Unleashed in Evanston

06/10/2024

Next week is doggy field day! 🏟️
This is an hour of outdoor obedience games in the style of our winter Merry Mayhem class to bond with your dog, test their skills in a new environment, and have fun!
Meg and Maddie will be leading the festivities at Clark Square Park right on the lake one week from today! Come out and play with us!

Sign up on Gingr. Enrollment costs $35

(If you can’t make it this time, we have more field days scheduled for July and August!)

06/06/2024

All this month at both locations we are practicing gate boundary!
This is when group leaders establish a boundary around the entrance gate to each playgroup and keep the dogs from crossing the boundary using the stay command and body language. Practicing this helps keep dogs from crowding the entrance when a new dog comes in and prevents dogs from slipping out of their group into another group or the hallway.
These UIE dogs are already impressing us!

06/03/2024

🎉Let’s celebrate June birthdays!!🎉

This month brings the birthdays of so many dogs who are special to all of us at Unleashed. This month we’re celebrating Bowie (turning 3), Kip (turning 2), Violet (turning 1), Benji (turning 3), Daisy (turning 12), Austin (turning 3), Boo (turning 10), Graham Cracker (turning 8), Leo (turning 6), Rascal (turning 4), Toby (turning 4), Benson (turning 1), Pepper (turning 1), Coco Benni (turning 3), Cooper (turning 7), and Saki (turning 3)

Join us in wishing these pups a warm, summery, happy birthday!! 🌸

05/31/2024

This Saturday is Evanston Animal Shelter’s annual fundraising festival, Trot for Tails!
Meg and Maddie will be there running the agility course for everyone to try out! There will also be other fun and games for pets AND kids!

This is always a beautiful day at the lake and one of our favorite events of the year. Please come out to see us and support our amazing local shelter that does so much for the animals in our community! 💗💗💗

05/23/2024

05/17/2024

Today at UIE, we played floor is lava, we napped, and we hung out in the sunshine! A perfect May day!

Featuring:
1. Winston and Tessa
2. Rey and Leif
3. Mabel and Findik
4. Blue Bayou and Clementine
5. Our small dogs group! Including Winston, Finley, Tchotchke, Lula, Moonbeam, Pepper, Ella, Haymitch, and Indi
6. Moonbeam
7. Finley and Ella
8. Gabby and Ella
9. Coco Frida

05/10/2024

Nap time portraits!
Everyday at mid-day we encourage a nap time for the dogs by turning off the lights, making smaller playgroups, and sometimes even playing calming music. Most dogs take advantage of this and get right to sleep! While others choose to be calm and sit with their friends to get pets, treats and snuggles from our staff after a long morning of active play.

These pictures from yesterday show what some of our dogs get up to at nap time!

1. Kirby and Kelly
2. Gibbs
3. Moneypenny and Molly
4. Leo
5. Ruby showing off a trick!
6. Fashionista Boo in a new coat!
7. Hazel
8. Sadie at her most elegant
9. Pepper and Max

05/08/2024

Beau is here with a special announcement: Evanston Animal Shelter’s Annual Trot 4 Tails is coming up!!!

Date: Saturday, June 1st
Time: 9AM - 12PM
Place: Centennial Park

Please consider supporting this event. You can donate (link in comments), share our fundraising page and/or attend the event! Maddie & I look forward to this event and our Unleashed FUNgility competition every year. It is SO MUCH FUN and a great way to spend a Saturday morning with your family. We hope to see you and your dog(s) there!

❤️
Meg

05/07/2024

Dogs & Babies Webinar is here!!!!

Join Meg for a zoom webinar that covers everything from prepping your dog for a new addition, introducing your dog and infant, how to handle mobile babies and *gasp* toddlerhood.

Date: Monday, May 20th
Time: 7:30PM Central Time
Cost: $35

Email [email protected] to register!

Any questions you would like answered? Topics you would like covered? Drop them in the comments below and I will try to work it into the curriculum!

05/04/2024

May the fourth be with you! 💫

From our very own Jedi, Rey, and Obi

05/02/2024

May birthdays are here!!
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

This month we have Sadie (turning 10), Leif (turning 4), Fiona (turning 2), Theo (turning 1), Calcifer (turning 1), Cleo (turning 4), Bea (turning 4), Mika (turning 13), Korra (turning 2), Phyl (turning 4), Jake (turning 8), Pétanque (turning 4), Clio (turning 4), Sandy (turning 3), Joey (turning 7), Jasper (turning 4), Gibbs (turning 12), Olie (turning 7), and Lola (turning 5)

So many birthday babies need so much love! Please send them your celebration and adoration!

