Free Your Mutt

04/15/2023

Lots of action today ends with sleepy pups 😅 14 dogs happily playing as well as working on obedience and recall.

04/10/2023

I love her and her sassy attitude 🥰😍🤪

04/09/2023

Say hello to Chai! She’s here for a week to build a good foundation of calm behaviors and to gain socialization.

04/02/2023

Adventure time and off leash training!

03/26/2023

Fun times and relaxation after 🥰

03/25/2023

I have the best clients! Thank you Twila with Oden and Sheila!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

03/24/2023

This is an event my colleague Rebecca with is hosting and all my clients are invited and encouraged to go!

03/20/2023

Count the dogs 😂

03/19/2023

Say hello to Kelah! She’s going to stay with me for 3-4 weeks to work on her reactivity, over excitement, redirection and destructive tendencies.

03/11/2023

My favorite play exercises with dogs!

flirtpole is amazing! gotta dog who's bouncing off the walls and getting into stuff they shouldn't? flirt pole provides a fun and engaging way to exercise, improve coordination, and strengthen the bond between you and your dog. you don't need a lot of time or space to achieve its benefits either! ...

02/24/2023

Snow day in Portland! We took the day and had fun!

02/22/2023

My sister is offering you all a great discount on professional pictures of your dogs!

Let's face it, our furry friends aren't always the easiest of models, but with my sister behind the lens, you'll be amazed at the stunning photographs she can capture.
Usually a portrait session is $250 for 30 images, but with the Free Your Mutt discount you will get it for $150. Or you can pay $10 per photo.

So book your discounted dog photography session today and let's make your furry friend the talk of the dog park!

To see her work please visit her website;
https://www.seitamaaphotography.com/?fbclid=PAAaavV04szMB33TvtROm9HpaFERKOopeR6swL0qYaiOYbw-8xE5gyy9IcsMc

Salt Lake City Utah based Seitamaa Photography specializes in portraits, lifestyle and having a good time! My goal is to offer you a shoot where you feel like you’re hanging out with a good friend, that just happens to capture you in your truest form.

02/20/2023

Odin, Sheila and Barkley are killing it on practicing their Place skills!

02/04/2023

Odin and Sheila, welcome!

01/23/2023

Fun morning here at Free Your Mutt!

01/14/2023

Pushy Mushy is in the house! Welcome back bud 🥰
Mom is on vacation and asked if I could do a refresher while he’s boarding with me, and of course I wouldn’t say no to that! Love this crazy boy.

01/10/2023

Molly here is very reactive, on leash and off leash. Reactivity can become an issue out of frustration, fear, anxiety and/or excitement. Molly is naturally a bit suspicious, enjoys control but also wants to play and greet dogs. With the right approach Molly will be able to walk without having outbursts and create so many more friends. Today she gained another friend, my boy Rabbit!

01/08/2023

*Don’t mind the messy house 😤

Practicing place around the other dogs for the first time. Good job Willie!
Willie is here for dog reactivity and resource guarding, but what we will mostly focus on for the next week is small steps towards desensitization as well as a lot of confidence building and marker training. We can’t only focus on the symptoms, we need to focus on why he acts the way he does. Willie is super sensitive, confused and insecure and we won’t (and can’t ) fix that by only correcting his aggression when he “acts up”. We need to clear up confusion, teach him alternative behaviors and create a safe environment where he gravitates towards curiosity.

01/04/2023

Dottie’s second lesson went fabulous today and we learned how to redirect her attention away from triggers and have better handler focus, as well as place! She did so well, and so did her parents 🥰

01/04/2023

Had a great second lesson with Percy and her mom Sarah. We discussed development stages, trigger stacking, how to change emotional responses, handling exercises, and more. We covered a lot since they did really well with their homework last time.

12/31/2022

Ronnie learned some leash work and markers in our session together yesterday! We will continue our work together to build handler focus, leash manners, eliminate her reactivity to a point where they can walk around distractions. We got this! 💪

12/18/2022

It’s important to keep a senior’s mind going! Luna here is struggling with beginning stages of dementia and she’s deaf. We are playing some kind games with post it’s notes while the rest of the dogs are waiting patiently.
Activities like these can help our senior dogs to keep sharp, active and engaged.

12/15/2022

Play hard and work hard 😜

12/13/2022

Odin is here for Marvelous Mutt program! We will be working on boundaries, obedience and handler focus. He’s such a good boy!

12/12/2022

Well behaved dogs watching us cook dinner. Can you count how many there are? 😉

12/11/2022

Mr Darcy showed off his new found confidence today! He has made such a turnaround! Before training he would get spooked by anything and everything and has had times when he went into panic to run away from his triggers. Today Darcy and his dad, Will, showed off that he can now pass street cars, busses, dogs, birds and squirrels as well as busy streets in downtown Portland. Well done 👏

12/09/2022

This week is the week of toy dogs at Free Your Mutt 😍🥰 I just love them, and I love training them!

12/08/2022

Small dogs need training too! It’s not always for us people to have trained dogs, but it’s for their own wellbeing. 😍

12/06/2022

Magnum has made such improvements since his board and train with me earlier this year. He had potty training issues, reactivity towards people and dogs, and did not get a long with his dog siblings at home.
Magnum still has some sensitivities and triggers, but don’t we all? 😂 We all need to understand that genetics and behavioral challenges/issues can’t just go away, even with extensive behavioral modification. We can’t turn an extremely sensitive dog into an extremely sturdy dog. We can desensitize, change perceptions and build confidence, but we can’t modify genetics.
Thank you for taking the time to read.

12/06/2022

Handsome Milo 😍