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Viewpoint Dog Training seeks to enhance and cultivate the relationship between dogs and their people!
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10/04/2024

Soaking up every second of fall in Maine with the best dogs around 🍂🍁🥰

09/23/2024

Happy Fall Y’all 🍁🍂

09/14/2024

Come on down to The Ark Animal Shelter Thrift Store in Blue Hill for a fun dog and kid event!

09/12/2024

We will be at this fun event demonstrating some of our agility skills! Come check it out at the Ark Animal Shelter Thrift Shop in Blue Hill this Saturday from 12-4pm.

Save the date!!
On Saturday, September 14th, we will be holding Fur Kids' Fun Day at our Thrift Shop in Blue Hill from noon to 4 pm.
There will be food, doggie games, an agility demo and a dunking booth!
Please join us with your furry family members for this fun-filled event.

08/26/2024

Poutine and I had a great weekend at Pineland Farms playing agility at the Ren Dogs CPE trial! Did you do anything fun with your dog this weekend?

08/22/2024

Happy 4th Birthday to our “puppy” Poutine 🥳❤️

08/10/2024

Sometimes it’s scary to share yourself on the internet, you never know how it’s received or what people would think of you IRL. But I encourage you to do it anyway. You never know when a kind person who knows you from the internet will see you at a trial and offer you a watermelon electrolyte mix after you’ve been poorly hydrating. If you see this, thank you friend! ❤️

07/31/2024

Congratulations to Megan and Bailey for passing their Canine Good Citizenship test on Sunday!

07/31/2024

Today it the last day to order for the first batch of Downeast Dog Sports merch! These shirts are available for anyone to purchase (even if you've never been to Downeast Maine or don't plan on doing dog sports). We just got a quote yesterday for clearing some land that will allow us to offer more training opportunities for dog sports and all the funds we generate from this campaign will be put towards that cost. Your support is greatly appreciated, even if it's just giving this post a share!

Check out Downeast Dog Sports on Bonfire and shop official merchandise today! Featuring limited edition custom apparel, printed with care in the USA just for you.

07/18/2024

You asked and I am delivering merch with our super sweet new Downeast Dog Sports logo! Sales from these shirts will be reinvested into equipment, space, and operating costs for dog sport events in Downeast Maine. This area of Maine is SO beautiful and incredibly dog friendly so even if you don't live local, attending an event in this area will be well worth it! Thank you in advance for purchasing a T-shirt, crewneck, hoodie, or tank top and/or for sharing this campaign 😎

Help bring the more dog sports to beautiful Downeast Maine! . The Downeast Maine & Acadia region (Hancock County) is an absolutely beautiful place that is extremely dog...

07/13/2024

One hour until our dog show with Something to Wag About! Be at the Penobscot School Soccer field at 1:30pm or be square!

06/26/2023

People in previous classes have had some excellent results with this class, take it if you are looking for a solid recall!

Another round of my 6 week off leash skills course is open for registration!

Class begins July 26th
Cost is $160
BIPOC scholarships available.
https://heartequineacademycourses.com/courses/276/about

05/03/2023

If there was an award at UPDIF 2023 - Helen, Georgia for most smiling on the field I think we could’ve won it 😁 Every time we take the field we get a little bit better so I can’t wait to see where the next year takes us in freestyle disc!

03/18/2023

I’ve been having a blast at since Thursday and while I am definitely learning lots of helpful new things, the best word I can use to describe the experience so far is validating. So often we train and troubleshoot alone and it’s empowering to see some of the best minds in behavior make similar choices. I miss my dogs terribly but little Rosie here is easing the pain a little ❤️

02/21/2023

I had the privilege and the luxury to spend the past 4 days off of social media enjoying time with my dogs and my family in the woods of Maine. There’s a constant push and pull between wanting to share my life with my dogs as authentically as possible but not being present enough to actually enjoy these moments. I’m learning that everything can’t and shouldn’t be content. Ok ramble over 🤣

02/15/2023

One of my many wonderful valentines 🥰it’s truly such a gift to be a part of so many wonderful human and dog relationships. Love isn’t always easy but it’s worth it ❤️

02/11/2023

Transitions between tasks are hard. For dogs and for people. I try to help my dogs with transitions as much as possible, and in turn they help me. I was having a super productive morning but started to hit a point of feeling overwhelmed with what to do next. Poutine must’ve seen me standing in the kitchen like a SIM with no instructions because I felt her little nose nudge me. I think it might be time to take a little cuddle break and eat a snack. Do your dogs ever help you in this way?

02/07/2023

The first Black AKC judge, Dr. J.P. McCain. “who persevered with courage and commitment in show rings where no one else looked like him, in a pre-Civil Rights America that was frequently inhospitable. When Edwin J. Meyers wrote of his friend three decades after his death, he discussed his race, a topic unaddressed in his original obituary. He admitted that McCain was almost discouraged to give up, deferring to “the right-colored handler on the other end of the lead,” until he was able to more firmly established his line of dogs.”

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#nationalpuppyday feels like the perfect time to introduce my new friend Marty and some of the things we have been working on in the first week of his puppy in-home training program!

A healthy relationship between any species requires clear communication, good listening, and trust. Keebler and Oliver have been such a wonderful match for each other. They have 15-30 seconds of intense play and then sniff and explore. In one clip you can see Keebler ask for more high energy play, Oliver declines, and Keebler shakes off and respects his “no”. They also both know that if at any point they feel like they aren’t being “heard” they can come to me as a safe zone. Does your dog know how to listen to other dogs?

Oliver has truly changed everything about the way I train. From a dog that couldn’t leave his front door the day we met to greeting a strange man with happy body wiggles-every time I think we’ve reached the peak and there’s no way it can get any better, it does. I am forever grateful to this dog and his owners for trusting me and giving the space for me to just do whatever I needed to do without insisting on a timeline or a strict set of behaviors. The sky is the limit @theoliverralph and I can’t wait to see how much more fun and joy we can squeeze out of life! ❤️ #doodle #gooddogs #dogtraining #dogs #dogsofinstagram #happydog #anxiousdog #reactivedog #emotionalregulation #progress #dogmom #doodlemom #clickertraining #shapingbehavior

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Thursday nights are agility nights!

Witnessing the growth and connection between this dog and his guardian was an absolute pleasure. Her goal was to be able to take him for decompression walks without him biting her. When we were able accomplish that goal we used our last session to try and even more challenging environment. The thing is when you put the time in to building trust and good communication the rest gets a lot easier ❤️ #dog #dogtraining #reactivedogs #southshoredog #southshorema

We are just out here, striving for excellence!

Poutine and I had a great weekend playing disc with our friends, and we even came home with a few awards!

I don’t like dry cereal either 🤷‍♀️

Did you know we can evaluate trick dog titles virtually? Trick training is a great way to improve your skills as a trainer and build a working relationship with your dog! Here is a video of 8 month old Poutine’s Novice Trick Dog title (before I cleaned up our training space 🤣)

Training shouldn’t just be to eliminate unwanted behaviors, it’s the foundation of a very special relationship with your dog. Come train with us on Wednesday night and see for yourself!