Canine College offers Dog Training and Boarding in the greater Fort Drum, Watertown, Sackets Harbor, Carthage and Lowville Area.
Canine College is a dedicated dog training facility in the Fort Drum-Watertown area of upstate New York, offering a wide variety of training classes and dog sports. Founded in 2012 as Cosgrove K-9's, which offered private classes and in-home dog boarding, the business became Canine College in 2015 when it moved into a a building shared with Best Friends Pet Care on Eastern Boulevard. It soon becam
e apparent that Canine College needed room to grow and expand its training services, and the business moved to Edmund Street in spring 2016 where it continued to expand and grow as both a doggie daycare and a training facility. In January 2017, Canine College made the switch from offering training, daycare, and boarding to becoming a dedicated training facility, and moved into its current home on outer Pearl Street, just minutes from Fort Drum. The new facility is conveniently located across the street from a groomer, Jessie's Pet Spa, and just a minute down the road from a vet clinic, Valley Vet. Canine College currently offers the largest variety of dog training classes in the local area. Group classes include puppy school, basic and advanced obedience training, dog tricks, and Nosework (scent detection). One-on-one classes are also available for addressing problem behaviors, polishing competition obedience, conformation, and public access training for Service Dogs. AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC), Advanced CGC, and Urban CGC preparation and testing are available. Additionally, Canine College is home to Watertown Working Dog Club, which focuses on IPO / Schutzhund training, Nosework, and Search-and-Rescue.
What a mush 😍😍😍
Remi (our Re*****on Park Rescue) getting all the lovings today.
Again, please contact us if you know whose dog this is. He will go to Countryside in Lowville tomorrow to get a rabies shot and to be checked for a microchip.
Contact us at: 315 277 2753 or [email protected]
Our Re*****on Park (Fort Drum) Rescue. For the time being we are naming him Remi (Re*****on). He is such a sweet soul. Literally melts right into you. He is intact, about 10 months to one year old.
We are going to hold him for 10 days, to try and find the owners, will vaccinate and vet him in the meantime (de-worm, tick&flea prevention etc), give him some training and then place him if we cannot find the owners.
Please call us at 315-277-2753 if you are the owner or know who this dog belongs to.
We currently cannot place him. Dogs must be held for 10 days and an active attempt to find the owners has to be made!
WE HAVE YOUR DOG!
Found on Fort Drum at the Re*****on Park Gazebo.
Breed: German Shepherd
Age: 10 monthish
He still had a leash attached to him. Poor dog did not want to leave the area, likely due to the available resources. Our friend Kevin waited for as long as he could. MP’s could not assist, so Tim went out and helped Kevin to get him.
We are unsure if he was abandoned or lost. He is overall underweight and undermuscled but not the worst we have seen.
Either way, when dogs get lost and people say they are friendly, 9 times out of 10, the lost dog is in complete flight. THIS is what flight looks like! They are straight up panicked and don’t know what is happening.
If you know whose dog this is, please contact us tomorrow at 315 277 2753
We will get him scanned for a microchip tomorrow. For the timebeing, he is safe with us.
We are looking for a part time kennel tech.
- $15 per hour starting wage
- must have reliable transportation
- mainly evening shift (4-9 pm)
- we need weekend and holiday availability
Start date: ASAP! ☺️
Please send your resume to: [email protected]
Please, for the love of everything stay away from Cane Corso x Rottweiler mixes!
Especially if you have never owned a dog before!
If you are curious how today went. I dont think you can ask more from young dogs like this. You can also see a difference with the 15months - 2 years old and 3-6 years old with the reaction to the Umbrella.
Champ Progeny man 😍🙌❤️❤️❤️
3 year old Hulda (Bruna x Champ)
2 years old Jeejee & Josie (Deja x Champ)
15 months old Lasko, Lara & Le Sirius Black (Deja x Champ)
Check out ChampGSD’s video.
This week is going to be scorching hot. Please, be aware that these temperatures cannot only cause heat strokes in your dogs but also seriously burn their paws off:
🔥 keep your dogs cool
🔥 limit time outside, only take them out to potty. The majority of dogs are not conditioned to these temperatures
🔥 walk them early in the morning or at night
🔥 keep your dogs hydrated, in shade with a fan going if you do spend time outside
🔥 if you take them swimming, check for blue green algae
🔥 do NOT leave them in a closed car!
