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Neecy the Havapoo is winding down her stay with us. We have made big strides with house training, leash walking, recall,...
21/11/2024

Neecy the Havapoo is winding down her stay with us. We have made big strides with house training, leash walking, recall, and being able to settle. She accompanied me to my oil change at the Nissan place yesterday and was a very good girl.

Just some cute random training pics before we send the short-nosed pups (Luna the Frenchie and Bobby the Boston) home. A...
22/10/2024

Just some cute random training pics before we send the short-nosed pups (Luna the Frenchie and Bobby the Boston) home. Athena the Malinois will be here a bit longer and I will continue to coach her handler as they begin life together.

Sweet little Sugar went home to her family yesterday. She made huge leaps of progress here, learning to potty outside an...
18/10/2024

Sweet little Sugar went home to her family yesterday. She made huge leaps of progress here, learning to potty outside and walk nicely on a leash. She gained confidence to do obstacles and go places and meet people. Proud of this sweet girl for coming out of her shell and embracing life. I am already missing her being here. ♥️

Athena has been doing fabulous with more trips out on the town. She still doesn't care to be still for very long but we ...
17/10/2024

Athena has been doing fabulous with more trips out on the town. She still doesn't care to be still for very long but we will keep working on that. She went shoe shopping with me yesterday and we walked around the mall. She was not that into the Old Navy dog. 😂
We finished up with picnic lunch at Rogers Park and I let her play in the dog park for a bit.

P.S.- some folks have asked about the harness/patches. This is Zona's harness, which gets borrowed a lot because it's my favorite and fits a wide variety of dogs due to its adjustability. She is a hearing dog for me when I have to go to sketchy places alone. Hearing impairment is my personal disability, but not what Athena is being trained for. Sometimes I change the patches but this one I tend to keep. If the public is aware of my hearing impairment, they might be less inclined to interact with us or more understanding when I don't hear what they are saying.

15/10/2024

I have several clients who deal with POTS and have amazing dogs working for them. I don't know this team, but I love that everyone involved is making it work. ♥️

All the current trainees have figured out how to relax when I am relaxing. This crew are all doing well with their leas...
14/10/2024

All the current trainees have figured out how to relax when I am relaxing. This crew are all doing well with their leash work, recall, and learning commands. They are all nicely social with other dogs and humans.

Y'all, this girl is rocking her service dog training. I am amazed at how quickly she figures things out. We still have p...
07/10/2024

Y'all, this girl is rocking her service dog training. I am amazed at how quickly she figures things out. We still have plenty of work to do, but the rate she is learning is really making me happy.
Today we shopped at Walmart (cart, groceries, checkout and all). Then we had lunch at Rikenjaks. Even though relaxing is still not her strong suit, she is getting better at it. She did not show any fears or worries today, just needed to move around during down times. No whining, just occasional fidgeting. We have lots more time together so I feel good about where we've gotten in a short time. 🙌🏼

Sweet Princess Leia went home from board & train yesterday. She showed off her good-girl skills on her field trips befor...
07/10/2024

Sweet Princess Leia went home from board & train yesterday. She showed off her good-girl skills on her field trips before leaving and I think her mom will be happy with the progress that she has made.

03/10/2024

Malinois zoomies were just the thing to get Sugar the doodle into play mode and build her confidence.

Sugar is a timid girl who simply melts into the ground when she isn't sure what to do. Getting to run and play with the ...
03/10/2024

Sugar is a timid girl who simply melts into the ground when she isn't sure what to do. Getting to run and play with the "free range" dogs is really doing her good.

Bobby and Luna are here to stay and learn. Their mom said they needed better listening skills...lol. So far they are lea...
03/10/2024

Bobby and Luna are here to stay and learn. Their mom said they needed better listening skills...lol. So far they are learning the rules and routines here and they are going to do fine.

Bentley doodle was on his best behavior Saturday on our last field trip. The blue picture is him choosing to lie down an...
30/09/2024

Bentley doodle was on his best behavior Saturday on our last field trip. The blue picture is him choosing to lie down and relax next to the pickleball court amid all the commotion.
He went home yesterday and his mom sent me a video of their walk today and him politely ignoring these very scary spooks that he would have obsessed about before. They also saw a reactive husky in the neighborhood and Bentley obeyed his LEAVE IT command and walked away with zero issue. GOOD BOY, Bentley! 🎉🎉

Athena and I are posing as college students today. We saw lots of student traffic, scooters, and skate boards. We negoti...
30/09/2024

Athena and I are posing as college students today. We saw lots of student traffic, scooters, and skate boards. We negotiated restrooms, stairs, elevator, and the vending machines. Sat at a shady table outside until Athena discovered that there was a wasp nest on the bottom side of it. 😱 She has done fabulous with our adventure, but sitting still is hard for her. We are going to have to practice a lot of that if she is going to high school with her human.

At 8 months, Mali is the oldest of the bully collection I am working with now. She is pretty chill and settles down nice...
29/09/2024

At 8 months, Mali is the oldest of the bully collection I am working with now. She is pretty chill and settles down nicely. All of these pups have really come along with their crate training, leash walking, manners, and ability to relax.

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Malinois zoomies were just the thing to get Sugar the doodle into play mode and build her confidence.

Goose sure has settled down and become a much calmer and better-behaved boy. He was pretty anxious in his crate when he first came and would bark incessantly and run around his crate like a hamster on a wheel. I stuffed an enclosed crate full of straw for him and that was a game changer. He was able to get cozy and rest and learn to settle down. Proud of the improvements this little guy has made!

Copper doodle went home with his people yesterday. I wish I had gotten pics of his field trip at M & D where he was was a very good boy. Happy with all the progress he made and I hope he is a good boy for his humans.

Tucker is accustomed to walking on a retractable leash with his humans. I have been working with him to stay on the left side of me and stop crisscrossing. I stop him or do a surprise 180 if he puts too much pull on the leash. He is catching on, and learning to stay with me even with off-leash dogs running around us.

Baby Bulma is looking good also. Good girls.

Sunshine ☀️
Sunshine ☀️

Getting the crew out to splash around

Tux went to agility class with me today and was a perfect gentleman in Tractor Supply. I am gonna miss this great little guy when he goes back to his people.

Chili is always a good helper

Tucker the wild child
Tucker the wild child

Look how calm the wild child is being on our field trip to town! Good boy, Tucker!

Merlin came to stay with me because he is reactive to other dogs/stimuli and his family has had difficulty taking him for walks because of this. This was our first outing to Petco. I allowed him to explore the environment a bit because this was all new to him. I hoped to see other dogs there, and there was a GSD that we were able to pass at a distance repeatedly with no reaction from Merlin. Merlin works on a Sporn No-Pull harness because he has had some neck injuries. Proud of the progress this guy made and his family has given me good reports since he went home on Friday. 🐾

Even though this is a normal every day sight for us here at the kennel, it is a special moment for these particular dogs. The black dog, Merlin, has always had some trouble relating to other dogs. He is probably never going to be a dog park playmate, but I love that he can play with carefully selected playmates and get to be a social dog. The yellow dog, Lady, was super shy around the other dogs when she arrived. My other board & train dogs, Gator and Tucker, are much too hyper and rambunctious for her to play with. She would hide from them. But she and Merlin have become friends. I have heard trainers say that dogs don’t need dog friends, but I believe their lives are enriched when they can enjoy the company of other dogs.

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