AP K9 Services

04/13/2024

William was loving all the attention at
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02/12/2024

When you go to pick up a client dog and you get to see your favorite baby horse 🤎

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All breeds. All ages. Basic manners through advanced behaviors. Off leash reliability. Pets, sporting, and working dogs.

12/18/2023

William looks as handsome as ever after his bath.

12/08/2023

Day 3 of Removing Conflict From Your Training under way at

11/22/2023

10/26/2023

Ten patiently waiting for his turn for the first time in his life while and work a dog on the suit. Swipe to see how close we were. If you have the opportunity to attend ‘s removing conflict from your training seminar don’t pass it up! It’s a game changer! Creates so much clarity for the dogs and the handlers.

10/25/2023

Day 3 of Removing Conflict from Your Training underway with at

08/16/2023

When you buy new water buckets. IYKYK It would be nice if bucket manufacturers would address the issue so we don’t have to…

08/11/2023

Fawkes had a great time meeting and greeting everyone during National Night Out tonight. This sweet boy is going to be a dream come true for his now owners. He was unfazed by all the sights and sounds and wanted to get in all the trucks 😂 He definitely made me proud.

07/30/2023

You might be a dog trainer if… half way through grocery shopping (without a dog) you realize you’re holding an ecollar remote… 😂

05/31/2023

Nothing like some urban tracks in the morning. Got some article searches in too… but forgot to take pictures of Ten 😅

05/16/2023

When mom tries to make you pose after that late night training track… but those low light pictures take too long. Swipe to see my other futile attempts. Got some great training in so we’ll let her slide on the pictures for now.😂

02/23/2023

When you’re handsome even with soap on your nose. Want more information on Fawkes, our available dogs, or training DM, Text, or Call 513.615.2206

02/03/2023

I’m very excited about this! I’ve been on a frozen kong kick with the pups and cleaning them is about to be so much easier! Who else loves watching their dog(s) enjoy a Kong?

10/01/2022

Perfect day for the

09/27/2022

Second training stop of the day with the fluffies.

09/10/2022

✅ Horse Show
✅ Working Dogs
Getting some good training in with the pups. showing off his charming smile after his obedience session. Loving the ecollar work this boy is doing has really helped him turn a new leaf. Especially when it comes to his attitude and focus while working. 😍 🥰

09/04/2022

Keeping our dogs at a healthy weight is so so important to their healthy and longevity! These photo overlays can be helpful to visualize what a healthy weight looks like!

08/31/2022

Throwback to Heidi Roo having a great time visiting Loveland Sweet Shoppe to visit and pick up some of her favorite treats.

07/31/2022

In exchange for the *perfect* weather we had yesterday we’re horse showing in the rain today. Still better than triple digit temperatures though.

07/16/2022

Another gorgeous horse show day ingating at

07/02/2022

The same principles go for dogs and handlers/owners as well. Never fret about revisiting foundations. It’s not a step back so much as it is setting yourself up for the next step in the right direction.

Some people find it odd that we spend a fair amount of time working our horses in long lines.

After all, it is not as if we are working with green colts here at the ranch, these are horses 5,6,7 years of age or older, many of which have been ridden for hundreds if not thousands of times. Why take things backwards?

We love our long lines. Sometimes that "step backwards" is the best way to take many steps forward. They serve so many purposes in training not just young horses, but for older horses as well.

Long lines let us evaluate new horses from the ground. They let us see how a horse accepts the bit, how much "whoa" they have and how well they can self balance without them worrying about a rider. When we are first getting to know a new horse, we never want to add more pressure (i.e stuff to learn) than they are ready for. Long lines let us start at square one and build up from there.

Long lines also let us take a step back into familiar, "I know how to do this" territory for a horse that is maybe feeling like we are throwing too much at them. We always want to end our days on a positive note and sometimes, if things have gone all wrong (as they sometimes do!), the most positive note we can find is just a quiet trot in a circle on the long lines.

Long lines can also be a safety net for the humans involved. Young cowboys might like taking big risks on broncy horses, but we sure don't! Young horses, horses come off a long period of downtime or those who have earned a reputation of being "cold backed" spend some time on the long lines before that next ride as a way to get into the "let's learn" mindset. Five minutes of quiet work on the long lines can save a lot of fighting in the arena.

The horse pictured is Unbridled Reed. When we saddled him up this spring, it was both his first ride here at the ranch and his first time under saddle in a year. He started the sessions very "up", inverted and tense and ended it in the nice relaxed trot you see here. That set the stage for a superb first ride with Dale!

Long live the long lines!

06/16/2022

Thor has come so far with his reactivity. He’s very pleased with himself as you can see in the video!

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06/15/2022

Ethics in breeding and ownership are everything.

"Every dog deserves to be born with equal and good innate health by having a natural ability to breathe freely, blink fully, exercise easily, have healthy flat skin, mate and give birth.

"For breeds … where many dogs still have extreme conformations with poor innate health, the public have a huge role to play by demanding dogs with moderate and healthier conformations. Until then, prospective owners should 'stop and think before buying a flat-faced dog'."

Veterinarians are calling on animal lovers to stop buying English bulldogs, because of "major" concerns about their health.

06/10/2022

As promised! Remembered to get the handsome shepherd boys since we weren’t stormed out this time around! Can’t believe we trained Jager back when he was young man. Now he’s the old man teaching Bear the ropes!

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06/07/2022

Do you train in the rain? 🌧
Just managed to get this picture of a huge storm front rolling in over Summit Tower Summit Park Blue Ash Ohio while we were out lessoning today. It moved in fast, we were in a horizontal downpour in under 2 minutes… complete with lightning! ⛈ Which means we didn’t stick around to get pictures of the two cute shepherds to post along with this one. We’ll be sure to make up for it next time!

06/05/2022

When makes you the best patches for your harnesses. 😍 Did I take these by red light while we were out training because I *hate* white light in the dark? Yes. Yes, I did. 🤷🏻‍♀️

06/04/2022

Check out ‘s new swag!! I’m obsessed! 😍 🤩 😍

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