The Job of Calm Canine Services

09/12/2024

Two absolute cuties joined our packs this week.

Both social butterflies fit in seamlessly and had amazing sleeps after their pack walks with us. They loved making new friends and both with benefit greatly from regular calm socialization time with our other dogs.

Welcome Summer and Birdie, we love your energy and enthusiasm 💜

09/03/2024

08/24/2024

Some of our sessions from this week:

Mika - working on cooperation and engagement
Ashi - practiced learning to settle and ‘outs’ in play
Sprout - got her first successful ‘down’
Ernie - first session, solidifying basics and building drive
Dandy - learned middle and intro’d to place work
Isla - working recall with distractions using a flexi leash

08/07/2024

Echinacea babes 🌸

07/08/2024

Miles is joining us for some help addressing reactivity to other dogs. Caught a pic of him mid zoom towards the end of our session when a toy came out and we were able to get him playing in our first session 🤪

07/04/2024

Love the feedback, thank you!!!

07/04/2024

Welcome Sprout 😍

Leash manners, engagement and impulse control are the name of the game with her. Shes spunky and just too cute!!

06/27/2024

Welcome Isla!

Isla has just started private sessions for some help addressing overexcitement and overstimulation in new places. We will be working on her leash manners, building impulse control and also giving her some constructive outlets where we can build up her engagement around distractions. Isla is super food motivated but I have a feeling she will be play motivated in no time as well based on all her digging, jumping and squirrel interest from our first session.

06/11/2024

Your trainer should have trainers and if they don’t…. 🚩

On top of that, you should be able to have an open dialogue with your trainer. What are they working on with their dogs, what are their challenges they are working through, what have they learned recently. We are all human, we all make mistakes and no dog is perfect.. even your trainers dog.

Nobody knows it all, the industry is constantly evolving and your trainer should have courses, trainers, mentors, colleagues and resources that they draw off of. They should also be able to explain to you not only how their training methods work and why they use them but how they’ve changed and evolved since they started training dogs.

Nobody knows it all and if they say they do… run.

06/10/2024

An awesome crew right here 🥰

06/08/2024

Seeing people enjoy working with their dogs and developing stronger relationships legitimately makes my day 🥰

Thank you for to all of our training clients for allowing me to be a part of your journeys!

06/06/2024

Started working with this handsome guy yesterday.

Duke is a lot of dog and his owner reached out for help addressing some reactivity and pushiness. We are going to help her have better control and understanding of ways to build Dukes confidence; building up his trust in her to be able to manage situations where he feels unsure as well as his engagement and cooperation with her while giving him some breed appropriate outlets.

Can you guess his breed mix?

06/03/2024

Love our dedicated clients SO much 🥰

06/01/2024

Meet Lou!

A stylish young guy who is super driven and loves to work. He’s play motivated and has his impulse control on lock. Lou’s family reached out for some support with Lou showing pushy and demanding behaviours as well as some reactivity on walks and at their fence line so we’re going to be addressing those goals in the next few weeks while also building on the foundation they’ve already established.

05/31/2024

I wasn’t ready for such an epic workout this morning, Theo sure gave us a run for our money!

05/25/2024

Thank you so so much. It’s an honour and a privilege to be trusted with each of our dogs. You all make it worth it 💕

05/24/2024

Our dogs are resilient and adaptable to our habits and lifestyle, more than we realize sometimes. Yes, exercise your dog and ensure they are fulfilled but also focus on downtime. Ensure you take rest days, teach your dog to turn off and relax as much as you encourage motivation or movement.