Apex Dog Training

Coco has overcome some challenges this week. She was very insecure on her walks and fearful of cars going by. She is still building confidence on her walk, but she is learning to trust and allow us to provide guidance. We are praising and giving encouragement in those tough moments and once she works through it we are making it a big deal for her. We also had her walk with Kyle who is a new person to her and she did perfect on her walk and wanted attention from him as well. Coco is making wonderful progress and we are so proud of her!

Goldendoodle brothers, Ace and Riley, headed home today and their owners were able to finally enjoy a nice calm walk with both dogs and learn everything the boys learned 💙

Simon is a very timid and fearful dog. He’s a young boy that started showing signs of reactivity on his walks. He’s been working hard on learning to trust and build confidence in new environments. We had a family member come walk him yesterday and run him through his commands. Although, not a stranger to us, he was a stranger to Simon and because Simon has been working so hard with his training he was able to trust and follow the instructions and guidance he provided on his walk and putting him in place. This was a huge stride for Simon and we are pleased with his progress!

Dolly learned her “place” command today and we were able to add some duration for her to continue practicing and getting a clear understanding of what place is.

Lily is working on her recall skills with Katelyn while Kupcake and Cookie holding their commands.

Bella came to us very anxious and unable to slow down and process what is asked of her. This week she is working on fine-tuning her commands with her e collar. She is learning how to self soothe and settle much easier.

Nala

Nala is so eager to please, this is a video from last week of her fine tuning her sit command and learning her down command. You can see a few times she wants to default into a down command and I work her through that by having her keep trying until she listens and completes the command I’m telling her to do. She loves learning and she’s so willing.

Blaze is back with us for his off leash training! He completed a puppy program with us several months ago and is now taking his training to the next level! He is a very active dog with lots of energy. He has so much try that he gets ahead of himself and makes the wrong decision when Alex is calling him. You’ll see as the video progresses that he settles down and makes the right choices! Jasmine is hanging out on her place cot in a down while Blaze is being worked. This is a huge step for her as she often would break her command and fixate on other dogs especially with higher energy. Great job guys!

Karma is working on her special awareness while there was city workers putting in new lines. Karma came to us being very pushy and all in your space as she has had time with us we have been teaching her to be more respectful and mind her space. Here we are using her ecollar for communication however we have her prong and leash on for extra guidance as needed while she is learning.

Roscoe is working hard on his commands with his ecollar during his session with Alex. You will notice that he has a difficult time to begin with wanting to hold his sit command as Alex walks around him however with guidance he is able to work through the difficultly and succeed! We are moving nice and slow with him so he is able to think through what is being asked and allowing him to digest the session with what was learned.

Roscoe is working on his ecollar skills with Alex. Roscoe is with us for a behavioral modification program as he is very insecure and anxious causing him to be reactive in those moments. We are moving nice and slow to help work on his state of mind and show him how to trust his handler. Stay tuned for more updates!

Evie, Millie and Dollie practiced their commands with duration by the baseball game tonight. They got some great exposure with tons of people walking by, music, traffic and the announcer. That’s just some of the things that makes up socialization. 🐶Millie is the youngest in the group. Her puppy brain caused her to break commands a few times, we addressed it and put her back into command. She got the hang of it and as time went on she had a clear understanding and did better and better. 🐶Evie loves cutting up with Millie, so having her also just hang out was big for her and really important. She took everything in really nicely. You’ll see her sniffing some grass and chewing on it. Those are some efforts of her trying to take everything in and working towards relaxing. As time went on she relaxed and just hung out. 🐶Dollie needed some exposure, but did a great job hanging out. She joined us about halfway through and she practiced all of her skills she’s learned throughout her program as it comes to an end. She loves any reason to just lounge around ☺️