Providing quality instruction since 1972. We can come to you for a home visit to help you resolve a behavior problem.
Our unique method of dog training blends traditional reward training with a very successful behavior modification program that develops a deeper, stronger bond between you and your dog. Or you can learn with other dog owners in one of our small classes and practice at home. Either way, we guarantee your best friend will have the best possible chance to meet your expectations.
Our class schedule has just been updated. We have a Puppy Kindergarten class beginning on Friday, May 15. Class size is limited so signup early. Click on the link below for information and a registration form.
Don't forget, we also offer in-home private training lessons!
Our unique method of dog training blends traditional reward training with a very successful behavior modification program.
SCHEDULING UPDATE
If you were participating in a class that was stopped in March due to COVID-19, we plan to complete those classes. Tuesday classes will restart on May 12 and Saturday classes will restart on May 16. All participants will be required to follow the COVID-19 directive from the governor of Ohio (please see below).
1. No more than a total of 10 people will be allowed in the building at any time
2. If you have any symptoms of Coronavirus, you must not enter the building
3. Practice good hand sanitizing and maintain a minimum distance of 6 feet from others
4. It is recommended but not required for you to wear a face mask
Because we are allowed no more than 10 people in the building at any time, we can only allow one person per dog in the class (unless there are less than 8 students).
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.
In light of this pandemic, we cannot schedule classes at this time. We will set up a schedule as soon as we believe it is safe to do so. Until then, obey the authorities and may God Bless you all.
Dog runs with mountain biker "dad"
A biker who's all about the trails, is accompanied by a canine that loves running the trails ahead of him, allowing them to spend all day, every day together.
Good information even for people with dogs who hate crates.
Most dogs who've had a bad past experience with being crated can be patiently and successfully 'reprogrammed' to view their new doggy den in a positive way.
A very interesting article to show why we should give our dogs opportunities to sniff.
It's important to your dog's physical and mental well-being that you give her lots of opportunities to sniff up a storm on her walks with you.
Good, well-written article.
Dog parks may seem like great additions to the community, but they’re rife with problems — for you, and for your dog. Here’s what to know before you go.
Our class schedule has just been updated. From Puppy to Advanced Open and Utility, we have a class for you. Click on the link below for information and a registration form.
Don't forget, we also offer in-home private training lessons!
Our unique method of dog training blends traditional reward training with a very successful behavior modification program.
2 videos down in the article show this dog’s energy and courage. Also, consider living with this dog as a pet. Watch as the officer is interviewed with the dog and how the dog continually gets up in his face. Also, the little protection scenario they show is good and the way K-9 Duke drinks water…
Not a pet.
A California K-9 who served in the Marine Corps in Iraq was captured on video taking down an assault suspect who had allegedly led police on a chase in California early Friday morning.
A rescue purebred dog that became the ideal police dog. A beautiful tribute and story.
They said he was too much to handle. That’s all I knew about him. He had lived on an Indian Reservation, was returned to a shelter, and was too much to handle. That is where our story started. I was looking for my second police dog and after numerous trips to L.A. to test imported dogs, all of which failed Sac PD’s stringent tests, we heard of a 9-month-old Dutch Shepherd. A local dog at a kennel in Sonora. He was a rescue. Pulled from a shelter in Humboldt County by North American Dutch Shepherd Rescue, but set aside for police work when someone saw his potential.
We took the drive to Sonora and I met ‘Pyro’ for the first time. From what I remember, he was standing on top of a cargo container, at least 10’ high, when we pulled in. Keenly watching. I wondered how he could of got on top of something that tall. He was slender, just 51 lbs., still a puppy, yet had huge ears that he hadn’t quite grown into. We took him on loan and headed back to Sacramento.
This little brindle rescue never backed down. There wasn’t anything we could present to him that he would shy away from. He passed each of our tests. He was tough, determined, strong, yet incredibly social. I could tell he was going to be challenging, but we chose him. ‘Pyro’ was renamed ‘Rollo’, his namesake a crabbing boat in Alaska, and we began our journey.
We became a team of firsts for Sac PD - he was the first Dutch Shepherd the K9 Unit had ever chosen, the first rescue, and the youngest dog ever selected. We finished our training and hit the streets, he at just a year old! And he was paired with me, the first female handler for our department.
