Durham's Crate Escape

04/18/2023

Soo... Where did the warm sunshine go? 🤔☀️🤷🏻‍♀️
These girls were loving the summer-like weather! 🌞🐾🥰

What does your dog prefer❓
☀️ Warm Summer Sunshine, Or
❄️ Cold Winter Snowfalls ?
Let us know in the comments below! ⤵️

Our girls definitely prefer the warmer weather and all the fun that comes with it! 🐶 ... Now we are just waiting for it to return! 🌥️

Ps. Happy from Penny, Izzy and Gemma! 🐕👅

04/09/2023

Happy Easter from our pack of bunnies to yours! 🐰💜🐾🐶🌷

Wishing everyone a wonderful day filled with love, laughter, sunshine, and goodies!!! 🩷☀️🥰🐣

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04/06/2023

💜🐰 DCE EASTER EVENT 🐰💜
🐾Community Pack Walk & Pup Easter Egg Treat Hunt!🐾
⏩ This FRIDAY APRIL 7 @ 2:30 P.M. ⏪

Our girls, Penny, Izzy & Gemma are all set for our Easter Event tomorrow! 🐣💞 Are you?! 🐶
They are wondering who we will be seeing at our Community Pack Walk & Pup Easter Egg Treat Hunt, tomorrow afternoon. If you are attending, be sure to let us know below! 🙋🏻‍♀️⤵️
We absolutely cannot wait to see you all again! 🧡

If you are a DCE pack member and plan to attend tomorrow, please ensure you read through the email and complete the registration form. 📧 If you did not receive your email, please reach out directly. Every dog in attendance will need a completed form in order to participate!! 📃✔️

If you are new to our crew or page, Interested in learning more and possibly joining in this event, or more like it, please email us directly at [email protected]. 📲
Inviting all those that are dedicated to further strengthening their relationship with their dog, as well as committed to living their best life possible together.🐕 (Must be familiar with and open to real world and relationship based training as well as balanced training techniques).

As always, this is a judgement free zone meant to build experience and confidence in both dogs and handlers! Wherever you are in your dog's training journey, we are here to help you succeed! 💫 As with many things in life, it can take a team to succeed; and raising a dog is no different! We have a whole community behind us, that understand exactly where you are coming from, to help you along the way! 💜

So come on out for some Easter fun this Good Friday, while together we Walk, Train, Egg Hunt, and most importantly have FUN! Get those bunny ears out and noses ready to sniff out the best snacks in the field for some structured socialization - Easter Bunny Style! 🐰🐾🐕
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04/02/2023

⚠️ LOOK OUT! 👀👀👀
Because... WE ARE BACK!!! 🤩
(Not to full operations but our Community Walks & Programs are being reinstated!) 😸

🚨 Mark your calendars! 🗓️
DCE is back for our first Community Event of 2023! 🎉

We asked if you missed us just as much as we missed all of you, and WOW, did you all respond! 🥰 So here we go! 💜🌷🌟

Durham's Crate Escape is super excited to present our second annual Easter Event!🐰 This Easter themed DCE Community Pack Walk and Pup Easter Egg Hunt will be hosted on Good Friday! 🐾🐣

This Friday April 7, we invite our DCE community members to join us for a structured pack walk, training activities, as well a fun Easter Egg Hunt for the pups! 🐕🥚🦴

You have seen our unique community programs before, and you all know the drill! Community Support, Pack Walking, Structured Socialization, Training Activities and more! 💜 For our Easter Event we will also be hosting a dog friendly 'Pup Easter Egg Treat Hunt'. This was an absolute blast last year! So just like last time, we will prepare and have plastic Easter Eggs with high value treats in them, hidden and spread across the field. Dogs will keep in their designated areas and use their noses to hunt out their eggs and yummy treats. 🐶🧺🩷

These community events are like no other, you do not want to miss out! 🎉

If you are a DCE pack member, or have attended our walks in the past please watch your emails. Details and registration forms will follow via email, and will also provide location information. 📧

If you are not a pack member and have never attended our community walks / programs, but are interested in learning more about what this experience can offer you and your dog, please reach out directly! 📲
We will be allowing a few new interested members to join in on the Easter fun! 💖

