30/05/2026
Letting dogs have fun and be their authentic selves in an environment like daycare is one thing, but, as much as we want the dogs to have fun and live their best lives, we have to be able to control the group and have a strong presence in the yard for many reasons, but most importantly, for the safety of everyone.
When we say stop, they need to stop, when we ask the dogs to listen they need to listen, and when we ask them to sit, practice calmness, and quiet time and orderly behaviour, it needs to happen.
This isn’t about being dominant, or controlling, this is about safety and also respect.
Can you imagine how a yard with 25 dogs out of control would look or potentially how dangerous that could be, especially when somthing scary happens like a big loud bun truck, or lightening.. or even somthing super exciting like when play gets too rowdy?
We have a strong relationship with all of your dogs and we have to make sure everyone is safe first and foremost.. this begins on day one of enrolling into K9.
We work on establishing a leadership position, clear boundaries and rules with every dog so that the yard looks and feels like this when it could potentially go south very quickly in a moment like this.
When the bin truck comes everyone’s instinct is to fly at the fence all guns blazing barking and running around, but we ask for calmness and stillness and a controlled mind frame.
This is what it should look like.
When you ask your dogs to stop barking at the postman or bin truck, do they listen or do they ignore you?