14/08/2024
Tater tot finished the first week of his handler course! His handler came to Spokane. Can't wait for what week 2 brings. ❤️
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Tater tot finished the first week of his handler course! His handler came to Spokane. Can't wait for what week 2 brings. ❤️
Rikki and Reya enjoying a night at the local baseball game.
Tater tot and Rikki on a nice outing today.
Snuck some sewing time in recently. I like how the vests turned out. My favorite is the dinos. ❤️
Tater tot stopping by to say hello. ❤️
Artichoke and his wonderful handler passed their public access test and are officially a full fledged team. I'm so proud of the work they have done and about their new life together. Good job Mr. Artichoke. Take the world by storm. ❤️
No fault on either party but Appa is back available. Let's find this boy a handler. ❤️
Some of the boys at the mall today.
Artichoke, Shrimp, and Rikki
Happy Fourth of July from us here at Ruff Hearts. I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday. ❤️❤️❤️
Dogs in order of appearance: Shrimp, Rikki, Appa, Paragon, and Shepherd.
Available Malinois puppies. 4 months old. Vaccinated except rabies. Dewormed. I rescued them. I do not have parents.
Crate trained. Mostly potty trained.
Know sit, Down, spin, and touch. And have experience out in the world.
Very social. Love people and other dogs. They do well with cats.
Medium energy and drive. Located in Spokane, WA
Potential Service Dog Prospects in this set of puppies.
Restock day for the homemade treat pouches I make for training the dogs.
The dogs may enjoy the training treats but no one enjoys restock day more than the cats. They are magnificent taste testers. ❤️
Orpheus, Angelica, Hamilton, and Jimbo.
Mr. Artichoke finished his first week of his handler course. Their handler is the first one to do my one week here, one week there program where they come to me for the first week and I go to their town for the 2nd.
Artichoke did wonderful and got to get his graduation build a bear. ❤️
Thank you to his handler for being the first one interested in this new system and coming to Spokane.
Can't wait for his 2nd week of handler course in July.
Spots Available for new service dogs. I have opened my waitlist and have room to add in a couple new prospects. I am happy to have those prospects have handlers already waiting for them and it's a great opportunity if you've been looking for a service dog. Payment plans available. Plus I am giving a 20% discount for anyone who gets on the waitlist by July 1st. My goal has always been to help people get service dogs for those that need them. I hope I can help more now. ❤️
Congratulations to Biscuit and his handler, Alex, on graduating from their handler course!! Im so excited to see their future together. ❤️
It is an honor to have been able to train Biscuit from a young pup to what he is now.
Some of the kids during some recently training at home. ❤️
Rikki, Appa, Reya, Paragon, and Artichoke
Biscuit very concerned about his graduation Build a Bear. He picked out the capybara. ❤️
Every dog that graduates from me, gets to go and pick out and keep a build a bear stuffy. I love this tradition. ❤️
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Broadway, Biscuit, his handler, and I went to a castle this morning to have tea. It was a wonderful experience. They gave us a couple treats to give the dogs at the end. Plus there was an elephant shaped teapot. Can't get much better and the boys did so well. ❤️
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Did you know that Appa is still available?! How can this be?
In light of this, I am offering a discount on Mister Appa in hopes that he will find his right Handler. Please message me for details.
I will also be running a large discount to anyone who signs up for a new dog from me in the next couple of weeks. I have some room for new pups and want to give people more of a chance to afford a service dog. ❤️
I also have a nice discount for anyone local to Spokane!
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This set is fabric on upper layer. It is beautiful and comes with a matching 2 inch collar and a 8 foot convertible leash. $125 + shipping.
Paracord guide can be shortened or made to order. Counter Balance is removable. This specific one fits dogs between 50-85 lbs
This vest comes as is. Or can be made to order and customized. Everything can be customized. From color, size, fabric, patches can be added.
Model of this one is Broadway my personal service dog.
This set is fabric on lower layer. It is beautiful and has galaxy fabric on the inside. $65 + shipping.
Paracord guide can be shortened or made to order. Counter Balance is removable. This specific one fits dogs between 50-85 lbs
This vest comes as is. Or can be made to order and customized. Everything can be customized. From color, size, fabric, patches can be added.
Model of this one is Biscuit service dog in training.
I am going to post a couple of vests I've made recently. They are available but I also do custom orders. This vest but your choice in color, size, fabric, and patches.
Patches are velcro. Counter Balance is removable. Guide is permanent. This specific one will fit 55-80 lb dogs.
$75 + shipping for this one. Or $85 + shipping to customize for your preferences.
The beautiful model is Biscuit one of our service dog in trainings.
Happy Easter from all of us here of Ruff Hearts.
Pictured: Appa, Shrimp Chow Mein, Sooty, and Artichoke
Puppies are here. We have 8 mal puppies that I will be fostering until I can find them homes. And some people asked what they could do to help.
I have made an Amazon wishlist. And will share it here. The biggest help on the wishlist is the potty pads. The biggest things I need otherwise are bleach, my disinfectant (kennel sol), and puppy food. That is not on Amazon in a way that can get to me. So I will also add my venmo and PayPal. Please don't feel obligated to send anything. This is specifically if you want to help. Thank you all in advance. Anything helps.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3OTTGHLPS953H?ref_=wl_share
Venmo:
Paypal: [email protected]
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Appa when he realizes the treat of the day is boiled chicken. 🤣🤣
Public access training at the mall.
