K9 Kinship -Lifestyle and Sport Dog Training

02/01/2025

Love this!

02/01/2025

If your habits don't change, you won't have a new year ...you will just have another year ~ SH Team

Commiting to your dogs continued education and making it a priority is a healthy habit change.

A few images of my stuctured pack walk and public access obedience training. These are committed dog owners who -despite the craziness of the weather and holiday seasaon, made it a priority to continue their training.

20/12/2024

Happy Holidays everyone.
I'm still here! I haven't been very active on social media lately...a combination of being busy, not remembering to photograph my clients progress and what Ive been up to and trying to find a way to exticate myself from the social media rabbit hole that it is, yet still promote what I do.
Anyway, myself and my two holligans wish you all the best this holiday season and into the New Year.
Thank-you to all of my clients, past, present and the ones yet to come.

27/11/2024

22/11/2024

I tend to field a number of inquiries regarding SAR k9s and how one becomes a SAR K9 handler. Here is a link with all the correct information from the source BCSDA. You MUST be a SAR member for at least 2 years with an accredited organization ( see the links provided) BEFORE you can apply to be a SAR K9 handler. Dogs and handlers are certified through the RCMP
A link to Access to the BCSAR web site can be found in the comments as FB is playing its usual tricks...

British Columbia Search Dog Association Existing and prospective K9 Handlers, Fall camp is coming soon! Fall Camp will be September 26 – October 1st in Merritt, stay tuned for more details. About British Columbia Search Dog Association BCSDA is a volunteer, not-for-profit association dedicated to ...

17/11/2024

Things got a bit spicy 🌶on the social walk today with all the GSD and Malinois energy...lol
Fun fun and super energetic walk...owner/handlers were on their toes with these dogs...a beautiful bunch of intense and highly alert dogs. Lots of work on impulse control and maintaining focus at the task they were instructed to do.
It was entertaining to see the wide eyed faces of other trail users as we walked by. Fortunately these owner/handlers are great leaders to their dogs and super aware of their dogs behaviour and their surroundings which allowed todays walk to go off without a hitch.

07/11/2024

100%. This is rather appropriate after I heard of a “trainer” belittling and mocking a participant and her dogs efforts at a tracking test recently,- to her own students who were observing the event . It sickens me that this type of behaviour is what she is teaching her students.

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07/11/2024

Terry and Milo had a big day today ! We are finally able to progress our training towards off leash time by introducing an ecollar so that Milo can reliably and safely enjoy some freedom as he walks with Terry through that beautiful landscape behind them
These two have come a long way together . Thanks for trusting me Terry 😊

03/11/2024

#1)Yay Adrienne and Hugo! Two weeks ago they were denied a TD title due to Hugo taking a coyote( his nemesis) cross track at the NOTOC tracking tests in Armstrong , but this dynamic team made a super fast comeback and achieved their goal down on the coast at the WGDC of BC today!!

#2) Yay Lori and Baker! Lori and her Vizsla-Baker have been working with me on-line ( since she lives down in Washington) after a weekend workshop back in June were she made the 6 hour drive to get some serious one on one coaching and today she successfully achieved her goal! *judges comments: That was the best run track of the day...perfect!

🤩-2 more K9 kinship tracking graduates achieving their CKC TD titles!

Now A little word from Adrienne...😉
** We did it!!!
Today in the lower mainland, Hugo earned his Tracking Dog title🥳🍾🥂
He aced the water-laden track with his trademark power and had me jogging behind him most of the way! This dog is such a joy to track with, he has huge work ethic and an excellent nose💗
Today really turned into a Cloud 9 day when my dear friend Lori and Baker also earned their TD title!!! It is not every day that 2 National Specialty winners earn a tracking title. What a thrill!!!
Hugo🌟 BIS MBISS Am GCH CH Can GCHB QHF's Born To Fly TD NRD
Baker 🍩 Am CH Can CH Rhapsody Beignet, Done That TD NW1
Thank you so much to the track layers, judge, apprentice judge, and secretary for all the hard work putting on this test! Tacking tests are volunteer heavy, and it wouldn’t happen without all the manpower!
Hunterspride German Shorthaired Pointers

K9 Kinship -Lifestyle and Adventure Dog Training.

03/11/2024

I’ve stepped away from social media the last little bit as I find it exhausting… but it doesn’t mean I’ve stepped away from training. Here’s a photo of my structured social walk encouraging handler engagement, dog neutralization and environmental generalization ( lots of fancy words for those who like to use them )

20/10/2024

Yay team K9 Kinship! 3 new TD champs !! Brent with Rogue the Malinois. Moi with my boy Carter the GSP and Adrienne with Vinci the GSP. Honourable mentions are Adrienne with her GSP Hugo, and Matt with his GSD Griffin. What a great day. Hunterspride German Shorthaired Pointers

20/10/2024

I took a mental health day and did a thing with my dog Carter. Hunterspride German Shorthaired Pointers. Hunterspride LTD Edition Farook ~ Cartier (Carter) JH, FDJ and now TD!!

14/10/2024

So grateful to be doing what I love as a job. And can’t beat that office window view !😉. A big thankyou to all my clients past and present be it behaviour training or sport dog training. 🙏🤗

06/10/2024

I should have recorded the group training walk yesterday. We were met with the finest of humanity along the walk. Lol. I say that with great sarcasm
From the miniature yapping something that was off leash and running like a bat-outta-hell along the trail with its owner chasing after it screaming its name, to the fella obsessed with the drawstring on his shorts every time he walked by someone and the “ ooops I didn’t see you “ reaction 🙄 when his dog dragged him across the trail attempting to meet every single dog passing by , and the muscle bound guy walking his massive mastiff -who was doing its best to lock eyes with the dogs in our group -while repeating “ be nice , be nice “ as he walked by ( was he saying it to himself or his dog 🤔), to the very angry man carrying a big stick and bouncing a ball on the ground as he walked and the closer he got to an approaching dog he’d bounce the ball repeatedly in a way I could only surmise was an attempt to trigger a dog to launch at the ball so he could use the stick to defend himself ( although he provoked it) . The dogs did not flinch at a single one of these distractions. So proud of this group 🤗Hildi with her poodle Addy, Leslie with her GSD Skylar, Gina with her Mal Rogue and Karen with her BC Molly

05/10/2024

Although "Mantrailing" is not yet a recognized dog sport in Canada through the CKC, it is still a super fun activity to participate in with your dog and I have been teaching it for 30 years! I got my start in tracking by learning how to "mantrail". Back then we called it wilderness tracking.
Reach out if you want to get started on this fun sport with your dog!