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This little 5 month old Corso is with us for our 14 day program. We are working on manners around food, obedience, off leash recall and much more! He is trying so hard! 😊
We are so happy his owners invested in his early training. This could really change his life, and theirs too, as this breed is massive and early control and manners, as well as socialization with humans and new things is a must!
*Aug slot filled* can book Sept and fall
We can fit 1 more puppy or dog for training in August. It's 14 days.
Obedience - sit, down, stay, come, heel, bed.
Off leash recall
Socialization
Could also do sport foundation, tracking foundation, or hunting dog foundation.
Reva the speed demon retrieving them ducks!
I am slowly getting back to training 1 month after having my baby.
On July 13 and 14th I trialed both our Labs at the Moncton Retriever Club hunt test.
Reva earned 1 pass towards her Junior Hunter title on the Saturday. Unfortunately on the Sunday, the last duck in the water was just too hard for her. She will need 2 more passes to earn the title.
My friend and training partner Tammy earned 2 passes with Kira, Revas half sister.
*OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAINING*
We will take some applications for 1 or 2 dogs to come for training here in August for obedience, puppy training or off leash training. Can also accept for hunting training foundation or competition dogs.
Will give first consideration to previous clients who's dogs need a refresher or advancement in their training.
If your dog has been here before send me a private message.
If you are new client, or who's dog never came for board and train yet, please submit an application for training through our website.
Please fill out each individual area to the best of your knowledge. **PLEASE NOTE: We are currently not taking on new clients.
Winner is #10, Paula Marie 😊 pm us!!
Thank you for everyone who contributed to the fundraiser, collar is ordered for my client and will be here Tuesday 🙏
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Will post draw results shortly!
Hi everyone! Please help in this fundraiser if you can.
One of my clients lost their house and everything they own in a house fire last week 😞
Their dog got out, and was the reason they got out as he barked to let them know something was wrong! Unfortunately their 2 cats didn't make it or any of their stuff.
I would like to do a small fundraiser for to buy them a new ecollar for their dog. Their dogs ecollar was lost in the fire, and they would love to have a new one so the dog can be offleash again safely.
17 numbers, $20 each. This will cover the cost of a new one like they had.
Winner of the draw gets 1 bag of Inukshuk dogfood (any formula,) OR a free phone or video consult with me (up to 30 min)
1. Jonah Tman
2. Jonah Tman
3. Anne Marie
4. Ron Cormier
5. Ron Cormier
6. Veronique Emilia
7. Rachel Thompson
8. Jessica Gauthier
9. Jessica Gauthier
10. Paula Marie
11. Sarah Sock
12. Deanie Cox
13. Gisele Leger
14. Taylor Anderson
15. Rebecca Arbeau
16. Julien Savoie/Claudine Blanchard
17. Alanna Rozee
We just got a big load of Inukshuk Professional Dog Food yesterday to top up our stock
To get some, send us a msg.
Give us a bit of a heads up though - newborn life is hectic!
People ask us about dogs in cars all the time and we always recommend crating in the car to avoid many things - from car anxiety, overarousal/overstimulation issues, car reactivity, accidents from dog jumping into front seats, jumping out of windows, eating food in the car, chewing seatbelts or seats, etc etc
But MOST IMPORTANTLY safety in the case of accident!
Investing in Ruffland crates or other similar crash tested crates is the best thing you can do for your dogs if you travel with them a lot.
They really do save them.
Feeding your dog from a bowl is just a wasted opportunity to develop a relationship, develop training and the love to work for the handler.
Do we ever feed our personal dogs from bowls? Yes. But only once the above is established, and if we arent training that day.
Our dogs are obsessed with us. They love working. They are no longer working because of food but because they love to work/train.
Its conditioned from a young puppy.
So if your dog is not at the level where they're obsessed with you and training, try feeding throughout the day for behaviors incorporated into your routines, or on the walk for attention focus, or do a couple short training sessions in the backyard.
You'll see a difference after a week or 2 of strictly hand feeding and you may never want to go back to bowl!
