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11/27/2025

Happy Turkey Day to all the pups out there! Hope your turkey is cooked, the potatoes are mashed and the pie is finished by kickoff!

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11/22/2025

Ope, just going to sneak right past ya there and look at some doggos...Some familiar faces and some new ones, but the dogs are still solid! 🐶

IYKYK
New K9 coming to a place near you!

Thanks it was a fun but tough choice day!

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.a.mal-a-doodle

11/19/2025

Throwback Tuesday...

That one time it was REALLY windy, but Fergus still had his photo shoot scheduled! 🤣

He's such a good sport. One of the best dogs we've owned, IMO. He has his moments, but all dogs do. Oh, but he was terrible as a puppy. Lol

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11/13/2025

Ms. Hannah full sent her Thursday and final day with us for now! She has made some good strides and progress, but also has the skills to achieve more! From dogs, to squirrels (and deer aparently), to jumping on people, we tried to work on it all.

The reality of any training program with a trainer is that it does end. We try and get the dog to a place where they can continue to thrive and work on their skills, knowing that we have given them our best. Hannah is in the "proofing" stage of life and at only like 11 months old, she still thinks she knows it all...just ask her! Its our job as trainers or owners to keep on the path and set her up for success, while also challenging her learning.

We have enjoyed her time with us and wish her all the best. Hopefully we will see her again or get good updates. Its been a pleasure Misses!!

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11/10/2025

Chilly and snowy start to Ms. Hannah's final few days, so we went inside...🤣❄️❄️ There were still plenty of recalls with squirrels before we left the park tho, so it was still good. As history dictated, the closer to the distraction the harder it was to perform under pressure. But, it was important she still complete the behavior, so as not to learn she can skip the rules.

One thing many don't want to talk about is dog accountability. Dogs are opportunistic creatures, who are masters of manipulation and self-centeredness. If they don't have to do something, they likely won't. Why would they? If they keep "not doing" something long enough, guess what happens? The "not doing" is now more reinforced more than the doing.

Dogs can see this all as a game. Once the dog understands the rules (early part of the process), there should be enforcement. What this does is maintain structure and, coupled with fairness and consistency, helps the dog understand what is accepted. Far too often, sometimes out of human emotion, we slack, slide, bend or flat out stop doing our half of the rules game. Once the dog gets over the confusion of it, its easy for them to take the advantage. If it rinses and repeats enough, then the dog owns the house and you're the one left paying the mortgage...

Ask yourself this question: are the rules ALWAYS the same with my dog?

If the answer is "no", don't panic. Most dogs are quickly able to get back into the game with a little reset work on your end.

If the answer is "yes", congrats! You are the perfect dog owner and don't ever have to read motivational training posts ever again! 😝

But seriously, both humans and dogs are imperfect beings, in an imperfect world. Strive for the perfection, but enjoy the process and dog along the way. Your dog will appreciate the effort...

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11/07/2025

Ms. H was Full Sending her Friday (and week) with some town landmark visits!

Stores, people, other dogs and yes, more squirrels!! She has made good strides towards listening and recalling off the critters she loves. Honestly, at a certain level, that will never go away. You can't train out genetics! But, she is starting to understand that recall is not optional and it comes with its own rewards. And was that a flexi leash in that clip?! Must be seeing things...😉😝

Few more days with her and what other challenges we can dig up!?!

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11/04/2025

This is Ms. Hannah! She's been hanging out with us lately, while working on her manners and recalls. We did some prior work with her this past spring and her owners have certainly done a good job since. We are just upping her distractions game and getting real-world work in.

Recalling off the park squirrels is a difficult task. But, as we've said before, thats REALITY based training. If your dog can come back to you in the house or the yard, thats great. But until you show them that recall applies under ANY AND ALL condtions, it may not be that reliable in life. Teaching a dog to recall in a static environment, with no functional moving parts, and absent of challenges is setting them up for failure!

We have to say though, she would gladly take on a squirrel if allowed. She may be small, but shes mighty!

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10/31/2025

Throwback Thursday, to when gave us a Mr. Fingal--T sweet hairdo! 🤣🤘

Additionally, Fresh Coast K9 has closed operations until Nov. 3, due to bereavement. We will respond to any inquiries and training at that time. Thank you for your understanding during this difficult time.

10/22/2025

Workinng Dog Wednesday...

The Babydawg was on 🔥 for his detection work today! Honestly, this was a big search venue (200-400 seat auditorium, stage and storage locations) and we weren't sure how he would respond to that. But..."trust your dog" as they say.

We also worked on some indirect rewarding back at the handler with him. Hes been on a marker for a long time in general skils, but we've been playing around with the indirect part lately on detection. Rewarding away from the odor source can be an extemely valuable safety skill to have, especially for 🧨🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺 like him. Last thing you want in this line of work is to throw the toy and set the 🧨 off by accident 😬☠️💩. He also worked the seating area rather unortodox like, but hey, a trained final response is a trained final response...we'd be going for the exit!

Also got some tracking on both the hard and soft and got to watch our buddy, K9 Omar, get dome reps in. Working dogs is working dogs and there is no substitue!

DYK, we at Fresh Coast K9 can also help with your sport or civilian detection/nosework?! (Psst--its the same thing babydawg does, just different!😉). Whether you're new to the sport or looking to get started, a seasoned competitor or just a nosework dabbler, we can help!! Contact us today and use our real world working knowledge to your advantage!

www.freshcoastk9.com or send us a DM!

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10/21/2025

Now that Mr. R has headed home (we miss him already), its back to doing admin tasks. When you're a small business, sometimes you gotta do small business things. Just here prepping some promo gifts for an upcoming event. It's not as fun as training dogs, but ya can't train em if you don't reach em!

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,gotrainyourdog

10/17/2025

Mr. R rocked his Full Send Friday by going downtown to our favorite dog shop, !!

He navigated the sidewalk and bustle pretty well and seemed to take most of it in stride. He still was unsure, but thats to be expected. It was important for him to choose his decisions, without being asked. Why? Because obedience is "artificial". Its a conditioning and manipulation of behavior.

Yes, we have taught him to lay calmly, walk nicely etc. But if he CHOOSES to do it in the presence stress or stimuli it shows us that he is starting to manage things within his own mind. Make his own (good) decisions. A byproduct of the conditioning is the default to lay down, be still and so on. But if we ask him to do it, we have to hold him accountable. And under stressful situations that can be problematic for dogs who are already on edge or dont have a long history of performing behaviors.

That's all a long way to say he did great and we are proud of him!

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