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Wed night’s advanced scent work class had a blast searching at Home Depot this past week!
07/01/2025

Wed night’s advanced scent work class had a blast searching at Home Depot this past week!

06/26/2025

Wish your dog liked water?? You can help teach them to like it!💦

Start with a kiddie pool! Use toys or HIGH VALUE treats (pro tip: freeze dried treats float!) and go at your dog’s pace!

The key to helping your dog create a positive association with water is to expose them to it GRADUALLY and never force them past their comfort level. You want your dog to have as many positive experiences with it as you can.

Does your dog like water? If not, you can help teach them to like it!! 💦Last week I hosted a super fun pool party day fo...
06/23/2025

Does your dog like water? If not, you can help teach them to like it!! 💦

Last week I hosted a super fun pool party day for the wonderful daycare dogs of Barks & Recreation. A few of the dogs who are known to HATE water, walked into the wading pool and a couple even got in the big pool all on their own! 😎

While some dogs are born water lovers, others aren’t naturally the biggest fans of it… In my next post, I’ll show you how to help teach your dog to like water! Think about all the summer fun you and your dog can have together!! 🛶⛱️☀️

The pool party with the daycare dogs of Barks & Recreation was an absolute BLAST!!
06/23/2025

The pool party with the daycare dogs of Barks & Recreation was an absolute BLAST!!

06/22/2025

Connection is absolutely central to being the best people for our dogs we can be. Understanding and empathy help us to see what they need and how we can meet those needs in any situation, and when we have both of those things between us, we have connection.

That connection can make training so much easier. Because we understand each other much better and are truly listening to each other, we can move in harmony as we go through the world.

In potentially scary or tricky situations, having a strong connection means that our dogs will trust us to help them and keep them safe. They will feel more able to listen to us and do what we ask of them to navigate the sitaution with a minimum of stress and difficulty.

How then do we go about making that connection?

We respect their choices as much as possible (in a dangerous situation we may have to manage their choices more for safety, but should try to make sure choices are respected outside of these situations).

We make sure their needs are met.

We help them to feel safe and secure.

Most important of all, we listen to them.

The importance of learning about canine communication and body language is often mentioned, and with very good reason. It is the central pillar of understanding our dogs, and so forging that connection.

Make the central focus of life with our dogs about connection, honouring them as the individuals they are and ensuring we give them agency and choice. While we need to be able to have our dogs under control when in public places, this is very different to controlling their lives. We have control over so much of their lives in this very human world, and so it is important to give them control of their own lives as much as possible.

Connection, not control.

Wed night’s scent work class is dropping an album and this is the cover 😂, what should their band name be? And can you g...
06/22/2025

Wed night’s scent work class is dropping an album and this is the cover 😂, what should their band name be? And can you guess which one is going solo one day? (Hint: the one who doesn’t even want her handler in the picture 😏)

Sniffy fun at Handley Park!
06/17/2025

Sniffy fun at Handley Park!

Tilly & Gracie are buddies and both are working towards becoming therapy dogs. As you know, therapy dogs must be well so...
06/13/2025

Tilly & Gracie are buddies and both are working towards becoming therapy dogs. As you know, therapy dogs must be well socialized to many different people and environments. Helping dogs become more socialized doesn’t mean having them interact with every single person or dog they meet. It means exposing your dog to the world organically, at a pace that works for your dog. Proper socialization is a lot of sitting back and letting your dog simply observe the world around them without actually interacting.

Had a wonderful first scent work foundation class with Robin Sockness of My Best Buddy Dog Training’s crew last night! T...
06/12/2025

Had a wonderful first scent work foundation class with Robin Sockness of My Best Buddy Dog Training’s crew last night! Thank you Robin for giving me this opportunity to work with you all at Animal Medical Clinic and I look forward to another 5 weeks of sniffy fun!!

Also, if you have a puppy, I highly recommend her puppy classes!!! 🤩🐶

Had a great first scent work foundation class and first class at the Tyrone Recreation Center last night! The dogs had a...
06/10/2025

Had a great first scent work foundation class and first class at the Tyrone Recreation Center last night! The dogs had a sniff-tastic time!

There are still openings in the Friday night class that begins next week at 8pm!! Come join the fun!

Check out these pics from our Kayak/Paddle Board with Your Dog Workshop! We had a fantastic group who all made incredibl...
06/09/2025

Check out these pics from our Kayak/Paddle Board with Your Dog Workshop! We had a fantastic group who all made incredible progress with their dogs!

We taught all the skills inside first, getting the dogs comfortable getting in and out of box boats while their owners used pool noodles as paddles. Then after some instability work, we introduced the pups to the kayaks and paddle boards and practiced all these new skills on dry land first. We ended the day getting to see how much all that practice and confidence building really paid off when we got a little time on the water! 💦

Thanks Natalia Nizker for another FUN & FABULOUS workshop! Be sure to stay tuned so you don’t miss the next one!! A to Z Dog FUNdamentals

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