Canine - Human Relationship Institute

01/29/2025

CHRI on-line Puppy Development Course starts Monday February 3, and runs through Friday February 7. It is approximately 3 hours, each day, from 5pm to 8 pm Central Time Zone.

For those registered for the class, each day is recorded for your review, as many times as you wish, for a few months afterwards.

This class covers many aspects of understanding the creation and growth (Physically, mentally, personality, temperament) from pre-estrus to 2 years of age. There is so much we will cover that I cannot summarize it well enough on a simple post.

If you have not had this course (2023 and in person 2024) you should. This may be your last chance for a live, on-line Puppy course interaction.

If you are in the Eastern Pacific, or Europe, each day is recorded and you will be able to watch it before the next day recording.

Registration below:

https://www.chrinstitute.com/sign-up/puppy-development-online

Total cost is $600.00. Current Military, First Responders and Military Veterans receive 20% discount, on every course, always.

Starts this coming Monday. Still a few slots left if you want to learn.

Only 2 slots left for the class starting tomorrow!

01/27/2025

Education. That is what we are all about. The more you know - - -

01/25/2025

I wanted to let all of the monthly CHRI Live Talk subscribers know that we had problems, through the payments system, in the increase of the monthly from $15.00 to $20.00 per month. We have made the decision to reverse the increase and stay at $15.00 per month, regardless. For the few people that were charged $20.00 (randomly) for this month, you have already been reimbursed $5.00.

Sorry for all of the confusion. I made the decision to just “eat” the extra charges and keep the Live Talks more affordable for everyone. We have been at $15.00 for two years, and will continue at the rate. The purpose of the Live Talks is to provide inexpensive monthly educational opportunities and continuing education for anyone interested in understanding more about dogs, anywhere on earth.

If you are interested in the many subjects we have covered, over the years, please check out our subscription, and all of the previous recorded sessions also available.

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01/22/2025

My three girls. Toffee is 6, Callie is 11, and Bella is 21. All of them are perfectly prosocial to each other and us. Never an issue between any of them. Ever.

01/21/2025

The Puppy Development Course is coming up soon. February 3-7, from 5pm - 8pm Central each night. Everything you need to know about the development of puppies from pre-estrus to 2 years of age. Brain, body, structure, physical development, training, etc. on Zoom. Registration is still available. Don’t miss this one.

https://www.chrinstitute.com/sign-up/puppy-development-online

01/21/2025

Wednesday night CHRI Live Talk: Relationship. A straightforward talk about what it should be. All the aspects.

https://www.chrinstitute.com/sign-up/monthly-live-sessions

01/20/2025

Our daughter brought Maisie over, late yesterday, for a short visit. My active dogs had fun playing with her. It had been awhile and Maisie has grown!

01/14/2025

01/14/2025

It isn’t if you make a “mistake” or not, it is how fast you recover and focus.

That takes lots of experience to have a body of work, with anything, to know that is was a mistake, to what degree, what the mistake was, what course in that situation would be a good pathway to correct the mistake, and course correct in an instant as the best path toward cooperation to achieve the correct answer. And on and on.

This never stops. You never get perfection. You are always course correcting, unless you are simply crushing the subject into what you, and only you, want.

Focus, comprehension, Timing, and best outcome is the result of many years of doing a subject with drive to improve. If your ego gets involved, you have limited yourself.

If you consider yourself a “Master Trainer”, you aren’t. No one should ever consider themselves in that light. Your brain focus is “I have achieved”. I have “it”. You will never know what you could have become.

01/10/2025

📣 Workshop Announcement 📣 -May 23-28 2025!

Nelson Hodges from Canine - Human Relationship Institute Institute is coming to Canada! 🇨🇦

Nelson will be teaching two courses: Relationship Based Behavior Modification (RBBM) concepts & The Art of Leash Handling in Calgary, at our location, this May. This opportunity is for k9 professionals, trainers, care aids, veterinarian staff, owners, and anyone who works with / cares for dogs to advance your knowledge and understanding of our beloved canine companions.

➡️ To learn more about RBBM and to register click here: https://www.chrinstitute.com/course-1

➡️ To learn more about the Art of Leash Handling click here: https://www.chrinstitute.com/the-art-of-leash-long-line-handling

⭐️ RBBM is required and must be completed to advance into the second portion of the work shop; “The Art of Leash Handling”.

⭐️ Participants must enroll in both courses separately. Upon registration confirm location: Calgary (Becoming Maverick).

I look forward to sharing this incredible opportunity with you all. Thank you for allowing us to support you in your learning journey.

01/09/2025

Bella, this morning. Expecting another 6” tonight. Bella went out in it this morning and just stood out there enjoying her genetic memory of Siberia and being a Husky. She stood in one place just soaking one more winter (Husky summer), for the 22nd time (year) in her long life.

01/08/2025

While this photo is from the IACP Conference of Bosch (and me too), I found myself in this position late this afternoon. I went to the Grocery store to get one can of ingredients (that I forgot) for dinner tonight. At one point roaming the aisles looking, in vain, for that one thing. I had not felt very good the past two days and my back and a few other things built up to the point where I had to take a knee (not my titanium one), then sat on the floor. Bosch, crawled on me to protect my position while I rested for a moment. I wasn’t looking up, but saw several people simply walk past. One man was going by, and asked me if I needed help, he was an EMS guy. I thanked him but assured him I would be fine in a minute or so. I was and returned to my search.

The difference in people’s reactions to a service animal, and their understanding of not making a fuss, one way or the other, has changed enormously over the past 3 years or so. It is rare that I have to avoid or address anyone about him. And even then, they realize and respect the situation. Quite a change over the past 3 years time. It makes it much easier to be able to go places without fuss.

01/05/2025

Puppies. The photos are of my Daughter and SIL’s dog, Maizie. 6 months old. A critical time, as are all developmental times for puppies and young dogs.

If you want to really understand the brain development, body development, timing, alignment, mis-alignments, what is actually happening with that dog, how to physically and mentally develop a puppy from pre-estrus to 2 years of age, I am going to cover all of that and more. The Puppy Development Course, goes into great depth from day to day, week to week and month to month development.

This course is conducted on line with Zoom. It is a live course. If you had this one either in person, or on line before, it is the same format, and similar content. However, there will be a slightly different focus of human interaction for developing puppies.

https://www.chrinstitute.com/sign-up/puppy-development-online

February 3-7, 5:00pm to 8:00 pm each evening. Coming up soon. 15 hours. 15 CEUs for IACP.

01/03/2025

Got these in today. They will go on the wall of fame in the CHRI Center in Blue Ridge. Photos of class graduates from 2023 and 2024 Course IV, and the graduates from 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 Course V Certifcation Course.

14 people have gone through and graduated Course V. I am honored to know each of them.

I also had one made of Bosch and I just having fun and enjoying life.