22/01/2024
This week's Star Student is Mocha! Mocha did a board and train with me over the summer and was such a fun dog to train. She already had her basic commands down, so we got to spend the week advancing them and working on off leash training. This is typically not something we can achieve in such a short time, but Mocha was ready! She loves to be outside and have her freedom, but because she lives near a main road, it was important to her owners that they had a way to reliably make sure she stayed out of the road. After introducing the e-collar to her, it was like everything clicked and she was a different dog. By the end of the week, I was using her as a demo dog for group classes. She even passed the graduation test for our six-week beginner class in the one week that she was with me. So she got to wear the graduation cap and take her picture just like everybody else. Now, she comes to playtime here and there to see her old friends!
Here's what her owners had to say about her training:
Where is your favorite place to practice training with your dog?
~"Anywhere! But preferably large, open pieces of land where we can do lots of off leash practice."
What is something that you can do with your dog since training that you couldn't do before?
~"We can drop the leash and let her walk longer distances with the leash dragging on the ground. We never would’ve done that before! The e-collar training has been life changing!"
What have you enjoyed about your dog's training with Mind of a K9 specifically?
~"On or off leash, when we tell her to wait on us, she actually waits, even if she is distracted. If we tell her to come, she comes. We picked her up and were SHOCKED at the amount she had grown in her tricks and her commands. Also, it was fun to see her do all these commands in a room full of dogs."