Jackpot Animal Training LLC

11/23/2025

We can't stress this enough!!!!
Please research the breed you are bringing into your house. If you are a laid back quiet home? Maybe don't get a herding, working breed? If you are an active individual who wants to hike? Maybe not get a couch potato? Dogs have been bred for certain characteristics and they uphold to that.
Humans are also known to breed anything. They will mix anything!!!
Please understand the animal you are adopting.
If you truly love that animal you need to do right by them.
Here we have multiple breeds. Each one is different. They need enrichment. Personalized enrichment.
Hugo was the ultimate couch potato.
Dakota is a husky mixer. He needs a job!
Storm is a French that is particular to one human and likes his alone time or he can get defensive.
Echo is a catahoula puppy. She needs constant eyes on her. She's crazy smart and has a high prey drive. She also needs a job!
Your working breeds? You have to give them a job. If you don't they will create a job and it's probably not the job you want them to have!

We can help you!!! Give us a call.

11/21/2025

Today I started working with a very special family. Multiple cats and kids. Four dogs in the home.
One dog is blind.
One dog is extremely fearful of people.
Two dogs are dog aggressive.
The humans are vegan. Mom in particular is not comfortable touching animal products.
For those that know my methods you know I start with high value rewards. Mostly meat and cheese. 😬
They have used a trainer in the past that uses adversives. Particularly the shock collar. Ya'll know I'm highly against that. Mom in particular seemed concerned that as a " cookie pusher" I'm just rewarding unwanted behavior and it won't last.
Today was session one.
How did the cheese lady handle this?
As my clients know, I hand out homework. On occasion I do my own homework too.
Before our first session I did some research and found multiple recipes for making vegan friendly, high value dog treats and did some cooking. So when I showed up today I was armed with awesome things that are vegan, lots of education for the family, and multiple skills for them to work on. ALL the animals responded well. The blind dog was all about it! She became a bridge for one of the aggressive dogs. We got work going for sure. The fearful dog and I spent time just learning that I'm not a threat.
Mom and dad were quite impressed and pleased that I took the time to research and make awesome vegan treats. While the pets are not vegan, they don't touch the animal products. I needed something that they could handle.
Session one went really well!!!! I'm excited to see how things go over time. Although mom had her doubts, she was very perceptive and involved.
Let's do this!!!!

Here we go the extra mile for each animal and every family.

11/13/2025

Oof! We've been getting videos of "tips" that has us very concerned. One is wrapping your dogs feet in cling wrap to avoid mud in the house.
1. Have you trained your dog to be ok with things on their feet? If yes , then why not just use the dog shoes you trained with?
2. If they aren't comfortable with things on their feet there is a huge likelihood that they will eat it off.
3. If your dog eats plastic wrap off their feet you could be looking at an internal blockage. A VERY expensive surgery that doesn't guarantee a favorable outcome.

INSTEAD teach your animals to do a "clean up"
Teach your animals to be happy to get feet cleaned. This will help with the mud and is also part of our cooperative care training for vet visits, getting nails done, and more.

Here I am working with 13 week old Echo on potty and cleaning up.

If you'd like more information on SAFE positive reinforcement training hit us up!!!

11/11/2025

We've got a lot of new friends joining the roster!
One of our shining stars is Patch. He's our new deaf dog friend and is making great progress. Today dad informed us that his elderly mother was really happy with his training and actually enjoys being around him now!!!! He isn't jumping on her and sits politely instead. His door manners and leash work are greatly improved. Way to go Patch!!!

11/05/2025

Today the cheese lady said goodbye to one of her own.
We helped our old man Hugo cross the rainbow 🌈 bridge.
Hugo came to us as the worst abuse and neglect case we've ever taken on in our personal home. He was so abused and neglected that he spent 6 weeks in doggie icu and they weren't sure he'd make it. After surviving that he went to the pet connection for some rehabilitation. Then he came to us as a foster. This is over a decade ago. Long before we established our programs. Hugo came to us FULL of fear. He was terrified of everything!!!!
All noise, all movements. Plastic bags, ceiling fans, balloons, DOORWAYS! He would walk into a room and be FROZEN in fear. We slowly started to make progress. Then I got the message that he has an adoption application but they would like to tell them he's been adopted. My husband and I discussed it and decided that this guy has been through enough. More than enough. He needs SO much patience and is finally making progress here.
"He's adopted with us. What's the fee."
Our first foster failure but we didn't fail him. And he didn't fail us.
He has stayed with us for approximately 12 years ish. He made so much progress. Hugo went from being afraid of the world to being a confident and gentle soul. We gave him an amazing life and stayed with him through all his fears. In return he became one of our best dogs EVER. He LOVES children and all other animals. He's was weary of men and we don't blame him. He was perfect for us. He needed an experienced handler. We got to learn much from him.