Another option is to provide stimulation in the form of puzzles, treat balls, or throw food in the lawn for a sniff hunt (careful if you have multiple dogs, if they could fight) or even doing a long stay on their bed in the living room for handfuls of food every few minutes while you clean the house, etc
Throwback pic to 1 year ago, when I was training in Oregon with Rival, preparing for Nationals with some of the top coaches in the world, and had to wear my Canadian winter jacket because it was so chilly that day! The woman with me from Arizona was freezing, because of course, she wasn't prepared for such cold weather in June!
Some name recognition training with Reva today. Kira honoring, learning to be patient and have self control watching another retrieve
Corrections exist in the animal world when behavior is out of line too! What you tolerate is what you get. What a good mare!
In the end baby learned manners... did you see how mom upped the correction level over time when the softer/subtle ones weren't working? When your dog is as persistent as this foal, you need to be, too.
Ecollars for sale - 2 dog systems.
NEW Educator et300 2 dog system. 500 firm
Like new condition - lightly used - Dogtra Edge with 2 collars. Expandable up to 4 dogs.
Value NEW from factory is 880 CAD plus shipping. Asking 600 firm.
Can ship if needed.
Some people are wondering if we are still selling Inukshuk dog food though we are not currently training dogs (maternity leave)
The answer is YES :)
Msg us to get your food any day. Give us some heads up whenever you can so we can make sure you get it.
We have set-out times in the morning for day pickups, and late afternoon for evening pickups.
Couple long distance marks with Reva. Shes a bit fast 😅
Tried Reva in a lot of long grass and she did so good! Thanks Myriam Carrier for throwing and Tammy Jaillet-Mark Poirier for videoing
Reva doing some basic lining drills, first time on this field and she didn't get shown the piles
Officially on maternity leave... I have to accept that its time to slow down and focus on getting ready for the baby. My body is saying so.
Hope to be back late summer if all goes well.
But to my good clients, please don't hesitate to reach out for any questions while I'm on leave!
Also I am working on an online beginner step-by-step e-collar course for those interested in our ecollar foundations program. It will be available to purchase once its ready. More details later.
We are still selling dog food and Dogsport Gear equipment.
In the meantime, please comment a pic of your dog that we trained and know that I think about each and every one of you! 😊
Brittany
We are back from the Quebec Schutzhund Regionals and Shane and Hilda had a successful weekend, winning the plaque for High BH and getting Hilda's SG (very good) rating in the show.
Video of the BH routine here: https://youtu.be/zVk6W0CLFDE?si=R5MqVG_P_SToOAc0
Update from last post:
Shane and Hilda got their BH with flying colors!
Shane Rice and his dog Hilda are shown practicing for their BH, which will be tonight, under judge Edgar Pertl from Austria. The BH is an obedience title required as a prerequisite to be able to do IGP1 - 3. It consists of a long focused heeling pattern, both on and off leash, a sit stay, down stay at 30 pace with recall, long down under distraction, traffic test/temperament test, and written exam for the handler. Might sound easy, but the requirements are strict and expectations are high now for the dogs entered.
We are at the Quebec Regional Schutzhund Championship for the weekend and hopefully Shane and Hilda do well at their first trial!
Thank you to our amazing friend Jade for always holding down the fort at home for us while we are away.
Going to be a fun weekend watching some good friends compete with other IGP3 competitors for podium placements, and a qualifying scores for Nationals.
Then Monday there is the show which Hilda is also entered in.
So frustrating to see all the tiktok videos showing sh*tty training and bad teaching habits for competition and people see it and think that its amazing.
We have so many students who come here and are teaching things incorrectly based on what they learned online. Some are never able to reverse the bad habits or it takes months.
I just saw someone teaching "side steps" in heeling and the dog is on a lure and completely leaning into the leg and incorrect but yet, people will get soo many views on that and likes.. then people will go try it on their own, thinking its correct way of teaching, when its absolutely garbage and will create problems that are probably unfixable long term.
I swear some of these people making videos just probably watched a video of someone doing it, and then went outside and make their own video to get views. The problem with social media is the person who gets the most "likes" and views are seen widely by the masses, and not the person most skilled.
I can show you so many skilled trainers that only a person who is also skilled can see the skill level. Whereas all these dipsh*ts on tiktok who attract the masses just look foolish and novice to those skilled enough to see it.
You cant hide skill level.
