True North Canine Scent Trailing

10/23/2024

Looking for Canicross running and hiking groups?
True North Canine has something for every Canicrosser no matter your fitness or skill level. 🏃🏻
•Beginner’s Group run: if you, your dog or both of you are new to Canicross this is the group for you. Runs start at 3 PM and finish at 4 PM on Sunday afternoons.
•Intermediate to Advanced Long Run: if you and your dog have some kilometres under your feet and paws, come out to these runs. Long runs are always better when done with friends. Runs start Sunday mornings at 7 AM and may take anywhere from 1 to 2 hours.
•Hill Workout: If you are looking to get faster, build strength and/or skills this is the group for you. Runs start at 6:30 AM and go to 7:30 AM Monday mornings. Grab your headlamp and your dogs light up collar!
•Interval/Tempo Group: if you have a need for speed and/or are training for a particular event, this is the group for you. Runs start at 6 PM and go to approximately 7 PM on Thursday evenings. Headlamps and light up collars are strongly advised.
•Canihike Group: don’t really enjoy running, but like getting out with your dog? Maybe you and your dog are on a rest week. This group is for you. Join us once a month for a hiking adventure. All speeds and abilities welcome. These once a month hikes will be announced a week ahead of time.
Individual sessions are $25. $150 per month allows access to all sessions and includes a community WhatsApp group which provides clear communication and availability of answering basic coaching and/or Canicross questions.
Please note, all participants will be required to sign a liability waiver.
For more information, DM or email: [email protected] Can’t wait to see you and your dog out on the trails!

06/25/2024

New Services!
Starting in July Professionally facilitated Support groups will be available in person in Victoria BC.
1. Grief and Loss Groups for Pet parents: this group has been thoughtfully developed to help Pet parents grieve the loss of their furry loved ones. It’s never easy when one of our beloved pets crosses the rainbow bridge. Come be part of an open, confidential and supportive group to help process the loss of your pet. This is an open group, which means you may attend as many sessions as you need or want and can come back later if the need arises again. There is never a time limit on grief. 
2. Support group for parents of reactive dogs: a group designed to provide a safe space for dog parents to share and support one another. Professionally facilitated in a confidential and trauma informed environment. This is also an open group. You are welcome to attend as many or as few sessions as you need.
3. DBT for Pet Parents: dialectical behavioural therapy is a branch of therapy that teaches many coping skills and tools. These coping skills and tools have proven effective for many different situations, including being a pet parent. This group is a closed group and is eight weeks long. You will stay with the same group members for the full eight weeks and work through the tools and skills during that time and their application to pet parenting.
Jess has been working at a mental health and addiction Therapist at an inpatient treatment centre for nearly 3 years. She is certified in many different therapeutic interventions, including trauma informed care and dialectical behavioural therapy. She is excited to bring these interventions to the pet world: a world that she loves and hopes to assist people, and their pets, thrive and not just survive. 😊 
To find out more or to register email: [email protected]
 

05/22/2024

It’s been just over a year since Lucy and I received the call out to find an endangered missing woman. And even though time has flown by, the feeling of bringing her home safe and sound has not diminished. And another has my determination and drive to bring missing and lost people home safely. Lucy’s incredible Nose has not failed us yet.

If someone has wandered off or has gone missing, we are here to help!

Lucy, a discriminant scent-trailing canine, found a missing person around Elk Lake

05/15/2024

Find your opportunity ✨

I can’t quite put words to it, but there is something so enjoyable and invigorating about running through a trail, being towed by your dog. Canicross has become my new happy place. There seems to be a sense of adventure and an acceptance that nothing goes as planned. Maybe that’s what I like abo...

04/25/2024

A little blog series on the many questions of ”just getting started” in Canicross. 🐶🏃🏼‍♀️😁

So, you’ve made it through obedience class and your dog has a beautiful “Heel.” You can walk calmly down the street, your dog by your side and your shoulder still in its socket. But somewhere out on your walk you see a dog zooming by, a human in tow. And, they look like they are having fun!Is ...

05/01/2023

“You are never too small to make a difference.” Greta Thunberg

04/30/2023

Peaceful on the front ❤️

04/27/2023

Did you know?

Dogs have core muscles just like people do. It's a bit tricky to
target those muscles in a way, but they are very important for your dog's overall physical health.

Walking up and down hill is a simple way to target your dog's core muscles.

04/24/2023

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” Oprah Winfrey

04/18/2023

Good morning! 😁

04/17/2023

“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
_📸

04/16/2023

Her nose knows! Concrete, gravel, weather changes and wind shifts couldn’t stop her! Lucy followed a 2.5 hour old trail to successfully find our hidden volunteer.

04/14/2023

Those who trail together, stay together… especially if Lucy has been sent out to find you

04/13/2023

Fun Fact:
Swimming is a less physically destructive way of exercising your large breed dog. Some dogs just aren't runners or joggers; just like humans.

If you can get them to love the water, you've found a great way to not only keep your furry friend cool in hotter temperatures, but also a joint friendly form of exercise.

04/12/2023

Guide dog on duty! 🌊

04/10/2023

“Team work is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” Andrew Carnegie

04/06/2023

Did you know?

Different dog breeds come with different characteristics.

When training a dog, we take those characteristics into consideration,
however, we look at the dog in front of us and what it's individual
needs may also be.

03/31/2023

…he just can’t help himself
A well-deserved cool off dip after working hard.