Soaring Phoenix K9

04/30/2022

Soaring Phoenix K9 offers personalized training!
However, please keep in mind, we do not work with any cases of aggression at this time.
All breeds are accepted!
Here is what we CAN work on:
Obedience
(Sit, down, off, recall, no jumping, leash manners, focus)
CGC readiness (all three levels)

SPK9 is experienced with psychiatric and mobility service dogs. SPK9 is not experienced in service dogs that work with scent (diabetic or seizure alert) but that is definitely something we can work on together! Keep in mind that SPK9 will only conduct service dog training work with members of the community who are disabled; we do not condone the use of service dogs for people who do not have disabilities.

Soaring Phoenix K9 is located in Saint George, KS at this time.

Consultations are available. In person consultations are not free.
Lessons are $40 an hour, with one hour being the minimum.
Most younger dogs have an attention span of one hour for training, just to give you an idea!

04/28/2022

Between those ears rests a blob of material ran by electricity. Somehow, that blob of material loves me--it trusts me, and is so dedicated to taking care of me that it is always paying attention to what's around.

Service dogs are amazing animals.

01/27/2022

Soaring Phoenix K9 is currently only offering lessons. Board and Train is temporarily unavailable.

Consultations are $20 for a 30-60 minute consultation
Lessons are $40 for the first hour, and $20 per additional hour.

SPK9 is currently located out of Saint George, Kansas

01/18/2022

More than Just "Leave it."

This command has historically been used to tell a dog to leave something alone. It's recommended for use when your dog is being naughty and chewing something it shouldn't, and for when your dog is trying to chase a squirrel on your walk.

"Leave it," has other uses, though. I think about this now, considering my encounter today with a poorly behaved pet being passed off as a service dog in Walmart. This dog did not try to attack Mufasa (it was barking and growling from the arms of its human,) but we have encountered dogs that have tried to attack Mufasa. When this dog was carrying on, Mufasa knew by my heart rate, tension, stress level, and anxiety level that he needed to, "leave it." We are together most of the time, and he has been trained extensively on what this command means. He knows this command so well, he has it pretty much memorized when I were to say it, and can understand what he needs to do, without me needing to verbally tell him. Some may say this could be telepathy, but I call it clear communication. I call it recognition of patterns.
Some may say this sounds more like a high tech artificial intelligence, like a smart device run on the best algoriths. I call this low-tech, authentic intelligence, run on these lightning paths of electricity and chemicals.
AI smart devices are not better than the real thing. Mufasa /is/ the real thing.

It's not just about our seamless communication, though; communicating "leave it," isn't just about the blind obedience to leave whatever it is alone. "Leave it," also say something else to the dog. It says, "You can trust me."

When I ask Mufasa to "leave it," I could be asking him to ignore a potential (or credible) threat to his life. When he chooses to obey this command, he knowingly puts his life in my hands.

We talk often about how we as service dog handlers rely so much on our service dogs. It's true that we need them, but I'm not sure we really see how much they are willing to give us, and willing to risk for us.

Do we really deserve dogs?

Tiffany Scheid, Soaring Phoenix K9 1/17/2022

01/09/2022

11/15/2021

On prong collars:

Prong collars, fitted and used properly, are an effective and often ground breaking tool for communication.

Please note:
Fitted
And
Used properly

Without those two elements, the prong is dangerous, useless, and shows a lack of consideration on the trainer's part.

High and tight, pop and release for corrections. Never allow the dog to sustain a pull against the prong as it will render the tool ineffective and defeats the purpose of using it.

See also that the prong is the version of the rosetta stone that can bridge the gap between dog communication and human intention.

11/01/2021

New service added!
$350/month in exchange for 4 one on one 1-2 hour lessons and unlimited advice between the hours of 7a and 10p for the duration of that month.

10/28/2021

This picture is not mine!
Please remember, starving as well as overfeeding are detrimental to the safety, health, and well-being of your dogs.

10/27/2021

10/13/2021

"Hey, look Mom, I made it!"
Bred by Ileene Strauss of One Oak German Shepherds
Trained by Tiffany Scheid of Soaring Phoenix K9
Gear made by Beryl Billingsley of Beryl's Braids N Stitches

A year can change everything.
In that year:
Over 2000 training hours logged together
6 obedience titles..
🏅CGC
🏅CGCA
🏅CGCU
🏅VHMP
🏅VHMA
🏅Rally Novice
2 cross country moves

10/11/2021

The website is up! Please bear with me as I work on it ❤ https://soaring-phoenix-k9.square.site/

10/11/2021

10/11/2021

10/07/2021

Hello! I am a dog trainer located near Manhattan and Fort Riley, Kansas. I have two openings for 4 week board and trains for puppies 6 months or younger, with all shots current including rabies. The 4 weeks will consist of kennel training, house training, leash training, socialization, desensitization, basic obedience--all of the things to make it an easier transition when your puppy goes back to your house! The idea is to get puppy ready for CGC, and get the hard stuff out of the way so you can focus on bonding and excelling together.

My 4 week puppy board and train package is $1,500.00, or $2,500.00 for 2 puppies during the 4 week period. This includes home manners, pet store manners, travel manners in the car, crate training, house training, socialization with other dogs, and socialization with cats. You will receive pictures and videos for updates, and a going home session to teach you all about your puppy's new skills!

Puppy needs to be up to date on all shots with records, including rabies, and on flea/tick preventative (spray, topical, pill, etc)

This rate will increase from the puppy rate and difficulty.
➡️No breed restrictions!
🚫NO aggression cases accepted at this time

Please email me at [email protected] if you would like the pre-screening questionnaire!

10/07/2021

This is Olan Mufasa Hass von OneOak performing his blocking task. Can you see him identifying the trigger and blocking to mitigate?
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM81pcMYY/

Blocking is a task popularly done with psychiatric service dogs. Watch how Mufasa identifies the trigger and blocks!

08/07/2021

https://www.facebook.com/100012412298754/posts/1207297509693981/?sfnsn=mo

08/07/2021

08/06/2021

On Lassie Tasking

I could never place my SD in harms way by allowing it off leash and wandering as a task in public. At home, on a property like a farm even? This task could be great! But Lassie tasking (that's what I'll call it) is a threat to the dog's safety, health, and well-being in the pool of public access matter.

Lassie tasking is where the service dog would supposedly approach a stranger in public, in hopes of getting help for its handler. I am sure many of you have seen the picture being circulated that tells you to follow a service dog that is by itself.
There are a few things wrong with this:

First:
You are placing your life in the hands of people you don't know. A stranger doesn't know your health problems, and they do not have any ties to you that would make them want to help you. Strangers aren't even guaranteed to have any medical training. How, and why, could and should they help you?

Secondly:
I could never place the well being of my service dog in the hands of the public. They don't know him, they don't know his health, they don't know anything about him besides the fact he just approached them. They could steal him. They could poison him. They could harm him otherwise. They could kill him.

Thirdly:
A service dog, without its handler, is not legally protected. Say I got a hotel room; he can be with me as my medical equipment, but the second I were to leave him alone in the room, he is a pet. If a stranger were to handle my dog, he is no longer a service dog. He is then just a highly trained dog someone is handling.

Essentially, a service dog's place, in public, is always at the side of its handler. Lassie tasking in public is dangerous to the dog, the handler, and to the public. If the dog is on a farm, and also happens to be a service dog, sure, lassie tasking could absolutely be beneficial to the handler; it's extremely unlikely the dog is fetching the stranger, and extremely likely that the handler will actually get the help they need without harm to them or the dog.

Do you have any questions I could elaborate on? Ask below!