Gentle Canine Fitness and Training

Gentle Canine Fitness and Training Cooperative training for health and happiness. She also stays current on the science of dog training through webinars and short courses online.

Founder of Gentle Canine Fitness and Training, Nicole Ireland, has been a licensed veterinary technician with a special interest in behavior for more than twenty years. She is a VSA-Certified Dog Trainer (Online) who practices positive reinforcement training methods

Nicole uses skills learned from her Fear Free certification (elite), Low Stress Handling University certification, and reading exte

nsively about behavior and training. Nicole is a Certified Canine Fitness Trainer thru the University of Tennessee, Certified Walk This Way Instructor thru Dognostics, Karen Pryor Puppy Start Right Instructor, and a Trick Dog Instructor thru Do More With Your Dog. Nicole's personal dog training philosophy is to care for the whole dog. She strives to balance dogs' physical, emotional, and mental well-being with the needs of their humans' household. Nicole lives with her husband, David, in Bradford, Maine. They share the love of four dogs and two cats. She spends her spare time competing in agility, hiking with her Australian shepherd, and exploring the world through her camera lens.

Pivot training in rally
02/13/2025

Pivot training in rally

Relaxing in Manners class
02/12/2025

Relaxing in Manners class

Learning to relax.
02/12/2025

Learning to relax.

Goodness, Loki graduated puppy class with flying colors!
02/11/2025

Goodness, Loki graduated puppy class with flying colors!

Once the current session ends, group classes will be suspended until early summer. When classes return Gentle Canine wil...
02/07/2025

Once the current session ends, group classes will be suspended until early summer. When classes return Gentle Canine will be moving to Bangor. Thank you to Renaissance Dogs and Uncommon Dog for providing such a great place to work out of for the past four years! Stay tuned for the exciting changes to come!

Puppy class will continue at a new location. Join me at Penobscot Veterinary Services, 411 Davis Rd, Bangor at 10am on Saturdays starting in March.

Private in home sessions are still available.

01/13/2025

The cold weather freezing the uneven mud, ice forming, and recent cold front may be wrecking havoc on your pet's foot pads. Playing for a long time on ice/frozen tundra like terrain can lead to cracked foot pads.

Foot pads are very tough to heal. The patient keeps walking on them, they don't hold a stitch well, and it's hard to make our 4 legged friends wear a bo**ie as well. Try to avoid long walks if your pet is not use to it and do not allow unchecked play out on the ice.

If your pet is starting to have dry foot pads, over the counter treatments such as aquaphor or over the counter foot pad cream can be helpful.

If your pet has cracked foot pads in general ie without change in season or increased exercise ( we can see it on granite stone on hikes in the summer too!), make an appointment with your regular vet. Consistently cracking foot pads can be due to allergic skin disease, autoimmune disease or even due to too much weight on the foot pads! Changes in the diet, adding supplements such as omega fatty acids might help. This is typically a conversation best had with your regular vet.

Kismet and Chowder graduated from puppy class! How time flies.
01/13/2025

Kismet and Chowder graduated from puppy class! How time flies.

01/11/2025

Just being silly.

Pom Pom in a cone
01/11/2025

Pom Pom in a cone

01/10/2025

Liz and Nova

01/10/2025

Kim and Rio

01/04/2025

Hello All
My phone and I have been separated all day. If you tried to contact me, I will get back to you as soon as possible.

12/25/2024
I am proud of Zackary. We have spent over a month preparing him and his cat for this day. Zackary barks at the cats and ...
12/19/2024

I am proud of Zackary. We have spent over a month preparing him and his cat for this day. Zackary barks at the cats and gets over aroused when he sees them. The cat has been practicing enjoying treats in a box. Zackary has been practicing observing this stuffed cat being petted while he is treated for his efforts. The box lives on the dining room table, and Zackary has a line of sight two rooms away. Just in case I had a leash on him, but it remained loose the whole time. The cat played his part beautifully while being petted and offered food. The cat was free to leave anytime. Zackary remained calm the entire time (a couple of minutes). We still have a lot of work to do, but it was a big step.

Puppies are awesome!
12/19/2024

Puppies are awesome!

You might think all of these beds belong to several dogs, but no, these all are used by one tiny pup.
12/19/2024

You might think all of these beds belong to several dogs, but no, these all are used by one tiny pup.

Zackary earning rewards for holding his mat down while I come in the door.
12/11/2024

Zackary earning rewards for holding his mat down while I come in the door.

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Bangor, ME
04401

Opening Hours

Friday 10am - 2pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+12076317686

Website

https://gentlecaninescheduling.as.me/schedule.php

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Kim and Rio

Just being silly.

Annabelle doing the thing

Loose leash walking without the leash

Liz and Nova

Kim and Rio

Millie in Manners

Rio

Nova

Manners classes. The dogs not walking are rewarded for watching quietly. This is just as much socialization as playing together.

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