🔥 practice common sense. In this case, if its too hot for you, it is most certainly too hot for your dogs.
When its super hot outside we are working on the Basics ❤️
Buddy, Champii & Bruno
Need Training?
315 277 2753
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Good morning everyone, we are ready to go. 😊
Also, the cupholder on my little city-travel chair isn’t just to get my fluids in. Its also for training 😁😁😁
Need Training?
315 277 2753
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Why dog training isn’t cheap!
We get dogs that will hit the end of the leash so hard that it feels like they are about to break your arm. No matter how much upper body strength you have, how much you brace yourself for the impact, its repetitive impact that hits your shoulder and elbow.
It is very similar to a tennis elbow and it hurts, it hurts a lot.
On top of that we get scrached, bruised and bit up.
That being said, we still love what we are doing. ☺️
This is a reminder to wash and disinfect not just your food&water bowls but also your dog toys. 😉
Hello, handsome 😊
Welcome Belgian Malinois Kaiba (someone must be into Anime 😁) to our Board & Train.
Kaiba came yesterday and he is 100% in a fear phase and a bit of a scaredy cat right now.
Please, give your puppies grace. They have very big feelings. If they scream, do not console but work them through it with confidence. Don’t freak out, don’t make it a big deal, or else it will be a big deal.
Reactivity, Suspicion and Fear go hand in hand at this age.
Need Training?
315 277 2753
www.k9college.net
Boarding dog Poseidon is a cool little dog that loves to move so he went on an hour long walk this morning and worked on some leash manners alongside with it 😊
This girl has earned herself an infamous reputation in Eagle Ridge. So we are here to help 😊🤞
Need training?
314 277 2753
www.k9college.net
A reminder that we are still accepting pre-orders of 5 bags or more for Inukshuk dog foods Please send us a message if you're interested.
What many people don’t know is that we have been taking in a lot of foster dogs over the years. Within the last 2 or 3 years, we have taken in 8 Foster Dogs, 6 of which we have been able to place. 3 of them came from Lewis County, 2 from the local pound, and the others were personal owner surrenders to us.
We had to euthanize 2 dogs.
Tawny: Tawny is a Belgian Malinois x Shepherd Mix that was too much for her owners to handle. She was placed with a wonderful client of ours that later pcs’ed. She is living the best life.
Trigger: Trigger became an Explosive Detection dog at a Canadian Airport, he was our first Lewis County dog.
Nala: Nala became a legitimate Service Dog, she was an owner surrender to us.
Briggs: is in a foster to adopt with our very own Marissa and still visits us every day. He is also a Lewis County dog.
Ivy: Ivy is a very well bred Showline GSD that to no fault of her own ended up coming to us. Through communication with the breeder and knowing a wonderful family was looking she was placed with her new family.
Haven: Haven is also a well bred Showline GSD that got into a bad situation due to his family losing a loved one and the husband having bad health. Haven is now back with his wonderful breeder.
Luca: Luca came for a Board & Train from the Lewis County Shelter and then continued to stay in a Foster situation since he did not do well in the Shelter environment. He is leaving today!!! 😍
Ghost: Ghost came from the Jefferson Dog Pound, he is a wonderful Bullterrier that we got into the Bullterrier Rescue and he got adopted.
Diggs: Diggs was heartbreaking. We all loved Diggs. We were able to get her adopted to a disabled Veteran whose health started failing and she came back to us. Her extreme prey drive towards children required a very specific type of home. That type of home just wasn’t available. In the end, it was too dangerous and she was humanely euthanized. It turned out that her brother had the same issues. Having to euthanize Diggs almost broke us but knowing what could happen if she ever got out was not worth it.
Turbo: Turbo was an awesome little Corgi. However, he had a rather high level of aggression and was not adoptable. He didn’t fare well at the shop and despite getting a proper outlet escalated. We tried everything from working with Rescues to trying to find him a sport home. No Rescue wanted him because of his baggage. Unfortunately, we had to make a tough decision because it wasn’t fair to let him deteriorate.
