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Gentle Canine Fitness and Training

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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.

03/08/2025

Abby and Dad are learning to give attention.

03/08/2025

Rex working on cooperative care using a chin for a start button. A start button gives your dog a way to say, "I'm ready for you to do the thing." Removing his chin from the hand means I need a break.

03/08/2025

Learning to find his leash.

03/08/2025

People are scary to some dogs. I do a lot of things to increase comfort for these pups. Mostly, I give the freedom to choose whether to interact or not.
I ignore them and give time to sniff and investigate me without pressure. I throw treats away from me instead of offering food from my hand. I ask their guardian to give treats, especially if my throwing treats is scary looking. If they let them touch me, but I do not touch them.

03/06/2025

Corwyn practicing a new trick while Winaferd practices stay in her bed while we work.

03/01/2025

We had the first puppy class at Penobscot Veterinary Services, LLC today. It was like coming home as I have been an LVT there for 23 years!

02/24/2025

Puppy class has moved to Penobscot Veterinary Services! Class starts at 10am on Saturday! As always, Gentle Canine is a separate business renting space. If you have questions, contact me, not Penobscot Vet.

02/13/2025

Pivot training in rally

02/12/2025

Relaxing in Manners class

02/12/2025

Learning to relax.

02/11/2025

Goodness, Loki graduated puppy class with flying colors!

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.

01/13/2025

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

01/11/2025

Just being silly.

01/11/2025

Pom Pom in a cone

Address

411 Davis Road
Bangor, ME
04401

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+12076317686

Website

https://www.gentlecanineft.com/, https://gentlecaninescheduling.as.me/schedule.php

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