Captivated Canine, LLC

03/18/2025

Check out this neat fundraiser! What a cool way to help out a local shelter while also having an amazing Easter Egg Hunt with the kiddos in your life. 🐰

We are egg-cited to announce our next fundraiser! 🐣

Help our rescue by letting us egg your yard!

On 4/19, we will come out and help the Easter bunny make magic happen! 🐰

Cities available for egging! (If your city is not listed, please message us! We may still be able to make it happen! 😊)

*Grand Rapids
*Wyoming
*Kentwood
*Walker
*Big Rapids
*Grand Haven
*Zeeland
*Holland
*Wayland
*Muskegon/Fruitport
*Ravenna
*Kalamazoo

Message us today to get on our list!
We will be accepting orders until 4/10

03/18/2025

We are spending the week with these two pretty boys! We couldn’t pass up the incredible weather and had to do a beach walk.

These two are a rare breed called the Spinone Italiano 🤗

03/17/2025

These sweet babies are from our Monday night group classes and they are wishing you all a very lucky St Patrick’s Day! 🍀🌈💚

As always we are proud to partner with to make group classes available to our students.

03/06/2025

FREE UPCOMING SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC!
BONUS: your dog also gets a microchip!!!

Desperatly Seeking Male PITS to Fix for FREE! 🐾

Grand Rapids Pit Bull Alliance FIX - a -PIT Post 🐾

On March 31st we are participating in a Spay and Neuter clinic thanks to BISSELL Pet Foundation ❤️ Grand Rapids Pit Bull Alliance will be transporting Community Dogs to the BPF Clinic. This is for owned pets in the Grand Rapids community.

We currently have spots available for intact Male Pit Bulls in Grand Rapids to be neutered!

All dogs will receive for free:

*Neuter
*Age appropriate vaccines
*Microchip
*Heartworm test

We will be transporting all dogs by renting 2 vans to transport the dogs to the Bissell Pet Foundation Clinic. *Bissell Pet Foundation partners with local Animal Welfare Organizations to transport community pets to these clinics.

The remaining spots are reserved for Male Pit Bull type dogs and residents of Grand Rapids.

As many of us are shelter staff, volunteers or volunteers with other rescues in our community we know far to well that Pit Bull type dogs make up the majority of the population of dogs in shelters and not because they did anything wrong.

Pit Bull type dogs are exploited by backyard breeders from breeding American Staffordshire Terriers to what they refer to as Exotic Bully breed and more. These dogs are cross bred with anything and everything to create a
"Look". They are poorly bred, over bred, and lack any proper husbandry practices. Often these dogs are dumped when they are not what the "breeders" want, or if a medical issue arises they prefer to dump or euthanize rather then provide veterinary care. Females are dumped after they feel they are not producing and sadly their life was often nothing more than carrying puppies and never enjoying a happy life dogs do deserve.

Pit Bull type dogs are used in blood sports (Dog Fighting) bred and exploited to live a life of pure cruelty.

Pit Bull type dogs are excluded and banned from rental housing, HOAs making it hard on people who do rent to find affordable pet inclusive housing. Often having to transfer care of their pets to a shelter or rescue when they cannot secure housing for themselves and their pets.

Pit Bull type dogs get passed around and rehomed intact and then all the sudden a dog is pregnant with what some call a "Oops" Litter.

We get emails, calls from individuals who seek assistance for their dogs after they bred them because they can't afford to provide for the dogs and puppies who initially thought it would be a great idea to breed them. They also have a hard time finding homes or "buyers" for their puppies. We have helped transfer these puppies from litters to rescue and to the shelter because the people who bred them can't home, care or provide for them.

Trust us there are no lack of dogs in the Shelter for adoption and there is absolutely no lack of amazing Pit Bull type dogs up for adoption! There is absolutely no need to breed them. Part of our mission is preventing more animals from entering the shelter system especially Pit Bull type dogs. Spaying and neutering of all pets should be a priority, we need to stop the cycle.

Every shelter in Michigan is currently at capacity pleaing with their communities daily about the amount of animals in their care and lack of reclaims of lost pets and adoptions. Spay and Neuter has been proven to reduce homeless pets populations.

If you are low income, have a intact Male Pit Bull and reside in Grand Rapids please email us to get your dog on the list for the March 31st clinic with Bissell Pet Foundation.

[email protected]

*Spay and Neutering of pets helps with the overpopulation of homeless pets as well as prevents multiple deadly diseases such as Pyometra and Testicular cancer.

*Photo of a GRPBA Ambass-a-Bull Pepper Earl who enjoys being swaddled. Pepper is a Neutered Pit Bull who is also a Dog Fighting Survivor from Bark Nation. Pepper wants all his friends to be spayed and neutered and live happier healthy lives!

