Custom K-9 Service Dogs

Construction sites are a dog trainers best friend! Getting lots of noise desensitization with Fury today before we head up to Apple Hill! #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #servicedogtrainer #sdit

The ability to ask your dog to come to you from a valuable resource, stop in the middle to returning to it and then leave it again is a life and safety skill well worth learning. We started with low value objects and have advanced to Blue's most favorite, most beloved and most cherished thing in the world: his food bowl. #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #alwaystraining

Working on emergency stops today in one of our classes. Always such fun to watch my clients thrive training new skills to enrich the lives of their dogs! #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #dogtraining #dogtrainer

We see the effort it takes to make the time, show up, make that correction, give that reward, practice when no one else is watching. We see it all and are so proud of our amazing family of clients who put in that effort! #customk9servicedogsfamily #adayinthelife #customk9servicedogs #dogtraining

Using a fake, anamatronic dog to work with our clients has been very beneficial. Here Miss Sparkles (the little fake dog at Chandlers feet) barks at Daisy, who is progressing smoothly with ignoring other dogs. So proud of Daisy and her mom! 😄💪🐾❤ #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #dogtraining #dogtrainer

Charlie, our "happy to be here" kid. 🤣

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Always training, always honning our service dogs ability to remain calm around other dogs no matter what the other dog is doing. While it's true service dogs arent robots, we do our best to proof them through every situation we can think of! #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #sdit #ser#servicedogtraining #alwayslearning

We like to build our obedience and body confidence into every situation and scenario. Doing a "down", "sit", "shake" and "stand" while on the uneven slippery surface of carpeted stairs while retrieving a bumper is a great way to build endurance and confidence indoors. #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogsfamily #adayinthelife

Its such fun seeing our usual campsites and gorgeous mountains covered in a blanket of snow! Excited to be teaching up here soon when the snow melts. #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #customk9servicedogsfirstaidseminar #welovewhatwedo

So Charlie has many talents, including object drag and retrievals, relaxing in high stress environments and falling asleep in any location. However, catching a toy in midair is not one of them! 🤣🤣🤣❤🐾 #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #brokendog

The process of giving Charlie his pain medication for his neutering surgery. 🤣🤣 #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #dogtrainer #dogtrainersofinstagram

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Aswell and his mom working on polishing their hands free heel, an invaluable skill for any service dog team. Such a pleasure watching these two thrive and bond as a team! #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #sdit #servicedogtrainer #servicedogtraining

Charlie may be the most enthusiastic service dog we've ever trained. He takes great delight in working! #customk9servicedogs #customk9servicedogsfamily #adayinthelife #sdit #servicedogtraining #servicedogtrainer

Learning to ignore sounds-even tempting ones-is a skill we take great effort to teach service dogs. #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #sdit #servicedogintraining #servicedogtrainer

We are people of many passions; dance, photography, modeling, dog training, psychology, wilderness exploring...all such fun! #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #swingdance #neverstopexploring

Always such fun to learn new tricks! Still rough, but it's coming along thanks to our wonderfully patient instructor. #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #swingdance #neverstopexploring #alwayslearning

The service dogs we raise and train recieve daily "paws-on" experience in retrieving and carrying objects, working alongside us in our daily public access and on our various projects. Here Charlie retrieves an object unfamiliar to him guided by Chandler and hands it to him, then holds it until needed. #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #sdit #mobilityservicedogintraining #servicedogtrainer #helpingout #balconylife

Charlie and Nauti demonstrating what it should be like when dining with service dogs at a restaurant. Always awesome to meet up with service dogs we've previously trained to work our younger service dogs in training around! Thanks @mindencowgirl and the @thedepotreno for your help in raising and training our service dogs! ❤🥰😁🍻 #customk9servicedogsfamily #customk9servicedogs #adayinthelife #sdit #servicedogtrainer #servicedogintraining #servicedog