West Coast Golden Retrievers

17/01/2024

Snow day for baby Mai ❄️🐾😍

13/01/2024

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Punishment is everywhere. When people are frustrated and don’t know what to do, often their initial instinct is to punish the animal, or the child, or the partner. We punish each other all the time. For instance, how do we stop people from speeding? Tickets. How many people are in jail? What happens if a library book isn’t returned on time? Punishment is how we are taught to deal with others doing things we don’t like. The problem is that punishment does not deal with the underlying reasons for the behaviour.

🐕 Punishment suppresses behaviour and can create anxiety, frustration, and a host of other issues.

In dog training, we hear that a dog is ‘dominant’, ‘stubborn’, willful’, or ‘a strong breed’. These labels are used to place blame on our dog in order to justify the use of punishment. However, using punishment in dog training is a choice.

🐕 Dogs do not need to be punished to learn.

Trainers who use e-collars, prong collars, choke chains and/or pinch ears, bite ears, yell, threaten and other techniques meant to scare or hurt a dog, are doing so by choice. I used to use these tools, and it was a choice I made back then. Now I train hundreds of dogs every year of all shapes and sizes, many with severe behaviour and aggression issues. Not once have I had to resort to punishment. When I find a dog who doesn’t respond to what I know, I learn more. That is the difference between myself and trainers who use punishment. When I don’t know what to do, instead of using punishment, I learn how to do things differently or better to help the dog in front of me.

🐕 Train the dog in front of you.

Many people use this sentence to justify the use of punishment. I use it to justify more learning. Some dogs are harder. Some dogs don’t respond to the standard dog training recipes. Find out what does work for that dog.

If you are thinking about using punishment, there is a better way. You might not know what it is, I might not know what it is, but there is always a better way.

01/01/2024

Happy New Year from West Coast Golden Retrievers! 🩷🎉🐾

Hope your days are as relaxing and contended as queen Maisie’s are the whole year through!

02/12/2023

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13/11/2023

Throw back to the happiest day of my darling Junees life 🥹

Adorable how happy she was to be a momma. 💓

01/11/2023

The sweetest girl Ruckle from our June and Freddie 2021 litter! She has the best Pawrents ! And look at those tail feathers 😍😍😍👏👏👏

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28/10/2023

Sweetest boy Luke from our 2021 litter! (Right) 😍 He is truly a lovely boi!

02/10/2023

Maisie and her handsome boyfriend Oakliegh 😍🐾 Puppies coming 2024!

02/10/2023

Freddie’s handsome boy Elvis. What a chonkay monkay 😍💓

22/09/2023

Sweet Maisie Mae out on her adventure this morning 🍁🐾

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21/09/2023

My golden retriever meet up!

Located in Campbell river, Vancouver island 🐾

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My Golden Retriever meet up will be held at Discovery Passage school this month!

Also, Gail from Cedar Valley K9 will be joining! She will be holding an info session on her doggie first aid course and to chat training with all you lovelies!

Hope to see you all there 😄🐾

17/09/2023

West Coast Golden Retrievers is opening our waitlist for sweet Maisie’s 2024 litter 🎉🐾

Please pm if you would like more info or would like to fill out an application. ☺️

10/09/2023

Couldn’t pick just one. Hope everyone is enjoying thier weekend! From Freddie and the rest of the West Coast Golden Retrievers crew! 🐾💓

28/08/2023

Junee having the time of her life at the sitters. ☺️🐾💓

25/08/2023

Tomorrow!

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This months GR meet up will be held in south Campbell River!

Panziera Photography will be joining us for some photo fun. She will be capturing candid photos of the pups and if you would like the full resolution images without water mark they will be available by donation! 😄💓🐾

Her photography is featured on this months meet up poster!

Any and all well socialized Goldens are welcome!

15/08/2023

This months GR meet up will be held in south Campbell River!

Panziera Photography will be joining us for some photo fun. She will be capturing candid photos of the pups and if you would like the full resolution images without water mark they will be available by donation! 😄💓🐾

Her photography is featured on this months meet up poster!

Any and all well socialized Goldens are welcome!

31/07/2023

Sweet Maisie May and her new friend ☺️🐾💗

01/07/2023

Handsome Luke relaxing and enjoying his beautiful yard!

Wishing you all a happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

24/06/2023

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Always such a great time at the golden retriever meet up!

Thank you to everyone for coming out this morning 🐾😄

24/06/2023

Happening today!!

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This Saturday friends!

14/06/2023

Freddie is a Grand Dad ! 🐾 His beautiful girl Charlotte had a litter of 9 pups. 🥰💗🐾

11/06/2023

Hiking with my babes this morning 💗🐾🙌

10/06/2023

Freddie’s sweet boy Franklin 🥹🥹🥹😍😍😍

01/06/2023

Woweeee Freddie’s gorgeous girl Charlotte 😍