Thank you Bissell Pet Foundation!!!

03/06/2025

🎉🐾 Get ready for an unforgettable day, friends—both furry and human! Join us for the spectacular 23rd Annual Erin Go Bark People and Pet Parade! 🇮🇪✨ Embrace the spirit of Ireland with lively music, a vibrant sea of green, and a fantastic prize for the pup with the best costume! 🎈 Don’t let this incredible event pass you by; the weather is looking great! Let’s make some amazing memories together! 🌟🐶✨

03/05/2025

Finn and I stopped at during our day train session this week! For a moment Finn disappeared and a leprechaun was suddenly at the end of the leash?!
Finn is working on calm choices around other dogs in his favorite places! This outing included stops at a couple of pet shops and his vets office. He was such a good boy throughout!

02/28/2025

📣 We need your help!!
We are working on an exciting small project! We are in the process of making up free brochures with the names of pet-friendly small businesses and restaurants in Grand Rapids.
If you own or know of a locally owned business that is pet friendly, please comment the name of the business below!
We will be following up with each business individually over the next week to confirm that they would like to be included on such a brochure.

We am specifically looking for small businesses, we know of many larger companies that are pet friendly, but would like to make a brochure to support local.

Thank you all for any and all leads!

02/27/2025

Our Monday classes beginning next week are now FULL! We still have a couple spots left on Thursday evenings starting up next week if you and your puppy would like to join us! 🐾🌷

02/13/2025

Tansy was 100% locked and ready for lift off today ✈️🤣
We took Tansy on an outing to our local to reinforce her obedience training in public spaces. This sweet, confident girl did very well.
See the comments for a picture of her normal resting ears.

02/12/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day from us to you!
Whether you are celebrating with a significant other, group of friends, or with your furry family member, we hope you enjoy this week full of love! ❤️💘

02/11/2025

📣 Group Classes are back!! 🙌
These classes will begin the first week of March and graduate the second week of April. Group classes meet once per week for a total of six weeks at the Cascade Hospital for Animals.
Each class has 3-6 participating dogs and their handlers.

Our upcoming start dates are:

-Monday 3/3/25
5:30pm- Puppy/Adolescent 101 (FULL!)
6:30pm- Momentum 201 (FULL!)

-Thursday 3/6/25
6:30pm- Puppy/Adolescent 101 (1 spot left!!)
7:30pm- Momentum 201 (2 spots left)

Key 🔑:
🐾 Puppy/Adolescent 101- This class is perfect for young puppies or social dogs with little to no formal training experience. We will be working on Name Recognition, Come, Sit, Down, Stay, Loose Leash Walk, Calm Greetings, Socialization and more! There is no age limit for this class.
🐾 Momentum 201- This is an intermediate level course working on impulse control skills. We will be learning Focus, Place, Heel, Touch, Leave It, Wait, and more!
🐾 Beyond Basics 301- This is a more advanced class working toward passing the Canine Good Citizen test. The ideal candidates for this course have a solid foundation of obedience and are ready to start testing those skills in tougher environments/eliminate treats.

We are proudly partnered with Dream Dogs Training to make group classes available to the people of Grand Rapids and surrounding communities.

Please reach out to us with any questions or visit the link below to register:
https://www.grandrapidsdogtraining.com/classes

02/04/2025

Sweet baby Penny behaved like an absolute professional on her first big girl outing to
Can you guess her breed mix? 🤔👀

01/23/2025

If you are looking for some gorgeous, print worthy portraits of your dog(s)- check out this photographer! She did some photos of Apollo. You can find them in the comments 😊

Looking to get an updated picture of your pup without committing to an entire session? These occasionally scheduled mini sessions are a great choice to get a cute photo of your pup in the snow!

01/21/2025

We have had quite a lot of title testing recently. Check out these new title holders!

01/20/2025

Appreciation Post: This is one of our long term Day Train clients, Finn. Finn is a gigantic golden doodle and the sweetest love bug. We continue to get together every now and again for outings to pet friendly stores and to tire out his mind and keep his obedience sharp.

01/20/2025

Occasionally we like to remind our followers here that we offer professional pet handling for weddings called Wags & Weddings ❤️💍
We love to help pets attend their parent’s weddings! This past week we had the honor of participating in a styled wedding shoot at one of our favorite venues, Port 393. Our personal dog Apollo modeled and showed off the pet-friendly event space.
If you are getting married and want your furry family member(s) involved, reach out! We would love to chat more.

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12/26/2024

Happy Holidays from me and my pack! Wishing you all the sweetest season, holding loved ones close. 🎄❤️💚