📌 Everyone attending, especially non DCE pack members, will be required to sign a registration form prior to attending. We kindly ask that no extreme dog behaviour, or aggression cases attend if you have not privately met with us first! 🙏

We know it has been a while, but we cannot wait to see everyone again! We are looking forward to fun filled day and hope to see you all there! 🥰

11/25/2022

💟🐾🐶 DCE November Community Pack Walk! 🐶🐾💟

🚨 SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2022. @ 11:00 A.M. in WHITBY, ON. 🚨

📧 Registration and information details have been sent out via email! If you did not receive your invite, please reach out directly. If you are new and interested in learning more or joining our programs and community, send us an email! 📨

⚠️ Don't forget to complete the registration form if you do plan on attending! 📄✔️

As always, we can't wait to see you all there! 💞🐕🥰

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11/24/2022

Slowing down and taking time to enjoy the simple pleasures around us. 🌅✨🌊🐕🌾🐾💟

✴️ This is your reminder to not always rush through to get to where you think you need to be. Whether in your dog's training journey, or life in general. When we stop chasing the hustle and perfection, we can begin to appreciate the beauty of where we are in our journey. 💜
We are not robots 🤖, our dogs are not programmable computers 🖥️; we are all living beings and creatures 🌎, going through life's experiences together. It's okay to enjoy where you are at, even if it's not the end point of where you think you need to be.💞 Stop chasing, stop comparing - start appreciating, start living.🥰 Enjoy your life! ✴️

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Stephanie Mitrevski ✦ Durham's Crate Escape shared a post on Instagram: "Slowing down and taking time to enjoy the simple pleasures around us. 🌅✨🌊🐕🌾🐾💟 ✴️ This is your reminder to not always rush through to get to where you think you need to be. Whether in your dog's trainin...

11/21/2022

🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨

The next Durham's Crate Escape Community Pack Walk is :
➡️ SUN. NOVEMBER 27, 2022.⬅️

❄️🧣 Prepare to bundle up for this month's community walk, as we bring together people and dogs, for a structured strut and fun training activities! 🐾🧤

Inviting those that are willing to brave the cold and are dedicated to further strengthening their relationship with their dog, as well as committed to living their best life possible together.🐕 (Must be familiar with and open to real world and relationship based training as well as balanced training techniques). If you want to learn more, please reach out! 📲

As always, this is a judgement free zone meant to build experience and confidence in both dogs and handlers! Wherever you are in your dog's training journey, we are here to help you succeed! 💫
As with many things in life, it can take a team to succeed; and raising a dog is no different! We have a whole community behind us, that understand exactly where you are coming from, to help you along the way! 💜

Dogs helping dogs.🐶
People helping people.💑
It truly is a beautiful thing! 💓.. Come and experience it for yourself! 🥰

👀 Keep an eye on your inboxes! Emails will be sent out shortly with all additional information, rules and registration forms! 📧

We hope you can make it! 🐶
Can't wait to see you all there! 💞

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11/18/2022

❄️🐾❄️
.. Brrrr. ☃️

Time to bundle up for those walks! 🧤🧣🐕



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11/13/2022

Hello from your DCE Gals!💕
We know it's been a while, and we have gained some new furiends and followers, so we wanted to pop on and say hello!👋🐾

WELCOME!😊 Durham's Crate Escape began as a passion project of mine that was brought to life and continues to evolve, grow and surpass my expectations!s What began as a love of animals as a child, developed into something so much more! During my lifetime I have been blessed to be surrounded by amazing dogs by my side that helped guide me into this training journey.❤️

Durham's Crate Escape officially came to life 7 years ago🌟. I myself have professionally been working with dogs for a DECADE and have been learning from them my entire life! I continue to learn and adapt in order to offer the best training and education to clients. Empowerment, education and community are our top priority in order to provide a safe trusted space where people and dogs can learn how to build their relationship and live better lives together.🥰
While I have studied, completed courses, been a student under mentors, read copious books, watched endless videos, regularly attend seminars etc. I believe that learning from the dogs in front of you provide some of the best learning opportunities. And I couldn't do what I do without a trusted dog by my side. That is where Penny comes in. Although being a rescue and only spending 3 years together, she has become an integral part of this company. The trust we have built in each other allows her to be the dog that comes along to help me read and assess other dogs, as well as help be a calm dog for others to learn from. She is the other half of the DCE team!💞

