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Poindexter Park

We provide structured dog boarding and daycare services, as well as one-on-one balanced training ses
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11/01/2024

Oct 29-31

11/01/2024

Oct 25-28

11/01/2024

Oct 22-24

11/01/2024

Oct 18-21

10/18/2024

Oct 15-17

10/17/2024

**UPDATE: It was a small but mighty group who collected 15 large bags worth of trash along a mile long stretch between Poindexter Rd and Tisdale/Lasley. And we still have a section in the middle that hasn’t been touched yet, which means we’ll try to do another round of clean up in the next few weeks. We will keep everyone posted with details! **

Join LouisaClean for a roadside cleanup this Sat Oct 19th from 9-11am along Byrd Mill Rd (the road right beside us here at Poindexter Park). Come help make our area nicer for you and your pups!

FREE doggy daycare during the clean-up hours for volunteers (only for dogs who have stayed with us before).

Vests, trash bags, grabbers, and water provided by LouisaClean. Please reach out for more details if you may be able to join in. We’d love to have you!

10/15/2024

Oct 11-14

10/15/2024

Oct 8-10 (part 1)

10/15/2024

Oct 8-10 (part 2)

10/11/2024

Charlie was such a happy running partner that it motivated me to actually jog nearly the entire 5K despite having not been out for a run at all in over a year. Boy was I sore in the days following, but no regrets!!

10/11/2024

Oct 4-7

10/05/2024

The results are in from today’s Rehab Rover Canicross 10K, 5K, and dog-friendly 5K! It was a GORGEOUS day, and near perfect conditions to be on the trails (a bit muddy after all this rain, but that’s still perfect to me!!).

This was the first ever Canicross (canine cross country) event in the state of VA, and it was just down the road in Gordonsville! How cool is that!?! The organizers did a great job putting on such a large dog-friendly event with the ability to safely manage loads of people & dogs (including a number of reactive pups!), vendors, food trucks, local wineries/breweries, and more!

Alex (with Magic) and I (with Charlie) both participated in the casual dog-friendly 5K. Jett’s mom was a volunteer helping to direct racers towards the finish line. Loki’s mom was there as a spectator cheering on her family, and taking advantage of such a great event to better socialize her pup (socialize: to exist around people, dogs, and distractions without needing to interact or react to them).

It was a fun first time event, and I look forward to returning in the future! Hope to see more of you there!! 🧡

Rehab Rover Canicross 10k and 5k, 10/05/2024,

10/04/2024

Oct 1-3

10/04/2024

Sept 27-30

09/29/2024

Sept 24-26

09/24/2024

Sept 13-23

09/24/2024

Sept 5-12

09/24/2024

Toronto & Awenda Provincial Park with all my boys: Aug 20-Sept 3

09/24/2024

Getting caught up on photos: Aug 13-16

08/28/2024

Calling all my amazing local dog peeps!

Come join myself and one of my personal pups (which one TBD) at Virginia’s first ever Canicross event, which includes a casual 5K trail jog/walk, which I’ll be participating in. Proceeds benefit Louisa CART (Community Animal Response Team).

The race is reactive dog friendly too! They have a NO GREET policy so dogs are always on leash and humans & dogs do not meet each other. A great training opportunity for your dog to learn to be calmer around others (even if your dog LOVES people/dogs). Let me know how I can help with training.

Don’t feel like walking or running the 5K? Come for the Barktoberfest festivities, including vendors, food, music, canine massage, rodeo dog, and more!

https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Gordonsville/TheRehabRoverCanicrossandTrailRace?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR39uK6CubLsSZi8MnAlmdCiebezKdMVJb5bIdGqa43qyXwkFOgK7ZJvoEc_aem_1QILMHRKKbQ5H-fYC0iidQ

08/13/2024

Aug 9-12

08/12/2024

Aug 6-8

08/08/2024

Aug 2-5

08/07/2024

July 30-Aug 1

07/30/2024

May your days be full of love, laughter, and the goofiest friends imaginable!!

Happy International Friendship Day!

Get out there and do something fun with the people that matter most in your life! 🧡

Address

9444 Poindexter Road
Louisa, VA
23093

Website

http://www.rover.com/sit/charig40573

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Buddy and I got out for a nice walk to enjoy the sunny day! At home, he’s reactive when seeing other dogs, but we walked@calmly by a few barking dogs with nothing more than a quick@glance in their direction. In this clip, I try (and fail) to pan over to the little chihuahua loosing it’s mind barking as we pass, and Buddy just keeps on truckin’ forward on a nice loose leash (I’m actually hands free with him attached to my belt). One more week to go to get this boy ready to go home where his people will take over the rules and structure to continue his growth and confidence!

Thank you 3 Cats Photo for including Poindexter Park in your local specialized wedding vendor list! 🧡🧡 We certainly enjoy helping couples include their pups as part of the bridal party! Packages can include training beforehand (for the best manners possible amongst all the excitement), transportation to and from the venue, help during photos (so your pup is happy and striking a pose for the camera! 😉), human training (so your ceremony dog handlers can keep your pup focused and behaved walking down the aisle), and boarding before/after your wedding day. Let us know how we can help so your pup doesn’t get left out of your big day! (Services available in the greater central VA area).

Board & train, Barley, is rocking his first night learning the treadmill! Of course he was hesitant and nervous at first, but with guidance (and some duck treats), he quickly started to find his stride (despite a few stumbles along the way), gain confidence, and be so happy and proud of himself! Teaching the treadmill doesn’t always look pretty (especially with super nervous dogs), but, like anything else that makes them nervous, once you help work them through the fear, you’ll start to see a whole other side of your dog, with more confidence, and respect for you as a handler! (It’s also great mental and physical exercise for the crappy weather days when you can’t get your dog outside much!)

JJ had his second session today to transform from a pulling maniac to a polite gentleman on leash (so he can hopefully avoid major surgery on his rear left leg)! He’s not perfect, but not bad for a big nervous doberman in just 2 short sessions. Here, I gave him all 4 foot of the leash, and he did pretty well staying right beside me despite distractions of other dogs nearby. Next up, teaching his parents how to change the association JJ has with how he behaves on leash with THEM!

This is JJ, a young dobie with a bad hip (thanks to a car, botched corrective surgery, and neglectful original owners). He’s here for a quick crash course in leash manners in case he ends up needing hip replacement surgery (his surgeon is actually very pleased with how he’s doing, so surgery is no longer eminent at this time). Whether or not surgery is in his future, he needs to learn to not pull on leash, slow down, and use his “bad” leg more. Despite arriving on a prong collar (a nylon covered version, which was oversized and too low on his neck - the major prong collar mistake I pointed out in my last post), he pulls right through it as if it was a regular flat collar. This video shows a hint of his pulling, but not as much as when his mom first dropped him off (I had already started instilling a few basic rules with him before I thought I should get a “before” video…) I swapped to one of my prongs, which was fitted properly and gave me more leverage than him. At first, he was not a fan of new rules being enforced, but as he realized that pulling was not allowed (aided by some salmon treats for polite walking), he’s starting to get the idea. I have one more session with him before teaching his parents what they need to know to help him continue to heal and to be able to participate in his physical therapy (recently, he would always pull up lame before his PT appointments, so they would have to cancel). Stay tuned for his progress! Need help with your little (or big) leash puller? We offer several training options to make your walks more enjoyable!