Southpaw K9 Academy

15/10/2022

Too cute! 🐾🐶✨

5 small fries 🍟

14/10/2022

The most important is keeping your training sessions fun 😃 the more enjoyment your dog gets from training, the less they feel like they are working. Making obedience seem like a game for you and your dog will help to exhaust them physically and mentally.

13/10/2022

17/07/2022

Baine 🥰
A beautiful Cane Corso x Rottweiler Puppy 🐶
Baine and his family are working on basic handling skills, effective communication, as well as impulse control 🌟
Baine is not only a gorgeous boy, he has great drive to learn, impeccable focus, and he learns fast 👌🏻
Great work to Baine and his family today! 👏🏻😁

21/03/2022

Congratulations to Harley for completing her training program today!! 🥳🎓🐾💐🎊✨
Harley and her family are a great team and worked consistently to accomplish their training goals 🥰 So proud of Harley, she did so well 👏🏻

07/03/2022

Harley at Home Depot, socializing and mastering her obedience skills 👏🏻🐾🐕‍🦺😊🌟

07/03/2022

Harley, the beautiful Rottie, took her owner to Home Depot today 🐾🐕‍🦺 socializing and mastering her obedience skills. Harley and her owner are rocking their training program and Harley shows admirable focus to her owner. Great work🌟😊👏🏻

28/02/2022

Harley is a sweet girl who loves to greet people and show over excitement while making new friends everywhere she goes 💗
In a few classes, Harley has made great progress in learning how to engage with her owner outside, impulse control, sidewalk etiquette, and how to greet people appropriately without becoming too overexcited.
Harley and her owner have been working hard towards their training goals and it shows 🥰 Great work 🐾🌟

28/02/2022

Harley is a sweet girl who loves to greet people and show over excitement while making new friends everywhere she goes 💗
In a few classes, Harley has made great progress in learning how to engage with her owner outside, impulse control, sidewalk etiquette, and how to greet people appropriately without becoming too overexcited.
Harley and her owner have been working hard towards their training goals and it shows 🥰 Great work 🐾🌟

28/02/2022

Harley is a sweet girl who loves to greet people and show over excitement while making new friends everywhere she goes 💗
In a few classes, Harley has made great progress in learning how to engage with her owner outside, impulse control, sidewalk etiquette, and how to greet people appropriately without becoming too overexcited.
Harley and her owner have been working hard towards their training goals and it shows 🥰 Great work 🐾🌟

23/01/2022

Congratulations to Loki and his Family for completing their training program this morning!! 🥳🎓🎉🌟💐 They worked hard towards their training goals and showed a lot of consistency and dedication 🙌🏻 Great work! 🥰

01/10/2021

A super congratulations to Mitzou and her family on completing their behavioural program last night 🥳🎓💐🌟🐾
Very proud of the hard work and dedication that was put into their training goals 👏🏻😃

17/09/2021

Congratulations to Sterling, the shining star 🌟 on completing the Early Puppyhood Education Program tonight! Well done Sterling! 👏🏻🥳🎓💐🐾

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01/10/2020

Ever wondered what is the appropriate way to approach a dog you do not know?

This is a great read and covers very important points to remember for the next time you would like to greet an unknown dog.

This is not only good for when engaging with a dog while their owner is present, but it also applies well to when you find a dog without their owner who may be lost ❤️🐶🐾

If you've been taught to reach out your hand for a new dog to sniff, PLEASE STOP!‼️
⚠️The sniff test – reaching your hand out for a new dog to smell -- is, unfortunately, a badly ingrained habit that society has been taught as a way to introduce yourself. Because when you reach out towards a dog, you are using your body pressure AT them, giving them no time to assess whether you are safe and whether they require further investigation to pick up your information.
⚠️ You’re forcing an interaction of a relationship that hasn't had time to develop. And to some dogs, this is quite rude and the reason many snap at or bite people. 😬This can also cause a lot of behavioral issues because of layered stress due to forced interactions.
⚠️ If they are on lead, they have nowhere to go if they are sensitive to spatial pressure, so they can end up shutting down, shying away, or snapping at your hand to make you back off. This is an example of how a dog is now using pressure to turn off pressure & make you back off so they aren't so stressed.
⚠️ People think by offering your hand, it can give the dog time to sniff to know you're friendly... they can sniff without being forced to sniff your hand. Their noses are far more superior than ours, so they don't need close contact forced upon them to smell you.
⚠️Some dogs might not want to know you. You have no relationship with them and that's perfectly fine. They aren't your dog, so you don't need to touch them or steal pats for your own satisfaction.
🤔 So…what’s the right way to meet a dog?
✅Ask the owner if you can interact with their dog. Not everyone wants strangers to touch their dogs.
✅Stand up straight & relaxed, with your hands at your side.
✅Ignore the dog & talk to the owner.
✅Don't stare at the dog or try to force an interaction by going in for a pat. If the dog wants to know you, it will come up to you and sniff around. They will usually move away and then come back for a second sniff.
✅Some dogs will bunt your hands and wag their tails, which are good signs that you're likely an accepted new friend. Give them a few slow pats down their back (NOT THEIR HEAD) and then stop.
🐶 Is the dog happy? Has it accepted your interaction? This will determine whether you can give it more pats. And it's a more stress-free option for dogs and a better way to develop a good level of trust, especially with fearful dogs & aggressive dogs, without a bunch of negative side effects from forced interactions.
All too often, dogs are surrendered to the shelter after biting someone who unintentionally forced an interaction that made the dog uncomfortable. Please share this important information to prevent well-meaning humans from getting hurt and pups from losing their homes!
*Thank you to Eureka Dog Services
for sharing this great information!

23/09/2020

Congratulations to Romeo for completing his Early Puppyhood Education Program today, he absolutely rocked it! 🥳🎓💐🐾👏🏻
It was a lot of fun working with this smart boy Looking forward to seeing him again soon 🥰 Keep up the great work! 🇨🇦

08/09/2020

There is a special friendship you find in a dog that you can never find in another human being.
Unconditional love so profound that you cannot imagine it until you have experienced it for yourself.
🐾👣💜💙 Southpaw Academy 🇨🇦

15/08/2020

Dogs behave differently in different environments. When training with your dog it is important to generalize the behaviors you are teaching in as many different environments as possible. At Southpaw Academy, we believe training in-home and outdoors with our Students maintains the consistency and value of the learning they need, it also addresses the learning needs within the students own environment - setting them up for greater success! 🐶🐾⭐️

15/08/2020

Located in Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada - Southpaw Academy values the integrity of our training, we are passionate about educating dog owners on how to improve their relationship with their dog.
Our goal is to give our Students results and a rewarding connection with their owners.