Doggone Pawsitive

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!

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!

13/12/2024

Mira, the super sweet Portuguese water dog puppy, acing her U turn to the left at our community Rally obedience session at Ren's pets. Thanks Ren's for welcoming us!

An inside u-turn is challenging as when you are turning the dog has to pivot out of your way. This is something that we teach in class

How is this useful in everyday life? Well if you take your dog to the park and unload your dog from the car and start to walk toward the trail but then you discover that you have forgotten your p**p bags, you need to turn and go back to the car. This is the perfect situation for a U-turn. If you haven't taught your dog slowly and systematically and positively to make a U-turn with you, then they will want to continue walking into the park while you need to walk in the opposite direction.

Smooth turning is an acquired skill. Your dog is not born knowing they have to walk loose leash on your left and right side and stay there no matter which direction you are going in.

13/12/2024

Luna and her mom acing her Rally obedience exercises at a community Rally class session with our good friends at Ren's Pets who were kind enough to allow us to work in their awesome store.

It's actually harder than it looks to teach your dog to do a down stay or sit stay with you walking behind them. Most dogs in the beginning want to move. But if you want your dog to stay put in real life with people or dogs going by or people coming in and out the door, then you need to practice training your dog to down or sit and stay no matter what is going on around them. The key to success is breaking the exercise into tiny increments and rewarding the dog for each step. It's not about correcting the dog for failing. It's about setting the dog up for success.

06/12/2024

Hi Doggone families fun Christmas Grinch photos with your pet.

Our good friends at Ren's Pets Dieppe
are having a photo fundraiser Saturday December 7th 12-4pm.

Fee is $25 . Funds go to Riley's Legacy towards their vet bill.

29/11/2024

Showcasing some of the amazing work that Doggone Rally obedience level 1 students are doing. Here is Maple Bernese, a therapy dog in training, at the very awesome Ren's pets Dieppe practicing rally obedience in an everyday life situation.

Rally obedience is a fun mix of advanced level obedience in an obstacle course type of format. Usually we set up a course where you go from station to station or sign to sign performing various exercises. Everything from sitting when you stop to lying down or standing when you stop, to turns, come when called, returning to heel or leash walking position and more !

Here Maple is working on turning. This is not an easy skill for a large breed of dog. We have to teach them hind end awareness and how to pivot. This is important because Maple as a therapy dog needs to be able to change directions smoothly.

29/11/2024

Showcasing some of the amazing work that Doggone Rally obedience level 1 students are doing. Here is Ruby Chocolate lab, a very enthusiastic worker, at Ren's pets Dieppe practicing rally obedience in an everyday life situation.

Rally obedience is a fun mix of advanced level obedience in an obstacle course type of format. Usually we set up a course where you go from station to station or sign to sign performing various exercises. Everything from sitting when you stop to lying down or standing when you stop, sits and down stays, turns, come when called, returning to heel or your leash walking side.

Most of the skills in rally are quite practical. For example it's very practical and useful to have the dog who will stand still on cue while you dry them off if they're wet. Or in a pet therapy setting it's often much easier to get the dog to stand to visit a person in a wheelchair or in a bed than to sit as the person can reach the dog easier.

The same thing with turning. A dog doesn't automatically have the skill of knowing how to turn with you smoothly when you're changing direction on a walk . We have to teach them this. If you don't ....you may find that you are turning right or left up a side street on a walk and you're leaving your dog behind or you're bumping into your dog.

29/11/2024

Birdie working on her down stay (must have been sleepy earlier as I typed sit lol) with distractions on a field trip to our good friends at Ren's Pets Dieppe. I just adore Birdie's ears!

Birdie was nervous of being in new indoor places and fearful of sounds and new things before she started puppy class. But once her family did a private lesson with me and she started puppy classes she has improved quite dramatically. She now wants to go check things out. Way to go Birdie and dedicated family. You are rock stars!

27/11/2024

Did you know pet therapy can involve creating art?

Doggone pet therapy students shared a great Paint night creating doggy masterpieces with their youth training partners.

