A2J Happy Tails K9 Training

Riley’s transition day.

Some ask how I do it, simple answer “one tear at a time”. I’m going to miss this stately gentleman. Yes he’s now a well behaved “gentleman” off to charm and warm hearts as he’s been trained to do. Bye Riley-Roo Choice Bernedoodles

Well tomorrow is another bittersweet day. Riley has graduated Therapy Dog training and will go to his home in the morning. He will be back on occasion to board with us, but I’m going to miss this little guy. He is so loveable and always happy. I will miss his hugs, yes Riley hugs! If I’m standing he will gently wrap his legs around mine when I bend down to love on him. Sitting on the couch or riding in the truck he will lean on me and nuzzle his head on my shoulder. He’s a great dog! Choice Bernedoodles

Riley and Myrtle

Tammy Smith-Alexandery ball

Riley Recall Practice

Riley is working on recall and obedience commands of sit, stay, leave it this morning

Daisy

This little girl has been in training almost a week and is just 12 weeks old today.

Little Daisy

4 days of training

Off leash training

Riley first time off leash training/recall

Riley

Working Riley this morning

Lil Miss Daisy-Doodle

Anya, Puppy to working Service Dog! Here we are saying good bye to Anya in just 7 short days. As I always say this is the part of my job that is always so bittersweet. Anya’s journey started out a special one and she is already so loved by her new mommy. She will fly to Washington State to meet her in person on Saturday August 10th We sure will miss her around here, but she deserves the new life waiting for her, she has worked very hard to be a blessing!

RB! We love RB. He came for three weeks of training. RB boards with us on a regular basis and has crawled into our hearts. This lil guys face says it all, he is a lot of puppy too but he has come a long way since he first came too us. He’s family, one of our pack now.

Garland will be back with us next week. She is growing into the St Berdoodle she is supposed to be. Yes, this is a PUPPY! She looks like a grown dog, but she is a growing puppy in a large dog body. This creates a unique training scenario as she is to be a Service dog too, but she wants to jump and play like puppies do 🙈🙈😬😬🙈🙈 Stay tuned to watch Garlands progress. Garland will be shaped to be an immersion companion for Breese who is also a LARGE puppy who is training to be a Service dog. These two will be amply paired after we get Garland shaped and ready to help Breese. These two will be the dynamic duo. Zizzy is a solidly trained companion that they will both shadow and continue to work with. I’m shifting gears from puppies to BIG PUPPIES this go around. But they have a special job to do so it will be fun to watch them grow into working companions

From Butters Groomer… love these testimonials… Let her know he jumped up and sat up there just by me asking! He's doing super good on training apparently. He's such a sweetheart 🥰 Training is an ongoing effort, so good job Nadine Nixson

Where did that dog go?

Winnie is looking for the dog in the mirror 😂🐶😂🐶😂🐶

Anya is just over 4 months old and is now off leash with a noisy sand right above her head vibrating if of the tailgate of our pick up. She remains as commanded and doesn’t stir. Good girl Anya!

We train in an everyday life setting. This sets the dogs up for non reactionary situations, I call it making the dog bullet proof to loud and sudden noises. It also teaches that they must remain in the commanded position no matter what, sit always means sit, stay always means stay, on or off leash.

Doing some immersion training with Anya and Riley. The goal here is to get them both to be obedient with the distraction of one another and other dogs around as well. As you will see they each respond to their name and instruction individually, which is a solid foundation to the next step of listening collectively 💚🐶💚🐶💚