Allegiant K9s

While I was packing up all the camping equipment after our night at Sam Knob this is what my 2 knuckleheads were doing. 🤦‍♀️ No sense of responsibility. Never serious. No onus. Freeloading champions. 😂

Sams Knob Camping…

Sam Knob Camping. Look at this view!!!

Recall Game

Recall Game: Owner v Trainer 😂

Collage video of some of the fun the boarding dogs have been having…

Trail etiquette 👍 As the runner was coming our way we simply moved off the trail, called our dogs to us and put them in a “stay” until the runner passed. Good job owners and good job dogs 👍

School Yard Race: 5 dogs

School Yard Race time with 5 dogs. We have 3 competitors 💪 and 2 slackers in this race 😂

Mini Bernedoodle 6 months old training

Little clip of 6 month old #bernedoodle, practicing his off leash obedience drills…

Dog Recall

School Yard Race: Greyson v Samson v Moose Black GSD-mix Moose: Blew the win by “going after” his buddy instead of staying focused on the win 😂🤦‍♀️🤷🏼‍♂️

New dogs in training, Lily & Leo, practicing their impulse control work via place-stays while the graduate dogs here for boarding joined in for a little on-going practice. Good dogs!

All the goofballs having fun! ❤️This is so AWESOME to see Lily (the tan Pit bull-mix) having this much fun and being this comfortable and this loose. Lily has some pretty serious anxiety issues and those issues make it difficult for her to be comfortable and confident in many situations and a lot of her anxiety has come out in poor leash behavior (reactivity) over the years as well. Her owner wants her dog to be a lot more confident and a lot better behaved in public as well so she can go out and do lots of fun things with her dog and for those things to be enjoyable, non-stressful (for either one of them), calm and healthy. Not only is Lily starting to loosen up more with all the dogs (& still very slowly with me) but she has also made MASSIVE progress already in her leash behavior: she is heeling beautifully on leash now and we are already passing other dogs with ZERO reactivity. Less than 1 week in and this sweet girl is making massive progress! 👍💪🐕❤️

No hike is complete for Sawyer until he finds at least 1 turtle 😂 Found his turtle! 😂 🐢

Recall game: OWNER v TRAINER! 😂

School Yard Race time: Golden Retriever CHARLIE v Pocket Pit GREYSON. Game time! 😂

Rough Housing with our dogs: Innocent Fun or Slippery Slope? This is a video of a human wrestling with his dog and there is no doubt both human and dog are having a great time. This IS absolutely 100% play. There is not any aggressive behavior demonstrated whatsoever in this video. However... anytime we do anything with our dogs... we have to weigh risks v rewards. We often get clients that come to us and mention that their kids, adult family members or friends love to "rough house" with the dog. We simply feel "rough housing" with dogs is just not a good idea bc of the potential of the dog to learn that is OK to be rough (play bite, jump, chase, bark at, etc) with humans. Could an owner "rough house" with his/her dog and could the dog learn appropriate rules and boundaries when rough housing and learn to discriminate with who and when rough housing is appropriate? YES. Absolutely. The problem... that is a very slippery slope. In an activity like rough housing with a dog (one that is well balanced, friendly, good natured, etc), I don't really have any concern that the dog will become aggressive. That is not my concern. My concern is that the dog will simply learn inappropriate, obnoxious and unsafe behaviors when interacting with humans (ie: mouthiness/play biting, jumping, chasing, barking, and just being overall “rough” with humans). Example #1: 35 sec into the video you see the dog "play bite" the human's shoulder. That absolutely was a play bite; however, do we really want to teach our dogs to be mouthy with humans??? When dogs play with each other- they absolutely play bite, but that is with each other and IMO they shouldn't be "play biting" with humans. Example #2: 50 seconds into the video the young man starts barking at the dog and the dog starts barking back. Again.. this is 100% play vocalization. However... for me personally... other than "alert barking" (ie: someone at the front door)... barking is absolutely obnoxious and I definitely don

My two maniacs having their morning wrestle routine. This is their 3rd wrestling match of the morning and they will wrestle non-stop for 30-40 min at times even at 6 years old ❤️ 🐕My computer work this morning (emails, training contracts, etc) would’ve been done a long time ago if I didn’t stop evey so often to watch the entertainment 😂 * I personally do not mind dogs on furniture IF everything else is in place (ie dogs respecting their human leaders, they are not “pushing” boundaires, not making demands on their humans, etc). * Ralphie and Sawyer were not allowed on furniture for the first 1.5 years I had them. Furniture is a privilege and I have all my personal dogs EARN it. Same with free roam in the home- that was earned over a long period of time. Too much freedom/too much privilege for dogs without enough rules and boundaries = recipe for disaster for the canine - human relationship.

Dog Play Time!

Little collage video from #doodle, Houndsie’s first two mtn bike run-along sessions. He is doing great and having a blast! He will be finishing up his Board and Train this Friday. Houndsie has come a long way in 2.5 weeks! He and his owners are going to have some awesome adventures together. Good training + Right Tools (E collar for ultimate safety & reliability) + Good Human Handling = a SAFE & FUN off leash lifestyle! #traildogs #bikingwithdogs #allegiantk9straining

Allegiant K9s: Off leash heeling

Collage Video of All 3 dogs (Houndsie, Smoke & Huck) in training progressing to an off leash (drag lines for safety) heel in low distracting environments. All 3 are doing great! #englishlabradorretriever #labs #doodles #danmix #greatdane #offleashlife #offleashtraining

Dog School Yard Race: Allegiant K9s Training

School yard race time! Keeping training fun!

Short clips of dogs in training working on their off leash obedience drills. 1st: Smoke 2nd: Houndsie 3rd: Huck #doodle #offleashlife #ecollar #labradorretriever #danemix #greatdanes #allegiantk9straining