And it’s another month of seeing original UA puppy program dogs turn 4 years old! This month it’s Leif, Cleo, Bea, Phyl, and Clio!

04/29/2024

Hi everyone! We’ve been getting a lot of requests for private lessons to assist with new (human) additions to the household and how to help our furbabies adjust to the change. I’m thinking of hosting a talk/seminar on newborns & dogs, toddlers & dogs and maybe even older kiddos and how they can be (and should be) involved with the family dog.

Would you anyone be interested in an person talk? Or perhaps zoom? I was thinking zoom would be more convenient for those of you with tiny babes at home. Weeknight? Weekend? Any topics you would like covered?

I appreciate any feedback any of you have of how I can help with these big changes.

And congratulations to all of you who are expanding your families!
❤️
Meg

04/24/2024

Today’s group enrichment was everyone’s favorite, Havin’ a Ball! We fill up kiddie pools with tennis balls and everyone participates in their own way, whether that’s running and playing fetch, or using a ball as a pillow 🎾

1. Austin, with Saki looking on
2. Finley
3. Fiona
4. Frisco and Bowie
5. Hudson
6. Milo
7. Zoe
8. Benji

04/23/2024

Yesterday we practiced the stay command! A good one to know for many reasons, including posing for pictures!

Featuring Benji, Riley, Molly, Hudson, Tasha, Luna, Zoe, Kiara, LJ, and Norman

04/18/2024

Zoe and Benson wanna know what you got goin’ on over there… 👀

04/15/2024

Today’s sunbathing beauties! ☀️
Molly, Kip, and Daisy

04/08/2024

We hope everyone was able to get outside to experience the eclipse and the beautiful weather!
Boo made sure she was properly outfitted 🌘

04/07/2024

My close friend and long-time employee at Unleashed in Evanston, Debby Gallivan, has decided to move to Kansas seeking a better life for her son, Patrick. Patrick, who is now 28 years old, is diagnosed with a rare chromosomal anomaly; 3q29 deletion syndrome and autism, both of which are also complic

04/04/2024

Breed Highlight!
These are our two Yorkshire terriers, Finley and Indi!

Modern day Yorkshire terriers, aka Yorkies, are slightly smaller than the original Yorkies who were bred as working dogs to hunt rats in mills and mines in northern England. Over the years, they became companion dogs and were selectively bred to fit the toy breed standard. Both Finley and Indi only weigh between 5 and 10 pounds each and make great lap dogs, but they still have the s***k and energy of a terrier!
Most Yorkies have pointy ears like Finley, but as you can see in Indi, sometimes their ears stay floppy into adulthood. We love them both just the way they are!

04/01/2024

Let’s celebrate April birthdays! These spring pups are one year older and get cuter and sweeter every single day!

This month we’re celebrating Baxter (turning 12), Kirby (turning 1), Tchotcke (turning 2), Bailey (turning 6), Mabel (turning 2), Obi (turning 2), Clementine (turning 3), Moonbeam (turning 6), Griffin (turning 4), Ruby (turning 6), Winnie (turning 2), and Rosie (turning 4)

Please send these babies some love this month!

03/28/2024

Sign up now! There are still plenty of spots open to get your training on this spring! 🐶🌷

Register through our website!
Please email us with any questions, we are here to help find the best fit for you and your pup!

03/08/2024

Happy International Women’s Day! Today we’d like to highlight and celebrate the fact that we are a women owned and operated business!

Becky Trisko (right) opened the original Unleashed in Evanston location on Greenwood in 2007 and earned her PhD in dog behavior by studying the relationships between the dogs at daycare. Meg Tower (left) joined Unleashed in 2011 and soon became the head of training operations with her experience studying theory of mind in puppies. Together in 2020, they opened the new Unleashed Academy location so that we could provide even more to our dog-loving community.

Over the years, they have committed themselves to ensuring that our dogs and clients receive the best care possible and we are so thankful to have these two women as our leaders.

On this International Women’s Day, please celebrate all the amazing women in your life, and if that includes Becky and Meg, let us know! We’ll pass on the message!

01/03/2024

11/26/2023

Hooray!
Come hang with us for a night and learn about the classes we offer, watch some demonstrations and talk with a trainer about what class is best for your dog! (Humans Only.)

FRIDAY DECEMBER 15th | 7:00PM