JZ's Canine Coaching

28/09/2025

Saw this little girl yesterday. We have been working on changing her perception of people, and her feelings about them. 😍

There is this huge narrative in the training world about dogs, being neutral and being able to ignore people and dogs.

What Ive found is more powerful than being neutral, is showing them you have good intentions.

We did half of our session at Mammoth Park, where we stopped and talked with two separate groups of people, instead of just telling them to ignore our dog and hurry past them.

It sounds and feels a bit ridiculous at first, but when you are social and almost go out of comfort zone to say hi to people that are passing by, it shows the dog you are happy to interact with people.

In order to do this, you have to be comfortable being uncomfortable, and get comfortable setting a quick firm boundary if the other person thinks it’s an invitation to pet your dog (if you’re not there yet).

Play with your dog and take them somewhere you’ll see people, interact with the people happily, and see your dogs perception start to shift. 🫶

19/09/2025

I know… timing isn’t great 🫣. Any ideas on what his next trick should be? 🤔

02/08/2025

Get your orders in!

25/03/2025

Resharing from Instagram — if your on it, follow me, I post more often there than I do here.

22/02/2025

Sharing more of what we do 🐾

17/02/2025

Some wise words from Cooper:

🎾 don’t worry if it’s messy at first, keep practicing

🎾 never stop trying to catch snowflakes ❄️

🎾 train often, none of this one time a week stuff, we learn better with consistency!

🎾 take time to watch geese together

🎾 believe we’re trying our best, don’t get frustrated with us

🎾 be clear — tell us what you want, then show/help us

🎾 sometimes we need some physical or tactile cues/prompts to help, don’t worry - you can fade them out as we learn

🎾 always have fun!

08/12/2024

Holiday dog thoughts 🐾 🎅🏼 🎄 🎁

Dogs need more meaningful interactions than giving them a new toy to shred and letting them hang out in the backyard.

Play alone won’t fix issues, but it can help build a skill set and communication system that’s applicable to various situations.

And really… sub out dog with kid, still holds true.

25/10/2024

Quick thoughts on how my trainings changed over the last few years and the reason I’m getting the itch to do board and trains..

If you’re not truly playing with your dogs, you’re missing out on something big. 🎾💛

If you’re someone who has spent hours doing place training with your dog you understand the monotony and the patience it takes. As far as I’m concerned, every part of dog training (and life) takes patience, but it doesn’t all have to be boring. I recently heard a dog trainer say in order for d...

22/09/2024

Had a great session with my 2nd favorite pack today. 😉

We focused on navigating multi dog play. What’s appropriate, when things go from good to not so good, how to handle these situations, what to look for, and how to communicate with all of them in a manner they understand and listen to.

They are the sweetest, most fun pups. And the owners are the kind I always hear about, the clients that turn into friends 💞