Rescuing involves making hard decisions. But seeing all of these success stories makes it worth it.
We have had many other dogs we have helped in bad situations, unfortunately, some of them we can’t name or talk about due to privacy reasons.
We will continue to help as long as we are in the position to help. ❤️
Need to contact us?
315 277 2753
[email protected]
We have helped ownertrain a lot of Service Dogs over the years but honestly, I am done with owner trainers. We get requests on almost a daily basis and just from the inquiries I can say that 95% of the requests are trash!
- Resource Guarding
- Dog Aggression
- Defensiveness
- Health Issues with dogs
- Severe Injuries
If you truly need a Service Dog, you can pay us to find a dog for you.
Right now, we have the opportunity for a wonderful suitable Golden Puppy.
You need a Service Dog, we will find and train the dog but don’t come with an inquiry of training your resource guarding Cane Corso as a Psych Dog that does not want to be touched by people and then question us why your dog can’t be a Service Dog!
Enough already, you are not proficient enough to select a dog for Service Dog work. Let us professionals do our jobs properly.
If you are looking for Service Dog or a started dog, we will do it for you. Please, contact us at:
315 277 2753
[email protected]
Because real Service Dogs are not an accessory!
We will be there!!!
"Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have updated their guidelines on when to neuter 40 popular dog varieties by breed and s*x. Their recent paper in Frontiers in Veterinary Science adds five breeds to a line of research that began in 2013 with a study that suggested that early neutering of golden retrievers puts them at increased risk of joint diseases and certain cancers."
And there are 2 breeds (one s*x) they recommend not sterilizing. Fascinating!
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/when-should-you-neuter-or-spay-your-dog
https://www.frontiersin.org/files/Articles/1322276/fvets-11-1322276-HTML-r2/image_m/fvets-11-1322276-t001.jpg
Please, remember, there is no class this Sunday since I will be in PA at the World Qualifier to be with Megan & Eros ❤️❤️❤️
Make up class will be Tuesday evening at 6PM 🙂
I don’t think you could possibly ask more from a 6-7 month old puppy. I am super excited for her owners to come and see her today. She is simply the most perfect puppy with the best possible temperament you could have.
Also, watch Riley handle Nala and the skill level she has when it comes to conditioning dogs. ❤️
Need Training?
www.k9college.net
315 277 2753
[email protected]
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Good morning we are opening up pre-orders for Inukshuk dog food for orders of 5 bags or more. Send us a private message to order. Have a great Memorial Day everyone.
Good morning from Luca. Wish him luck, he may have an adopter ❤️❤️❤️
I am going to be so sad when this little Labrador is leaving us tomorrow. 😭
Sometimes you get dogs that are so incredibly easy to train and live with. She is just about 6-7 months old and we couldn’t ask for more out of her. She is perfection. The only thing the owners have to wait for now is maturity. Because otherwise, she is the perfect puppy. This is a dog that would actually qualify as a Service Dog or Therapy Dog.
Need Training?
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315 277 2753
[email protected]
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Guys, if you don’t expect your six year old kids to have perfect behavior all day, every day…. then why do you expect it from your baby dogs?
No one bats with an eye if a six year old kid cannot control their impulses, run and scream around with their sibblings like maniacs… climbs up trees, wrecks havoc with their legos in their room…
This is no different than a six month old dog playing with their water bowl, toilet paper, zooming around the living room…
They do not have the mental capacity for adult behavior.
