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19/06/2025

I met this big guy yesterday. He looks angelic here, but Benny can be a handful! He’s been dragging his humans around, jumping on people, stealing food, playing too rough with the other dogs at home, and freaking out about any and all animals that show up on the TV! He’s a smart and friendly guy who will respond beautifully to training, especially since his owners are truly committed to his success. I’m looking forward to assisting with his transformation!

05/06/2025

Milan’s owners love going on adventures with him and are itching for off leash control. They had already started training him before we met, so we can move a little faster than with a dog with zero foundation. That said, you have to walk before you can run! We’re going to do some on leash foundation work before we think about off leash training. Milan loves to run and explore but we want to ensure that his adventures end safely.

04/06/2025

Senior dogs don’t just want to sit on the sidelines!

Logan, my 12 year old Labrador retriever, has spent her life training and trialing with me. Though she’s technically retired, she’s thrilled when I bring her out to do Obedience exercises. It doesn’t have to be perfect and I’m happy to reward pretty liberally. I want her to have fun, enjoy her work, and feel valued for who she is and the relationship we have.

It’s tough weather for a senior dog, so we worked mostly in the shade and kept the session short.

30/05/2025

Great night to be outdoors for drop in class! We had a nice mix of dogs who represent quite a range of sizes, temperaments, and challenges. It’s fun to mix it up between the downtown area and the bike path.

08/05/2025

Winnie is a true Labrador-she absolutely loves to swim and fetch, preferably at the same time! But she also has to understand that there are times she needs to be under control around water. Her owners do an amazing job balancing training and impulse control with lots of fun!

06/05/2025

I’m just like everyone else: good days, bad days, long work days, lazy days, rainy days. Some of my students are getting a lot more training done with their dogs than I am with mine, or have more consistent exercise routines for their dogs. My dog Logan is 12 (she can avoid jumping fallen trees if she wants to!) and Nyx is nearing her 6th birthday, so they can handle quiet days with less training and exercise more easily than younger dogs who have less training. But Labs aren’t meant to be couch potatoes and I’m usually not, either. We had the opportunity to get out today, so we jammed a lot into our little adventure. We balanced obedience with exploring, mud, swimming, and retrieving. And then they both wanted to play fetch when we got home!

Exercise and obedience should go hand in hand when your goal is to live with dogs who make good companions and also feel content and fulfilled in their lives.

02/05/2025

Mixing play and treats into training keeps things fun and interesting while also teaching some impulse control. Dogs need to learn how to switch gears from excitement and play to obedience quickly if training is going to hold up long term in the face of real world challenges.

29/04/2025

Teaching a trained retrieve (also known as a force fetch) is a time consuming and labor intensive process. It requires quite a lot of effort, commitment, and thought on the dog’s part.

The retrieve becomes an obedience concept rather than just a game and so accountability must be built in. But that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate the victories! Winnie was so proud of herself when she started putting the different pieces together and I was happy to let her know how proud I was of her!

18/02/2025

Jackson is the epitome of a social butterfly 🦋, so I took him downtown in the hopes of exposing him to a steady stream of people walking by. He’s convinced that everyone is there to greet him, but since that’s not actually the case, we worked on heeling past people and sitting still while people passed by or spoke with us. Despite the cold weather, we passed lots of people, city sights and sounds, and another dog. Jackson made a lot of people smile today thanks to his good looks and excellent behavior.

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