JB Canine LLC

01/04/2025

Enjoyed a chilly training session with Koa and her owners today.

12/30/2024

Place drill with Koda.

12/30/2024

Place drill with Charlee. After starting this session, I realized we were training under distraction. You’ll notice she keeps looking into the yard; there was a stray cat in the wood line across the yard

12/30/2024

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Officer Berry in the loss of K-9 Zip.

12/27/2024

I had the pleasure of meeting Rip today. This little Rottweiler pup is 10 weeks old; I met with his owners and had the opportunity to discuss raising a puppy and beginning his training. I look forward to working with them in the near future.

12/26/2024

The nose knows!

Dogs live much of their lives through their nose. This is how they investigate almost everything. If you offer a dog a treat, they will interrupt their normal breathing habits to investigate what you are offering.

Did you know Dogs have up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, compared to about 6 million in humans?

This is what makes them so good at things like detection (of which there are many disciplines) and tracking. Many people do not know that there are dogs out there trained to do things like detect low blood sugar in diabetic patients.

The Jacobson’s Organ, also known as the VN Gland is located in the roof of the mouth. Using the Jacobson’s Organ, a dog can bypass the olfactory system and send an odor message straight to the brain.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas from JB Canine. Thank you to those who trusted us with their training needs in 2024. We are looking forward to what 2025 brings!

12/19/2024

Here is Charlie holding a long down stay during his training session this evening while I talk with his owners.

12/17/2024

Koa is a 7 month old Plott Hound mix. She and her owners started a custom hybrid private lesson/virtual coaching training program today. I am excited to see their growth as they move through their training.

12/14/2024

Enjoyed a great training session with Charlie this morning. One issue his owners were concerned about was him jumping on visitors as they came in the door and blasting out of the door while on leash. As a result of the work his owners have put in, they are seeing great improvement in these areas.

12/13/2024

Dogs generally pull about 60 per cent harder on a leash when wearing a padded harness compared with a collar, even when the equipment is marketed as “anti pull” – putting the people walking them at risk of injury.

Some dogs – especially smaller breeds – pull with a force more than twice their body weight on the collar, potentially damaging their throats, says Erin Perry at Southern Illinois University.

“It’s really very shocking,” she says. “The dogs are almost choking themselves on that collar repeatedly. But the harnesses in our study just didn’t inhibit pulling in any way, and that’s definitely a wake-up call – especially because of the risk to owners.”

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2459747-dogs-pull-harder-on-the-leash-when-they-wear-a-harness-than-a-collar/

Image: CBCK-Christine/Alamy

11/29/2024

Does a walk with your dog look like the top left photo? Would you like to fix that issue and enjoy a walk that will be more pleasant and include less stress for you as well as your dog?

As I am out and about in public the biggest thing I notice about individuals with their dogs is that the majority of owners are being pulled all over the place by their dog. Walking nicely on the leash is also one of the things I get asked about most.

I am excited to announce that JB Canine will now be offering a course called “Leash Manners”. This course will be soley focused on teaching the dog to walk nicely on leash and teaching the owner how to maintain this. This course will be taught in a private lesson or group lesson format.

If you are interested, reach out for more information.

JB Canine
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(704) 473-4420

11/24/2024

11/23/2024

Progress is the word of the day.

We had our second session with Charlie and his owners this morning. We began teaching him that a pleasant walk begins at the door and he is no longer allowed to bolt outside with owner in tow.

His leash walking is also progressing nicely; largely in part to the work his owners have done in the last week.

11/16/2024

You get the behavior you reinforce. This is the most important principle for any dog owner to understand. It sounds simple, but so many people do not grasp the concept.

11/16/2024

Charlie started our basic program this morning. One of his owners main concerns is teaching him to walk nicely on a leash; we began working on that today as well as teaching the recall.

11/11/2024

Happy Veteran’s Day and thank you to all who have served and are currently serving in our armed forces. God Bless our Veterans and God Bless America!