You have to teach and manage young dogs. The main difference is that dogs reach maturity much quicker than we do. ;)
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WE HAVE YOUR DOG! Found on Fort Drum at the Remington Park Gazebo. Breed: German Shepherd Age: 10 monthish He still had a leash attached to him. Poor dog did not want to leave the area, likely due to the available resources. Our friend Kevin waited for as long as he could. MP’s could not assist, so Tim went out and helped Kevin to get him. We are unsure if he was abandoned or lost. He is overall underweight and undermuscled but not the worst we have seen. Either way, when dogs get lost and people say they are friendly, 9 times out of 10, the lost dog is in complete flight. THIS is what flight looks like! They are straight up panicked and don’t know what is happening. If you know whose dog this is, please contact us tomorrow at 315 277 2753 We will get him scanned for a microchip tomorrow. For the timebeing, he is safe with us. #fortdrumny #fortdrum #LOSTDOG #germanshepherd #caninecollegeny
Good dogs 😊 #caninecollegeny #dogtraining #watertownny
Boarding dog Poseidon is a cool little dog that loves to move so he went on an hour long walk this morning and worked on some leash manners alongside with it 😊
We have helped ownertrain a lot of Service Dogs over the years but honestly, I am done with owner trainers. We get requests on almost a daily basis and just from the inquiries I can say that 95% of the requests are trash! - Resource Guarding - Dog Aggression - Defensiveness - Health Issues with dogs - Severe Injuries If you truly need a Service Dog, you can pay us to find a dog for you. Right now, we have the opportunity for a wonderful suitable Golden Puppy. You need a Service Dog, we will find and train the dog but don’t come with an inquiry of training your resource guarding Cane Corso as a Psych Dog that does not want to be touched by people and then question us why your dog can’t be a Service Dog! Enough already, you are not proficient enough to select a dog for Service Dog work. Let us professionals do our jobs properly. If you are looking for Service Dog or a started dog, we will do it for you. Please, contact us at: 315 277 2753 [email protected] Because real Service Dogs are not an accessory!
PAY WHAT YOU CAN GROUP LESSONS AVAILABLE!!! Call 315 277 2753 to sign up for classes. This is what our Group Lessons look like. Bruno the Lab is working on a stand stay with food refusal, which is rather advanced. We have two dogs working on a down and recall while Bruno has to remain in a stand-stay. All dogs are making fantastic progress. Classes available: Basic 101 Tuesday 7pm (4 slots) Basic 101 Sunday 2pm (1 slot) Puppy 101 Sunday 3Pm (2 slots)
Bruno learning how to roll over for a Belly Rub. Bruno is working towards becoming Therapy Dog and is almost there. One of the test items requires the dog to roll over and get a belly rub. He has to be loose and friendly. Clearly, that is not a problem for Bruno 😊 Need Training? 315 277 2753 www.k9college.net [email protected]
Welcome Briggs, our new Foster Dog from the Lewis County Humane Society. ❤️💪
Today was a bitter sweet day. We had Blaze for the past 9 months while both of his parents were deployed. Before that we had him for a month. Blaze is a 10 year old dog and a lot of you have seen him hang out around the shop. Blaze finally went home and we couldn’t be happier for him. ❤️❤️❤️
Everyone is chilling and relaxed today. Also, see Blaze in the background? His parents are finally back from deployment and he is getting to go home today. ❤️❤️❤️ Need Training? www.k9college.net [email protected] 315 277 2753
This is what conditioning basic commands look like. It is basically the same as studying vocabulary when you are studying a language. Eevee is a Rock Star puppy though. Not every dog or puppy can be conditioned like this. The internal drive and motivation has to be there in order to work a puppy this way. They have to be willing to repeat an exercise over and over again. #dogtraining #puppy #watertownnny #fortdrum
Today I took Champ along. Champ is an older, self assured dog and you can see how he gives the puppy confidence. He is starting to investigate and even moves out front and goes ahead. With the strong winds, I figured a little extra help wouldn’t hurt.
Today, we went out and about again, overall he has been doing a lot better but we still have instances where he gets worried. I was able to catch one on video and broke down the behaviors and what to actually look for. Their body language can be so subtle that an untrained eye seldomly catches what is going on until they have a big meltdown on their hands.
