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Venture Doggie 🐾Dog trainer & human teacher so that you and your dog can live the life you always dreamed of ❤️

15/11/2024

One skill to work on before the holidays roll around!🙌
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If you start preparing now, you could have a dog who is not jumping on guests who walk in the door, not begging or hovering over anyone while you’re eating your Thanksgiving dinner, and who can calmly relax whether it’s just you or your whole family at home!❤️
Let’s get started now! Take a look at this video and don’t forget to grab your freebie, which will give you specific tips for your dog so that you can get better obedience and leash walking skills.
Please comment below if you find the video helpful or have any questions!🐾❤️
Let the training begin!🐕

31/10/2024

12/10/2024

So excited to start working with Miss Chloe today! Such a sweetheart !
We are working on:
⭐️ Being calmer throughout the day and getting less worked up and barking about what’s going on outside.
⭐️ Door dashing
⭐️ Calm guest greetings
⭐️ Getting better responses to commands

So far she’s incredibly smart, eager to please, and full of energy! 😍 Excited to get to know her and see what she has to teach me to ❤️🐾

10/10/2024

Meet Jax!
Seriously that face 😍🥹
I started working with him and his people last week and I am so impressed by how much they have already accomplished with him! 🙌
He was a rescue and quite the wild child, but his people did some amazing work with him to get him settled in the house and greeting company politely ❤️But they were still struggling with over excitement around other dogs on leash, and he’s a strong boy! 💪 Today we started some foundation leash work to teach Jax how to stay with his person even when he becomes distracted.
We had a conversation about treating your leash work with your dog as if they were off leash- the better you can get this connection on leash the better it will be off leash. There is the physical connection between you and your dog through the leash that you can see, and then there is the invisible one that joins your hearts❤️😍 make it strong and it won’t fail! 🐾❤️

08/10/2024

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At puppy class we work on...
Building confident socialization for your puppy around other people and dogs so you can avoid problems like fear and aggression later down the road.
Build communication with your puppy so that your puppy grows into a well listening, engaged, and focused adult!
Good leash walking habits so that your puppy doesn’t learn to pull you around and can develop focus out on walks
All your questions answered!

Hope to see you and your puppy there! Spots are limited save your seat! 🐾

07/10/2024

Working with dogs has really taught me about how our “narratives” about dogs affect our training results, goals, and overall experience. It’s really hard to come at training with a completely open mind when you’ve had a negative experience with your dog. We can often label them. We struggle to let go of the “old narrative” which paints them in a certain light. We struggle to embrace the new narrative that allows them to grow into what we want them to be. It’s fascinating to me that when we let go of these old narratives suddenly dogs start making big changes. It’s amazing how much our thoughts and our stories about our lives affect what we see in front of us. It points to a deeper truth that until we embrace a new way of thinking and being, it is almost impossible to see or create change. Dogs teach us that we can always rewrite our story, that we are so much more than just a creation of the past. That we are present, powerful creators of our current reality - and we get to choose the reality we want to live in with every moment and every decision we make 🐾❤️

25/09/2024

The more I learn the more I see how simple solutions really are, but simple doesn’t mean easy 🐾
If you’re ever stuck on something in training it’s almost always about adjusting your pace 🐕

17/09/2024

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems”
-James Clear Atomic Habits

A lot of us have been trained to set goals and work towards them. There’s nothing really wrong with that, other than when it comes to something like dog training it could be a while before you see the results that you have in mind in particular. That’s not to say that your goals are unrealistic, it might just mean they could take longer to reach than you expected.
So rather than getting hung up on goals you’d like to reach, since animal training doesn’t tend to have an exact timeline, it’s much more beneficial to focus on how consistently you are performing daily training interactions with your dog.
This doesn’t mean you have to work on a sit stay for five minutes every day, although that could be something you want to work on. It could look like just being prepared to train your dog when they start barking out the window. Or being ready to train your dog for a greeting when you come home.