I love the analogy Shane always uses:
If a black belt looks at a room of students in jiu jitsu, he can grade every one of them and spot their skill level and see all the mistakes.
But if a complete beginner walks into the gym, even the white belts look incredible to them, because they don't know any better.
In fact, a white belt can have up to 3 years of training on them before they graduate to blue belt.
So if someone gave a black belt to a white belt to wear, they could fool any beginner walking in into thinking they were black belt level, simply because their eyes arent skilled enough to see.
But a real black belt can spot them a mile away.
The same goes in dog training. A black belt can see all the errors. White belts think other white belts or even blue belts are amazing because there's absolutely no possible way they could know the difference.
Be careful who you learn from or you'll spend the next 5 years undoing bad training habits and some things absolutely can't be fixed in competition training once a foundation is set.
When trainers work together, beautiful things happen - and for the betterment of the DOG.
Lija was coming here for her 4rth board & train program. She'd been here for basic obedience, then advanced obedience/public skills, then service dog training, and now finally public work.
At almost 8 months pregnant, I didn't know if I could do this public work board & train.
I chose to outsource this board and train to my friend April Saulnier who does amazing public work and socialization.
Why? Because I knew that I wouldn't be able to take Lija as many places as April could, and I knew April would do a great job of exposung Lija to a lot of things in a short period of time.
As trainers at Kent K9 who do a lot of board and trains, we often are putting obedience foundations on dogs, manners, ecollar for off leash, competition work and much more. Our rural location away from the city, and limited time to go in public makes it hard to do public work also. Also, taking dogs into public is probably our least favorite thing to do of all training.
When trainers work together for the betterment of the dog, everyone benefits.
Lija came back to me yesterday and she returns back to her owner tmrw!
Thank you April for showing Lija more of the big world and giving her the experience of a new handler as well!
*Huge opportunity*
We had a spot open for our Fundamentals of Dog Training seminar on Sunday April 28.
This seminar was originally full and was postponed in March due to snowstorm.
The new date is this Sunday and we had a backout.
If you are interested in learning about pet dog training, how to progress your dog to the next level, and why people are struggling with their dogs, pm us to sign up now!
What social media doesnt show:
What pics they post vs the process 😂
Ruby, here for board and train, still forgets sometimes that jumping to the hand for the treat does not get her anything.
Shes one of my favorite pups.
She leaves on the weekend and is one of the last of the board & trains before we break for maternity for the summer.
Ruby has done incredible things. At only 14 weeks old, she arrived here for our program.
In the past 2 weeks shes learned sit stay, down stay in distractions, heel, loose leash walking, place and go to her bed. She is completely ecollar trained in distractions for off leash recall, go to her kennel on command, go to her bed, and responds to it for manners as well.
Shes able to lay and have her nails dremeled without fuss.
Her confidence has came way up and she's so good with dogs now too.
So glad her owner invested in early training for her! The work is far from done and she needs now to move forward with exposure to life, keep any reactive behavior at bay and teach appropriate behavior in each situation but now that she is trained all of this, it will be so much easier and enjoyable to have her around the family!
Rubys ears have stood while she is here and she looks so different now! I absolutely love Ruby and her sweet personality but also how freaking smart she is!
Happens in dog training all the time!
Blaze, here for 5 weeks of training for IGP :)
Handsome boy is learning focused heeling, barking, some protection work, and much more!
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Reva the speed demon retrieving them ducks! I am slowly getting back to training 1 month after having my baby. On July 13 and 14th I trialed both our Labs at the Moncton Retriever Club hunt test. Reva earned 1 pass towards her Junior Hunter title on the Saturday. Unfortunately on the Sunday, the last duck in the water was just too hard for her. She will need 2 more passes to earn the title. My friend and training partner Tammy earned 2 passes with Kira, Revas half sister.