I quickly learned a few things about Rollo. If you didn’t give him something to do, he would find something to do. My little ‘Dingo’ tested my patience on training days, humbled me on the trial field, yet brought out my proudest moments while working. We were a great team, the best partner I ever had. I would choose him again, over anyone.
At home, the dog that was too much to handle became my son’s first friend. Meeting when he was just 4 months old, and Rollo still a puppy himself, the two of them would grow up together. Rollo would lay next to my son while he was a baby, learning to crawl, stand, sometimes using Rollo for support. Letting him sit on his back like a horse as my son giggled until he fell off. When he was older, they moved to the backyard and became buddies, playing for hours with the hose. Hauling tennis balls in his tractor, “Raw-ro” patiently following behind. Playing baseball, Rollo the best outfielder. Emptying stockings at Christmas. Rollo had one too. He was part of our family.
He loved to go work. And I loved being his partner. Every day, he watched the sun rise through the back window on our morning drive in. It calmed him. I would always reach back and pet his shoulders. Throughout the day he would come through the center and put his paw on my shoulder while I was driving or lean in for a kiss on his nose. He was so affectionate, yet would shift to work mode if he heard the dispatcher raise us, “K9-1”?... He would start barking. It was time to work, Mom.
We were there for the officers. We were their back-up. To search for suspects that had got away or to just handle a call because it was safer to use a police dog. Rollo never recognized danger. He never knew that I was asking him to go first so that our officers could go home safe to their families. I don’t think he would have backed down. He was inherently brave. He had it in him the day I picked him up. He would do anything for me. He earned the badge he wore, and then some.
He was captivating to watch during a search. He could work for hours, never tiring, never giving up. If it was summer and he came across someone’s pool, he would take a quick dip. I wouldn’t mind and my cover officers would usually laugh. If a homeowner happened to see, they would laugh too.
Rollo loved catching bad guys, stealing my Starbucks mochas when I got out of the car, treats from Peggy at the garage, and interrupting his shop friends to lean in for some pets - they never minded. He loved swimming, working on his relax, the pool waterfall, the hose. He loved Dr. Wong, his favorite nurse Leslie. He loved his K9 friends - Ace, Kona, Bosko & Iron. He loved making his rounds at SWAT briefings and roll-calls, our weekend naps, crawling up on his Aunt Chelle’s lap for scratches. He loved me.
And he adored kids. Demos for one class, the whole school. No problem, that meant more pets. He loved when I would idle through a neighborhood with all the windows down in-between calls. He knew exactly what we were doing. He knew if I saw kids, I would stop. Get out. Talk to them. Introduce Rollo who was already leaning halfway out, tongue out happy, waiting for a pet. During his 9 years of service, I used the dog that was too much to handle to make countless connections with the youth in our community and build trust between my uniform, our badges, and them.
Rollo was a warrior to the end. His spirit and bravery that he had as a pup never died. He never gave up on me on the streets and he never gave up at the end in his battle with cancer. I gave up for him.
On November 22, 2019 we stopped for our last peppermint mocha before heading one last time to VCA Animal Hospital. Rollo was surrounded with love - a few K9’s, our old partner Randy circling in the police helicopter above us, family, VCA staff that had cared for him. And loved him.
They say that we are partnered for a reason. That K9s are like their handlers, handlers are like their dogs.
They said he was too much to handle.
I guess we were perfect...
You were never too much for me, Rollo. Find ‘em buddy. Get ‘em outta there... I’ll catch up to you ❤️
-Officer Linda Matthews, Sacramento Police
If you're considering adopting a pet, it's important to look beyond the animal's physical characteristics and evaluate their personality as well.
Our class schedule has just been updated. From Puppy to Advanced Open and Utility, we have a class for you. Click on the link below for information and a registration form.
Don't forget, we also offer in-home private training lessons!
Our unique method of dog training blends traditional reward training with a very successful behavior modification program.
How nice to hear... 🙂
Dog ownership is associated with a 24% lower risk of dying from any cause, compared to non-dog owners.
What a weekend for Jamie Galambos and her Vizsla, Magnus, they completed their beginner novice title with two scores of 197 out of 200, a second place followed by a first place.
Today they received another 197 for first place and their 4th leg.