A situation like this is NOT for everyone. Hugo needed a very special home that we were able to provide. He needed life long rehabilitation and management. In the end he walked (stumbled) into that office as a confident, gentle soul.
Instead of being afraid he was asking everyone for pets. He was such a gentleman.

He left in MY arms!!! Not a stranger. I held him through the entirety. My tech cried along with me. She saw the love we had for each other. I hugged her and thanked her for helping me bring him peace.
Hugo didn't die in a doggie cell. He wasn't surrounded by strangers. He was taken to get an awesome last meal of cheeseburgers, chicken nuggets, French fries, and ice cream for dessert. Then his trusted human HELD him through his last moments. He was surrounded by LOVE!
That's how it's supposed to be.

11/02/2025

10/30/2025

Bringing home a new dog!!!!!
It's not all sunshine and rainbows. It's A LOT of work. Are you prepared for the work?
Potty training, establishing rules and boundaries? Giving them decompression time? Slow interduction to the established members?
Not sure where to start?
Let us help you!!

10/28/2025

There's a lot of conversary on training methods going on now. It saddens us that people don't know who to contact.
Our advice is to contact all of them and ask the questions. What type of training are you looking for? What methods are you comfortable with?
What are the goals you have in mind?

We are forced free positive reinforcement approach.
We offer puppy class up to aggression cases.
We do what is best for the animals.

10/10/2025

Good grief!!!!
A couple days ago I get a message from a client
" we got a problem. " Followed by home camera footage. Our deaf friend Ace decided to investigate the stove and TURNED IT ON! Dude made the house crazy smokey but fortunately it was caught before he caused damage.
So I immediately started doing some research for them. FIRST, how to keep them safe. Safety is always our number one goal! I found some locking k**b covers to keep them safe for now while we work on counter surfing.

For those of you who don't know, I, the cheese lady and owner, has a special needs child. Tonight while I was out running our personal dogs and dad was on his computer our child decided to attempt to make her own mac and cheese. Let me remind you that cheese is life. 🤣
Thank goodness dad caught it fairly quickly!
Apparently Ace isn't the only one needing extra locks!
Locks are ordered and we will begin "counter surfing training" for our special needs child immediately. 🤣😬🙄

Do you have a dog counter surfing? Let us help!

10/09/2025

Yikes!!!
The number of videos we are getting sent to us on " how to train your dog " are concerning.
There are many ways to train an animal and a lot of people out there that had success with one tip vs another.

We are going to start off by saying that animals are a lot like children. What works for one doesn't work for all. This is why we are a case by case approach. What works for one doesn't work for all.
That being said, we still use the most force free positive reinforcement approach possible.
We DON'T use adversives.
ALSO! Get to know your trainer. Their background and experience. This industry isn't regulated like human services. Anyone can say they are a trainer. Education and letters don't mean they have experience. Experience doesn't mean they have your animals best interest at heart.

We have decided to make some videos in the near future showing the differences. Stay tuned.

Here's Ace our deaf friend practicing being around off lead dogs, checking in, and recalling with hand cues on a 50ft lead.
He did great today.

09/27/2025

09/26/2025

This evening I got nipped. I was working with Hondo the "aggressive " dog. However Hondo never put his teeth on me. Not once and he still isn't muzzled working with me. Today their other dog was so excited about treats that she mistook my fingers for chicken. 😬 I have started teaching the family "gentle."
They actually got to see Hondo COMPLETELY ignore his biggest trigger on cue. They are starting to see improvement and are getting excited. It helps that they are fully involved in sessions and doing the homework.