So hi,🙋🏻‍♀️ my name is Stephanie, and this is our demo dog, my gal, Penny.🐶 Together we make up your DCE main team and we absolutely love to be apart of your training journey!💫
My favourite colour is purple💟, I am a Libra♎, and outside of dog training, I love to help people find their next home!🏡
Penny is a rescue from . She is about 7/8yrs old & we adopted her about 3yrs ago in May. Her favourite toy is a ball⚾, she loves car rides🚗, and she is the biggest snuggle bug!🐛

Xox Steph & Penny! 💜

11/11/2022

❤️ 🅆🄴 🅁🄴🄼🄴🄼🄱🄴🅁 ❤️

" When you go home, tell them of us and say,
'𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮'." 🌹

For all of those who fought for our freedom, (both human and animal lives), we remember. 🪖🐾🐎🎖️
Thank you. ❤️

11/10/2022

🌅 𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 ! 🐾

Penny and I are soaking up all the sunshine while we can! 😎 The warm November weather won't last much longer; we are making sure to get out and enjoy every last bit of it while we can! 🐕🌞🥰

☀️ She's my sunshine 💜🐶
... That face though . . . 😍😍😍

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11/07/2022

We promise this is our last HOWL-O-WEEN post! 🫣

We just couldn't resist one last post to send out a proper thank you to all of you! 🧡

Our DCE "Canine Costume Crawl" / HALLOWEEN Community Pack Walk was such a wonderful time! 👻🐾🐶
The dogs, the people, the costumes, the atmosphere, the confidence, the love; all out of this world! 🌎💥

So, THANK YOU, to our amazing members for all that you do! 🖤
Not only continuously supporting DCE, but for coming out and supporting each other as well! 🥰
None of this would be possible if it wasn't for your neverending trust in us and commitment towards your dog and their training journey! 🐕
We are thrilled to watch each of you have fun, build new connections and strengthen your own relationships, while we grow and facilitate this incredible community of like-minded dog owners working towards the best lives with their dogs.💜

Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your training story. By working together, we can continue to create and achieve amazing results! 💞

Interested in joining our next Community Pack Walk⁉️
Be sure to keep an eye out for our November announcement / invite! 👀

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11/01/2022

🎃👻🐾 HAPPY HOWL-O-WEEN! 🐾👻🎃

From our Crazy Circus to yours! 🎪
Wishing you all a Spook-tacular night! ☠️

Featuring:
- Steph: the lead crazy clown lady 🤡
- Penny: our circus elephant 🐘
- Gemma: our strong girl 🏋️‍♀️
- Izzy: our princess show girl 👑

Stay safe and enjoy all the treats! 🍬
Don't forget to do some tricks for them! 😉

Did you or your dog dress up for Halloween? What did you all go as? 🧡

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10/29/2022

👻🎃‼️ TOMORROW! ‼️🎃👻

➡️ DCE Halloween Community Pack Walk -
"CANINE COSTUME CRAWL" ⬅️
🚨TOMORROW! - SUNDAY OCTOBER 30, 2022. @ 12:30 PM. in Ajax, ON.🚨

We are soo excited for this event and invite BOTH dogs and owners to come out dressed in their Halloween costumes, while we Pack Walk and do some fun training activities.🧡 We love all of the adorable creations and encourage you to join in on the fun with your pup! 🐾🦇🐶🐅

💥 ALSO... WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SURPRISES PLANNED! 🙀🫣🎉
We want to have some extra Halloween fun since this is a themed event so we have a few special activities planned! 🤫 We are preparing little halloween treat baggies for each dog that attends.🍬 We hope to work on some "trick-or-treat" simultion drills and have some fun while in our costumes!🎊  *(but shhh the dogs don't know)*.🤐
👻 Grab those costumes and get ready to do some tricks-for-treats! 🍬🐕

As mentioned, if your dog is not a fan of wearing a costume, or if they do not have one, they are still welcome to come and join, costume or not! We always encourage each person to come as they are and move at their own dog's pace. 🖤
🔸Halloween, the decor and costumes can be a scary and unsure time for many dogs (and sometimes people too lol). Some dogs may be unsure of other dogs or people's costumes, masks, props, noises etc. Because of this, we ask that everyone be extra cautious and super mindful of your dog, those around you, and maintaining a good distance between each other. We want to take advantage and use this opportunity to help work our dogs through scary and unusual things, and build up their confidence past these new obstacles! We want to ensure this is a fun and successful event for all! 🔸

