Four Paws Forward Dog Training

Four Paws Forward Dog Training Award Winning-Gold Winner of the Community Votes Award 2023
Silver winner 2024

06/19/2026

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🐾 Training is about more than commands.Sit, down, and stay are important, but true training goes far beyond obedience. I...
06/18/2026

🐾 Training is about more than commands.

Sit, down, and stay are important, but true training goes far beyond obedience. It’s about teaching your dog how to make good choices, stay engaged with you, and confidently navigate the world around them.

A well-trained dog isn’t just obedient at home, it’s a dog that can remain calm around distractions, settle when needed, and understand what is expected of them in everyday situations.

Training builds communication, confidence, and trust. The commands are just the beginning.

🐾 Basic Obedience – Spots Still Available! 🐾There's still spots available in our Basic Obedience program!This class focu...
06/16/2026

🐾 Basic Obedience – Spots Still Available! 🐾

There's still spots available in our Basic Obedience program!

This class focuses on building practical skills that make everyday life with your dog easier and more enjoyable. We work on important obedience foundations, including:

Heel – Teaching your dog to walk calmly beside you without pulling.
Center Heel – Teaching your dog to walk between your legs, giving you greater control and helping your dog feel secure in busy or overwhelming environments.

These skills aren't just for training class—they're incredibly useful in everyday life! Whether you're navigating crowded sidewalks, passing distractions, walking through busy events, or simply enjoying a more relaxed walk with your dog, heel and center heel help improve communication, focus, and teamwork between you and your dog.

Our goal is to help you build real-world skills that you can use every day, not just during training sessions.

📩 Contact us to reserve your spot! spots are limited!

🐾 Puppy Basics – Spots Still Available! 🐾There's still spots left in our Puppy Basics program!In Puppy Basics, we focus ...
06/16/2026

🐾 Puppy Basics – Spots Still Available! 🐾

There's still spots left in our Puppy Basics program!

In Puppy Basics, we focus on building confident, neutral puppies through positive exposure and experiences.

What makes our approach different?

We combine private lessons with group classes, allowing dogs and handlers to learn new skills in a controlled environment before practicing them around real-world distractions. This helps set puppies up for success by building confidence, understanding, and creating training foundations before taking those skills out into everyday life.

📩 Contact us to learn more or reserve your spot! Spots are limited. 🐾

""Guys, I am in Ontario, Canada. These are the laws here. Every provincehas their own system as does every country**Pub...
06/15/2026

""Guys, I am in Ontario, Canada. These are the laws here. Every provincehas their own system as does every country**

Public service announcement and probably unpopular opinion with this one.

I am getting ton of inquiries lately regarding service dog training.

Yes I offer it.

However, I will not offer it until I see your doctor's letter.

I will not offer your emotional support dog training, period. They do not exist except for the purpose of housing in Ontario and I do not want my name attached to a dog in public spaces where it does not belong.

If I find out you are illegitimately passing your dog off as a service dog, know that it is an up to $5000 fine and I am not going to pretend I do not know what you are going once I find out.

To the general public.

Door greeters, managers and service providers ARE allowed to ask for a doctor's letter and any legitimate team is happy to provide it to you and actually prefer you ask for it if it means less untrained and fake service dogs putting their own trained dog at risk.

Service dog ID cards are not real. The only ID cards legally provided to service dogs are guide dogs through Guide Dog programs. So if you ask, and they present a card, you can and absolutely should tell them to leave.

Just because a letter is produced, does not negate your right to ask them to leave if the dog is behaving poorly, barking, growling, lunging, sniffing food etc, is dirty or generally having nuisance behavior.

People, you have to stop with the needing to take your dog everywhere and passing it off as a service dog. You are creating access issues for teams who have spent years working on life saving skills.

Few dogs have what it takes to do this work. Stop putting them at risk. If you feel you just can't leave your house without your dog, ask yourself why and get to work sorting that out instead.

P.S. if this post hurts your feelings, then you are probably one of the people I refer to 🤷‍♀️

🌡️🐾 Hot Weather Safety for DogsBefore heading out, check both the temperature and humidity. Dogs can overheat quickly, e...
06/12/2026

🌡️🐾 Hot Weather Safety for Dogs

Before heading out, check both the temperature and humidity. Dogs can overheat quickly, even on what may seem like a warm day.

🟢 Below 20°C – Generally safe for most dogs.

🟡 20–25°C – Caution Zone
Take frequent breaks, bring water, and watch for signs of overheating, especially in puppies, seniors, short-nosed breed and large, heavy coated dogs.

🟠 25–30°C – High-Risk Zone
Limit walks to short outings during the coolest parts of the day. Heat stress can develop quickly, especially when humidity is high.

🔴 30°C+ – Dangerous Zone
Avoid walks. Even healthy dogs can overheat rapidly, and the risk of heatstroke is significantly increased.

Stay safe by:
Walk early in the morning or later in the evening
Bring fresh drinking water
Avoid hot pavement and choose shaded routes
Keep walks short on hot or humid days

Watch for signs of overheating:
⚠️ Excessive panting
⚠️ Thick drool
⚠️ Weakness or slowing down
⚠️ Staggering or collapse

Watch for "tongue flare"
A dog's tongue will become wider, larger, and extend farther out of the mouth as they try to cool themselves. Significant tongue flare means your dog is already too hot and needs to cool down immediately.

🧊 How to Cool Your Dog Safely
- Move them to a shaded or air-conditioned area immediately
- Offer small amounts of cool (not ice-cold) water
- Wet the paws, belly, groin, ears, and armpits with cool water
- Use a fan to increase airflow and help evaporation

❌ Do NOT use ice baths or ice-cold water, as this can cause blood vessels to constrict and make cooling less effective.

Archie has been working really hard on building his overall confidence. He has been doing so well that last week he mad...
06/11/2026

Archie has been working really hard on building his overall confidence. He has been doing so well that last week he made a break for it out the front door. So, we spent some time during puppy class working on threshold manners and how he should wait until he is given permission to pass through.

Our 3 & 4 week day-train programs include 2 private follow up lessons to ensure their is a clear understanding of all th...
06/09/2026

Our 3 & 4 week day-train programs include 2 private follow up lessons to ensure their is a clear understanding of all the components of your dog's program. We want to ensure the transfer of skills to the owner, because it really doesn't matter what your dog does for us if they won't do it for you.

*Now booking for September *

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57 Cannifton Road
Belleville, ON

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Monday 10am - 8pm
Tuesday 10am - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 8pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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