Neutral K9 - Kylee Hintz

02/16/2025

We have this beautiful purebred Basset Hound looking for a new couch. He is 4 years old. If you're interested please give us a call, or check him out on our website ❤️

02/16/2025

Ari here for our basic board and train program. We have 2 slots open for board and train here at Neutral K9! Our basic training package includes:
• Sit, down, stay on lead
• Intro to recall
• Loose leash walking
• Social skills with all types of safe dogs
• Home manners

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02/14/2025

Jelly and Neo relaxing next to eachother while I do office work and take home stuff for Miso. 🥰 I can't even tell ya how much I love training dogs.

02/13/2025

Neo is here for our basic start program! Our basic start program includes:
• Certifiable temperament evaluation
• Kennel training, basic house manners on lead, integration into a family dynamic, social skills evaluation with different types of safe dogs
• Sit, stay, down, loose leash walk all on lead
• Eligible dogs receive their AKC Canine Good Citizen upon completion and a packet on take home with trainer evaluation and summary.

As if that isn't enough, we guarantee our work for life. Our new Training Incentives program allows clients to earn rewards from training, so you don't want to wait on this one!

The Basic Program in total is 2-4 weeks long depending on the dog's independent need.

We are certified through the American Kennel Club, so of course if your dog doesn't have an AKC number we will assist in getting them one! We want all of our clients to have the ability to participate in many of our group sessions this spring/summer! (AKC Canine Partners, Purebred listings)

02/13/2025

Blue ❤️

02/13/2025

Miso ❤️

02/12/2025

Applying human based methods to dogs is one of those things. We encourage behavioral analysis with a trainer before choosing drugs. Some dogs need it. Some dogs don't. But the dogs who are medicated who have come to us are now off their drugs with a sound training and play plan in place among dietary needs being met.

For years, fluoxetine (Prozac) has been pushed as the answer to behavioral problems in dogs. Veterinary behaviorists and force-free advocates love to cite “science-backed” studies to justify long-term medication use. But here’s a big problem, most of these studies are flawed, biased, and rely almost entirely on owner-reported data.
Take, for example, the 2009 study on fluoxetine for compulsive disorders in dogs (Irimajiri et al., J Am Vet Med Assoc). It claimed fluoxetine helped, yet the only improvement came from owners’ OPINIONS, not actual behavioral measurements. When researchers looked at objective data the dogs’ actual behavior logs they found NO SIGNIFICANT difference between the medicated and placebo groups. But guess which result gets cited?🤫
How about the 2007 study on fluoxetine for separation anxiety (Simpson et al., Veterinary Therapeutics). The conclusion? Fluoxetine was effective … but only when paired with a structured behavior modification plan. And yet, thousands of dogs are medicated without any meaningful training, as if a pill can replace actual learning.
Sad reality is that Dogs are being drugged, not rehabilitated.
Ask any serious trainer what happens when they get a dog that’s been on fluoxetine for years. They take the dog off the meds, implement a sound training plan, and SHOCKINGLY the dog improves.
Not because fluoxetine “worked,” but because the dog finally got what it needed: clarity and proper training.
Yet, the AVSAB keeps pushing these medications while dismissing legitimate training as “aversive” or “outdated.” They’d rather chemically suppress behavior than actually address it.
The real question isn’t whether fluoxetine has some effect but why so many dogs improve when you REMOVE the drug and train them properly?!!!
Behavioral change comes from learning, not sedation. It’s time to stop pretending otherwise.
I know I am not the only one noticing that dogs on fluoxetine don’t get better - they just get dull.
The dog isn’t learning or adapting, just becoming more passive.
This can actuallY DELAY proper rehabilitation, because the dog’s emotions and responses are chemically suppressed rather than modified through learning.
Thinking about making a solo podcast to talk about the dog I have in training right now, one of the many that end up euthanized after YEARS of being on SSRI’s and the pandemic of prescribing psychotropics like flea medication

02/12/2025

Blue did his first tracking practice today and shows a lot of natural ability. He had such a good start in those first 12 weeks - it has made handling a breeze.

02/12/2025

Young Blue checking out the woods and seeing what he can find. What a nice puppy we have here. I love his independence and drive.

02/09/2025

So proud of Miso! Love this dog ❄️

02/07/2025

NO LESSONS 🤣 it's so slippery out here, you fall on your butt. Amazon delivered a package by foot. I can't imagine how long that took. I am completely fine with waiting!

02/06/2025

We're looking to hire
Dog savvy videographer/photographer
PR specialist
Dog trainer
Kennel tech

Know anyone? 🤞🥹

02/05/2025

An unlikely friend duo ❤️❄️

02/05/2025

A Tali snowball (a log covered in snow)

02/03/2025

Miso says "you're seriously making me sit in this crap!?" ❄️🫣😭 We are seeing some cool results in recall training and excited to have Miso full off leash!