Christy’s Canine Connections

01/01/2025

Happy New Year to my amazing clients and followers
Thank you for helping me build up my training by recommending me to others!
Let’s make 2025 the best year ever!!!

06/11/2024

Cancellation Policy Amendment: To better manage scheduling and ensure that clients receive the attention they deserve, a $30 fee will be charged for appointments cancelled on short notice (less than 24 hours). This fee must be paid before we can reschedule. This updated policy takes effect immediately.

28/10/2024

I’ve gotten a lot of calls asking for help training with a fence boundary
I will tell you what I’ve told all who ask me
No I will not train with these
They are dangerous

This is one of the reasons why we do not like invisible fences for our adoptions:

This little guy got out of his invisible fence...no doubt chasing a squirrel that was outside the boundary. He managed to fight off the coyotes that tried to kill him.
The shock collar around his neck had prevented his return to his home and yard, so he went back into the woods to lay down to die. His owner was determined to find him. When he was found he was pretty torn up with a temp of 94°F.
Invisible fencing is Not going to keep animals, or other threats out of your yard.
If your dog runs through the barrier in pursuit of a critter, he's going to get corrected by that collar if he tries to get back home.... Please reconsider invisible fencing. People may say that they have been using them for years without issue.
However, it only takes once

17/10/2024

I get a call the other night from my neighbor & she tells me that her neighbors behind her had been complaining that her dogs keep on barking non-stop, which they do. We already had the conversation about how we hate the electric zapping bark collars, so I suggested her purchasing a humane citronella collar, that way when the dogs barked, it shot out a blast of citronella under their nose and they don't like it. This morning she calls me over to her yard and asks me to help her figure this darn thingout. So I'm off today and thought what the heck, I'll help. I was getting the collars ready and filled them with their stuff. And that's where my morning should have ended. But no, it's me, and I begin to become curious as to how said collars work.
Now I'm standing on her back porch "barking" at the dog's collar. Nothing happens. I make sure it's turned on, check the fill level, and go through the "getting started" check list one more time. Again, I bark. Nothing happens. She’s getting worried that they are defective and can’t take them back because we opened & filled them. Now I'm not quite sure, why I had this next thought, but I did; I put on the collar. I seriously extended the band and fit the growl box against my throat and barked. Apparently, the collar only works if it feels vibrations, because I immediately received a blast of citronella to the face. I began coughing, which only caused the collar to continue to sq**rt bug spray over and over into my nasal cavity. I'm now on my hands and knees in her back yard, trying to breathe, and to make matters worse, the dogs are now barking. So between coughing and yelling at her & the dogs to shut up, I've emptied over a dozen blasts of citronella to my face. During all of this ruckus, I'm trying to undo the clasp of the collar, which has somehow managed to weld shut during this whole fiasco. She’s of no help! Trying to get the dogs inside & get scissors to cut the dang thing off me before I die. I finally get the collar off and threw, yes I threw that crazy (inhumane) thing across the yard, and lay in the grass sucking in the cool morning air. In the middle of thinking this is probably the dumbest thing I've done in a while, I hear laughter. HER NEIGHBOR SAW THE WHOLE THING! He was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe. Between gasps, he tells me,"I was gonna come help, but every time I started to climb over the fence, you'd set it off again and then I would started laughing and couldn't make it" So now, not only are my eyes red, but my face and ears are too. After checking to make sure I was ok, we parted ways and I went in to wash my face so I wouldn't be smelling like ode de' Tiki Torch. So lesson learned: next time (yes, there will always be a next time with me) make sure that 1. Don't fill the collar before trying to set it off and B. Remember your friend/neighbor is not a good source of help in a comedy crisis situation. On the plus side, I won't have a mosquito problem for a few days!.....and now that even though this does sound like something I'd do I hate to break the news that it's a copied story that gave me a good chuckle so feel free to do the same 😂😂😂

14/10/2024

Dear clients, when booking with me, please be prepared to provide your address. My pricing structure is based on location and distance from my location. If this presents a challenge, we may need to consider other options.

05/09/2024

Last name Robb has an appointment with me Sunday
Please call to reschedule

17/08/2024

This man was amazing as a trainer
What a legacy he left

16/08/2024

15/08/2024

Hi everyone
I have been in the hospital and a few other events hit our family
I have some clients that I let slip thru the cracks
If this sounds like you and you would like a catch up training session please reach out so I can get you on the books for this coming week

31/07/2024

Funny

1941 - Coast Guard “training” a Great Dane

Due to the size and weight of a Great Dane the United States Military wanted to train them as working dogs in World War II.

The training program was so unsuccessful that it drove a dog training Sergeant to tears when he repeatedly tried to get a Great Dane to jump over an obstacle, the playful Great Dane would run up to the obstacle, grab the entire structure in his teeth and then bring it back to the Sergeant and place it at his feet wanting to play.

It was shortly after that the United States Military gave up training Great Danes for war.

Don't forget to check out our current K-9's on instagram this week! http://ow.ly/oOEp50vawoN

31/07/2024

Hello current clients the

I am in the hospital
If we were scheduled this week for trainings I will contact you when I get out

28/07/2024

I got to play with puppies today
Check out Mabel’s Doodles for more pics of these pups and stay turned for litters coming soon!!

See comments for another photo and video

07/07/2024

Oh my gosh he’s gorgeous

♥️ Foster secured!

I’m sweet Darien.
I and a husky poodle mix. I have one powder blue and one brown eye.
People stop me in the street and say how beautiful I am.
I’m in need of a foster or forever home.
I came from a hoarding situation. Many of my siblings took longer to come around than me. I am doing very well but I need time and patience.

Here are some things about me:
❤️I am a boy
❤️I am gentle like a lamb. In fact my fur feels like a lamb.
❤️I weigh the perfect weight of 35 pounds
❤️I’m 3 or
4 years old
❤️I’m shy in the beginning but I warm up fast.
❤️I love people and love affection
❤️I love to be pet
❤️I get along with other dogs
❤️I am not aggressive at all but I feel most comfortable with adults or kids over 10.
❤️I’m food motivated
❤️I’m UTD with all shots
❤️I’m heartworm negative
❤️My foster mom is going out of town very soon and I need a place to go. Almost Home doesn’t want to board me as It will scare me and set me back.

Foster Application:
https://service.sheltermanager.com/asmservice?account=ah0334&method=online_form_html&formid=6

Please open your heart to me.
Please foster me even if you can’t adopt me. I know one day I will have a forever home so please help me be on my way to that special day.

Love,
Darien xo❤️xo

www.almosthomeanimals.org

03/07/2024

Hi there! I have several openings for new clients. Are you seeking help with your pup or older dog? Perhaps you're a former client in need of a refresher? Let's get you scheduled!

25/06/2024

Isn’t he handsome?
Of all the dogs I’ve trained I’ve never said I had a favorite until now
JJ completely stole my heart
He was such an amazing dog to train and super smart
What made it even better was his family worked with him
I have never graduated a lab at the age of 5 months. Usually that’s when the trouble is starting
But JJ I graduated tonight
I’m going to miss this boy!!

14/06/2024

This needs repeated often
I can’t tell you how often I see someone fiddling anxiously with their leash and the dog is also anxious
STOP SHOWING YOUR ANXIETY THRU THE LEASH