Kadence K9

07/18/2022

07/18/2022

Thank you to everyone for a lovely Sunday Funday! Wow, that was a lot of dogs and handlers...we earned our keep today. Must be the long awaited sunshine 😁. Am off to PG to train with my dog again next weekend. All obedience classes will be held Tuesday evenings, and the next Sunday Funday will be on July 31 from noon - 2 pm. Hope to see you then.

07/15/2022

If you really care about your dog, highly recommend crate training. Helps alleviate all sorts of unwanted behaviour.

Every single one of my dogs are crate trained, as well as all those that have gone before them. I will never ever have a dog in my house that is not.

07/13/2022

Our latest project...pretty darn cute puppy, with all the potential in the world. Unfortunately he has turned into a not so happy adult. Human influence has a lot to do with how these guys turn out. This dog did not have the right human. Hopefully he will survive to find the right person in the future. Dogs take work, proper socialization and training, understanding who they are as a species goes a long way as well. If you don't train the dog, you don't blame the dog.

07/08/2022

It is the all consuming addiction that can be a real challenge...🤣

07/07/2022

Am so grateful this fellow showed up on my facebook feed (thank you Andi Robinson Houlden)...otherwise he would have been dead for 4 months now. That would have been a true shame. Instead, I got one awesome dog, who once his needs were met, has become the most inspiring dog I have worked with in a very long time. He is an honest, friendly, happy, playful fellow, with a rock solid work ethic. It is all about fulfilling the need of the dog, instead of using them to fulfill our own...then they can show you who they really are. 😁 and hopefully we can keep more great dogs like Jai off the euthanasia table. To a dog, fair leadership is everything...the pure positive training model did not work for this boy, as it doesn't for many of the dogs I see. He didn't buy the fur baby mentality, and damn near died for it. It just is not how nature works. And dogs are nature.

07/05/2022

06/30/2022

Happy Canada Day weekend to all...am off to PG once again to do some training. No classes or Sunday Funday this weekend. We will make up the obedience classes next Tuesday evening.
Thank you!

06/24/2022

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06/24/2022

Off to PG to train my dog for the next few days. Will check messages and respond each evening. Back Monday. Hope everyone enjoys the warm weekend!

06/22/2022

Would be a sad day...

A bit of a rant but when some of your more popular force free trainers have a hard time with tough working dogs and the blame is immediately placed on the dog, it gives me little faith on the future of the working dog.

Nancy working her showline GSD or doing sport work with her biddable malinois through treats and toys only is not a good representation of the working dog.

Are you aware of police dogs and MWDs that will shred a bad guy even while getting stabbed or shot? Do you know there’s a certain level of toughness and lack of biddability a dog has to have to not comply with that level of pressure? Those are the dogs you have to say “no” to in training, those are the dogs you have to use tools on in training, those are also the dogs the purely positive community will take out of the gene pool if legislation advances to every corner of the dog industry. If so whatever dopamine happy dog will be left will run at the first sign of confrontation as the endorphin dogs will then be a thing of the past.

I’m not condoning abuse and the industry definitely has to improve. Old school trainers have to evolve and use more modern approaches, but the fact still remains, we need more tough dogs, not less, the kind your average trainer who just got her certification online cannot handle.

06/22/2022

I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TO SHARE ANYTHING OF MINE THAT I HAVE PUT ON THEIR SITE . PICTURES, CURRENT OR PAST POSTS, PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAILS. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN BE USED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION OR VERBAL CONSENT.

06/18/2022

Julie Chaplin will be returning for the Sunday Funday session tomorrow...once again to teach us how to create good juju for ourselves and our dogs. There will be no classes or Sunday Funday next weekend, June 25/26. Am off to train in PG for a few days.

06/16/2022

Flat collars are not a great training tool...unless you desire a choking, pulling, reactive dog.

06/12/2022

For todays Sunday Funday, Julie Chaplin will be here from noon to one pm, to gift us with an hour of calm in the daily storm...we will be doing fun dog stuff starting at 1 pm.

06/12/2022

Same goes for dogs...and all nature really. Beautifully said.

When we talk about building confidence with a horse, we must realize that we bring at least fifty percent to this equation. We people tend to forget that.

