A Canine Story

07/02/2024

From our friends at Vet Tech Coach, a great graphic for the upcoming week and weekend.

06/30/2024

Albie Wayne just wants to share a quick reminder that all classes today will be 1/2 hour later than previously scheduled.

Beginner Agility is at 2:00pm
Intermediate Agility is at 3:30pm
Sniffers Class is at 5:30pm today

Hope to see everyone there to wind down this session. New class dates and times will be posted soon!

Photo credit: Christina Gerken

06/30/2024

Join our inaugural Behavior Symposium by Michiana PAWS (Positive Animal Wellness Society) on Saturday July 20th at Canine Body and Mind! We will have a day full of educational lectures from local veterinarians and dog trainers including Dr. Belock, Dr. Covey, Neika Smessaert, Sarah Story and Lindsay Heldreth. We will be featuring a live virtual lecture by Laura Monaco Torelli - Animal Behavior Training Concepts. We welcome veterinary staff, fellow dog trainers and general public dog enthusiasts to attend. For more information and to register, visit caninebodyandmind.com.

06/26/2024

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Sometimes new owners tell me getting a puppy was supposed to be fun, but all I feel is stress. Here's what new owners need to remember.

06/24/2024

SUNDAY CLASS CHANGE
Beginner Agillity at 2:00
Intermediate Agitlity at 3:30

06/23/2024

REMINDER:
CLASSESS RESUME THIS WEEK.

06/09/2024

Today’s classes (June 9th) are rescheduled to June 30th, 2024 due to illness. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

05/15/2024

REMINDER:
PUPPY 1 AND DOG 1
CLASSES START TONIGHT

05/03/2024

Update: 5/22/24- Toby’s results are in!!! It looks like Debbie Meyer may have been the closest guess! Jamie will be reaching out to you soon! 🙂

To say these results were a little shocking, was a bit of an understatement… Golden Retriever may speak to why his play style matches Murphy Lee’s so well though and why his behaviors don’t seem very “Herding” or vigilant like many young GSDs. Although his markings definitely speak to GSD more so than Golden. Through the test we may have also found another close relative to Toby besides Mickey (possibly another littermate), so we have reached out through Embark and are waiting to hear back.

Original post:
Many of you know we have a new foster puppy. For those who don’t, meet Toby! Toby has been with us for 63 days today. He was believed feral and needed to be live trapped and has been slowly but surely been learning how to feel safe living life in captivity with our family. We know nothing of Toby’s origins so we decided to see what a DNA test would tell us. We are sending it out today and it will be a couple of weeks before we should get the results back so for fun, let’s guess: what is Toby?!

The first comment with the breed/breeds that match most closely to the test results will win a gift certificate for a free private lesson. This certificate can be given as a gift or donated to a local rescue if not needed by the winner. (The winner does need to be within our normal service area or donate to someone who is). This should be fun!

Some things possibly not evident in pictures
- Toby’s hair is thick, double coated, but definitely softer/less coarse than most German Shepherds.
-Toby I’d believed to be 7-8 months old and is 50lbs.
-He only has front dewclaws and they are tight to the leg.
-Toby is very mellow, not super high energy, and doesn’t show any herding tendencies yet. These could be suppressed by his fear or Lyme disease, or just not present.
-Toby’s believed littermate looks very similar but is closer to 30lbs.

04/28/2024

SUNDAY CLASSES ARE POSTPONED.

Unfortunately Sarah is not feeling well. We apologize for any inconvenience.

04/14/2024

Sunday classes start again today! 🙂 We are excited to see everyone again!

04/01/2024

REMINDER: NO CLASSES THIS WEEK.
Enjoy your Spring Break!

03/19/2024

PUPPY/DOG 2 &3 TONIGHT

Puppy/Dog 2...6PM
Puppy/Dog 3......7:30PM

03/10/2024

Agility classes today are postponed. Sniffers class will still be happening at 5pm.

03/03/2024

Quick Reminder: Today’s classes are on! :-)

02/14/2024

Reminder: No classes are scheduled for this evening. We will see everyone next week! Happy Valentine’s Day!

02/04/2024

SEE YOU IN TODAY'S CLASSES:
AGILITY 1 & 2 AND SNIFFERS

01/29/2024

CLASSES RESUME THIS WEEK PER SCHEDULE.
Thank you for your patience and support as we slowly get back to business as ususal.

01/24/2024

Due to a death in the family, tonight's (Weds) classes have been postponed.

01/22/2024

Due to a family matter,
TUESDAY CLASSES WILL BE POSTPONED.
Thank you for your understading.

01/20/2024

Due to a family matter, this SUNDAY'S CLASSES ARE CANCELLED/POSTPONED.
Thank you for your understanding.

01/16/2024

Due to the bitter cold and erring on the side of caution, our Puppy 2/Dog 2 and Puppy 3/Dog 3 Classes will now be starting next Tuesday (January 23rd) instead of this evening. Stay warm! We are looking forward to seeing everyone next week!

01/14/2024

We are sad to say that classes today, January 14, are postponed due to weather. Stay warm and we will see everyone next week! 🥶🌨️❄️

01/08/2024

Now that our holiday break is over, we are very excited to get back to seeing all of your beloved and beautiful pups! Jamie is working on booking private lessons for those interested and we will be starting our group classes again next week. We hope you all had wonderful holidays and we are looking forward to seeing you again soon! We are blessed with the best clients and have missed you all! Feel free to comment a picture of your pups for our enjoyment. This is a small glimpse of my pups having fun over break!

12/17/2023

Unfortunately we need to cancel today’s classes (Sunday, December 17, 2023). We’ll see everyone for Agility and Sniffers again after the holiday break! Thanks for a great 2023! We are looking forward to Agility and Sniffers classes in 2024!

12/03/2023

TODAY, SUNDAY, DEC. 3,

CLASSES ARE CANCELLED.