TrickyTailz

16/08/2024

This is a short clip showing Danielle doing some stretching with Rabbit. Stretching is as important for dogs as it is for humans during physical activity.

If you’d like to learn more about canine fitness and how to reduce the chances of injury for sport dogs, please contact us!

23/07/2024

Interested in learning a little more about canine fitness and how it can improve your sport or conformation dog? Danielle will be presenting information about the square stand to the Lagotto Romangnolo Club of America during the Carolina Foothills Dog Show Cluster this Friday, the 26th, at 3:30 PM. The event is free to enter, but there is a fee for parking.

Come on out to the Greenville Convention Center to learn more about what a square stand is, what muscles are being used, and how to teach your dog to stack without any physical manipulation from the handler.

19/04/2024

Happy Spring everyone! Danielle will be teaching another Canine Conditioning Foundations class at Happy Dogs Training Center. The first day of class will be April 28. It will be a 6 week class that meets weekly with a break in the middle to give time to practice skills from the first 3 weeks.

The cost is $160 and you can register here:

https://booking.trickytailz.com

There are only 4 student slots available so Danielle has plenty of time to devote to each student so register today!

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29/12/2023

We’re partnering with Happy Dogs Training Center to offer our first ever canine conditioning class. It’s going to be a blast!

We are pleased to announce that Danielle Daws, CPCFT of Tricky Tailz will be offering a Canine Conditioning Foundations class at Happy Dogs beginning January 9th, 2024.

When: Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Class Limit: 5 students (each team will be separated by ring gates, but dogs should be able to work with other dogs in the adjacent ring). Only three spots remain open as of today! If there is enough interest, a second class may be added.

Cost $150 / 6 weeks

For more information about the class, contact Danielle at [email protected]

To register before the class fills, https://trickytailz.com/trickytailz-classes/

03/09/2023

Everything you train to perfection requires the dog to make it through the "learning phase." This time is different for every dog and can be frustrating for both the dog and the handler.

In this video, you can see the difference in Rabbit's performance between when he first starts working on Pivots with Step Up in March of 2023 and now.

You can also see Danielle working through her own frustration. Notice how she deals with Rabbit's over arousal by ending the session with a series of nose-to-hand touches (a skill he knows very well) and rewards.

Ending your sessions on a good note for your dog ensures they will always want to participate in the future 🙂

26/08/2023

Working on proprioception, balance, and strength with independent rear left lifts.

30/07/2023

You may have noticed that we haven’t posted much over the past year. Danielle has been hard at work earning her CPCFT certification.

CPCFTs receive focused training on canine anatomy, physiology, and the creation of strength and conditioning programs designed to achieve specific outcomes like weight management, sport performance, and rebuilding muscle after an injury (once cleared by a vet to participate.)

If you’d like to work with Danielle to build a healthier, stronger pup, let us know!

04/07/2023

Happy Independence Day y’all!

08/12/2022

Sanja and K9 Remi have been working hard to perfect the 10 tricks needed for the AKC Trick Dog Advanced (TKA) title. Watch them knock it out of the park. Good job you two!

03/09/2022

Charlotte and K9 Oliver have been training with us to build confidence and obedience skills. We set up a course to challenge Oliver while off-leash and look how well he did!

09/08/2022

Beach vacation. Rabbit isn’t allowed to take the stairs right now, so we have been working on elevator training for the last two months. As part of our training, I generalized taking the elevator by going to several different locations with different types of elevators - glass, super large, smaller, carpeted, no carpet, etc.

However, the elevator at this beach house is literally the smallest elevator I have ever seen! It’s about 2-ft by 3-ft and has a very loud, plastic gate that is VERY scary to my little dude. I am sooooo proud of him for trusting me and working through his fear! He’s the most amazing dog!!!

01/06/2022

Congrats to Sanja and K9 Remi on their Trick Dog titles. The team earned their CGC and Trick Dog Novice titles in early April and followed it up with an Intermediate title today. That is some really impressive team work!

Trick dog training might just seem like cute fun but it actually teaches extremely useful everyday skills and builds engagement in a way that is enjoyable for both dogs and their humans.

We love trick training and so do our clients!

It is great fun at parties too! 🎉🎊🥳

15/12/2021

Today we worked with Tucker, one of our favorite dogs. Tucker and his people have been training with us since he was just a wee pup. Lee Holliday and Catherine Hayes Holliday have done a great job building his foundational skills. Today, we polished some of those behaviors.

Such a smart boy!

07/12/2021

We have been using the same pricing structure for the past three years. Times are changing and we must keep up with them. We will have new rates for training that go into effect starting January 1, 2022.

We encourage all of our existing clients to consider buying packages between now and the end of the year to lock in the lower rates.

Training sessions are completely transferable and would make a great gift for friends and family!

Summary of changes:

Assessments increase from $45 to $50
One hour training increases from $60 to $65
10 hour packages increase from $550 to $600
20 hour packages increase from $1025 to $1150

24/10/2021

Danielle and Rabbit practicing a focused heel.

This advanced skill requires a lot from a dog. We don’t ever expect a dog to heel like this for long periods of time but it sure is pretty in short doses.

When you and your dog are ready, we can teach you how to use food or toys to get this impressive focused heel.

18/10/2021

We’ve all been there. 🤪🐶

18/10/2021

Many of you know that Danielle and Rabbit compete in AKC Rally, also known as Rally Obedience. Rally differs from standard obedience in that it is focused more on casual, fun courses that challenge both the dog and the handler.

You can think of a rally course as something of an obstacle course that is completed by performing specific obedience tasks at each station. The tasks are specified by a sign and each course is made up to 10-25 signs depending on the level of difficulty. There are over 200 possible signs at the highest levels and each course is unique.

This video is from one of Danielle’s Master class courses. She scored a perfect score of 100 on this run.

19/09/2021

We love getting success pictures from our clients (current and former!).

Kelly and K9 Cookie came to us to work on basic obedience including topics loose leash walking, confidence building, and socialization.

Part of her confidence training involved field trips to places like Home Depot! Turns out Cookie loves riding in carts 😂

18/08/2021

Danielle and Rabbit practicing Rally skills.

Rally (also called Rally Obedience) is great way to bond with your dog in a relaxed but still fun and challenging environment without the stress of “Formal Obedience”

11/08/2021

Today Danielle and Rabbit demonstrate some novice level tricks. Tricks are great for building engagement with your dog and are often both practical AND fun. We’ll be posting more videos like this in the near future showing more advanced tricks.

You can earn an AKC Novice Trick Dog title with only 10 tricks… and it only takes 5 if you’ve already earned your Canine Good Citizen (CGC) title.

https://youtu.be/Yc3ZN6vmChY

Danielle and K9 Rabbit demonstrate AKC Novice Tricks.

30/07/2021

Things are finally getting back to normal here after the renovation (although our training room still has some clean up to do.)

Got the freeze drier back in action making yummy treats!