Less confident riders require a horse who is willing to meet them more than half way. It takes a particular sort of horse who is calmly capable of filling in a rider's gaps, without taking advantage of unclear leadership.

Less confident horses require a rider who is able to meet them more than half way. Yes, the slight change in wording here is on purpose. Many a horse(wo)man would perhaps like to be braver but simply cannot!

Will an unsuitable horse 'make you a better rider'? He well might. That is, if he doesn't hurt you, first.

When we explain that our horse is spooky, or nervous, very often we’re saying that we, ourselves, are feeling unsure or afraid. Like a virus, the fear thing is easily spread. We must either put more training into the horse and also into ourselves… make the heavy promise that this horse will never be put into a position where he cannot cope with us… or allow the horse to go on to someone who can offer the stability of grounded courage.

I realize that saying these words aloud is heresy to some of you.

In this era of insisting upon ‘forever homes’ for all horses, the altruism of finding them their best match—should we not be the one—is something I urge you to think about. Without guilt, without beating yourself up, without fear of judgment from others. Forever ownership is not always the kindest or most loving option.

When a worried horse is held in tense or frightened hands, forever is a very long time. When the partnership is right and balanced, however—as so beautifully portrayed by my friends Tammy and CB—forever is not long enough.

06/07/2022

Seems it is kids and seniors who suffer the most from these attacks. Just heartwrenching...and these dogs owners life just changed radically. And not in a good way at all. They could lose everything they have worked for all their lives. If you can't find the time to train your dog(s), exceptional management would be called for. Someone elses decisions just cost this lady her life. It seems very wrong.

Police are investigating after an 86-year-old woman died following an attack by three dogs in northwest Calgary.

06/06/2022

Great shot!

Commitment.

Adrika Cechmir (handled by Lance Collins) shows what being committed looks like enroute to helper Kelly Readman during the Protection phase of the 2022 Western Regional IGP Championship on June 4th.

There will be more photos coming soon. This one caught my eye while I was downloading the 1600 or so photos to my computer.

06/06/2022

This is what committment and teamwork look like!

06/06/2022

This is the key to dog rehab/ behaviour issues, as well...I repeat it many times daily.

06/04/2022

*Do More With Your Dog* We are looking at holding a few training events this summer/fall. It is in the works to bring in presenters for IGP (formerly Schutzhund), agility, scent detection and sheep herding. There will be working spots for each workshop, as well as auditing for folks who would like to come and see what it is about. Please pm if you are interested in any of the above disciplines, if the numbers are there we will move forward with organizing the workshops.

05/19/2022

No Training This Weekend!
Am taking my own dog to protection seminar in PG. All classes will resume next Saturday. Thank you.

05/16/2022

All classes and the Sunday Funday are not being held this coming weekend. It is an off weekend. All dog training adventures will resume the following weekend, May 28/29.

05/16/2022

Another fabulous Sunday Funday! Thank you to Julie Chaplin for providing the zen...it was much appreciated.

05/09/2022

We sure have been busy getting training done so far this spring! Time is flying by. Next series of classes begin June 18th and will run once weekly on Saturdays for 6 weeks. Private consultations, on site or at home, are by appointment only. For more information, or to register please visit classes/consultations at kadencek9.ca

05/07/2022

More Dominic Scarberry seminar pics, courtesy of Blonde Photography in Prince George. Shows my good boy without the big smile.😁

05/02/2022

In a few short weeks this guy went from zero to hero...😍

K9 Spotlight winner for this week is .... Cheryl & Jai
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Winner of 3,000 Points and featured in this week's K9 Spotlight!⁠
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On the brink of euthanasia, Cheryl came in to give this fella a second chance. Check out their story in this week's blog post. Also, don't forget to submit your K9 Spotlight for a chance to be chosen next week!

Learn More: https://rayallen.com/blog/k9-spotlight-cheryl-jai/

05/02/2022

Was another awesome Sunday Funday! Thanks to all of you who came out to track, train and just enjoy time with your dogs. I love seeing handlers create solid relationships with their canine partners. And the puppers blossoming into confident, happy dogs. Super job to all.