You sq**rt paint on a canvas and then cover securely with plastic wrap or plastic ziploc. Then add peanut butter on top of the plastic and the dog licks to smear the paint.

A great time was had by all and lots of laughs!

Here are all the super paintings created including Demi in action!

Thanks Youth Impact Jeunesse Inc.

29/10/2024

New wire crate for sale Moncton. Has divider and bottom pan. Great deal. Courtesy post for a client. Dog used for 3 days and then switched to an exercise pen instead due to dog's behaviour needs. Cost $60.

If interested contact Dan directly at:

[email protected]

11/10/2024

Hello Doggone families. I am behind on posts and pictures this year. Stay tuned for an abundance of posts and photos.

Very proud of our Doggone pet therapy visiting student this year. We have had the support of some awesome community partners who have helped our dogs and owners practice their visiting skills and youth have helped our dogs learn new tricks. Last week we even had a fun scavenger hunt at Centennial Park with our youth partners.

Youth Impact Jeunesse Inc.

BGC Moncton

People's Park Tower

Thanks to all of these organizations for your support. It has been so great to get our students back to community visits again and to practice sharing doggy love!

Here at one of our park visiting sessions, our therapy teams are practicing their dogs "Paws up" cue so people can pet them easier in certain situations.

Note for confidentiality we cannot post photos of our youth helpers or people we visit. They are in our hearts 💕

15/07/2024

Doggone friends and family looking for a client referral to professional pet sitter ideally someone who goes to client home. I'm not looking for someone who has multiple dogs they take care of at once in their home. More looking for dedicated one-on-one time. Please direct message me if you have any suggestions.

02/07/2024

Doggone families please spread the word to families in need with pets.

The NB SPCA is launching a much needed program called The Happy Tails Fund to help low income families and families in need with animal spay and neuters, vaccines and eventually emergency care

The New Brunswick SPCA hopes more access to basic pet care will reduce the number of animals surrendered to shelters.

18/04/2024

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 May.

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.

Doggone Pet therapy 1

May 8,15th, 29th
June 5,12,19th

Class is 6x 1 hour sessions.

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 some of my poodles sharing the love in their pet therapy visits. From reading with children, visiting and mentoring youth, training tricks and visiting seniors.

16/04/2024

A huge congratulations on your class graduation for Doggone pet therapy 2 visiting class and our training partners youth from
Youth Impact Jeunesse Inc.

The program matched up our therapy dog in training teams with youth to practice our therapy visiting skills . Youth also helped to teach some cool new tricks to the dogs to share during their visits.

We had fun, shared some laughs, learned new skills and of course shared doggy love!

Thanks to staff organizers for the super cool graduation cake!

08/04/2024

Hello Doggone families a reminder do not bring your pets to any eclipse gatherings today. Large crowds are stressful for most pets and if they happen to glance up at the sky, it can severely damage their vision.

My dogs will be chilling in my bedroom, which is the opposite side of house from the sun. Mini horses will be munching hay in their barn.

05/04/2024

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 some openings in puppy class coming up later in April, May and June onwards.

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

Below is a trip down memory lane with my beloved standard poodle Keegan. She was a well loved family pet and therapy dog. That's what good training can help you have!

04/04/2024

ADOPTED. Plato is a charming, playful Standard poodle who needs a home. He has been well loved by an owner in his life , but the family situation changed. So Standard Poodles in Need.. a National Poodle Rescue organization...stepped in to rescue him. Plato is being fostered locally by a Doggone family and SPIN supporter. If you are interested, please contact the rescue directly.

https://standardpoodlesinneed.com/dog/plato/?fbclid=IwAR3Qf3gu-r_7Au8_tixudKhSF-XIGLBBjH521mTfM07dNcDtmnVTuNb-SPo

COLPITTS SETTLEMENT, NB Meet Plato: Your Perfect Poodle Companion! Are you ready to welcome boundless joy and unwavering loyalty into your life? Look no further than Plato, the charming 4-year-old standard poodle who's eagerly searching for his forever home. Plato's story is one of love and transiti...