Doggone Pawsitive

18/07/2025

Sweet senior 12 years plus blind and deaf mini poodle needs forever family. Help Suzy spend her golden years surrounded by love. Needs one level home. Elder dog Fredericton. Blind and deaf dogs can make wonderful pets with some adjustments. I've worked with a number of families with both blind and deaf dogs.

17/07/2025

Missing Bernese as of Thursday am...Moncton coliseum area. Follow these directions.

Dog missing 506-863-5510
do not chase

11/04/2025

This. Nails it.

For 25 years I've given my life to the study and practice of positive reinforcement training and modern Do Harm behavior modification.

There are those people who would say oh other trainers just use different methods.

It is not a question of different methods. It is a question of right or wrong. Non abusive vs abusive. Would we say that about people who would wash a child's mouth out with soap for swearing? Would we say that about someone who would use a belt to physically discipline a child?

Times have changed. Research backs up positive do no harm training and treatment for children and animals.

When it comes down to it...

Either you're a believer in the fact that a dog is a living sentient creature who feels the same emotions as a human ( scientifically documented from MRIs on canine brain function) and who deserves to be able to consent or not consent to a training scenario. You do not support harming an animal emotionally or physically for training. You do not use or support leash pops, choke collars (whether they be nylon slip collars or chain), "stims" aka shocks from e collars, prong collars , body harnesses that tighten like harness leads ( which function like pulleys and tighten around your dog's body) and other aversive tools.

Or .... you are trainer who is willing to violate a dog's consent and impose your will and use harmful tools and outdated methods to accomplish what you want.

I stand for do no harm.

06/04/2025

A huge congratulations to Lisa and Demi ...graduates of our therapy dog training program. They successfully passed their Therapy Tailblazers therapy dog test this weekend. Way to go! You both worked hard through all your classes to become a great team.

07/03/2025

Pet therapy class alert. New session starting Tuesday March 18th. Update: room for 2 more dogs only! If you are interested in sharing doggy love and visiting youth centres, seniors homes and hospitals with your dog please contact us about our pet therapy preparation program.

Doggone pet therapy spring session has a few openings for our next session.

Pet therapy preparation class is 6x 1 hour classes. It is designed to prepare dogs to pass their therapy dog test given the class material and some extra practice. Then to have the necessary skills to visit schools, hospitals, youth clubs, seniors homes and even to work alongside helping professionals.

The class consists of advanced obedience, socialization and specialized therapy test prep exercises and visiting skills.

Then you can move on to pet therapy 2 visiting class, where we do practice visits and activities with youth and seniors.

Doggone Pet therapy preparation 1 Tuesday 815

March 18,25
April 8, 15, 29
May 6, *13 ( bonus class)

For more details on how to register please send Shelley an email at:

[email protected]

Note dogs must be friendly with people and dogs and want to visit with people. No fear or barking and lunging. If your dog barks and lunges at people or dogs...private lessons is the right service.

Requirements: Dogs must be up to date on vaccines and must have taken a beginner positive reinforcement training class and an advanced class with us before entering the program. That way all students are at the same level.

Here are a few of our class teams from pet therapy 1 and 2 visiting. From doggy paint night, scavenger hunts, walks and training tricks with youth to visiting seniors. For confidentiality we can't show pictures of the people we we visit, but this gives you an idea of some of our activities.

01/02/2025

Doggone families. Service dog training organization helping first responders needs your help.

Looking for puppy raisers and relief sitters.

Contact organization directly please if interested.

A Doggone family who has helped raise a puppy for the organization says the experience was very worthwhile.

09/01/2025

Local rescue Kent County Animal Rescue needs help. KCAR founder Nicole is a person who gives so much of her time, energy and personal funds to help animals she rescues. Now she needs help with a dog she personally has taken in. Annie needs very expensive surgery. Please donate what you can to help and spread the word.

31/12/2024

What better way to celebrate the New Year than to share videos of our students doing great work!

Here is Maple Bernese working with me on her Rally 1 obedience skills at the park in everyday life. She's learning to flip from a relaxed walking position at the park to walking back beside me. For example if I had people coming on the trail and I needed her to return close to me. Or if she was visiting students in the classroom and she needed to return to her human partner's side.

Rally is a fun way to work on advanced level obedience and the skills are very practical.

We have three rally classes starting in January. Each class has room for one more team. Classes are 6x 1 hour lessons. Please send a message if you are interested.

Puppy rally will be a community-based class in dog friendly stores. Monday evening 7:30 p.m. that is open to any Doggone puppy graduate. In this class we work on rally skills at the same time socializing and walking in different environments.

Rally 1 for beginner Rally older pups and adults Tuesday 6pm at Rec Centre.

Rally 2 for students who have taken Doggone Rally level 1. Tuesday 815pm at Rec centre.

Happy New Year to all Doggone families!

25/12/2024

Doggy holiday photos needed. Wishing all Doggone families a Merry Christmas and happy holidays from our house to your house. I am so grateful to have the privilege of working with such amazingly dedicated families.

Liam and I enjoying some poodle love on Christmas day. We would love to see your holiday doggy photos in the comments.

20/12/2024

Register now for the gift of a well behaved puppy for 2025.

Have a new puppy or expecting a new puppy? Want them to be well behaved? We can help! We would love to see you in our puppy kindergarten class.

Our puppy classes are focused on helping you have a well mannered, well socialized family pet. If class does not work then please ask about our private training classes.

We help with everything from nipping, chewing, jumping on people, housetraining to proper socialization and obedience such as walking on a loose leash, come when called, sit, down stay, lying down and staying on a bed and more!

We are Moncton's puppy training experts.

Fun, practical, family friendly positive reinforcement based training.

Please message now for details and to register.

We have a few openings in puppy class coming up starting Jan 7th 7pm.

We run puppy classes on Tuesday evenings all year long. 6x 1 hour classes.

This is Foxy, a puppy working with me in private puppy training in the fall learning good manners at the park. Here we are working come around distractions. Please notice I'm not forcing or pulling the dog's leash to get her to come. She has been rewarded for coming to me a lot so she considers come a happy thing even in new places. This makes life a lot easier!

17/12/2024

Doggone Pawsitive therapy practice visiting group had a wonderful time sharing love at Sunset Village seniors facility last night. Thank you Julie and all the residents . It was an awesome night. Good work teams!