Look at him go. I don't know if anyone remembers Yukon. But here he is. Doing his job. ❤️
Officer Zanotelli and Luka recently completed week 3 of training at the Washington State Department of Corrections K9 Narcotic Detection Dog Program. The focus of the training was the detection of contraband such as he**in, co***ne and methamphetamine. The team went through over 40 unknown finds which reinforced the ability to see Luka's change of behavior as well as letting him work through odor. Officer Zanotelli and Luka are on track and working great as a team! 🐕🦺🐕🦺🐕🦺🐕🦺🐕🦺
Today is a bad Migraine day. So here are some photos of Luna play bowing and asking me to come play outside with her. ❤️
Some of the dogs are starting to blow coat. So they got a nice bath and a good brushing session. ❤️
Reya and Shepherd.
Happy National Puppy Day. This is a holiday I didn't make up. 🤣
Here are some pictures if the kids close to graduation: Tater Tot, Luna, Broadway, Shrimp Chow Mein.
And yes. I snuck a picture of Broadway in here. (My personal service dog in training) But he is close to graduation and was a ridiculously cute puppy.
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So proud of Biscuit practicing opening the Handicap Button recently. #servicedogtrainer #doggo #belgianmalinois #belgianmalinoisoftiktok #germanshepherd #rescuedog #doggosdoingthings #doggosoftiktok #servicedog #servicedoglife #servicedogtrainer #dog #dogtraining #dogsofttiktok
Mr. Tater Tot does not appreciate Oogie Boogie appropriately. 🤣 I love Halloween season because it gives a lot desensitization training for the dogs because of all the stuff that is on display. ❤️ #servicedogtrainer #servicedogprospect #servicedog #servicedogs #servicedogintraining #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedoglife #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogs #dog #dogsofinstagram #goldenretriever #ruffhearts #pnwadventures #pnw #washington
Renegade is a great copilot. ❤️ #belgianmalinois #dogs #dogsofinstagram #ruffhearts #polarismalinois #pnwlife #pnwadventures #washington
Broadway showing off what he has learned from his Belgian Besties. ❤️ #smoothcollie #smoothcolliepuppy #ruffhearts #pnwlife #washington
Cheddar got to go to Pig Out in the Park today. He did so great in the large crowd and the loud noises of the bands. And we got to eat delicious food. ❤️ #servicedogtrainer #servicedogprospect #servicedog #servicedogs #servicedogintraining #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedoglife #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogs #dogsofinstagram #smoothcollie #ruffhearts #pnwlife #pnwadventures #washington
Little Miss Melon working on her Public Access. And me with what is referred to as my "dog training" voice. At Melon's young age (any puppy 8 weeks-16 weeks) we focus heavily on introducing her to as many things possible in a positive way. Which means going on lots of outings that are handled safe and responsibly. We want her to think that every outing is the best thing that's ever happened. That we can learn to recover if something is scary. That we learn to recognize that the left side of handler is a rewarding place to be. Many treats are used in this stage of training. Teaching a puppy the mind set that will help them achieve the goal of being a service dog is a lot of work but rewarding when that little puppy looks up at you. ❤️ #servicedogtrainer #servicedogprospect #servicedog #servicedogs #servicedogintraining #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedoglife #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogs #dog #dogsofinstagram #lab #ruffhearts #pnw #pnwlife #washington
Cheddar had his own reaction to being brushed. 🤣 #servicedogtrainer #servicedogprospect #servicedog #servicedogs #servicedogintraining #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedoglife #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogs #dog #dogsofinstagram #smoothcollie #ruffhearts #pnw #washington
Let the brushing battle commence. The mayhem of trying to brush multiple dogs at once. ❤️ Taco, Waffles, Huckleberry, Ammy, and Milo are the dogs in this video.
So I have been down for the count because I had my gallbladder taken out last week. Eowyn (my personal retired service dog) knows that something is wrong but doesn't know how to fix it. So she checks on me while I sleep. Stays close by. (Eowyn is a very aloof dog that really hates cuddling) And brings me all her favorite toys because your favorite toy can fix everything. I wake up and find like 6 toys scattered around and on top of me. 🤣 #servicedogtrainer #servicedogsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogstagram #dog #ptsdservicedog #pyschservicedog #servicedog #belgianmalinois #ruffhearts #washingon #pnwdogs
Mr. Spaghetti got to meet some River Otters at a zoo near Tacoma. He did so well. With his new handler. I advocate very hard that if an animal notices your service dog to move along to not stress out any of the zoo inhabitants. This is a unique case with a unique animal that is very curious and clearly not feeling any distress. Please be respectful when taking your dogs to the zoo. #servicedogintraining #servicedogtrainer #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedogprospect #servicedog #servicedoglife #dogtraining #dogstagram #dog #labsofinstagram #ruffhearts #washingon #pnwdogs
Mr. Cabbage working on carrying his leash. 🤣🤣🤣 This boy is training for service work but does not have a handler yet. #servicedogintraining #servicedogtrainer #servicedogsofinstagram #servicedogprospect #servicedog #servicedoglife #dogtraining #dogstagram #dog #goldenretrieversofinstagram #goldenretriever #ruffhearts #washingon #pnwdogs
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I’ve been a certified dog trainer for the past 10 years. I have taught dogs in various aspects of training from dog sledding, service dog work, to agility and obedience. Recently I picked up dog training again seriously and decided I wanted to train dogs for specific work. I am absolutely infatuated with my personal service dog, Eowyn and want to bring that same joy to others.