The Canny Canine

08/20/2024

Volunteers needed! No better group to volunteer for!! 😁

08/19/2024

Class registration opened late Saturday night and you guys have been signing up like crazy! I opened up a couple extra classes to make sure everyone gets the schedule they want!

Thank you all for a great feedback about Sunday obedience drop-ins, too! I’ve also received a couple more sport suggestions and I’m gonna make that stuff happen!! Stay tuned for more training opportunities!

Many thanks to all of you for your support! 🙏🙏🙏

08/18/2024

Being kind and a good sport is harder for some than it is for others.

It takes a village to put on events: from hosts, to volunteers, to officials, and competitors. Everyone plays a roll in getting trials up and running.

We are all in it together - remember that on trial days. 😉

The NACSW Education Division's Instructor Certification Program was developed to ensure a standard and quality of instruction that adhered to the founders’ original concepts of training that relied on dogs’ instinctual independent hunting and puzzle solving skills. Today there are instructors in...

08/18/2024

O is for Obedience in October! Canine Etiquette is on the schedule of October 6, 13, 20 & 27. This 4 week class is truly about the basics.

Also new in October is our Obedience drop-in sessions (instructor approval required). These sessions are for teams looking to work out a specific problem, needing dogs to work around, or simply needing a spotter.

Good stuff going on this October!! Join us!!

https://thecannycanine.com/classes

08/18/2024

It's that time of year! September Classes are now posted! Grab your spot ASAP!

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07/31/2024

Online classes coming up with Kimberly Buchanan! Get your gold spot while it’s hot!

Both classes are extremly relevant to dogs at all stages of K9 Nose Work. The August class is all about Sourcing and the September class is Distractions!

Sign up open 8/1:

~~~How do you know if an area has no odor? What if there is only one odor? What signals does your dog give you? What can you do to help your dog and feel confident about your choices? ~~~(3 weeks)Gold/$150Silver/$75Bronze/$45

07/31/2024

September trials in Montana! Enter tomorrow!

NOSE WORK BREAKFAST CLUB     About Us The Nose Work Breakfast Club was Created: To enhance the fellowship of its members and bond between them and their dogs through the sport of nose work To engage in the promotion and participation of the sport of nose work To provide opportunities for members a...

07/28/2024

SureFire Jean Louise “Scout” 9/12/13 - 7/06/24.

Words continue to escape me, even a couple weeks later. This was a tough year for Scout. She got very sick in January and never truly recovered. It wasn’t until May that tests confirmed what we all kinda knew was going on. Lymphoma sucks.

Scout was my dog and she wasn’t afraid to let the rest of the world know it. From sneaking up behind people and firing barks up their ass to snubbing pretty much everyone she met, she was a character. Most people would say she was a real jerk 😁. She was high prey drive and low confidence. Not an amazing combination but we accomplished a lot. We were truly a team as there was no “making” Scout do anything.

K9 Nose Work was amazing for her and we traveled all over the western United States competing. She held the most titles of any white shepherd in NACSW competition and achieved at the highest title of Elite 1 before she retired last year. We weren’t the best but we worked hard as a team. She absolutely loved to search.

We had an amazing month of June. We got to spend time in Cascade Locks & Stevenson, spent over a week on 135 acres in the mountains outside of Klamath Falls, and traveled to the Black Hills of South Dakota. A couple days after getting home it was clear that something had changed and that the medications were no longer helping.

Scout was one hell of a dog. Ten years was simply not long enough.

Godspeed, my friend….

07/14/2024

ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ Qᴜɪᴛ.

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Quit listening to people who don’t like you. Who don’t want what’s best for you.

Quit letting the voices of the nay-sayers. The ones who always have something negative to say.

Quit sitting at the table with the gossipers.

Quit comparing yourself. Quit believing you need to be someone different to achieve anything great. Quit wishing you were in someone else’s shoes. (this!)

Quit being hard on our bodies and calling them anything other than miraculous.

Quit the negative self talk.

Quit choosing people pleasing over honoring your needs.

Quit being so hard on yourself.

Quit tolerating being lied to, disrespected and gaslit because you want to be a good person. It’s okay to see the truth in people too.

Quit letting the past haunt your future.

Quit letting insecurity control you. Quit thinking you don’t measure up. Quit thinking you aren’t deserving of good things.

Quit ignoring your inner voice and start listening to your heart.

Quit playing a side part when you’ve been the main character in your story all along.

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International Professional Rodeo Association
Mid States Rodeo Association
Taylor Finley

07/04/2024

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

06/23/2024

Huge congratulations to Sandi and Occum at the Helena NW2 today! They brought home a title and second place in the vehicles search element! Woohoo!! ❤️❤️❤️

06/18/2024

Congratulations to Kristin and Lady! Earning a leg towards their Level 1 Interior title this past weekend! Way to go!!

06/16/2024

Super congratulations to John and Millie on their NW1 title today! First place in the vehicle search and Third Place Overall!

Pretty good for a Labrador! 🤣🤣❤️❤️💪💪

06/16/2024

Team Bozeman having some fun at the Columbus, MT National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 Trials. No big titles for any of us, but we all walked away with some nice placements and element titles to boot!

A wonderful day to spend competing with our dogs and catching up with friends from near and far! Good luck to all those competing today!!

06/15/2024

Always a good time with our friends in Great Falls! Go do all the things!!

06/05/2024

Having been at a couple NW3 trials over the past month or so, I can say the ability to call a timely finish is a handy one!

Kim’s classes are the best! I’ve been taking them for years! And now your searches are video reviewed during class. Really slick! Love it!

Come join us!!

05/18/2024

Super great morning in Helena for another National Association of Canine Scent Work Odor Recognition Test!

Team Bozeman showed up and cleaned up their titles! Congratulations to Team Zander, Team Meeka, Team Gus, Team Callie, and Team Aspen! The dogs were ready and the handlers were just fantastic! So proud of everyone.

So many new Bozeman teams qualified to trial. Excited to see what the future brings for all of you!

05/08/2024

Hilde: Always the Goodest Girl. Big Hugs to her people tonight. ❤️💔❤️

05/06/2024

Are you new to NW3 and looking to understand the game? Are you an experienced K9NW handler but need to polish up your skills?

JoyrideK9 is offering two online skills classes: Blank searches and calling Finish. Kimberly Buchanan is a founding NACSW K9 Nose Work instructor and offers THE BEST online skills classes. Her video feedback is invaluable.

Signup today!

