The Job of Calm Canine Services

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!

05/28/2024

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.

05/17/2024

Carmie is a cutie!!

5 months old and already a star at her basic obedience, Carmie is shy with new people and is very sensitive to pressure being put on her by others. We are going to be working on building her confidence over the next few weeks as well as her leash manners.

05/10/2024

☯️ Yin & Yang ☯️

05/09/2024

Odie comes pre loaded with magical jumping beans 🫘

05/07/2024

Welcome to the crew Nacho, Pablo and Ernie!! We’re all excited to get to know you and spend time together 🐕

05/07/2024

It’s no wonder we see so much anxiety in our dogs when we ourselves avoid discomfort too. I get it. We don’t want to see our dogs uncomfortable but they need us to be able to lead them through it but in order to be able to do that we have to first be able to move through our own as well.

Nobody is telling you to intentionally flood and overwhelm your dog but you cannot shelter them from every discomfort. From leash manners to grooming and general day to day you must teach your dog to tolerate discomfort without shutting down or exploding.

Each time you do this with your dog you build trust, confidence and resilience together. It gets easier each time you choose to work with discomfort instead of avoiding, you’re doing great!

05/05/2024

Love love love this community; my heart is so full after today’s run, it was a special one.

Special shout out to and for their first run with Banshee it means a lot that you were brave enough to come try it out and extra bonus that y’all loved it and will come again!

was also there for their second run and they’re hooked too!

Nothing feels better than dedicated dog owners finding something fulfilling for themselves AND their dogs.

We ❤️ you for it.

04/27/2024

We have already learned so much about working with working breeds at our classes. Can’t wait to spend all day working with dogs and learning then bringing it all back to be integrated with how we work with our clients too.

04/23/2024

Spring/Summer means GROUP SESSIONS!

In this two part class we will be working on solidifying recall skills and going over how to properly use your long lines so that you can give your dog more freedom responsibly as you practice your recall skills.

We will have a few long lines to borrow but please bring your own if you can, 20-30ft is more than enough length.

Spaces are limited so email [email protected] to secure your spot or DM with any questions.

04/16/2024

Ask me how many tries this took 😅

04/15/2024

Had our first session with Sammy this weekend.

A young street dog who is understandably very sensitive to loud sudden sounds and suspicious of other dogs, he equally associates people with possible food. We started off with some simple engagement games to teach Sammy that it pays off to check in with us instead of others. As he started to do well we saw some of his playfulness come out and even though he doesn’t yet know how to play with toys we are hopeful that he will pick it up in no time.

Welcome Sammy!

04/11/2024

Pretty much the exact moment I fell in love with a little spitfire named Odie 🤪

Thanks for capturing it

03/20/2024

Everybody look away!

03/14/2024

Spicy and Sweet

03/07/2024

I’ll take one in every size and colour please!