Daily good training habits will always outweigh endlessly drilling exercises through willpower

11/09/2024

Sunset or sunrise? ☀️
What comes before and after your dog “does something” are the biggest pieces of solving a training/behavioral problem.
How can you adjust these factors to help you and your dog be more successful?
Are you starting to see where you can change patterns in yourself or in interactions with your dog to reach your goals?
You don’t need to have the perfect answers but getting started is all it takes! ❤️🐾

02/05/2024

Meet Baxter! 😍❤️🐾
His owners and me have been working on helping this little guy feel safe out in the world and to build confidence on his walks as he can become very reactive

When dogs bark and lunge on leash it often comes from a very insecure place, and dogs use this behavior to create more space for themselves 🐕

To help dogs not feel the need to do this, we have to help them feel safe, confident, and looking to us for guidance and security. We need to be able to speak to them in multiple ways. We have to open our hearts and empathize with how it must feel to get so worked up ❤️

I was so proud this little guy today! 🥰❤️
It’s not easy to face your fears 🥹

Does your dog become insecure when startled, or in new situations?

23/04/2024

Follow me along this week for a daily leash walking video tip!
This information will also be outlined in written format on my website on my blog page www.venturedoggie.com/blog

If you would like to get free video feedback, post a video of you and your dog walking, tag to get feedback in your DM’s

Excited to see and help you and your pups!🐾 🐶

05/04/2024

Off to Florida ! 🌴
Man this storm did not make it easy 🤣
Ready to see all the pups when I return, miss my boy already 😍🐾

03/04/2024

They are all so perfect 😍🐾

20/03/2024

Does crate training make you feel guilty or sad? 😢
Here is a blog post all about how to eliminate that guilt so you can teach this important life skill to your pup! 🐾❤️

13/03/2024

“Wind in my hair I feel part of everywhere” ☀️🏔️ 🌲 🐾❤️

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Starting to feel like I live in the Yukon or something🤣 I have really enjoyed having Habibi 🐶 here for her three week board and train, it’s amazing how much she’s learned, and how much progress she’s made in such a short amount of time! I have been able to video some really good moments between her and my dog that I think will really clarify for people how to introduce dogs and what to look for and I would love to put together a video on this on YouTube for you all if you are interested. Let me know in the comments below!🐾❤️ #lovedogs #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #dogmom #mainepuppy #puppiesofinstagram #puppiesofmaine #boardandtrain #hikewithdogs

Excited to see how this puppy grows - physically, emotionally, and mentally!❤️ Luca’s people started him off on the right paw and are so dedicated to his training- he’s doing incredibly well for a 6 month old pup! We are looking forward to continue growing his confidence in new places through training because he can become nervous and skidding in new environments. We are also going to teach him how to focus when distracted in a new place so that he can listen to his people on and off leash wherever they want to go in the future! 🐾❤️ #lovedogs #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #dogdad #dogmom #bernadoodle #bernadoodlesofinstagram #puppiesofinstagram #mainepuppy #puppylife #puppylove #lovepuppies

My favorite kind of message! 😍❤️ Just got started with Giovanni & his mom yesterday and they are already making some great progress! Great job!! 👏 ⭐️ #lovedogs #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #dogmom #rescuedog #rescuedogsofinstagram #gooddog dog

Really enjoying my training journey with Miss Habibi and seeing how much she’s already learned! 🐾😍 #mainedog #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #dogmom #mainepuppy #puppiesofmaine #minipoodle #minipoodlesofinstagram #poodlelife #lovedogs #lovepoodles #gooddog

