08/23/2024
Bye! I'm going on a ✨️much✨️ needed vacation
If you call or text us during this time you'll reach my awesome co-trainer, Faith, who can help you with bookings and anything else that may arise
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08/19/2024
🚫I will not break your dog's spirit.
🚫I will not change your dog's personality.
🚫I won't make your dog leery about what I might do to them when they make an error.
⭐️I want to help your dog cope with living in a human's world.
⭐️I want your dog to be safe.
⭐️I want your dog to be happy.
08/08/2024
Enjoying each other's company at the park 💜
07/27/2024
Blue had his second Puppy Social with me today, and he said it was a 10/10 good time!
Our Puppy Socials are every Friday from 4-5 pm at the Adult Day Center and are open to puppies up to 14 weeks of age
Come play, socialize, and learn with us!
07/25/2024
I love that ⭐️Milton's⭐️ humans continue to come up with new skills for us to work on
It keeps his mind sharp, adds enrichment, and in some cases, serves a practical purpose!
Here, he is demonstrating our most recent skill, where I taught him to open the patio door
⭐️⭐️Canis Major offers professional dog training, dog walking, overnight sitting, and dog boarding in the southern Kentucky region, with select services also available in Nashville and Louisville
07/19/2024
There's something for every puppy and every budget with our training programs!
⭐️Blue⭐️ the mini aussie went on his first field trip with us today, where he socialized with attendees at the Med Center Health Adult Day Center
⭐️Maverick⭐️ the mini doodle went with us on his weekly field trip to his Mom's salon, where he's learning to have perfect manners with clients
07/18/2024
Update: One space left 💜
We currently have ⭐two⭐ boarding spots remaining for Fall break
Because we keep things small and low-stress here for our boarders, we will fill up quickly for major travel dates
Bookings can be made up to 3 months out, so if you have an upcoming trip, do not wait!
07/12/2024
About a month ago I hinted that we had a little secret to share, and today's the day I'm letting everyone in on it
Pack your dog's bags!
Beginning in September I will begin offering ⭐boarding⭐ at my private residence
Our space will be micro-scale, taking up to 4 dogs at one time, and specifically caters to dogs that are not a good fit for commercial facilities
Micro-scale dog boarding in Bowling Green Kentucky, hosted at the home of your favorite local professional dog trainer
06/30/2024
Beckham has been having a great time at our ⭐️Friday Puppy Socials⭐️
✅️We've been able to focus on exposure to lots of novel stimuli like automatic doors, walkers, wheelchairs, and rolling carts
✅️We've introduced confidence building activities via food puzzles and Fit Paws equipment
✅️We've practiced puppy skills and helped troubleshoot puppy issues being seen at home
✅️And we've facilitated interactions with the center staff and attendees
Our puppy socials are open to ALL puppies under 14 weeks of age and happen every Friday from 4-5 pm at Med Center Health Adult Day Center
Bring your puppy to play and learn with us!
06/26/2024
Why do dogs develop reactivity?
There are a number of reasons, and this video highlights one of them...
💥CHARGING DOGS💥
The dog in this video was repeatedly charging up to it's underground fence perimeter as we walked by, and if you've experienced this behavior when out on a walk before, you know that this is a mild example of it.
Repeatedly exposing your dog to this type of scenario without having solid skills and smart handling strategies means your dog is likely to take matters into their own paws by dishing out threatening behaviors of their own... barking, lunging, and growling... and voilà... you've got yourself a reactive dog!
If you want your dog to stay cool as a cucumber like Milton does in this video, let's talk.
06/26/2024
Maverick had his first visit to Fountain Square during his field trip session this week!
His motto that day was, "no time for posing, I gotta take in the sights and smell all the smells!"
I can not advocate enough for early exposure to lots of public spaces and novel stimuli while your puppy is ⭐️under 12 weeks⭐️ of age
BUT
It's also essential that it is done strategically as to not 💥overwhelm or create 💥undesirable habits...
Clear as mud, right❓️❓️
That's why getting help from a pro during this critical developmental period is incredibly valuable!
I know exactly how to expose without overwhelming and socialize without building bad habits because it's my job 😉
06/21/2024
I've been helping George's humans prepare him for his first flight!
Their first trip was a short flight in preparation for a much longer one later this year, and his humans report he did amazingly well 💜
And as a very cool bonus, they got an aerial view of the aurora borealis 😍
06/11/2024
💜Maverick💜 is about 8 weeks old and began his ⭐️Ultimate Puppy Program⭐️ today
He's got a full calendar with me each week for the next two months...
