Optimal Canine

03/07/2024

☀️ Upcoming Dock Diving Fitness Workshop!
The workshop is focused on teaching targeted exercises to achieve bigger jumping distances, higher arch for toy tracking, faster swimming speeds, and stronger cardiovascular strength:
1, Stable & Unstable Equipment Exercises
2, Dry Land & Dock Exercises
3, Swimming Exercises

💧 A 45 foot saltwater pool with a regulation length dock will be utilized in this workshop to teach the teams how to transfer the exercises from ground work to the dock.

⚠️ Dock and swimming expereince is required. This workshop is not intended to introduce dogs to swimming or jumping from the dock.

📆 The workshop is 2.5 days, starting on Friday October 11, 2024 & it will end on Sunday October 13, 2024:
Friday October 11 @ 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 12-13 @ 9:00am - 5:00pm
Lunch will be provided on Saturday & Sunday

👉 Requirements for Working Teams:
1, Dock and swimming experience
2, Work with a strange person
3, Follow and consume a food lure
4, Play with toys in busy environments
5, Not nervous or reactive towards unknown people
6, Crate in Car

🔸 Dog reactivity will be accommodated in the workshop without impacting anyone's experience.

🙋 Ronny LeJeune is the dog trainer for Optimal Canine. She is a Certified Canine Fitness Trainer (CCFT), Certified in Canine Nutrition (CertCN), and a FearFree Certified Pet Professional.

🗺 Hosted by CT Dog Services, Inc
210 Willow Creek Rd, Downsville, LA 71234

🐾 10 Working Spots Available
$350 per working team

✏️ Unlimited Auditing Positions
$100 per auditing position

📬 For booking email [email protected]

Certified Professional Dog Trainer for fitness, performance sports, & obedience.
CCFT, CertCN, CCFC

29/03/2024

Quest played Lure Coursing and Dock Diving this weekend! He left the event with 2 shiny new titles to add to his alphabet soup of sport performance titles!

He was entered in 3 runs for Lure Coursing and the big guy showed us what his top speed really looks like on Saturday! The best part is hearing him yell the entire time while chasing the plastic bunnies. He received 3 passes under 3 different judges and received his CA!

He was entered in 1 splash for Air Retrieve for Dock Diving and received a Q. His successful grab was 14ft and he only needs one more Q in this division to complete his AS title.

He was entered in 2 splashes for Hydro Dash and received 2 Qs to complete his HDJ title! His times were both 20.012s 🤣 He is not the fastest swimmer but he loves the game!

BNJ Journey to Greatness "Quest" CA HDJ NW1 BCAT ORT SWA SIE DSA SWN RATO DS RATN ATD ITD NTD

29/03/2024

Kessel made his trial debut this weekend at the Jazzy Paws cluster event and left with his first 2 sport performance titles. He was entered into FastCAT, Lure Coursing, and Dock Diving – and he was spectacular!

FastCAT speed on Friday was 26.7mph. He was only entered into 1 run to finish his BCAT.

He received 3 passes for Lure Coursing under 3 different judges who were all impressed with his speed and spice for the plastic bunnies. He is absolutely obsessed.👹 He was entered into 3 runs and received his CA.

He received 6 total qualifying jumps for Dock Diving. 3 Qs for Junior and 3 Qs for Senior. Distances varied between 13 and 15ft and with a personal best of 16ft! He does not have much experience on a dock which shows in his inconsistent distances but that's a training issue I'll address separately. He showed amazing intensity and drive for the sport. Excited to see where we develop as a team!

Tradewind's 12 Parsecs in Redline "Kessel" CA BCAT CGC

07/12/2023

Cubbie is halfway through his Day Training Enrollment (6 out of 12 days). He is learning all the foundation skills needed to be a successful adult in today's world.

He is also very precious too!

Follow me on the Clock App (TT) for training videos as I'm significantly less active here.

10/11/2023

💪 Upcoming Canine Fitness Workshop!
The workshop is focused on teaching all participating teams the following skills:
1, Fitness Exercises on Stable & Unstable Fitness Equipment
2, Precision Positions for Conditioning & Obedience
3, Introduction to an Electric Dog Treadmill
4, Dog Treadmill Exercises

📆 The workshop is 2.5 days, starting on Friday February 16, 2024 & it will end on Sunday February 18, 2024:
Friday February 16 @ 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday, February 17-18 @ 9:00am - 5:00pm
(Lunch will be provided on Saturday & Sunday)

🐶 Dogs will not need canine fitness experience to participate in the workshop; however basic manners will be required for all working slots to receive the best feedback. Dogs with fitness experience are also welcome to further their skills.

👉 Working dogs are required to be able to perform the following behaviors to participate in a working slot:
1, Work with a strange person
2, Follow a food lure and take food rewards when presented
3, Not reactive or nervous in busy environments
4, Train in the presence of other dogs
5, Crate in Car

🙋 Ronny LeJeune is the dog trainer for Optimal Canine. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPTD-KA), Certified Canine Fitness Trainer (CCFT), Certified in Canine Nutrition (CertCN), and a FearFree Certified Pet Professional.

🗺 Hosted by CT Dog Services, Inc
210 Willow Creek Rd, Downsville, LA 71234

🐾 3 out of 10 Working Spots Available (updated 11/29/2023)
$350 per working team

✏️ Unlimited Auditing Positions
$100 per auditing position

📬 For booking, email [email protected]

30/10/2023

This is Cubbie, my new Day Training puppy! Today we had a Meet-N-Greet and he will begin lessons on November 13.

