Canny K9 Companions, LLC

07/27/2024

Huge congratulations to Kelly Palmer and Dipper who achieved
their NW1 title in TN today. Not only that but they took first place overall. So proud of them. 👏🐾👏💖

06/21/2024

The next session of classes begins the week of July 22nd. See website for details.

06/11/2024

On July 1, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Central, Leah Ganglehoff will be opening Registration for the 2-Day Amy Herot Workshop Experience, "The Scenting Language of Dogs" in Fultondale, AL on Nov. 16-17, 2024! EARLY BIRD Registrants that sign up by 5:00 p.m. Central on August 7, 2024 will get PRIORITY for Working Spots! Don't miss this! Time with Amy is ⭐️GOLDEN⭐️ 🐾🐾! Link to register will be here: https://www.staycuriousnosework.com/amy-herot-workshsops...

06/02/2024

Congratulations to my Intro to K9NW® class who graduated in April but we only managed to get the photo taken recently.

05/30/2024

This is way overdue but congratulations to all my students who competed in the SCCTC Scentwork Trial a few weekends ago. I am so proud of everyone. On Saturday four high in trials were awarded and each one was a student of mine. It is so rewarding to see all the hard work pay off and be able to enjoy everyone celebrating with their dogs whether it was because you won a ribbon or because your dog worked in what had once been a challenging environment for them. If you have a brag or a photo please post here.

03/19/2024

It was a busy trial weekend last weekend. I hope everyone who competed enjoyed the time spent with their dog and their parking lot friends. Congratulations to everyone who was successful and commiserations to those who came very close. Thank you for keeping me posted, I am always on tenterhooks waiting to hear how everyone got on. 😆🐾👏 I hope, ribbons or not, you learned something useful from the experience, enjoyed competing with your dog and took home some happy memories. You all work really hard. Well done!

03/19/2024

Here is an article on the spotted lantern fly staring Bill Wellborn and Pepe. If you don't want to watch the whole article start at 21:25 Great job Bill.

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03/04/2024

Great ORT today. Thank you to Anke King for coming down to CO and to all my wonderful volunteers who made it possible. I enjoyed watching all the different teams, such a great variety of dog breeds. I hope everyone enjoyed it and achieved their own personal goals with their dog. Everyone seemed to be having fun in the parking lot spending time with friends and class mates.

02/11/2024

It's only taken a week but thank you so much to Michele Ellertson for a fabulous three days of workshops. We all had great fun with our dogs and finished the weekend wanting more. I wasn't able to get photos of everyone but enjoy these.🐾🐾🐾

01/17/2024

A space has just become available in my Intro to K9NW class starting next Wednesday Jan 24th at 12:30 pm. Email me if you are interested. [email protected]

01/01/2024

Looking forward to a fun 2024 with my NW family 🐾

11/23/2023

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

11/22/2023

11/22/2023

A huge thank you to everyone who came out and volunteered at the trials I hosted recently. I couldn't do it without Connie Kniseley my superb VC and Sharon Bolles' excellent hospitality. We had amazing weather (probably too hot) and fun searches thanks to CO's Jen Johnson and Beth Bishop and our two judges Greg Wilkie and Jacy Kelley. Congratulations to all the competitors who were great sports and whose dogs we all enjoyed watching.
Thank you to Louisa Arendt for the photos, everyone's trial pictures are fabulous.

10/15/2023

Congratulations to all my students who completed in SCCTC's Scentwork trial this weekend. There were many triumphs, goals met, Q's, placements and new titles. Best of all it was wonderful to see everyone having fun with their dogs, all the happy, smiling faces and celebrations.

10/01/2023

Huge thank you to Michele Ellertson for a fantastic weekend of NW. We weren't sure if she was going to make it after a nightmare issue with flights but she did and despite extreme fatigue she made it through the weekend. Excellent challenges for everyone along with great feedback and instruction. We all had fun and the dogs were wonderful.

09/19/2023

The terrier had a keen nose for turtles, identifying 560 sea turtle nests from three species. This could be a game changer.

09/11/2023

NW2 and Elite trial in Salem VA opens tomorrow. Links can be found on my website.

09/04/2023

Congratulations to Stephanie & Milo, Stacy & Boomer, Eric & Torque, Karen & Jud (not in the photo) Sally & Loki on completing Intro to Odor Thursday.

09/04/2023

Interesting article on dogs wonderful scenting abilities.

Dogs can sniff out disease and analyze new odors even as they exhale. But how?

09/03/2023

Michelle Ellertson will be here September 30th & October 1st. CEU's available
Click here for more info:

HOW TO SET HIDES TO HELP PROBLEM SOLVE Pooling & trapping, close proximity and high hide challenges SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30th 2023 NW3 & ABOVE (All working spots are filled) SUNDAY OCTOBER 1st 2023 Any dog below NW3 who is on Odor (All working spots are filled)  

09/02/2023

A huge shout out and thank you to Betty Wilson & Alfred, Becky Beach & Jake & Betsy Cook & Pip for coming to the Vinton Farmers Market this morning for a Nosework demo. They all did a wonderful job and it was a superb experience for them....sorry no photos

08/29/2023

Five of us did our spotted lantern fly field test today - we are the pilot group (Guinea Pigs🤣) - and we all passed. So proud of everyone and their wonderful, smart dogs. What better way to spend a humid afternoon that with friends and their dogs.👏🐾💖Thanks to Sally Dickenson & Rockingham Co-op for the opportunity.

08/08/2023

Congratulations to Marie Webb, Karma and Reel and Katherine Degen, Sam & Gwen for completing their ORT's on Sunday.

06/26/2023

Michele Ellertson is coming to Canny K9's at the end of September
Follow this link for more information:

HOW TO SET HIDES TO HELP PROBLEM SOLVE Pooling & trapping, close proximity and high hide challenges SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30th 2023 NW3 & ABOVE (All working spots are filled) SUNDAY OCTOBER 1st 2023 Any dog below NW3 who is on Odor   Workshop Fees Working:

06/26/2023

This is great fun to watch. Thanks Sue Tapp for pointing me to it.

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05/24/2023

Congratulations to all of my students who competed at SCCTC's Scentwork Trials last weekend. Everyone who I talked to was having fun and success, achieving many personal goals with their dogs. Well done to all 👏🐾👏🐾

05/15/2023

Congratulations to Isabelle Chewning and Spencer on their Elite Championship Title. So well deserved, I am thankful to have been a part of their NW journey.

03/15/2023

Congratulations to all my students who competed in the NW3 & NW1 trials in challenging weather last weekend. Not everyone took home a title ribbon but you all did a superb job and should be proud of your teamwork . Enjoy the memories you made with your dogs.

03/12/2023

The NW3 & NW1 trials have been put to bed. Despite the cold, snowy, wet conditions today we had a fun weekend watching super teams working. A big thank you to CO Nancy Osborne for her thoughtful, fun challenges and our supportive friendly judges Julie Gaunt Harris and Beth Grooms .

It wouldn't happen without my excellent, hardworking VC Connie Marshall Kniseley and her wonderful crew of volunteers. A special thanks to those of you who stayed this afternoon to put all the tables back and help me pack up. You are THE BEST. I think even some of the competitors were helping at the end of the day

Thanks to everyone being willing to step in and keep things rolling today we were all on the road home by 2pm.

Congratulations to all the teams who competed, we were all rooting for you, so many successful searches👏