This is part of Triggers evaluation. Prospect K9 likes him and is adopting him officially from the LewisCo HumaneSociety 501c3 to put him through their training program for him to either become a Police or Sport dog. Good job, Trigger. On a personal note, I love this dog. If I had the capacity and time, I would have adopted him myself. He is such a nice dog. Super social, extroverted and wants to work. I am super happy that we were able to assist Triggers adoption and that he will be a able to spread his wings ❤️❤️❤️
Last night, when I took out my puppy, he was ready to go and play. He didn't think about the street sign, fire hydrant, showed no suspicion because of the darkness or noises coming from the little forest across the street. He wanted to engage and play with me. Because of that, I decided to take him on our trip to Proformance K9 Pets. We go as often as we can because even trainers need their own trainers. This is actually something to look out for, when choosing a trainer. Are they going to workshops? Training with others? Continuing to improve their skills? But I digress.... Anyhow, when we got there, our trainer asked us what we wanted to work on. I said that today, I didn't want to work on obedience. I wanted to simply open up the puppy and build confidence. And this is something I'm trying to tell our clients too. Sometimes, it's not about obedience at all. When you are trying to build engagement or confidence, obedience can be counter productive. You want to let loose, let them be a little crazy, let them play, have fun and enjoy the moment. You want to build value in yourself, a place, a situation etc. In my puppies case, I knew, he'd likely be a little suspicious of our Trainer (coincidentally his name is also Tim) and I wanted to see what would happen if we opened him up in drive. He actually didn't do as bad as I expected. He came in a little worried but didn't shut down. As soon as Tim started moving the flirt pole he went for it. He was a little frantic and worried at first, but worked through the stress. When we brought him in for a second session, he was ready to go. He pulled Cheyenne through the door and there was no holding him back. That's exactly what you want to see. If he was two years old, and came in like this for the first time... that'd be a problem for a working dog. A 7 month old dog coming in like this for the first time. I'm not worried about that. So for the next few weeks, safe exposure is the key in moving forward with him.
Adir is doing amazing! She is learning to heel with her working harness. Need Training? www.k9college.net [email protected] 315-277-2753 855-651-2081
I love these two so much. What a fantastic pair. The joy and relationship between the two is visible. Jett, a Dutch Shepherd Mix, had a rough start in life before he hit the jackpot and was adopted by his owners. He went through a one month Day&Train a while back and is continuing to come for more training. The goal is a BH ☺️ which stands for Begleithunde Pruefung (Companion Dog Test) which is an IGP entry title. #caninecollegeny #sportdogs #fortdrum #watertownny #dogtrainingisfun
Check out Triggers leash skills. He has come a long way since we took him in as a foster dog from the LewisCo HumaneSociety 501c3. Trigger is a lot of dog. He would thrive as a Sport or Working dog. He will be evaluated as a potential Police Dog once we have a chance to travel to our friends at ProspectK9, which is about 6 hours from us. #caninecollegeny #lewiscountyhumanesociety #watertown #fortdrum #dogtraining #watertownny #workingdogs #sportdogs #nosework #detection
Check out how well Leo is doing. ☺️ #caninecollegeny #watertown #DogTraining #fortdrum #watertownny
Six month old puppy Lara learning to safely cross the street. #caninecollegeny #dogtraining #fortdrum #watertownny #watertown #ServiceDogs
Body handling for any dog is important. However long coated dogs, (such as doodles) need extra attention and care to keep their coat matt free! Today Leo got some body handling and grooming training for his upcoming grooming appointment! Need Training? www.k9college.net [email protected] 315-277-2753 855-651-2081
Canine College is a dedicated dog training facility in the Fort Drum-Watertown area of upstate New York, offering a wide variety of training classes and dog sports. Canine College moved into a a building shared with Best Friends Pet Care on Eastern Boulevard in 2015. It soon became apparent that Canine College needed room to grow and expand its training services, and the business moved to Edmund Street in spring 2016 where it continued to expand and grow as both a doggie daycare and a training facility. In January 2017, Canine College made the switch from offering training, daycare, and boarding to becoming a dedicated training facility, and moved into its current home on outer Pearl Street, just minutes from Fort Drum. The new facility is conveniently located across the street from a groomer, Jessie's Pet Spa, and just a minute down the road from a vet clinic, Valley Vet. Canine College currently offers the largest variety of dog training classes in the local area. Group classes include puppy school, basic and advanced obedience training, dog tricks, and Nosework (scent detection). One-on-one classes are also available for addressing problem behaviors, polishing competition obedience, conformation, and public access training for Service Dogs. AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC), Advanced CGC, and Urban CGC preparation and testing are available. Additionally, Canine College is home to Watertown Working Dog Club, which focuses on IPO / Schutzhund training, Nosework, and Search-and-Rescue.
