Willow Ridge Canine Academy LLC

Willow Ridge Canine Academy LLC We currently offer private lessons in your home or outside in the community.
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🎓 Happy Graduation Day George and Estelle!!! 🎓When I started getting into dog training, I loved teaching the dogs. Most ...
08/30/2024

🎓 Happy Graduation Day George and Estelle!!! 🎓

When I started getting into dog training, I loved teaching the dogs. Most were so receptive and happy to gain a language with us and their owners and I loved watching the trust, and bond that would blossom for these human canine families. More and more so many people want to have the best relationship they can with their pets. It’s very inspiring and we love making that happen! George and Estelle’s owners wanted knowledge and a way to communicate. When they went through basic obedience, they said it changed their relationship with their dogs. What a compliment. ☺️ That’s exactly why we do what we do!

🎓🎓 We are so proud of our recent graduates!!! 😀Gunner the German Shepherd is one smart cookie and did incredibly well th...
08/15/2024

🎓🎓 We are so proud of our recent graduates!!! 😀

Gunner the German Shepherd is one smart cookie and did incredibly well through all of his training. He’s also our biggest German Shepherd to date 🐺

Buddy the black lab and his young owner also did amazing with all of their training. We love training with children that love dogs as much as we do!!! We can’t wait to continue training with both of them 🐕‍🦺👧🏼

⭐️💚🐾 We’ve been so busy training we haven’t had the chance to show some of our current clients. 😳 We’ve been having so m...
07/01/2024

⭐️💚🐾 We’ve been so busy training we haven’t had the chance to show some of our current clients. 😳 We’ve been having so much fun working with full families and teaching everyone all about our favorite topic…dogs of course!!! 🐾💛⭐️

🖤🤎It’s always fun working with Mr. Gunner. He’s so eager to learn and has mastered everything so quickly!!! And check ou...
05/28/2024

🖤🤎It’s always fun working with Mr. Gunner. He’s so eager to learn and has mastered everything so quickly!!! And check out that view 😁🤎🖤

💛🐾 Teva and Gunner are learning new things every day! Teva is learning how to become neutral to her environment so she c...
05/06/2024

💛🐾 Teva and Gunner are learning new things every day! Teva is learning how to become neutral to her environment so she can enjoy the outside world without anxiety! Gunner learned some fun games to make coming when a called the most fun and also learned all about walking on a leash. 🐾💚

🖤🤎This guy just nailed his first Basic Obedience lesson today! He is such an incredibly smart boy and his dad is so eage...
04/29/2024

🖤🤎This guy just nailed his first Basic Obedience lesson today! He is such an incredibly smart boy and his dad is so eager to teach him all the things he needs. We are excited to see just how far he can go. 😀

💛💚Let’s welcome our two newest clients, Walter the lab and Gunner the German Shepherd!!! How absolutely adorable and ear...
04/08/2024

💛💚Let’s welcome our two newest clients, Walter the lab and Gunner the German Shepherd!!! How absolutely adorable and ears for days!!! 🦮🐺

🎓 A special congrats to Ms. Honey on her graduation from Basic Obedience!!! Honey is such a special girl that is going b...
04/01/2024

🎓 A special congrats to Ms. Honey on her graduation from Basic Obedience!!! Honey is such a special girl that is going big places. She loves people and exploring the world and her puppy parents plan on taking her every where they can!!! 🤍

☘️🌲🌟 Such a fun day training with these two today!!! Little Gracie is having a ball learning how to pay attention to her...
03/17/2024

☘️🌲🌟 Such a fun day training with these two today!!! Little Gracie is having a ball learning how to pay attention to her owner and Ms. Honey did great learning how to walk on a leash in public!!! 💚🐾💛

So much fun to train on these beautiful, sunny days!!! ☀️🐾Bosley and Honey are learning to walk on leash and Honey’s mov...
02/19/2024

So much fun to train on these beautiful, sunny days!!! ☀️🐾

Bosley and Honey are learning to walk on leash and Honey’s moved on to learning how to stay and place. 😁 It’s so much fun to watch owners and their dogs grow!!! 💚🐾💛

❄️🐾 We’re really excited to start getting back into our training after that crazy January weather! Ms. Honey is one of o...
02/07/2024

❄️🐾 We’re really excited to start getting back into our training after that crazy January weather!

Ms. Honey is one of our new clients learning all the fun things!!!

12/30/2023

This is why we always encourage everyone to talk to and praise their pups!!! 💚💛💚💛

Gingi Harvey, Christina Pendergrass!
12/29/2023

Gingi Harvey, Christina Pendergrass!

For a limited time we are offering 25% your first month when you sign up for a 6 or 12 month program by yourself. If you sign up for a 6 or 12 month program with a friend or family member you each will get 50% off your first month!!! This is the biggest special we offer all year. If you have been th...

Happy Graduation Chloe!!! We are so excited for you to go on all your big adventures walking so nice and confidently on ...
11/30/2023

Happy Graduation Chloe!!! We are so excited for you to go on all your big adventures walking so nice and confidently on leash. You’re a very special girl and you have the best couple to guide you along. It’s been our pleasure. ☺️💫🎓

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11/11/2023

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⚠️⚠️⚠️ This is some great information!!! 💛🐾💚🐾
10/25/2023

⚠️⚠️⚠️ This is some great information!!! 💛🐾💚🐾

•Pet your dog, all the time
•Talk to your dog, all the time
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or laying on your feet, all the time
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants
•Provide no structure or rules
•Refuse to crate train your dog
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs
•Refuse to train your dog to be calm, relaxed, and independent by using a “Place” command, and/or “away” time in the crate
•Allow you and your home to be a free-for-all, where your dog has zero leadership and guidance
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog uncomfortable or unhappy
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, allow, enable, lean on, and create a toxic dependency...so when you leave, your dog is a mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.

