My Bark Avenue Academy

09/24/2025

Thank you Doggie Detailing in Trenton for the gorgeous grooms on all my girls and the incredible fall photos❤️❤️❤️

09/24/2025

It is official Catherine Hudson from My Bark
Avenue Academy got a new dog!
Cricket is a two year old Poodle cross.❤️

09/23/2025

Meet PEPPER an 8 month old Shepherd from Campbellford.

09/21/2025

Here is Gaia on the same day but this time I have asked her owner to pat her leg rather than use treats or even pretend to have them. This method teaches the owner that control is not about how strong you are pulling on the leash to control your dog instead it is about leadership and building an emotional connection.

09/21/2025

This is first of two videos.

Meet Gaia a one-year-old border collie from Port Hope. This is her second lesson of combo class and she is now working on the beginning of her off leash skills. The problem is the owner is constantly relying on her leash to control her dog. You can see how she is jerking and pulling on the leash as she attempts to keep Gaia beside her. The other thing you will notice is how her hand is waving in front of her dog tempting her as though she was luring her with treats.
Now I will post a second video where I take away the owners reliance on her leash only minutes later, and watch the difference it makes.

09/20/2025

Meet Barney a young Sheepadoodle from Brighton. Barney has completed the beginner class and is now in the combo class. Combo class is three lessons of rally obedience and three lessons of agility. What I want you to notice is how the owner is directing her puppy around the cones and the distraction and has no treats in her hand.

09/15/2025

🎉🎉🎊HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!🎊🎉🎉

The time of year has come again!

Nominations are open for the 2026 Canadian Choice Awards!!!

Winning for a third year in a row sounds pretty great to us!

Only 45 more days to nominate!!

HERE IS THE LINK TO NOMINATE MY BARK AVENUE ACADEMY!
https://canadianchoiceaward.ca/nomination/?shareurl=yXse1gJYVdFg3t6YVFtq

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Catherine Hudson
My Bark Avenue Academy
728 Darling Rd
Warkworth, On
K0K 3K0
289-688-0681
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.mybarkavenue.ca/

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09/11/2025

Meet NAVY a 3 1/2 month old Mini Goldendoodle from Toronto. Navy is one of my September Adult and Puppy Bootcamp students and today he is learning how to “Wait” at a door and how to “Heel” on the left side.

09/11/2025

Now that the nice weather is here, it is time to start NEW Rally and Agility classes. Please contact me if you are interested. Classes are 1 hour for 4 weeks.

09/10/2025

GAIA is a former bootcamp puppy and current obedience student. She recently learned all these obstacles in COMBO class on leash with her owner so since she is here for short term boarding I thought I would see if she would run my Agility course with no leash. I think she did amazing for her first time trying it off leash.

09/09/2025

Now that our weekend is over, I can share with you what Petunia and Peanut the Chihuahua were doing in the London area.

On Saturday my apprentice Mirri and I went to the small community of Bayfield on the shores of Lake Huron then on Sunday both dogs competed in a Rally obedience competition in Embro. After the obedience competition, we went back to our hotel in London to wrap Christmas presents for my grandchildren. Going to see my grandchildren in the winter time in the London area is just not an option for me so I try to go sometime in the summertime or early fall and celebrate Christmas with them.

Poor Petunia after competing at the dog show all day was so exhausted that she didn’t care how many Christmas presents we were wrapping all around her. Both dogs were amazing all weekend long in restaurants at the show and were stars at grandma’s Christmas party in London.

09/08/2025

Here Petunia is with her first Rally Excellent qualifying ribbon. Her buddy Peanut the 5 year old Chihuahua from Cobourg was also competing and qualified twice for his Rally Intermediate.