Land Shark K9 Training

06/20/2024

This!

Let's talk about this photo. It's cute, except it's not. I see a dog who cannot get up without telling the child to get off. How do you think a dog is going to do that?

The 7 Golden Toddler Dog Rules:
#1: If a dog walks away from you, you DO NOT FOLLOW.
#2: Always leave room for the dog to walk away from you.
---that right there is 90+% of dog bites eliminated---
#3: We do not climb on the dog.
#4: We do not grab or pull on the dog.
#5: We do not hit or throw anything at the dog.
#6: We do not touch the dog's food.
#7: We do not go into the dog's kennel.

I promise these are not overly difficult concepts for littles, nor will they rob a kid of their bond with the family dog. It will deepen that bond, while keeping everyone safe.

"Oh, it looks like Moose is walking away from you. She is saying she wants a break. Let's play with this instead!"

"It's Moose's dinner time! Let's give her space to enjoy her yummies."

"That is Moose's room(kennel) and only she is allowed to go in there."

"If Moose wanted a break, could she walk away from you right now? No she really couldn't. Let's move away from the play house. You can keep playing but now she can leave when she wants a break."

In conclusion, ***parent your child or your dog will do it for you, and you will not like how they do it.***

06/12/2024

Maggie rocking her 2nd lesson of puppy obedience! 🙌
When I tell ya'll this girl is absolutely phenomenal... oh my goodness. 😍

06/06/2024

Cooper & Walter working on their place command + the hardest thing in the world-- also known as: the art of doing nothing. 💙

05/31/2024

Big welcome to Panzer, who just joined the Land Shark pack! He is a 1.5 year old Doberman who was recently adopted from ACS just three weeks ago!
Panzer will be working on some basic obedience, understanding proper foundations to leash pressure using the slip lead, and learning his boundaries. 🎉

05/28/2024

Freyja practicing the foundations of Box Feeding, AKA The Dopamine Box!
This is often seen in K9 Scent or Detection work, but we're going to use it to help build her confidence/mental toughness in the presence of other dogs by giving her a fun task to focus on. 🤌

05/15/2024

Huge congratulations to DaKota & Cindy for passing the AKC Canine Good Citizen Urban test and getting their CGCU title today! 🎉

This team has worked so hard and I can't wait to see all the titles they will earn from here! Thank y'all for trusting me as your trainer. It has truly been a pleasure. ❤️

04/26/2024

Cooper has been working hard for the last couple months now on some puppy obedience. He's done amazing, especially in the puppy menace department. 😂

Here he is feeling proud of himself after working on neutrality & handler engagement around another dog (aka Mako 🦈). 💙

04/12/2024

Please welcome another Allie to the Land Shark family!

Allie will be working on some basic obedience, leash walking, & recalls, with the goal of her being able to travel more with her family + go out to dog friendly restraunts/stores. 🙌💕

03/20/2024

Lil Miss Ally, the 14 week American Staffordshire Terrier, after totally smashing her second training lesson today! She's working on some puppy foundations to manners & obedience, plus she's already flawless at being the heckin' cutest/sweetest. 💕

Her uncle, also, just so happens to be Trouble, the first Amstaff to ever win the Terrier Group at the Westminster Dog Show, but no big deal or nothin'. 😌

02/08/2024

Meet THE Land Shark herself, my girl: Mako Shark 🦈

Mako (also know as Baby Shark) is my sidekick and accompanies me to many training lessons, so, if you haven't met her already, you probably will! I adopted her almost a year ago from ACS in San Antonio and it's been love ever since. This girl is, truly, my entire world, my greatest teacher, and my best friend. She dabbles in PSA (Protection Sports), AKC Rally Obedience, Scent Work, and she just started flying through Agility!

I'm looking forward to everyone getting to know her, too! She has never met a stranger, so I know she will feel the same. 😂

02/07/2024

Update: All good! Website is good to go now, actually! 👌
https://www.landsharkk9training.com

Hey, y'all. My new website is active, but there's an issue on the web-builder's end, causing most browsers that open it to throw a security warning. I was assured by the web-builder's team it will be resolved by Monday, 2/12.

Until then (and after then, of course), please feel free to reach out to me by call/text, email, or DM for any questions, or for more info on pricing/packages/service areas!

The website is still safe to view, but you very well may run into that error for the next few days.

Whether you are looking for basic obedience, advanced obedience, or behavior modification, Land Shark K9 Training is dedicated to helping you build a strong and lasting bond with your dog through professional training in Comal, Bexar, and surrounding Texas Counties.

02/06/2024

Hi! My name is Roa Al-Saleh and I am a dog trainer who has been solely working with dogs since I was 12.

My background with dogs started over 16 years ago with working with shelter dogs. Then, I moved to service dog/task/scent training, pet obedience, sport obedience, and behavior modification. I've worked with racing Greyhounds + breeds/drives of all shapes & sizes-- my personal dogs are a Belgian Malinois & a Chihuahua, if that says anything about me! I have, also, groomed for a number of years where I specifically took in behavioral cases to help rehabilitate their fears/feelings towards the grooming process.

Training has always been my passion and I am now offering my own in home, private training lessons in Comal County, Bexar County, and their surrounding Texas counties.

Please feel to take a look my website to look at services/pricing/contact info, or shoot me a DM!
www.landsharkk9training.com