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Does doing these things automatically mean your dog will get separation anxiety? Absolutely not. My dogs are first and foremost my companions. None of my personal dogs have separation anxiety. They are all well rounded Canine citizens. Temperament is one of the top priorities in my breeding program because I have personally seen too many dogs with loose screws.

It's your job as an owner/trainer/handler to know and read your dog. Every dog is different. Every dog needs different things. Every dog has a different training style. It is YOUR job to learn these things. Dogs are smart creatures. They learn through positive and negative experiences. If you touched a hot stove, you'd think twice about touching it next time, right? Dogs are the same. There has been extensive studies from animal behavioralists that looked into what causes Separation Anxiety. Is some of it genetically predisposed? Of course it is. Is some of it taught? Absolutely.

There is no 'one shoe fits all' solution. Every situation has to be analyzed and approached according to what that situation needs. If you are noticing your dog is spiraling in a direction you don't desire and you don't know how to fix it, then contact an animal behavioralist. They will be thrilled knowing that you are being an advocate for your dog and want your dog to be a happy, independent Canine citizen vs being in distress in whatever environment that makes it uncomfortable.

I shared this post as to shed light on what COULD cause separation anxiety. That does not mean they WILL. Restating - EVERY dog is different has different needs. It is YOUR job as the owner to learn your dogs needs!

A big congrats to Ms. Onyx on her graduation from Basic Obedience!!! 🖤🐾 This is a family that put in a lot of hard work ...
10/22/2023

A big congrats to Ms. Onyx on her graduation from Basic Obedience!!! 🖤🐾 This is a family that put in a lot of hard work and loves their girl so much. It’s so much fun to work with clients like Onyx’s parents!!! Looking forward to some future training. ☺️

***and yes, that’s Christmas I’m the background 🎄🎅🏼🧑🏼‍🎄

Happy graduation sweet Raven!!! You’ve been an absolute pleasure to train with. We see big things in your future. ⭐️
10/19/2023

Happy graduation sweet Raven!!! You’ve been an absolute pleasure to train with. We see big things in your future. ⭐️

09/27/2023

It’s been a wonderful training week at Willow Ridge!!! 💚💛

This girl is doing AMAZING with her training!!! It is so much fun to work with a dog that has such a great time learning...
09/19/2023

This girl is doing AMAZING with her training!!! It is so much fun to work with a dog that has such a great time learning. ☺️🐾🖤

09/14/2023

Sweet Charlie learning the heel position! 🩵

New clients!!! 🤩
09/11/2023

New clients!!! 🤩

07/14/2023
Proper introductions!!! 💚🐾
06/24/2023

Proper introductions!!! 💚🐾

18.3K likes, 305 comments. “With a high drive, powerful dog & a tiny puppy, we didnt take any chances. It took 2 weeks until Halo wasn’t hyper-energised when she saw Atlas. We progressed in stages until we saw the novelty wore off. Its lovely to see how Halo regulates herself when playing with h...

Contact us today to see how we can help!
06/07/2023

Contact us today to see how we can help!

Our clients have been hard at work lately!! We have three recent graduates 🎓 🐶 Mollie the miniature Poodle might be smal...
05/18/2023

Our clients have been hard at work lately!! We have three recent graduates 🎓 🐶

Mollie the miniature Poodle might be small but she thrives off obedience! She’s a future trick dog in the making 🥰

Captain the golden doodle needed a little help transitioning from puppyhood. He and his family have worked hard and the results show!

Snow the golden doodle is a future therapy dog in the making! Her owner has been working hard on socialization to get her comfortable and calm while working in the office with patients. She has done incredible with her obedience work!

Congratulations to our clients on your graduation 👨‍🎓

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!♥️
02/14/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!♥️

Hi friends! A little story time…So, I have a dog that’s, let’s say,  intense.🤷🏻‍♀️  He’s loving and brilliant but finds ...
02/11/2023

Hi friends! A little story time…

So, I have a dog that’s, let’s say, intense.🤷🏻‍♀️ He’s loving and brilliant but finds humans quite suspicious. He definitely has his own opinions on who he wants to let in his space and because of his power and breed, I’ve done a lot of maintenance work through obedience and neutral socialization, where I don’t let people approach him. I ask people to wait for him to approach of his own volition. But lately, I’ve felt like maybe he was ready for a little more trust and freedom. Luckily, for my day job, I work with some very dog savvy people. They offered to let me bring him to work. Once there, they noticed I was more nervous than they thought he was, and they were probably right.😬 And as I tell everyone, how you feel goes down the leash and I was acutely aware of that as I hesitated to bring him in. My coworkers gave Argos his time and space today and let him get to meet them in his own time. There was a little grumbling and insecurity on Argos’s part, but slowly he started to warm up! I am so proud of him and grateful my coworkers would help me work with him. Before noon, this is him with my boss! That smile only comes out when Argos is content and happy. And now everyone is invested in helping him in his solicialization and I’m so excited to watch him flourish.😀

Remember, there’s almost always a solution if you’re willing to put in the work. And dog training, especially behavior work, is lifelong with dog ownership. Many dogs won’t need it, but many will!

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02/09/2023

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is around the corner and so are the common Valentine's dangers for pets. As you spread the love, spread the word about how to keep your pets in your community safe. Check out the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center for more information. ❤️ 🧡 💗

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