📨 Emails with detailed information and registration have been sent to our members! If you did not receive yours please reach out directly.
If you are a new member interested in coming out and joining in on the fun, please send us an email, as we have a few new spots available. ☺️

You're in for a Gourd Time! 🎃.. (We know our Halloween puns are so Corny 🌽)
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10/28/2022

⏳ Flashback Friday! ⏳

➡️ October 2021 ⬅️

A few photos from this time last year, out pack walking with the best dogs around, while posing with all of the beautiful fall colours! 🍁🐾🐕🍂

We have missed all of these precious pups soo much and hope to see some of their adorable faces at our Community Pack Walk this Sunday! 🥰

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10/26/2022

🐾🐕💥 MAKE THE GROUND SHAKE 💥🐕🐾

Our Thanksgiving Community Pack Walk was such a huge success thanks to all of you! 🍂🧡🍁

As always, with everything we do, it is so much more than just a walk! Working on engagement, relationships, handler skills, leash work, structured socialization, confidence building and everything in between; all while supporting each other and having fun with different activities along the way! 🌟

The happiness and joy that pours out of both owners and dogs, while they work together and accomplish more then they ever thought possible, is a feeling like no other. 🥰
Proud is such an understatement! 💜

🚨 Our next Community Pack Walk is our HALLOWEEN "CANINE COSTUME CRAWL" on SUNDAY OCTOBER 30 @ 11:30 a.m. ‼️ 🎃

📧 Emails with all the information have been sent out! If you did not receive yours, please reach out directly! 📲
If you are interested in joining but have not worked with us before, please send us a message, we have a few new spots available. 👋

So get those costumes ready, because it is going to be a Fang-tastic time! 🧛

👻 WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE! 👻

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Stephanie Mitrevski ✦ Durham's Crate Escape shared a post on Instagram: "🐾🐕💥 🅼🅰🅺🅴 🆃🅷🅴 🅶🆁🅾🆄🅽🅳 🆂🅷🅰🅺🅴 💥🐕🐾 Our Thanksgiving Community Pack Walk was such a huge success thanks to all of you! 🍂🧡🍁 As always, with everything ...

10/25/2022

👻 BOO ! 👻
Did we scare you ⁉️
Well, hopefully we have your attention because . . . 🥁

Durham's Crate Escape is super excited to be hosting a spook-tacular HALLOWEEN Community Pack Walk this Sunday!!! ...
Aka the DCE "CANINE COSTUME CRAWL"! 🎃🐾🐶
Grab your costumes and get ready to have some fun with furiends! 🧡

❗YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS❗
🚨 DCE Halloween Community Pack Walk - "Canine Costume Crawl" 🚨
➡️ SUNDAY OCTOBER 30, 2022.
@ 11 : 30 a.m. in Ajax, ON. ⬅️

For our Halloween Community Pack Walk - or the "DCE Canine Costume Crawl", we invite all dogs and their owners to come out dressed in their Halloween costumes, while we strut our stuff and have some fun training together! We want to see you and your pup wearing your creepy, cute, crazy, costume creations! DON'T BE SHY, it is all about having some fun! 🤡 🤖🦁🦇💀

If your pup is not a fan of wearing a costume, not to worry, we would still love to have them come along! We don't want anyone to feel left out, so if wearing a costume is too much for your dog, do not worry. Please feel free to still join and come as you are! We encourage everyone to move at your dog’s pace and advocate for what they need. Costumes are encouraged but not mandatory! 🖤

⚠️ Registration emails with additional information, as well as location details, have been sent out ! 📧 Please ensure to complete the form prior to the walk, if you plan on attending! ✍️ If you did not receive your invitation via email, please message directly to ensure you are registered and ready for Sunday! ✔️

We look forward to seeing you all in your costumes for a fa-boo-lous afternoon pack walk! 👻🐾🐕🎃

Will we be seeing you there ⁉️👀

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10/22/2022

🍂🍁 Autumn 🍁🍂

{ au • tumn } ~ n. noun : " A season of change signaled by colourful foliage, crisp air, and bountiful harvests. " 🌾