Did you know that your brain works for your nervous system? 🧠 Dogs are no different! That means that we (and our dogs )cannot learn new skills if we are stressed because our nervous system will take over our brain and essentially not allow it to take in that new information. This is why it is so important to focus on the nervous system first in any training before trying to teach new skills, intensify those skills, or add distractions to those skills. 🤯 I really love being able to get to know a dog really well through a more intensive board and train program like this, and it makes it much more possible for me to set the dog up for success for their people who can then continue the training once the dog has a really nice foundation set up. 🐾 we absolutely adore Habibi and are so excited to see her grow!❤️ 🐶 #lovedogs #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #dogmom #minipoodle #minipoodlesofinstagram #poodle #poodlesofinstagram #poodlelove #gooddog #sweetestdog

I just wanted to give a huge shoutout to Avani @danielvitalis - an incredible human being and fitness coach who has made a huge difference in my life!❤️ I was struggling with some old injuries and it was impacting my riding with my mare Zara. My asymmetries were reflected in her when riding and it was causing both of us discomfort. After physical therapy for some time I was wary about overdoing my workouts because I didn’t want to further injure anything, but I still wanted to keep getting stronger! My job & life is very physical so I knew staying strong would help protect me, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it. I ended up meeting Avani through her dog (of course 🤣) and we were able to share our knowledge with one another. Avani had been hands down the kindest, most enthusiastic person I’ve ever met 😍and has helped me become so much stronger in a way that felt compassionate to my needs and VERY motivating to keep up with. She met me where I was at and has helped me make incredible progress! I feel stronger and confident in all areas of my life as a result! So grateful to have experienced her kind coaching approach and to keep getting stronger everyday! ❤️ She’s even gotten me started at misfits gym Windham for their “Sweaty Saturdays”- something I would have been intimidated 😳by in the past @misfitgymwindham Thank you so much Avani! The horses I ride thank you as well!❤️ #fitnesscoach #misfitsgym #betterrider #strongerequestrian #equestrianlife #crossfit #getstrongereveryday #lovedogs #dogsbringustogether #stronglady

Sign up at www.venturedoggie.com/groupclass Classes are hosted by Veterinary & Rehabilitation Center Cape Elizabeth Maine Teaching your dog skills at home is the best place to start training, but we always want to continue growing those skills around distractions like other dogs and people so that our dogs listen to us when we take them out in public. Group classes are a great way to accomplish this! Hope to see you and your pups there !!🐾 #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #lovedogs #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #rescuedog #dogmom #mainepuppy #rescuedogsofinstagram #puppiesofinstagram #puppies #puppysocialization #puppysocialization #capeelizabeth

There’s nothing more magical than getting a glimpse of wildlife😍 It reminds us to slow down, and that the real world is actually the world that exists all around us, not the one we’re rushing off to while checking boxes off a list. Most of us experience a deep disconnect between ourselves, and the environment that surrounds us, whether we’re aware of it or not. To remedy this go out and learn and connect with all the living things right outside your door. Connect with your animals. I don’t always get to connect with something as magnificent as an owl, sometimes I just see that same squirrel on that same oak tree every day. Sometimes I just see the maple tree outside my window and feel comforted by her arching branches. Every day I get to see my dog and my horses, and maybe even absorb some of their wisdom❤️ The magic for me is that I begin to understand and “know” all the life that lives all around me. I try to connect with it as if it were as important as another person❤️ Hope this gives you a magical start to your week🐾 #animalsaremagic #owlmagic #dogmagic #horsemagic #plantmagic #lovelife #animalwisdom #plantwisdom #mainemagic #forestmagic #barredowl #natureisbeautiful

Oops your dog needs a muzzle and you’re not prepared🫣… It’s called being human😬🤣 Ideally, every dog should learn how to wear a muzzle even when you don’t think they will need it, but this isn’t usually the reality for most people or dogs. Thankfully you can still start today, and hopefully this video gives you the chance to get started before you actually do need one! You can view the rest of this video at https://youtu.be/mWLIwPUxmKo?si=OUvm3DOaB3RFzt3g Feel free to save this post so that you can return back to this link ❤️🐾 #mainedogs #lovedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #rescuedog #dogmom #mainepuppy #rescuedogsofinstagram #muzzleddogsaregooddogs #muzzletraining #dogmom #dogtrainer