Today he learned that harnesses are not scary and that it's possible to actually walk when on a leash. A lot of brain cells were spent.

We will be focusing a lot on socialization, grooming, recall, and basic obedience skills to grow into a well mannered adult.

Welcome to the Optimal Canine family Cubbie!

20/10/2023

I forgot to share updates about Quest's new titles he earned this month. We completed his BCAT title at the beginning of this month. He made his debut in NACSW last weekend where he achieved his NW1 with first place in exteriors.

BNJ Journey to Greatness NW1 BCAT ORT SWA SIE DSA SWN RATO SA RATN ATD ITD NTD

22/09/2023

Freddie's owner contacted me because he needed some help managing his big feelings on the presence of prey. He has a history of catching all prep so the sight of them would over stimulated him to the point that he could not think productively.

Quote from Freddie's mom
"Before he would have been crying and scratching at the gate. Now it's a total transformation!"

🤩 Excellent work Team! 🤌

23/08/2023

👋 I haven't been active in this app in a few months. Here is an update of what we have been up to the past month...this will also serve as an accountability post to start being active here again.

⛺ We have been traveling across the Midwest for the past 3 weeks. We camped in Eureka Springs, AK; Rockford, IL; and Hurricane Mills, TN.

🐶 We spent a week training at for Distraction Camp Level 2.

🍹 We spent 2 weeks in Detroit, MI for a much needed vacation.

🐾 I'm officially addicted to car camping and doing all the things with my dogs. Do you camp with your dog?

08/07/2023

Summer Vibes ⛱️

21/06/2023

Baby steps to Air Retrieve

17/06/2023

Beach time with

16/06/2023

It's safe to say Gracie's swimming lessons this week went very well! She found her sea legs 🧜‍♀️

12/06/2023

Gracie is here this week for my day training program to learn how to swim and leash skills. It's safe to say her first swimming lesson went smoothly!

10/06/2023

I introduced Kessel to Paddle Boarding today and he did great. Quest and I have done this many times but it was my first time managing two dogs on the board. I'm happy to report that everything went smoothly. I fully anticipated they were going to flip me over 🤣 Now we re ready for a real Paddle Boarding Trip 🌞 Yay summer

07/06/2023

This is Pheonyx. She is staying with me for day training this week to work on foundation skills for recall, leash walking, stay, and toy skills.

04/06/2023

Went to our favorite SniffSpot with friends for some swimming and off leash time!

01/06/2023

Some of my favorite photos by Crystal Wing at K9 Sensus MUTC 2023 🤩

25/05/2023

Drove out to Fenton, MI to do some scent work training with and Kessel came along for the ride to explore the area.

20/05/2023

Day 3 of K9 Sensus MUTC 2023 and the last day of training. I'm so incredibly proud of Quest. We're leaving this seminar with new skills learned and new things to work on to take our training to the next level.

Today we searched an abandoned jail and shanty town with a crashed helicopter.

I'm so grateful to have such an exceptional teammate.

20/05/2023

Day 2 of K9 Sensus MUTC 2023 was tremendous learning experience for both dogs; but for now I want to celebrate Kessel's behavior so far during this trip. Although this is a scent work training seminar for Quest, the area is filled with opportunities to expose Kessel to novel environments that I don't have access to anywhere else.

The major positives:
⭐He is handling walking in the environment like a champ.
⭐He is crating in the car like a professional when Quest is with me training.
⭐He is happily engaging in toy play in these weird environments without violent thoughts (IYKYK).
⭐He is ignoring all the people that are here to train their dogs.
⭐He shows a lot of interest in the dogs around him but is quickly redirecting to me.
⭐He said hello to a few people who wanted to say hi without jumping up.

The biggest learning opportunity:
🐾He is showing hesitation entering some of the buildings because they are filled with HR hides (smelly), wild animal 💩, and general chaos because they are abandoned buildings. But he quickly recovers and begins to investigate the area by choice.

Way to go baby dog. You're on your way to be a kick ass performance partner like Quest.

Proud of you buddy!!

19/05/2023

Day 1 of K9 Sensus MUTC 2023 and my boy was on 🔥

Apparently he has communicated to me and the instructors that he very much enjoys Cadaver work. He found all of his nosework hides and HR hides so well that the instructors have mentioned we should strongly consider HR work.

Look at him.
Mr. Perfect

14/05/2023

Kessel was introduced to Dock Diving yesterday. He had a lot of nose diving moments into the water but with practice he will be jumping gracefully in no time!

04/05/2023

Thanks to everyone who voted for me! I am officially one of Louisiana's top R+ dog trainers!

Find the best dog trainers in Louisiana with Sniffspot - see and get in touch with the winners of our dog training contest in 2023.

27/04/2023

Week 3 of Day Training with Olivia is going great! She is making such amazing progress!

24/04/2023

Olivia was totally rocking it during her public field trip to Tractor Supply this morning!

17/04/2023

Olivia is learning the place mat. It's going well 🤣

14/04/2023

Olivia is enrolled in my day training program for 12 days which will be spread out among the next 4 weeks (3 training days a week). Her training goals are loose leash walking, polite greetings with humans, and recall. She is such an eager student and I'm happy to watch her progress! Welcome Olivia!

07/03/2023

I have been nominated for SniffSpot's Best R+ Trainer – I would really appreciate your vote! Voting ends Thursday!

https://www.sniffspot.com/blog/dog-trainers/contest?utm_source=trainer_contest