✅️Mondays- Solo session with me at his home to work on essential skills and home manners
✅️Tuesdays- Field trip session to a local public space to work on habituation to the world and public manners
✅️Wednesdays- Family session at his home to work with him AND his humans on his skills and to provide weekend homework
✅️Thursdays- Field trip session to his Mom's salon to work on habituation to that space and neutrality towards clientele
This boy has a big, fun life ahead of him and we are ready to set him up for success!
We have and additional opening for another puppy in this program, ask us if it's a good fit!
06/11/2024
I've announced our Puppy Socials through the end of July!
Come play and train with us 💜
06/05/2024
For those of you that receive our email announcements, you'll want to be sure and check out the one we just sent!
We've got a secret we're sharing with you first 😉
06/01/2024
No matter which way your tail wags, we love you just the way you are!
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜Happy Pride Month❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
05/27/2024
We hope you all have a great holiday!
And are safe after all these storms 💜
05/22/2024
Look at the wide variety of dogs getting the most out of our walking and drop-in services!
💜Small, big
💜Young, old
💜Runners, loungers
💜Backyard players, leashed up explorers
No matter which type of dog you have, our walking and drop-in services will ensure your dog gets what they need!
We're raising the bar for in-home dog care, so if you're ready to quit gambling with Rover sitters or taking a chance with that person you found on Facebook... reach out 😉
05/17/2024
Your dog is the ⭐guest of honor⭐ with our Live With The Trainer Program!
Learn more about this unique service on our website!
05/17/2024
As dog trainers, we know that as the weather warms up we will get more calls for leash manners and reactivity issues, and this season has been no different
💜Silas💜 has turned over a new leaf that will make leash walks in town much easier and safer
We worked with him and his owner on...
⭐️Building engagement when outside
⭐️Moving together on a loose leash
⭐️Going to sniff on cue as a reward for good leash manners
⭐️Two different verbal directional cues
⭐️Introduced engage-disengage exercises to nip some emerging reactivity in the bud
Silas and his owner have done so well together, and they will be venturing into the world of agility with us next week!
05/15/2024
Yesterday, I started training with a locally famous dog...
⭐️Hobo⭐️
This dog had been evading capture in Bowling Green for over a year, but thanks to some very patient humans and a clear plan he was finally caught!
And guess what? He's wonderful and loves people! We won't have much to work on aside from some intense jumping behavior and perhaps some door manners
See his "before" and "after" photos 💜
05/12/2024
We 💜love💜 our agility students, and we 💥hate💥 that affordable good quality agility equipment is hard to come by!
So we've got you covered with light weight, but durable agility jumps perfect for practicing skills at home... and local delivery is FREE
We will be adding more things to the shop as we produce and fine tune them. We anticipate offering an adjustable teeter base, detachable jump wings, and channel weave poles in the near future.
1" PVC free-standing uprights with 4' PVC jump bar and metal bar holder. Adjustable to 4" 8" 12" 16" 20" 24" 28" jump heights.Made to order with an average 2-week turn around.Buying multiple? Check out our bundle option for a discount!Free local delivery. If you are not within our local delivery rad...
05/11/2024
Do you feel like your dog *wants* to hang out with you?
Not just when you're the only option, but even when you're out and about together?
The style of training you use with your dog plays a vital role in determining your dog's likelihood to want to be around you once that leash comes off...
And our training style focuses on building this type of relationship!
05/10/2024
It's hard to wrangle all of us together, but we *almost* got everyone in one photo together
From left to right we have...
⭐Faith Weaver, CPDT-KA, Fear Free Pro- One of our Bowling Green area dog trainers
⭐Me, Ashley Parker, ABCDT, CPDT-KA, Fear Free Pro- Owner of CMDT and our Bowling Green and Nashville area trainer
⭐Kelly Decker- Our walker and daytime sitter, and future canine fitness consultant
⭐Shelby Watson- Our overnight sitter
Not with us in this photo is our Louisville area trainer, Caroline Sadlo, CPDT-KA 💜
I'm incredibly proud of this group of people, collaborative, kind, professional, and empathetic, they are key in the continued development of Canis Major
Want to work with us? We are still currently looking for an additional part-time professional dog trainer 😉
05/08/2024
This precious thing was adopted a couple weeks ago and has been struggling with isolation anxiety beyond what we expect to see when a puppy comes into a new home!
