Dojo Holiday Recap #3
"The One Where I Cut the Video Short because I get choked up".
The weekend before Xmas we had some of our favorite... Alumni...Roleplayers... Support Staff... pop back in.
Sophie The Social.
Rex the King of Loose Leash.
Sammie Sooo!!!
Judah the Lionhearted.
Somewhere in here I get talking about how much all of our Alumni's presence means to me... and I get a little choked up.
I'd rather talk about our Success Stories In Motion, so... I apologize if my voice wavered a lil' bit and I cut this one short.
We'll see ya at The Dojo this here 2025 for more #adventuresindogging.
#onelovefourpaws
Dojo Holiday Recap #2.
"The One Where: Matty and Kira and I spend Xmas eve playing fetch".
The Holidays seem to be full of stress and strain and anxiety for a lot of people, myself included.
So, the chance to get Matty out of the house and spend some quiet time at The Dojo on Xmas eve playing with our Board and Train kiddo, Kira was just priceless to me.
My Brother, My Training Room with Chico and Mahgeetah watching over us and a devilishly agile little Doggo that's one of my favorite "Success Stories In Motion"....
This was Matty and "The Universe's" gift to me this season.
#onelovefourpaws
#adventuresindogging
P.S. check out that line drive Matty tosses to Kira, she handles it like an ace 1st baseman.
Matt's smile and his thumbs up in the last frame are the real showstoppers though.
Dojo Holiday Recap #1.
"The One Where I Give a Kid a Squeaker"
I Love recruiting the younger members of my lil' Dojo Commmunity into the weekend events fun.
So when a few days before Xmas one of our little elves showed up in her Jammies and Uggs, as if it were Xmas morning, instead of her blue and gold Dojo t-shirt...
We smiled, gave her a hug and a squeaker and put her to work distracting our canine kids during... Distraction Class.
Merry Holidays everyone.
We wish You and Yours and your canine kidz a year filled with Love and Joy and Laughter and Fetch and Tug and Harmony.
#onelovefourpaws
#adventuresindogging
I really, really need to get back on the ball posting my weekend Social videos, lol.
So many great Success Stories In Motion, here at The Dojo on BOTH Saturday and Sundays these days.
The doors to my Dojo will always be open to anyone or anydoggo who has ever trained with me.
Thanks to all of our Alumni for coming out and supporting us and the current Dojo Families.
Having our Alumni to pop back in gives the Success Stories that are in motion a role model and a template to help them along their journey.
It also means that I never have to actually "Say Goodbye".
I like it that way. 😉😉
#onelovefourpaws
#adventuresindogging
Two and a half minutes of my Sunday Bliss.
The weekly Puppy Party and Distraction Class out at the Perrotti's Country Barn took an impromptu pivot to The Dojo today.
It was just too dang cold for the Hoomans or the Doggos to have a positive takeaway from the experience so we put our little "Fallback to The Dojo" plan in motion and had just an awesome experience indoors today.
We're going to be implementing "flight times" for groupings and pairings of dogs and their humans to get their Social and Distraction sessions in on either Saturday, Sunday... or BOTH!
Just like "One on One", or instructional sessions, Dojo Community Members can book group Social and Distraction classes through our scheduler app, here:
https://calendly.com/trainplayrescue
Let's have some new #adventuresindogging together.
#onelovefourpaws
"A Two Minute Glimpse into My World on a Sunday".
I wish you can see these Dojo Dawgs and their humans through my lens.
I'm the only person that knows each of these backstories, where they started and where they're going.
To someone casually watching on their phone, it's just a a bunch of dogs hanging out. Those folks don't realize a lot of those dogs, and maybe even their humans, might not have been capable of that a few weeks ago.
Getting to be the only one that knows every forward step these kids have taken in between "Then and Now and Zen".
Priceless.
So, Two Minutes of My Sunday Funday".
#onelovefourpaws
"Works in Progress"
"Continous Movement towards Harmony"
I been promising to get more active again on social media.
We just been too busy having too many, #adventuresindogging
Doggy Dojo families!
Get ready to meet Callie! She graduated to Distraction and Social this week!
Callie is "in progress" on a Puppy Confidence program we designed for her and we couldn't be prouder.
She showed poise, she showed grace, and she showed courage worthy of one of King Charles' Nights in shining armor while she slayed "The Scaling Wall".
I can't wait for her to start attending social. She's gonna be an All-Star at melting hearts.
We simply have not been posting enough training videos lately.
While that's a dang shame, we're happy that it's because we been too dang busy training dogs to worry all that much about social media.
