Weekends are for fun! If there are dogs that seem compatible, we do let them play together. Hank and Runtz hit it off right away.
Lady is staying cool in this heat! You can still exercise your pets in the summer. Just make sure you have ways to cool them off or do it early in the morning or late in the evenings.
Our potty/play yard is now complete! The dogs can run and play in our secure yard.
Skip and his owner have been working extra hard! He’s nailing his down stay with a lot of distractions. He was unsure of new people, new places and obeyed commands when there wasn’t a lot of distractions. Since his owner has started training, he’s been practicing A LOT and here’s the proof. Jimmy Guidry
Does your dog go crazy when someone knocks on your door or when someone comes over? A lot of dogs do. Teaching them to stay helps to keep them calm and not be so reactive.
Took Frankie on a field trip to Lowe's Home Improvement today. He did so well!
Our brush up class was a success this weekend! We worked on heeling, obedience drills, place and even played musical hoops at the end.
Coexisting with chickens over here! It’s pretty cool if your dog can learn to not chase/eat chickens.
Shelby and Kojak are just boarding with us but they haven’t forgotten their recall. “Come” is such an important command that most dogs don’t do reliably or when they are distracted.
We send our clients updates while their dogs are staying with us. Here’s one we sent to Honey’s owner. We are practicing heeling, down-stay and place.
A lot of dogs bolt out the door any time someone opens it. We teach the dogs to wait until we release them and that we go first. Just because the door opens doesn’t mean they’re allowed to dart out.
Your dog coming when you call them is one of the most important commands. Millie, Maive and Bruno have been getting their practice in. There’s nothing but open spaces, as you can see, but they’ve all learned to come when called. We have faded out using food so that they don’t only come when we have treats on us.
Spec already went through training with us months ago. He is here for boarding while his owners are out of town. As you can tell he didn’t miss a beat. He nails all his commands off leash and gets to enjoy his free time running loose.
Agility isn’t just fun for dogs. It helps to build muscle, coordination and confidence.
Agility isn’t just fun for dogs. It helps to build muscle, coordination and confidence.
This is what off leash heeling looks like. Dog at your left side, sitting when you stop and staying when given a command.
Practicing commands when there are distractions will help make your commands more reliable. It’s easier for the dog to stay when nothing is going on around them but you want to practice with different distractions to make sure your dog will actually stay when you tell them to.
Do you walk your dog or does your dog walk you? Does your dog pull, sniff the ground the whole time, ignore you or try to greet strangers? Koda did a lot of this when we first started but we were able to correct that and make walks more enjoyable for him and his owner. He is easier to control because as you can tell he’s a large dog. Another thing we teach is an auto sit when you stop. We love Koda!!
One of our clients sent us this from when she took her dog, Cowboy, to the vet. Notice how he stays in a down (even with no leash on) while two other dogs are trying to get to him. Having a trained dog makes life easier all around, especially days like this at the vet’s office.
We may have taken a break from social media but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been training. Duke is enrolled in our Private Lessons for pretty bad leash reactivity, needing to learn obedience commands as well as resolving this issue. (As his owner calls him “Kujo”) He attacks the ironing board every time his owner brings it out. We got it under control in less than five minutes. Here’s one of the many reasons we love the “place” command.