Rottweilers -
Pushy, affection, bred to guard and push livestock.
Maya - she fits two of those categories!
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Maya has been a fun dog to work with. She LOVES 🧍♂️, 🐶, 🍔.
She worked with another training company before ours, and just needed some help getting past the training lull they were in.
Seeing the progress from week to week has been absolutely incredible.
Just a friendly reminder about our winter season policies that some may find odd, but I want to explain:
If snow is falling, and there’s ever a chance of it sticking to roads, we reschedule sessions. Whether it’s at our property, or we are driving to your home for training.
I value your life more than I do a training session. I value my opportunity to come home to my four year old daughter, wife, and dogs more than I do a training session.
This is a non-negotiable policy. For everyone. I’ve been blessed with some amazing people in our programs who understand that we want everyone to be safe.
Thanks for reading this far! I hope everyone had an AMAZING Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving!
We are truly thankful for everyone that enters our lives through Ruff K9. We’ve built some amazing relationships, and have had the pleasure of working with some amazing people and dogs along that journey!
I hope everyone stays safe tonight, and enjoys Thanksgiving however you choose to celebrate it! Again, Happy Thanksgiving!
Little Tex is a 5 month old hound. He is your usual hound who loves food, barking, and food!
We’ve worked hard to get him to a point of understanding that space is needed sometimes, and that a WWE match doesn’t begin every time one of the owners sits down. Especially while their new baby is being fed!
So proud of this team. Really putting in the work.
It’s always a pleasure having clients have us help with new dogs. Billy (the white dog) had worked with us about 3 years ago!
Frank the new cattle dog is a “newer” family member and is now working through some new training with us!
Sometimes when you love food so much, it’s hard to share.
Charlie struggled with that. Food and high value bones became something he considered “his” and no one else could touch it.
His owners have worked incredibly hard to be able to be in even the same room as his food, but took it even farther. They can now touch the bowl to drop the food - before this would have been a bite, and ask him to out of his food or toys to help manage this unwanted behavior.
So proud of this team. Keep putting in the work!
Board and Train Grizz working around other dogs! As he gains more confidence here he has come out of his shell and crushing his trainings. Go Grizzy! 🐾
My favorite thing about dog training, is trouble shooting. I love these “‘math problems” that are missing some of the equation and an answer.
I’ve been working Nitro since he was a SMALL puppy. Just received from the breeder.
His owner is an absolute ⭐️ with continuing everything!
Mr. Cheeto (Cheeto puff to you) ROCKING some environmental training.
Cheetos a dog that will need management, and constant training. His owner knows that. She’s 100% invested into better behaviors and a change in how he’s being handled.
I loved watching him grow in confidence with clear cut boundaries and expectations. He’s not a bad dog. Just a dog that before he was rescued by his now home, probably NEVER had rules.
Can’t wait to keep watching him learn to settle, and that the world and everything that’s arousing doesn’t mean escalate. (He went to a soccer game that his owner was playing in, and did AMAZING!)
This is a great story, and testament to why closing chapters in a dogs life is SO important to their 📕.
Bruce had one of the worst beginnings for a dog that you could imagine. Bred in a puppy mill. Left in a kennel to all day, every day, not even let out to use the restroom. After he was pulled from this environment he found himself in the home of an amazing handler. One that knew she needed to shut that chapter, and write the rest of the story.
This is our second session. Bruce doesn’t like new environmentals. They scare him. Just like if you saw an alien tomorrow, he’s never seen a lot of things that go on in this world. Including big, ugly, bearded men. (Tim to a t - his own words.. 🤣)
He is absolutely killing it! The confidence from our first session to today is outstanding. It’s not perfect. It’s not where we want to be at. But this dog worked his little tail off - around all the make contractors, saws, fork lifts, everything good ‘ol Home Depot has to offer!
Prancing along like the good boy we know Malcolm can be!
We had a blast with him in our board and train program. We also ❤️ seeing him in follow up sessions!
Really tackling some of his reactivity in his new home environment, and building the stable dog that the owner can thrive with!
One of my favorite breakfasts - biscuits and gravy.
I liked this Biscuit too! Such a sweet lab! He lives on a college campus, and has started to show some light reactivity to the dogs who 👮♀️ the neighborhood!
So Ruff K9’s very own Riggs stepped up to the plate to add a nice layer of distraction in our training!
I loved watching Biscuits AMAZING owner realize how great her dogs potential is both on walks, and not reacting to other dogs with some small changes on our walk!
