Allegiant Canine

29/12/2025

Just got off the phone with a really incredible dog owner who is making an investment in training for her 5 month old golden doodle.

It’s really refreshing to me that people are wanting to take the lead with their dogs and learn the how and why behind the training.

People don’t want a dog trainer who just barks orders at them. They need to see it working with me first, and it’s my responsibility to show them how to get real and lasting results instead of false positives.

I am really hopeful because there’s a new kind of dog owner out there who has their information right and has been through multiple fake trainers who are in it for the ego or the money.

As you all know, I consider success when the client feels successful and the dog is getting what they need and understands boundaries. Pretty simple, but it’s not super common in the dog training industry.

19/12/2025

Dog trainer PSA: If your SOP and ROE for POI is distrust and assumption of unfriendliness, you’re probably suffering from mental illness. Don’t project on my clients.

All people and dogs need and benefit from socialization. I try to invest my time showing clients how to do it right so that we can change the lives experience, self image, and behavior of the client and then dog.

90% of this is changing the human habit. There’s a reason Humans tend to cling a lot more to ideology than dogs do. As soon as a mindset’s efficacy starts to wane, the dog lets it go.

I watched two untrained dog owners introduce their dogs in a leash, and it didn’t end in a fight! 😱 why? Because they know how to turn off pressure to allow the dogs to make a decision. There was consent and good body language on both sides.

Sometimes it’s good - sometimes it’s s**t, but you only know if you try, and to stop trying is death and isolation.

19/12/2025

Just wanted to take a moment to brag on these guys for trusting their dog, for giving him what he needed instead of what they thought he wanted, and for being willing to impart meaningful punishment when needed.

19/12/2025

I’m so embarrassed.😳

10/12/2025

05/12/2025

I was out at the rescue sessioning with Big Biscuit, and Mandee introduced me to this sweetheart… She is available for adoption .freedom.journey

03/12/2025

If there is anybody who is willing to literally foster this dog in a low stress environment to let this behavior, die off, I believe that it totally will, and he will be capable of going into a home, potentially with dogs, potentially with kids.

Canine rehab takes leaps faith sometimes. I have now done nearly 10 sessions with biscuit, and he’s doing incredibly well. (check out his YouTube video stack)

I don’t think that it’s gonna take this huge intervention of training to get him where he needs to be… Everybody in the rescue and training industry will say that this dog is dangerous, and ultimately that comes down to lack of experience and fear of liability… It’s a real thing! I get it… But behaviors that look like aggression or dominance sometimes die off when we stop giving life to them

Is there someone out there who’s willing to believe in biscuit?

.freedom.journey

25/11/2025

I’ve been going back thru my video that I recorded for clients to pick out some helpful clips for the everyday dog owner.

Lucy is a dog that’s needed that aggressive side validated and accepted. It is insanely easy to get a result with food. But I want a cooperation level that’s way higher than that.

Play is not something that has to be taught to the dog. It’s something that has to be learned by the human. Become a student of your dog, not a dictator.

Connection will get you much further than control and compliance.

Learning so much about play from these people. Please study them!

24/11/2025

Cleo & Kim are an unstoppable duo. I cannot tell you how proud I am of the confidence, the drive channeling, and the level of trust!

When I first met Kim in this exact spot, I was recalling Mila from even shorter distances, and Kim said “my dog could never do this.”

Well, ya just did my friend. Hell yeah. Not done. Just getting started. Doesn’t even know a single tool yet. But the emotional state is 🤩

16/11/2025

It’s not hard. Just do things the same way each time and the dog will learn. Not complicated.

Right after our play session, we did some obedience work, which we RARELY do, but Mila stopped short because there was a little boy she wanted to say hello to.

She laid down as the little two or three years old reached out gently toward her. And she just raised her nose to his hand and let him just coexist for a second.

As I get older and realize that these moments are sacred and numbered, I started bawling my eyes out. Thank you to the momma with her kids who was so respectful.

Just a reminder the most memorable moments are not the ones you captured on video.

12/11/2025

Can we please normalize using green spaces for our dogs for what they were intended for instead of a pretty picture?

Amelia was my first dog walking CLIENT, and I’ve never really offered the service before, but she got a lot out of it and we will definitely be doing more of these!

If you think that a 45 minute structured walk is for your dog, maybe it is, but is it more for you? I don’t hate walks. I actually think they’re super beneficial, but if it’s all structure all the time and there’s never any of this, your dog’s missing out, and so are You