Three 197 scores …. WOW! Join me in congratulating this great success!
Novice next. More challenges.
Congratulations to Mary and her little Sheltie, Axl, now with two of three qualifying scores in Open!!!
1st place Open A with a 192 out of 200 September 28, 2019
1st place Open A with a 193 out of 200 today
Studies show that spaying/neutering large and giant breed dogs increases the risk for many diseases, including several types of canine cancer.
Our class schedule has just been updated with two new Puppy classes.
Click on the link below for information and a registration form.
Don't forget, we also offer in-home private training lessons!
Our unique method of dog training blends traditional reward training with a very successful behavior modification program.
This past weekend, Larry Warnke and his Golden Retriever, Mazy, were 4th place in Open B. They are just beginning their progress in showing in both Open B and Utility B, having completed the UD title, now possibly for the title of UDX. Congratulations on this fun beginning!
Mary Barrington and her Sheltie, Axl, trialed in Open A and achieved their first qualifying score on Saturday with first place and a score of 192. Mary has had challenges with little Axl, who is so full of energy and enthusiasm, who lacking front teeth had to learn to pick up the dumbbell. Great job Mary and Axl!!!!!
Please be careful with your dogs.
After the death of multiple dogs last week, veterinarians are sending out a warning to dog owners: be aware of algae in the water and take precautions if your pups are swimming.
Our class schedule has just been updated. From Puppy to Advanced Open and Utility, we have a class for you. Click on the link below for information and a registration form.
Don't forget, we also offer in-home private training lessons.
Our unique method of dog training blends traditional reward training with a very successful behavior modification program.
The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is warning about a recent rise in scams targeting people looking to buy puppies. People in search of a dog have been scammed out of thousand…
Dogs bark for different reasons, and understanding what triggers the behavior can provide insights into what, if anything, you should do about it.
More recalls of toxic pet food: Hills and Science Diets
After several dog deaths due to vitamin D toxicity, multiple class action lawsuits have now been filed against Hill's Prescription and Science diets.
Congratulations to Jamie and Magnus (Vizsla), achieving 188.5 in Beginner Novice at the Vizsla Club of America Nationals last week.
Great job!
I just found out that Kory and Audie were 2nd place in the first trial where they received a 191.5 and experienced the defense siren.
What a comeback….. :)
So then shortly after another trial same day with a 199 and high in trial.
Wow!
5 popular indoor plants to avoid like the plague as they are toxic to dogs.
Houseplants and flowers are lovely for homes, but buyer beware, if you choose one of these five toxic beauties, you may be exposing your pet to toxins.
Interesting to consider.
Just like your personality traits can change as you go through big life changes, this also happens with your dog.
This seems like helpful information to share as through your dog's life you will experience it. This helps us decide what to do.
There are many causes for vomiting, some benign; the causes for regurgitation are different and may signal a serious underlying disorder.
Interesting information. Mixed breed for better health is not justified…..
It's helpful to learn your mixed breed dog's ancestry and health predisposition, and work with an integrative veterinarian to manage inherited diseases.
Mary Barrington and her Sheltie, Axl, achieved their CD today with a 191 out of 200, receiving 3rd place.
Congratulations!!!! Great little dog and great scores. Axl is trained already for Open so onward now to the CDX!!!
Congratulations to Mary Barrington and her little powerhouse sheltie, Axl!
Two first place wins over the weekend in Novice B for his first two legs of the required three for a CD. I am told he was the only one that qualified on Sunday. Saturday was a 192 1/2, and Sunday was a 189 1/2. Apparently, he forgot to sit a couple of times when heeling and he ran into her on the recall. No lack of enthusiasm there…
:)
Congratulations Kathy and Jax! They completed the requirements for the CD title this past weekend at TKC with a second place on Friday, a third place on Saturday, and Sunday a fourth qualifying score with a first place, 192! (they had one qualifying score from a previous trial) Great work!!! Not many dogs can do three days in a row and come out doing so well all three days.
I think Kathy and Jax are just about ready for the next class, Open A.
Very interesting information about the reason not to give this vaccine and clear info about kennel cough.
It's best to let kennel cough run its course with the aid of natural, nontoxic remedies; it's also best to avoid Bordetella vaccines for a variety of reasons.
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