Pawsitively Canine Dog Training Services

01/03/2025

Advanced nosework dates are set!
Your dog must be on odour to join.
So much fun, taking your Nosework to a new level and challenging your dog!!
Registration will be up by the end of the day.
Sunday mornings are 9:30am-Vernon.

01/03/2025

Do you have a dog that needs something fun to do this winter?!! Try a trick class! These build confidence in dogs, are great for tiring dogs out and are excellent for increasing the bond between you and your dog!!!
Taught by Elizabeth!

At Pawsitively Canine, we offer positive training with over 20 years experience. We specialize in fear and aggression. We offer one on one coaching including personalized training plans. Group classes for puppies, adults and nosework. Vernon, Lumby, Enderby, Salmon Arm, Kelowna and surrounding areas...

01/03/2025

At Pawsitively Canine, we offer positive training with over 20 years experience. We specialize in fear and aggression. We offer one on one coaching including personalized training plans. Group classes for puppies, adults and nosework. Vernon, Lumby, Enderby, Salmon Arm, Kelowna and surrounding areas...

01/03/2025

We have added a second puppy class on Saturday January 11th at 11:15am Tail Wag Inn Vernon.
Jan 13th classes filled very quickly!
If you have a new puppy and are considering our puppy classes, don’t delay!

These classes are an excellent start to your you and puppy’s education journey!

12/30/2024

Look at these puppers!!!! Reactive dog? What reactive dog!
This is a clip of our growly hounds club, they are doing amazing!!! More videos in comments 🐶. Another growly hounds begins in February.

12/28/2024

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Is it still play❓
Sometimes we are so connected to time limits that we miss what is ACTUALLY occurring.
Play is an area where it can and does turn.
The longer it goes on (for some) the less signals they can be aware of and that is when things can turn.
Over arousal in play is very common and some dogs struggle with managing their own energy and enthusiasm.
Just because we have 15 mins free doesn't mean 15 minutes of play should occur.
Play is an area we can really misread, there will be videos in the comments which can help you decipher what is good play and what "play" can lead to issues.
This dog training handout is available through abcdogsnz.com

12/27/2024

Hey everyone!
I want to tell you about an incredible service my good friend and trainer, Karin, is offering. This is incredibly unique for many reasons including that she is a positive trainer along with offering this for only one dog at a time! Not only will your dog be spoiled, but they will be loved, enriched and get to play with the sweetest dog ever, Lyra!
We have already booked our 12 year old pupper for summer so don’t wait. She will book up fast I’m sure!!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122103022742678198&set=a.122103023306678198

Welcome,

As a positive reinforcement trainer, I’ve always been deeply committed to supporting dogs in a compassionate and effective way. Yet, when it came to finding care for my own dogs, Solo and Levi—who struggled with separation anxiety and other sensitivities—I couldn’t find anything that met my standards. Clients also shared this concern with me; “we don’t go anywhere because we aren’t comfortable leaving our dog.” This gap in care planted a seed of inspiration and opportunity, a seed that now has opportunity to evolve into something new:

Coming Soon!! The Grounded Hound Wellness Retreat

A private, in-home retreat tailored to dogs with special needs, including:

👉Separation anxiety
👉Seniors
👉Puppies
👉Timid dogs
👉Leash reactivity
👉Dogs who thrive in quieter, individualized environments
👉New rescues

As a trainer, I bring twelve years of knowledge, skill and expertise to ensure every guest feels safe, supported, and cared for with their needs met in the most compassionate way possible. My “retreat style” approach nurtures your dog’s emotional and physical well-being. They come home fully enriched and rejuvenated. Each visit includes:

👉Mental enrichment activities tailored to your dog’s needs
👉Training, for fun, to support a program or address a concern
👉Gentle body massages
👉Two daily 45 minute “sniffy” walks enjoyed on field trips to new
and interesting locations with each walk.
👉Social and play time Lyra
👉plenty of attentive care
👉My home-made organic treats (if appropriate) in the blend of
your choice.
👉A single guest experience.

For those already working through a training program, I can maintain consistency while you’re away, I can also help implement solutions for challenges not yet addressed using the same proven, force-free techniques I’ve been an advocate for throughout my career.

I’m looking forward to returning to work and excited about welcoming your dogs into an enriching, peaceful space where they can relax, enjoy, feel safe, be a dog and go
home rejuvenated.

I hope you’ll join me in following along on my new journey as I take The Grounded Hound Dog Training in this new and exciting direction.

Warm holiday wishes to each of you, your families and your pups. I’ll see you in 2025.

Warm wags,
Karin

12/27/2024

12/25/2024

We thought this was the perfect photo!
We want to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our students.
We can’t thank you enough for your support as we continue to work with you and the dogs you love.
We are blessed to do what we love, with positive methods.
There will only be more coming for 2025 and we can’t wait!
Hope you all can spend precious time with family and loved ones.

Christmas is coming full speed ahead🎄🎁🎅

12/19/2024

There is just no reason to use anything other than reward based training anymore! This research is good but….we need to do better especially here in the Okanagan. More positive trainers is always better for our four legged best friends. We are their everything and causing them pain, fear or intimidation is just not required.

New post! We know how important it is to choose dog training methods with care. Scientists and animal welfare organizations are united in recommending reward-based methods because of the risks of using aversives, including the risks of increased fear, anxiety, stress, and aggression. For SPCAs and humane societies, it's important to know that people have access to trainers who use reward-based methods, because the increased risks of behaviour issues with aversives use may lead people to surrender dogs to shelters. Well, a new study investigates the methods used by dog trainers in BC. The good news is that 72% of them use reward-based methods only. While we'd love that figure to be 100%, this is an important finding--and there are some other interesting findings of this study too. Read more on my blog: https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2024/12/72-of-dog-training-companies-in-british.html

12/10/2024

This is superb and exactly what I recommend!!!!