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The Alpha Snails

We are a small PSA club in Vancouver dedicated to training the sport, based on strong leadership principles and the understanding of behaviours and drives!

Head decoy and handler Darren Racine is a ‘Training Without Conflict’ Certified Trainer. People have started asking us about our Club name lol so here's the backstory. We train putting the dog's needs first. We train a certain mindset and behaviour in our dogs first and foremost.. Building them up calm and confident, THEN moving on to PSA exercises. Once this is done, things move quickly for handl

er and his dog teammate. This approach however, has gotten us the reputation of being 'extremely slow', by some trainers:) Hence, the name 'The Alpha Snails' was born!

02/10/2024

Wishing our club director and head decoy Darren Racine a very HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYY!! 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎊🎆🎇

We’re a day late(whoops 😅) but couldn’t pass up this opportunity to celebrate Darren. 😄 Thank you for kicking all our asses and pushing us to be better handlers! We appreciate you. 🥹🦶🏽🫵😜 Our club wouldn’t be The Alpha Snails without your awesome leadership and guidance!

To many more years of malinois, madness and magic! ✨💫

Please enjoy this pic of Darren and his girl Duchess from Saturday. 😂👅👅

~Cici~

21/06/2024

Just got the exciting news that two of our very own JUST passed their PDCs at the ‘Bite & Buck’ PSA trial in Montana!! 🙌🏼💪🏼 Congratulations to teams Becky and Arsyn, and Jane and Emi, WELL DONE! 🥳 Upwards and onwards y’all!!! 🐌🐌🐌😜

29/05/2024

✨Thank you ✨ Adrian for coming to Vancouver to share your knowledge with us. Your insights were incredibly valuable and will grow our program moving forward! We appreciate the time and effort you took to be here 🐾

05/04/2024

Just a few Alpha Snails doing Alpha Snail things.
**tgetbit

21/09/2023

We do not eat guests. Repeat after me lol. 😅🐊🚫🙅🏽‍♀️

~ Cici

01/08/2023

🏆🐾 Proud Moments with the Alpha Snails! 🐾🏆🐌🐌🐌🙌🏼

Congratulations to Darren and Duchess for getting their PDC title! 🥳🎉🎊

This dynamic duo has shown unyielding dedication and a ton of heart over the last year. For those of us club members who’ve seen how hard they have trained and come; this achievement is truly inspiring. 🥹 We look forward to supporting you Darren and Duchess as you begin training for your PSA 1 title. 👏🏽💪🏼 Excited to see this team’s growth and evolution! 🐊🐊🐊😜

Next, we congratulate Jessica and Genesis aka Jess and Genny for accomplishing the first leg of their PSA 2 title!! 🥳🤩🎉🏅 This team's unwavering commitment to training, countless hours of practice, and passion for the sport have all culminated in this victory! 🏆💪 These girls have a special bond and it shows when they step out on to the field. 😍 Can’t wait to see them slay and earn their second leg of their PSA 2 title! 🎉🎊🎆🎇

For anyone who trains in PSA, you know it’s a challenging discipline that tests the mental and physical prowess of both handler and dog. We would like to thank our club’s handler and dog teams that stepped out on to the field to compete; regardless of pass or fail. That took a lot of courage, heart and commitment!! 🐌🐌🐌🙌🏼💪🏼🥹❤️

📣 A massive THANK YOU to Darren Racine and Dale Prevost, our head decoys and lead trainers.. These two men stand by our club members every step of this training journey; through the blood, sweat and tears. Your guidance, encouragement, and belief in us and our dogs, have been and are vital to our growth and continued success. Couldn’t do this without you! 🙏🏽💕

Also, we are very grateful for every one of our club members who jump in without hesitation, to hold a leash, spot a handler, help with distractions etc. We are very lucky to have such a tiny but mighty family in our corner! 😝👯‍♀️🧑‍🤝‍🧑👭👬👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌

Thank you once again to Stan N Tam for putting on UK9BG’s “Rumble In The Rockies X” and giving us the opportunity to compete! You guys are the hosts with the mostest!! 🥰

Huge gratitude to judges Samantha Taylor and Joe Parks for being fair, equitable and encouraging. We appreciate you! ☺️🙏🏽

We SEE you STEWARDS! Kristin Thankachen, Robert Barlow, Shaun Thankachen, Samantha Taylor, Lexi Schumacher and Matt Taylor.. Handlers would be lost without you 😳 so thank you for your service. 😊👏🏽🙏🏽

And last, but DEFINITELY NOT least.. We’d like to recognize all the decoys who safely caught our dogs and challenged them and us, as a team; to bring it on the field! 😜🙌🏼💪🏼🙏🏽 ( PROPS AND BIG-UPS Shaun Thankachen, Adrian Rae, Mike Webster, Matt Taylor, Kyle Murphy, Keenan Taylor-Brown, Aaron Kemp, Phillip Schumacher, Katie Wan 👊🏽🙌🏼🙏🏽)

~ Cici ~

27/05/2023

Picture perfect.

27/04/2023

👹Fury👹
**tgetbit

20/04/2023

👑Duchess👑
**tgetbit

14/04/2023

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14/04/2023

💪Koa💪
**tgetbit

16/03/2023

The Alpha Snails are looking for a new team member and it could be YOU! 🤩🙌🏼🐌😉 We are looking to add a young decoy-in-training to our club. No experience necessary! We will train you from scratch. 😍😱👌🏽

Our ideal candidates need to have the following requirements:

- Be fit
- Be energetic
- Be coachable
- Have a passion for dogs and training
- Have courage
- Have a great attitude
- Have an open mind/willingness to learn
- BE LOCATED IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA(😂🤣🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽)

You will be put in a bite suit eventually and take bites from dogs. That is the job 😂🐊🐊🐊👹🤷🏽‍♀️ so if you felt a rush of adrenaline reading this? This opportunity is right up your alley! 😝👍🏽👌🏽💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 DM us if interested. Serious enquiries only.

~Cici Cox~

04/03/2023

🔥Arsyn🔥
**tgetbit

23/02/2023

You best believe yo! 🔫🔫🔫🙌🏼👍🏽👌🏽🎯💯😄

~ Cici ~

12/02/2023

🔥Emi🔥
**tgetbit

25/01/2023

Darren and Duchess having fun at the park and using the environment to do cool s**z! 🥹❤️🐾

25/01/2023

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✨️ Emi ✨️ . . . . #malinois #psak9 #runyourdognotyourmouth #protectionsportsassociation #thealphasnails #club #practicemakesprogress #workingdog #talksh*tgetbit

👾🎮 Genny 🎮👾 . . . . #psak9 #thealphasnails #runyourdognotyourmouth #protectionsportsassociation #practicemakesprogress #club #workingdog #talksh*tgetbit #malinois #psa2

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Trial season is upon us and we have several teams working HARD to prepare. 💪💪 . . . . #malinois #psak9 #protectionsportsassociation #practicemakesprogress #workingdog #talksh*tgetbit #runyourdognotyourmouth #thealphasnails #club #puttinginwork

Club day! Sorry, I didn't get video of everyone's dog. Next time! #malinois #psak9 #workingdog #talksh*tgetbit #protectionsportsassociation #practicemakesprogress

🌟A huge Thank You to Keenan Taylor-Brown for going the extra mile! 🌟 We want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to Keenan for travelling to Vancouver and putting in the hard work with our club dogs ! 🐾 Your dedication and passion for what you do truly shine through. We learned a lot this weekend and can’t wait to have you back.

Duchess Ot Vitosha learning something new! 😍

Darren and Duchess having fun at the park and using the environment to do cool shiz! 🥹❤️🐾

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