Oops your dog needs a muzzle and you’re not prepared🫣… It’s called being human😬🤣 Ideally, every dog should learn how to wear a muzzle even when you don’t think they will need it, but this isn’t usually the reality for most people or dogs. Thankfully you can still start today, and hopefully this video gives you the chance to get started before you actually do need one! You can view the rest of this video at https://youtu.be/mWLIwPUxmKo?si=OUvm3DOaB3RFzt3g Feel free to save this post so that you can return back to this link ❤️🐾 #mainedogs #lovedogs #dogsofmaine #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #rescuedog #mainepuppy #rescuedogsofinstagram #australiancattledog #dogmom #trainingdogs

“You don’t have to have all the answers You don’t know them anyway. It’s Ok to not know It’s Ok to wait, fall, think, regroup - to just give yourself time It’s Ok to get “sidetracked”-To go on a tangent To lose yourself is to give yourself the gift of finding a different version of you, lo tind a part or yourselt, you never knew was there, but was waiting quiet and patient all this time to bemeeting a discovered wild horse Nothing is linear. And we know a lot less than we think we do- We know nothing. Meeting life is meeting a wild horse It cannot be controlled or bent to your will, without losing something so sacred Something so quiet and beautiful you almost missed it It can only be felt and met with a listening presence & understanding This, is what leads to true connection - To finding “ourselves” and reconnecting to that sacredness within each of us To finding the realization that within us is a universe gently whispering to reconnect with the world outside of Me & Mine & Whispering that underneath it all, we are all the same Beautiful. Magical. Wild. Perfect As We Are “ -VN &Lewen Hoping your 2024 was as lucky and beautiful as ours felt!😍🐾 Lots of lessons learned this year and many more to come! Thankful to all the human & animal teachers l’ve had, and ready to be present for every beautiful moment of the year to come❤️ #lovedogs #mainedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #rescuedog #dogmom #mainepuppy #rescuedogsofinstagram #healingheeler #dogwisdom #horsewisdom #lifeisbeautiful #everydayismagic

Happy Howlidays to you & yours!!🎄❤️🐾🎁😍 As a cattle dog Lewen never lacks for intensity- Christmas is no different. VERY serious work to be done 🤣😍❤️ So grateful for all the people and animals I am so fortunate to meet and share this journey with 🥹 And So thankful for the comfort, peace, joy, and wisdom we all share with one another😍 May anyone reading this be blessed with good health, abundance, and many blessings to you and all your loved ones -2 or 4 legs 🙏 ❤️ 🐕 🐴 #christmasblessings #christmasdog #dogslovechristmas #dogslovechristmastoo #puppychristmas #mainedogs #lovedogs #mainedogsofinstagram #doglife #dogtraining #dogsofmaine #dogmom #mainepuppy #rescuedogsofinstagram #australiancattledog #christmasheeler #heelerlove #adventuredog

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Put simply, animals fascinate me! I am the owner of Venture Doggie LLC, a professional dog trainer, veterinary assistant, and life long student! I have lived all over the world perfecting my craft in the training of dogs and horses, and live to learn more about these amazing animals!

I always thought I would be a veterinarian, and pursued an M.S In Molecular Biology to fulfill that path, but once I got deeply into animal behavior I knew I had found my true calling. My greatest teachers have, and always will be, the animals themselves. When I am not riding a horse, I am hiking with a pack of dogs who will always teach me more than I imagined. One of my greatest teachers has been my personal dog, Lewen (his story below), who has helped me to become more present, patient, and determined in meeting all of my goals with animals. I believe that every moment is a teaching moment when you are with an animal. Ironically it is almost always the human aspect that needs wrangling! Animals humble us, they reflect us, and they show us what life is all about. As I grow as a professional dog trainer I invite you to ask yourself the question, why does my dog do that? Perhaps the answer you find will connect you more closely with the animals in your life, as it has in mine.