We are absolutely loving the colourful sights and scenery that this new season is bringing!😍 Not to mention the cooler weather and fun activities that come with it. It's no wonder why Autumn is our favourite season.🥰 Bring on the outdoor adventures and beautiful backdrops! 🐾🧡

What do you love most about fall?
Let us know in the comments below ! ⤵️

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10/21/2022

⚠️ SAVE THE DATE! ⚠️
... AND GET THOSE COSTUMES READY! 👻

Durham's Crate Escape presents our HALLOWEEN COMMUNITY PACK WALK! 🎃

➡️ Sunday OCTOBER 30, 2022. @ 11:30 A.M. The location is to be determined. ⬅️

Inviting dogs and owners to come dressed in their costumes while we strut our stuff and have some fun, doing what we do best! 🐾

Keep a look out for details, more information and official invites to follow! 👀

We hope to see you all there!!! 🖤

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10/20/2022

A huge shoutout and a very big 🆃🅷🅰🅽🅺 🆈🅾🆄 to everyone who took the time to come out with their dog and join in our DCE October Community Pack Walk - Thanksgiving Edition! 🍂🐶🐾🦃

After being away from the business for a few months, you all made slowly coming back so very special. 💜 The turnout was absolutely phenomenal, it was so wonderful to see everyone again (as well as meet some new faces), and all of the dogs did so well! The sun was shining, it turned out to be a beautiful day, and everyone had a great time pack walking, training, and of course having some fun with different activities! 🌞

Incredibly proud is a huge understatement! ❤️
It was truly amazing to see how many dedicated owners took the time out of their Holiday, to work with their dog and join us for our Community Pack Walk. 🐕 You are all the reason that we couldn't stay away for too long! And although we aren't officially back to business for services, we are enjoying slowly re-entering and reconnecting with all of you! 🥰

We are so appreciative of each and every person and dog, who continue to join and make up this wonderful community of caring, open minded, non judgmental, real-world balanced training, dog owners! 🫂
This community that we have created always continues to blow us away, and we am so grateful to be able to facilitate and nurture these special connections, as both people and dogs come together to learn, grow, and thrive! 🙌 No matter what level your dog is at in their training, together we can accomplish great things! 💫

Training is a never-ending journey and we are so happy to be along for the ride with all of you! 💜
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! 🙏
We are looking forward to many more fun things to come for our DCE Community! 🐕

🫣...Will you and your dog be attending our pop-up HALLOWEEN Community Pack Walk⁉️ 🎃
👀 Keep an eye out for the invite / announcement! 👻

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10/12/2022

We are feeling extra good after our community pack walk, and we hope all of you are too!! 🥰

A huge THANK YOU to everyone that came out to our DCE October Community Pack Walk - Thanksgiving Edition on Monday! 🐾🍂💖

The people, the pups, the turnout and the weather were all absolutely incredible and made for such a lovely afternoon. 🌞 So proud of each and every one of you!
Catching up with old members, meeting some new faces, and getting back to doing what we love; there was no better feeling! 💟

Dogs and owners working together, to create a safe and welcoming learning environment, where each individual can further build their relationship with their dog in order to live their best life possible together. 💞
There truly is nothing else quite like it; it really is magical. ✨

Without all of you, these programs wouldn't be as successful as they are, so thank you all for taking the time to join us, and trust in our guidance! 💜

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE! 🎉
Keep a look out for the next date to be announced. 👀

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Stephanie Mitrevski ✦ Durham's Crate Escape shared a post on Instagram: "We are feeling extra good after our community pack walk, and we hope all of you are too!! 🥰 A huge THANK YOU to everyone that came out to our DCE October Community Pack Walk - Thanksgiving Edition on Monday! 🐾🍂💖 T...

10/10/2022

🍂🐾 Happy Thanksgiving! 🐾🍂

On behalf of all of us here at Durham's Crate Escape, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for the love, support and trust that you have in DCE! The people and pups that we have met, and continue to meet along this journey are what make it all worth it! We are forever grateful for the community that we have built and are surrounded by. None of this would be possible without all of you, so thank you! 💜

From our Pack to yours, Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🥰🐕


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