But we miss ya, and want to keep ya in the loop, so maybe watch for several in the next few days.
10am?!?!
What happened to Noon?
Well, it happens to be about 6 to 8 degrees cooler only two hours earlier, at 10AM, and from some of the constructive feedback I was getting from families was that 10AM sounded better for the human pups activity schedules.
Sooooo...
We'll see you, AT 10AM, this week out at our Friends, the Perrotti's Country Barn.
For fun, one of my personal highlights from this summer so far...
"That time where Sharon Harmony got the whole Puppy Party Crew to wish me a Happy Birthday".
Thanks, Babes.
We'll see ya' all, Pup's and Hoomans alike, at 10AM this weekend.
Did we mention, 10AM?!
😉😉🤪🤪😂😂
Of course, we're on for tmrw.
Perrotti's Country Barn at Noon for Puppy Social and Noon-Thirty for Distraction Class.
This was the highlight of last week for me.
Bailey's Mom approached me after their first Distraction Class and asked if Bailey was "ready" for The Wall.
I smiled and said, "I been waiting for ya to ask".
I can't tell ya how happy I was.
It signified Lori, and Mike, and Bailey all willingly coming out of their Safety Zone to get into their Growth Zone.
I ran Bailey over the wall once or twice and then passed the leash off to Mike who copied us move for move and got a total of four repetitions in for their high moment.
Now, a dog climbing an agility wall in itself isn't a huge accomplishment.
In the context of Bailey and Mike and Lori's journey... it's FREAKEN PROFOUND.
Bailey came to the Doggy Dojo so skittish that, prior to meeting us, when one of her owners dropped the retractable they were on the sound of the plastic clattering on the pavement sent her off in flight.
She got lost, and famous, real quick.
The Animal Control from two towns, local PD, CT Dog Gone Recovery with heat and infrared drones, even local FB community forums were ablaze with ring cam sightings of her.
She dodged all of them for a few days, she's a wiley girl.
She also had some experience at this kinda stuff.
Now, to further the backstory...
Why was she so skittish in the first place?
Lori and Mike rescued her from a hellish experience.
Bailey was found wandering in the Texas heat, possibly abused, possibly feral, for several days.... WITH A BUCKET ON HER HEAD.
I can not imagine what her emotional experience had to be wandering around Texas evading humans, WITH A BUCKET ON HER HEAD.
It had to be cut off by volunteers leaving an injury and a scar on her little forehead.
So, when you watch or rewatch this video from that lens...
You'll see why me and Lori and Mike are so proud of Bailey...
And why I'm Sooooo Proud of my new, old friends Lori and Mike for getting o
Social Tomorrow!
We had a phenomenal turnout last week for the Social leading into our older and intermediate/advanced Dojo Dawgs doing their thing in Distraction.
The few minutes where the beginners, intermediate, advanced, AND Alumni Families all overlap in between the two and my whole little Doggy Dojo Community comes together at once... is just kismet for me.
It's the few minutes a week where, for me, everything is in its right place and I can feel The Universe smile back at me.
This is one minute of my bliss last week.
See Ya Tmrw!
#onelovefourpaws
It might only be Thursday, but Sunday is coming!
This is a really fun 1 minute from a really, really fun Distraction Class last Sunday.
Some of the performances were spectacular, especially in the context of where dogs like Sammy-Sue and Reilly and Kimchi were when they started.
Of course there's also our Ace, Judah Crescimano, holding Place on TOP of the scaling wall...
He must have seen some video of his GF Millie Osip hitting a wait and hold on the top of the wall last week.
😉😉😍😍
Other high points are my friend Chase, Revere's big brother, working Distraction on the squeaker toy for us and even our buddy Dew from K-9 Harmony working his best version of place in a kid and high energy environment.
It was one heck of a day for me.
Thank You to All for being part of my little Doggy Dojo Community.
See Ya This Sunday!
#onelovefourpaws
#adventuresindogging
The third of the three videos from last Sundae Social out at The Country Barn.
Video III: "The one where Pacer Serio makes it over the scaling wall for the first time and Millie Osip shows off with a hold and wait st the top".
**Active AND Alumni Families**
This Sunday we will be back out there, weather permitting.
Please RSVP?!
Should the event ever need to be canceled for weather, cold or calamity it means your RSVP'd spot will come with a cancelation email.
It will also let me plan the event(s) accordingly for weather, and attendees skill level.
Puppy Social @ Noon
https://calendly.com/trainplayrescue/puppy-social-sundae-social
Distraction Class and Adult Social @ 1230
https://calendly.com/trainplayrescue/distraction-class-adult-social
