K9 Kinship -Lifestyle and Sport Dog Training

30/10/2025

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30/10/2025

Willow rocking her latest tracking lesson. And for some odd reason I was not able to add music so sorry about the lack of audio

19/10/2025

Team K9 kinship for the win!!
3 new titles today at the NOTOC tracking tests in Enderby BC
Big congratulations to Brent with Rogue -TDX. Jenni with Arlo-TD and Carole with Parker TDX. So proud of them
Big thanks to the NOTOC club for hosting and judge Shirley Klatt.

17/10/2025

Carol and Parker are preparing for an upcoming CKC TDX tracking test which is about 1 km in length, aged 3 hours with 2 cross tracks of an opposing and fresher scent than the original track , 5-8 turns and 3 articles along the track that must be indicated.
I think they are ready. …😉

17/10/2025

Photo dump of coaching sessions this week.

10/10/2025

Let’s all watch Brent run a CKC TDX ( practice ) track with his Malinois Rogue
1100 yards. Rogue is beautifully handled along the track. Brent manages the tracking line just enough to provide assistance when necessary and recognizes when Rogue is problem solving and allows him to naturally work through the problem. His COB is consistent and committed and Brent works with Rogues natural tracking behaviours along the track. He does not force Rogue into any circling or guides him in any way...the two work together in a dance that is leaned through trust and practice.
Tracking at any level is not about running after your dog as it chases scent from any source be it ground or air...but being able to work with the dog, developing team work , recognizing changes of behaviour and what they mean and handling the tracking line as a team member.
These two are another wonderful tracking team that is a pleasure to coach. Bravo !

29/09/2025

Yay!!! Congratulations to Jennifer with Lukas her Hunterspride GSP and Danielle with Huck her Aussie Shepherd for their successful pass at their very first attempt at a TD title !! So proud of these two !!

13/09/2025

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10/09/2025

Couldn't have said it better myself !

So many of you are struggling, not because the answers aren’t out there, but because you don’t like the way the answers feel.

You’re so desperate for your dog to be happy — superficially, and in the moment — that you are blinded by what their true needs are, and what actually enriches their lives longterm.

And when we truly dive into the deep end of what’s behind our decisions, it’s far less about what makes our dogs unhappy, and far more about what makes us unhappy when we don’t get the instant (and constant) gratification of seeing our dogs in a constant state of “giddiness.”

The truth is, many of us are unconsciously using our dogs to make ourselves feel better/happy. And while getting pleasure/joy from our dogs is a wonderful thing, it’s only wonderful if the pleasure/joy we’re deriving doesn’t come at the cost of our dogs true, non-superficial pleasure/joy.

Stressed, anxious, chaotic, overwhelmed, overstimulated dogs — who can’t relax, who only know a life of being frazzled (except when asleep), and who due to their lack of reliable/healthy behavior can’t truly be included in our daily lives (their greatest pleasure/joy) — are anything but happy dogs.

The painful upshot that many don’t want to honestly examine is that we sacrifice our dogs’ wellbeing and quality of life for our own superficial, selfish, instant gratification.

We say we want them to be happy, but what we truly want is for ourselves to be happy. And that blindness to the true motivations of our behavior/choices/priorities for our dogs means that we will continue to “miss” the quality training and lifestyle information that is everywhere, not because it’s hard to find… but because it doesn’t deliver what we want most…

The selfish hit of joy that we will pursue regardless of the cost to that which we claim to love so dearly.