~~~How do you know if an area has no odor? What if there is only one odor? What signals does your dog give you? What can you do to help your dog and feel confident about your choices? ~~~(3 weeks)Gold/$150Silver/$75Bronze/$45

05/04/2024

Registration information for the Helena ORT

Official NACSW™ORT East Helena City Hall Gym 306 E. Main StreetEast Helena MT 59635 May 18, 2024 Premium Official NACSW™NW2/NW3 Trials East Valley Middle School 401 N KalispellEast Helena MT 59635 June 22-23 2024 Premium Enter NW2 Enter NW3 VOLUNTEER

05/04/2024

Congratulations to my Bozeman teams! You guys always make me so very proud in your handling and your dedication to your dogs. I saw many beautiful odor driven searches and amazing handling! So much to be proud of!

Today we celebrate Team Millie, Team Zander, Team Callie, Team Aspen, Team Gus, Team Skadi, Team Tjorvar, Team Meeka, Team Lady, and Team Ren. We also appreciate Team Occum, Team Phoebe, and Team Ranger for coming out to support the event as FEO teams. Sorry I am missing some Team pix.

For many of the Bozeman teams, this was their first ever dog event. So when I say I’m proud, it’s slightly understated. You guys are everything the sport should be! ❤️❤️❤️.

Titles were earned today by Team Millie, Team Skadi, Team Lady, and Team Ren. For those that missed it, we will see you in Helena to clean it up in two weeks!!

05/04/2024

Congratulations to everyone who stepped up to the line today with their dog! Much fun was had!

Huge thank you to Peg Cline, Regina Locricchio, Caroline Bitz, and Susan Suckow-Suter! We were a small but mighty team! Very grateful to have Dover on board as our judge today! One of the best!

87 tests in Bozeman today! If you didn’t get them all today, the Helena ORT is in two weeks! See you there!!

05/04/2024

Lots of prep at the barn this week for tomorrow’s ORT! Big thanks to Regina Locricchio for helping me clear out the arena. Thanks to Peg Cline for folding boxes today. I did the final clean up tonight, with the help of my two assistants!

See everyone bright and early tomorrow!

Good luck to all the participants!! You are ready and you and your dogs will be great!!

05/02/2024

All schedules and run order information for the Bozeman NACSW Odor Recognition Test has been emailed!

We are excited to see everyone in Bozeman! Looking forward to a great day of testing!!

05/01/2024

Sit tight, everyone!

The ORT schedule and run order will be emailed to you as soon as I have complete information from everyone.

Thank you for your patience! 😁

04/23/2024

**Bozeman ORT Update**

As of right now, we have 82 runs for the test on May 4th. Now is the time to register if you have not. We are also accepting FEO entries.

I will shut registration down at 100 entries or this Saturday, April 27th, whichever comes first.

Information will be out to competitors early next week at the latest.

https://thecannycanine.com/ort-bozeman-5-4-24

04/18/2024

Very sad news today: our buddy Matt passed. Matt lived a full and wonderful life of 16 years. He was still coming to class and searching up until about two weeks ago.

Matt was a working border collie who had strong opinions, and his opinions didn’t always align with the work he was bred to do. But those opinions served him well in sport detection. He had strong independent hunt drive and excellent problem solving skills. Matt lost his hearing a couple years ago but that never stopped any of us from cheering him on. There are too many memories and too many stories.

Matt was a class favorite and a poster child for geriatric dogs and activities. He just kept going.

Good boy, Matt. That’ll do…..❤️❤️❤️