Raining Ice Kennels/Training

02/11/2025

Moon gets so excited to have her harness put on!

I'm hoping her fun traits will be passed on next year.

I have several on the list already

02/10/2025

Look at these two cuties, ready for a home now.

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01/27/2025

I still see many wanting to use punishment and correction with thier dogs. This can cause anxiety, stress, fear and or aggressive behavior.

Dogs do not understand our crazy ways and rules.
Teaching is a much better way using connection and being a safe human.

Having a deep connection certainly can help with many behaviors, making our relationship much easier and our dogs much calmer and better behaved.

01/20/2025

I started looking beyond being a textbook trainer a decade ago, looking more at emotions and how that affects behavior. Back then many who started to think the same way were dismissed.

Fast forward, understanding emotions rather than just tackling behaviors has made a huge difference. We try to quell some emotions and natural behavior, making our dogs neurotic.

Start thinking emotion, rather than behavior.

Yes I still do textbook, now I look deeper.

I'm often asked why my girls are so calm and mostly well behaved in public, it's understanding thier emotion, the initial excitement and working to help calm that rather than getting after them using correction.

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/training/positive_training_basics/the-emotional-lives-of-dogs/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH7VqBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHW5iGkl9k2Y1rbWiAJW8kUH92uPA_vP6oFpJNHs_lDD33U1hnZ2ZEZiPkQ_aem_23iCBJo3eNN986EgZFrMqA

Dogs have emotions and strong emotions often cause specific behaviors to happen, not by choice, but as a side effect of the emotion itself.

01/18/2025

During this cold snap and I cannot walk anyway now, time to do something fun. Moon did this to. This is Breeze, not perfect, I don't want robot dogs. Just a fun time!

01/10/2025

So relieved! I know Champs family is safe in Orange county, haven't heard from Shelby's family.

This is from Brumeaux's family (Hawk).

"We are ok. There is devastation around us and so many of our friends have lost their homes. 🥺 The perimeter came within a mile of us. We have voluntarily evacuated (we are at the level right below mandatory) and are safe and well. The dogs have kept us great company and my kids take turns sleeping with Brumeaux - he’s a great snuggly companion."

Shelby's family is up in the Newbury Park area, haven't seen anything about that area. Anybody know if that area is good?

01/07/2025

Look at big boy Boone!
You know what he did today?

His mom was ironing seams on a quilt. Boone ran to her looked up and then bumped her looking at the iron. The iron then burst into smoke!

What a good boy, he is so smart!

Who would be interested in a Breeze x Storm pup if I decide to do that? This time completely different, visting the reproduction veterinarian of course.

It really depends on the surgeon, my knee is done for.🤪

01/04/2025

Per request bumping up. Both girls are good at waiting till I release

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01/01/2025

The girls say Happy New Year!

12/30/2024

Dogs make us better. ❤

12/25/2024

What do your pups want?

12/24/2024

Mookie, Ice x Shade, sending all a very Merry Christmas!

12/23/2024

We had 2 gals visit tonight. I immediately went into trainer mode playing pattern games to calm thier excitement down. Breeze broke the game 3 times to say hi, I called her back and resumed the game. She and Moon were much calmer, not robots and Moon jumped once. They aren't robots, overall I thought they did well!

We sat down to eat, I told our visitors they will settle and not beg. Guess what....100%. Both laid down without prompts.

I don't want robots, I want happy dogs.

The things I hear over and over again from dog professionals is that they feel like imposters because their dogs are not well behaved.

My dogs are not perfectly behaved.

I don't expect them to be.

I don't have many rules.

I can write merrily through the sound of 4 dogs barking.

I can converse with no attention on the barking dog in my other ear.

I can eat my dinner with my dog on my lap, in fact she's on it while I'm writing this.

One of the things that less than ethical dog trainers say is that a dog trainer's dog should be perfect.

Why should they be.

I would trust someone to look after my dogs so much more if their own dogs had a spark of life, shared their opinions and were not censored.

Dogs deserve a voice.

And they deserve to be dogs.

Because first and foremost that is exactly who they are.

12/21/2024

This is pretty cool!
Wrangler 2023
Willow 2025

Pups making the cover of calendars!
I love this so much.

12/20/2024

Those who have bought Alana's book about our Warrior Taki, please leave a review on Amazon. If she gets to a certain number of reviews, Barnes and Noble will stock this wonderful book!

Taki The Brave Little Warrior: How a Dog with Disabilities Teaches Us All About Courage, Hope, and Never Giving Up

Taki The Brave Little Warrior: How a Dog with Disabilities Teaches Us All About Courage, Hope, and Never Giving Up