VanEss K9 Academy LLC

03/02/2025

Today I attended the memorial service for a dog I trained years ago Also in attendance was K9 Drago. If you have been through my e collar class, or saw my conference lectures, you’ll know the story of K9 Drago. He’s also the dog on the cover of my book. He turns 9 in December. Still looks amazing and was quiet during the ceremony. I was choked up today for a lot of reasons.

02/13/2025

New episode

02/10/2025

I had the pleasure of training this banger back when I was still at the PD. He, and his littermate Diesel, were bangers. Breeze had a fantastic career down in Cambridge. RIP to a real one

02/04/2025

Kennel/boarding/daycare Pro Tip: If you house dogs at all and use artificial turf as your potty area you know how bad it can smell. It’s a daily struggle of spraying different things to knock down the odor. I used to go to Home Depot and buy the turf sand. Which does help a lot. However it’s $40 a bucket and my potty yard takes 5-6 buckets. I was doing it once a month. Someone told me about this stuff. You get it at TSC. It’s $14 a bag. Takes one bag to spread over the whole yard. It kills the enzymes and makes a massive difference within 20 mins. I do this once every couple of weeks. So add this to your turf cleaning routine. You’ll be amazed.

01/16/2025

New episode drop. This is one of my favorite episodes we have done in awhile. The topic is fascinating and I legit didn’t know anything about it. So I may sound dumb but I legit learned a lot. Go check it out

01/13/2025

Happy 23rd birthday to my little baby girl I am super proud of you and can’t wait to see how your life progresses. We love you very much.

01/10/2025

01/07/2025

01/07/2025

PRO TIP: Dreft and water is one of the absolute best ways to clean out wounds of any kind in dogs and humans. Several years ago my wife slipped on a boat ramp and got a deep cut on her knee, filled with algae slime. Instant infection. We tried all the usuals, peroxide, neosporine, etc. She ended up going to see a friend who is a high high level orthopedic surgeon. He said don’t use any of that stuff. Use Dreft to clean out all wounds. So we started using it for dogs. It’s amazing. Especially if a dog tears his pad. Soak his foot in Dreft/water. There’s nothing that you can use that’s better at cleaning and heeling. Side note. I found it also works great for cleaning fresh tattoos. They heal up twice as fast. Plus it smells good. MAJOR EDIT: I completely forgot that my head trainer got the tip of her finger bitten off by a dog. Using Dreft helped her heal 3 weeks faster than expectd and she'a smoker. The stuff is magic

01/07/2025

Time to open up the books for my E Collar, Without Conflict, For Working Dogs seminar for 2025. After this year I will start teaching another topic. This seminar will change how you work your dog, fix your relationship with your dog, clear up a ton of issues, and help clear up that pesky verbal out. I will also be teaching this at the in the classroom and hands on at the Colorado K9 Conference. The seminar is 3 days. Cost is $3600 plus travel. Max 15 working teams and unlimited audit spots. Hosting agency charges whatever they want to recoup costs. Message me for any other details and available dates.

01/02/2025

12/31/2024

2024 was good for me in regards to getting to teach people. I had about 800 people attend my seminars throughout the country. I was also able to get a book published. The book went live on Amazon Oct 28th and as of 10 mins ago I had sold over 1200 copies. I hope the momentum keeps rolling along in 2025. Thanks to .monsewiczauthor for your guidance and editing. I think we put out a good product for people to use.

12/16/2024

Anyone who knows Paige knows that she is such an independent and strong individual… Melody Ann needs your support for Help Paige Overcome Life-Changing Injury

11/20/2024

Scan this to get a copy of my book E Collar Without Conflict For Pets and Working dogs. I appreciate all of the support you guys have given me. This winter I am going to record the audio version. That should be fun

11/14/2024

449 copies of my book sold so far this month. I am super humbled and beyond grateful. I hope all of you that have ordered copies so far have enjoyed it and have gotten at least a couple things out of it. I think it’s an easy read and easy to follow. Those of you who have met me, or listen to the podcast, it’s ok to admit you heard my voice in your head when you read it.