide was roughly 4 feet above her nose when she caught it, and had aged about 3 minutes (this room was clear and it was an impulse set after we ran it and it aged while we quickly did a single room hide). While it wasnt really contained this shows you just how far from the hide your dogs can pick up odor, even more so when it has aged enough to off gas well. Stop selling your short dogs, well, short! And thanks to Sumi for making me look like I know how to train a Detection Dog finally 😂