Her human, being wonderfully proactive, went ahead and had us come in to assess and get a plan together for tackling this before it became a major problem, and thankfully, we've already gotten things back on track 💜💜
05/06/2024
It's so rare for me to have photos of myself training! Brownie points to my people that take them for me 💜💜
05/06/2024
Our group classes are tapering off for the summer months!
We will have ONE more opportunity for agility newbies and basic skills coming up, so if you want in, now is the time
05/02/2024
If you have not turned in your owner agreement for tomorrow's puppy social, you will NOT be able to participate
If you haven't signed up, but want to there are still spots available!
04/29/2024
We're so excited for our first ever ⭐Puppy Social⭐
In fact, we're so excited we've made this one FREE 🥳🥳
Share this with a puppy owner you know!
Enroll here: https://www.canismajorky.com/puppy-social-calendar/one
04/27/2024
We are tired, but had a lot of fun at the Derby Dog Festival!
Thank you to everyone that came to chat with us about training and try out our agility course
We saw lots of dogs with great potential for agility and would love to see you all in our upcoming classes! We will have one more beginner's class in May and then will be on hiatus until Fall semester
Don't forget, we have several classes coming up on a whole slew of different topics and still have our books open (...for now) for private in-your-home lessons
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Open the door
I love that ⭐️Milton's⭐️ humans continue to come up with new skills for us to work on It keeps his mind sharp, adds enrichment, and in some cases, serves a practical purpose! Here, he is demonstrating our most recent skill, where I taught him to open the patio door ⭐️⭐️Canis Major offers professional dog training, dog walking, overnight sitting, and dog boarding in the southern Kentucky region, with select services also available in Nashville and Louisville
Charging Dogs
Why do dogs develop reactivity? There are a number of reasons, and this video highlights one of them... 💥CHARGING DOGS💥 The dog in this video was repeatedly charging up to it's underground fence perimeter as we walked by, and if you've experienced this behavior when out on a walk before, you know that this is a mild example of it. Repeatedly exposing your dog to this type of scenario without having solid skills and smart handling strategies means your dog is likely to take matters into their own paws by dishing out threatening behaviors of their own... barking, lunging, and growling... and voilà... you've got yourself a reactive dog! If you want your dog to stay cool as a cucumber like Milton does in this video, let's talk.
💜Maverick💜 is about 8 weeks old and began his ⭐️Ultimate Puppy Program⭐️ today He's got a full calendar with me each week for the next two months... ✅️Mondays- Solo session with me at his home to work on essential skills and home manners ✅️Tuesdays- Field trip session to a local public space to work on habituation to the world and public manners ✅️Wednesdays- Family session at his home to work with him AND his humans on his skills and to provide weekend homework ✅️Thursdays- Field trip session to his Mom's salon to work on habituation to that space and neutrality towards clientele This boy has a big, fun life ahead of him and we are ready to set him up for success! We have and additional opening for another puppy in this program, ask us if it's a good fit!
Would you believe I'm currently working with 5️⃣ separate cases involving dogs showing reactivity and/or aggressive behaviors towards people entering the home?! And was just contacted in regard to a sixth! It's a common problem that often goes unaddressed... until the dog snaps or bites. If this is something you struggle with, we can help! If you're willing to put in the work 😉
Have a reactive dog that makes car riding dangerous and chaotic? If you can't crate them to cut down on their ability to see and react to triggers here's what we do! We use a seat belt tether on a harness and teach a ⭐️down with duration⭐️ Check out our demo with Pearl! While this may not completely eliminate your dog's ability to see triggers, the reduction of visibility can make a huge difference, and it definitely worked wonders for Pearl While Pearl can ride in the car without issue these days, she will still offer the behavior if ever needed 💜Need this for your dog? Let us know!💜
Requesting overnight services with us just got easier! We accept requests for services up to 3 months in advance, which means you can request a reservation for your summer travel now!