Winner is #10, Paula Marie 😊 pm us!! Thank you for everyone who contributed to the fundraiser, collar is ordered for my client and will be here Tuesday 🙏
Some name recognition training with Reva today. Kira honoring, learning to be patient and have self control watching another retrieve
Couple long distance marks with Reva. Shes a bit fast 😅
Tried Reva in a lot of long grass and she did so good! Thanks Myriam Carrier for throwing and Tammy Jaillet-Mark Poirier for videoing
Reva doing some basic lining drills, first time on this field and she didn't get shown the piles
Shane Rice and his dog Hilda are shown practicing for their BH, which will be tonight, under judge Edgar Pertl from Austria. The BH is an obedience title required as a prerequisite to be able to do IGP1 - 3. It consists of a long focused heeling pattern, both on and off leash, a sit stay, down stay at 30 pace with recall, long down under distraction, traffic test/temperament test, and written exam for the handler. Might sound easy, but the requirements are strict and expectations are high now for the dogs entered. We are at the Quebec Regional Schutzhund Championship for the weekend and hopefully Shane and Hilda do well at their first trial! Thank you to our amazing friend Jade for always holding down the fort at home for us while we are away. Going to be a fun weekend watching some good friends compete with other IGP3 competitors for podium placements, and a qualifying scores for Nationals. Then Monday there is the show which Hilda is also entered in.
Blaze focused heeling on day 18 of training.. really starting to come together! #Kentk9trainingcenter #Schutzhund #IGP #competitiveobediencetraining #igptraining
Yesterday's weather was good for retriever training!
Della has had 15 days of training for the trained retrieve/FF. Its the first Toller we've trained for hunting work. She has done hold training, collar conditioning, hold in distractions, turning around on the table without dropping, and finally, pickups off the table. Today was first day pickups off the floor and deliver to hand on the table. We are so proud of how she is doing and the main thing is she's enjoying the work! :) She will be going for some hunt titles this year if she's ready.
Another boring nail dremel video. This time explaining how I do it with pups who have no nail trauma. Handling is another issue you need to work on before you get to this point. I did handling with Jake for 4-5 days before dremeling his nails, so he understood that Acceptance of Restraint or Handling = Reward.
Ivy the cat helped out this morning
Long stays build character. Long stays in distractions make good dogs. People struggle so much with stays. The mistakes often I see are: ● not moving forward in training. (Remaining on the same difficulty level for too long) ● keeping the dog in a high arousal state for the entire stay. Dog never relaxes, always expects reward often, becomes fidgety, whiny, and breaks if rewards aren't given often enough. ● not teaching a clear consequence for breaking the stay. ● people recalling dog from stay, which actually ruins your stay. ● only doing stays directly in front of the dog, instead of teaching walking behind, out of sight, etc ● people never introducing distractions These pups both have less than 14 days of training and look how capable they are! We see a common theme in dog training. People don't expect enough of their puppies. Expectations are set low. Dogs never learn how to acheive good obedience because people aren't expecting enough. I'm here to show you what 5 and 6 month old puppies are capable of, in just 9 days of consistent training. Puppies are capable of impulse control. Theyre capable of responsible behavior. They should be allowed to be puppies, but also get taught how to become dogs that can fit into society. Mini series on How to Teach Stay in 14 Days, coming soon!! (will be available for purchase)
Jake, 5 months old on day 9 of his board and train. Looking pretty good! Getting some control and manners, and his obedience is looking nice! Smart pup!
Lija goes home tomorrow after her 3rd 14 day program here since she was a puppy! She is graduating from Service Dog in Training to Service Dog!! She has done so well and learned how to pick up, carry, and retrieve items during this stay. She is returning in April for one more stay, we can't wait to work with her again. A service dog should provide tasks for the handler that the handler can't do themselves or may need assistance with. They also can provide emotional support for PTSD and anxiety disorders. Lijas owners sent her for her first training around 6 months old where I assessed whether she would be a suitable service dog prospect or not. Fortunately, she was! She has a calm, friendly temperament, and is neutral in public, and towards dogs and people in public. She's safe and intelligent, and on her own, provides emotional support for her handler. Her owners continued the training and public exposure in between her stays, and have done a fantastic job preserving her training. Now that she is task trained, she is ready to accompany her owner to assist with daily living.
Lija making huge progress in her task training for service dog work. Such a smart dog
Service dog Lija learning new tasks! Picking up dropped objects for her handler
Probably the most boring video we'll ever post, but so important. This is how Lija gets her nails done and eats her supper at the same time. Work on handling every day, and you'll get here too!
Bandit working on vacuum desensitization the other night with Shane :)
Rival von Ducasse really didn't disappoint at the world championships
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