This dog has serious brains 😱 Thanks to his ⭐️longterm training program⭐️ with me he can pick up on new behaviors extremely fast! His owner requested that I start teaching him to find objects. I began with a toy which he already knows by name, "snake", and within 10 minutes he was finding it without guidance and returning it to me. Next, I'll be introducing new things for him to find This is an ideal brain game to teach for bad weather days, so those of you with working breeds, take note 🤣
I'm back from a short vacation where I got to cross the San Diego Zoo off my personal bucket list ⭐️Force free training⭐️ works across all species, even when there are some extra safety precautions needed 😂 In this video you'll see part of a training session with a bull African elephant where they are working on 💜cooperative care💜 (teaching the animal to voluntarily participate in husbandry procedures), which we also teach our students! Some things to look for in the video... ✅️Target stick- sometimes used as a visual/tactile cue for the elephant ✅️Hand target- used in the beginning to keep the elephant stationary as the door closes ✅️Hand signals- one appears to be used to cue a behavior and the other appears to be a cue to keep doing a behavior, can you tell which is which? ✅️Marker (secondary reinforcer)- their whistle marks the completion of the desired behavior for the elephant and means food is about to be given This session went on for about 5 more minutes, and it appeared that they were focusing on building duration onto the "leaning" behavior with the elephant 💜All this being said, I am working on returning emails, messages, and phone calls, thank you all for your patience💜
Toxic Relationship With Your Dog?
If there was one thing we could get more new dog owners to do, it would be to start training sooner! Our ⭐in-your-home⭐ programs allow us to begin working with you and your dog from Day ONE, meaning we can address small issues before they grow into 🔥BIG🔥 problems. #dogtraining #professionaldogtrainer #puppylife #puppy
Just brought home 💜5 foster puppies💜 from BGWCHS Without mom they may not be getting the ideal start, but we'll make the best of it! They will not be available for awhile, but if you're ⭐️patient⭐️ and interested in adopting, reach out to the Bowling Green/Warren County Humane Society
⭐️Maggie⭐️ just started her VIP program and we're kicking it off with something cool One of her humans can't hear super well so if they're in another area of the home they may not hear her use her potty bells to ask to go outside! So we are teaching her to 💜touch💜 her human's leg to ask to go outside In this video we are in a transitional period where I... ✅️Fade out the blue target ✅️Introduce going out the door in response to the touch right at the end of the video I currently want to get lots of repetitive touches so I have reinforced it with food to keep her motivation up, but we will be fading out food and switching over to just reinforcing with access to outside in response to successful touches Pretty neat huh?
What if I told you we had a program ⭐️exclusively for puppies⭐️ that will... 🐶Take the guesswork out of potty training and make it as efficient as possible 🐶Cover ALL the basic skills, sit, down, stay, come, and place 🐶Identify behavior red flags immediately and nip those in the bud 🐶Facilitate socialization the RIGHT way in order to build confidence and comfort with the world AND on top of all of this also includes... 🐶All necessary training gear, yours to keep 🐶A recommended daily schedule unique to your puppy 🐶Unlimited phone/text/zoom support from your certified trainer Well, we happen to have just the thing! Due to the nature of this program we pre-screen all candidates! Book a ⭐️FREE⭐️ discovery call with me to see if you're a good fit https://square.site/book/LQKJQ7CCR2GYJ/canis-major-dog-training-llc
Did you know over 10% of holiday 💔puppies are relinquished?💔 We don't want to see your new puppy become a statistic. Be proactive and talk to us ⏳TODAY⏳ about how we can put you and your new puppy on the road to success! Take advantage of our ❄️holiday sale❄️ going on through the end of 2023
We make taking your dog in public spaces a ⭐️stress-free⭐️ experience that's enjoyable for you AND your dog... ✅️Leash manners ✅️Directional cues ✅️Ignoring distractions ✅️Settling ✅️Stay And more! All taught from 🏁start to finish🏁 using techniques rooted in positive reinforcement and fear free methods Want your dog to do what this young lab does? ⭐️Contact us, our books are open!⭐️
May your Monday start right with this close up sniffin' brought to you by 💜Satchmo💜
There's a misconception that dog-dog socialization is JUST dogs playing together. When I still worked in the boarding/daycare industry, one of the most common questions dog owners would ask when they'd pick up their dogs would be... "Did they play with the other dogs?" And sometimes my answer was, "Oh yeah!" And sometimes my answer was, "They enjoyed socializing, but I wouldn't say they played." Owners didn't typically know how to process the latter response, because for them, socializing and playing are one in the same... But this isn't accurate at all! Dogs that possess healthy dog-dog social skills will engage in a variety of activities together, and play can be just ONE of those activities. In this video, my two dogs and my friend's dog are socializing through co-sniffing, moving through a space with one another, sniffing and marking. This is a beautiful example of dog-dog socialization that isn't play.
