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Well Mannered Mutts

Balanced Dog Trainer
Located in Mirror AB, serving Lacombe County & Stettler County

08/12/2026

WELCOME TO WELL MANNERED MUTTS! 🐾

We’ve had a few new faces join us recently, so it’s time to officially welcome them to their training programs! 🖤

🐶 Cera
Cera is working on engagement, recall, impulse control, obedience, and building that all-important off switch. We’re teaching her that she can enjoy the world around her without always needing to be a part of everything happening.

🐶 Boogie & Birdie
These two are learning that they don’t have to react to everything happening around them — even when it’s happening on the other side of their own fence. We’re building neutrality, engagement, recall, place work, and teaching them to look to their handlers instead of feeling like they need to respond to every sight, sound, person, or movement around their property.

For these two, we’re also putting extra focus on building their confidence and independence from eachother. They’re learning that they can work, relax, explore, and make good choices without always needing to know what the other is doing.

🐶 Koda
Our farm girl! Koda is building stronger engagement with her handler, reliable recall, leash skills, and neutrality. The big goal is teaching her to choose her handler despite what’s happening around her — especially when the environment offers plenty of tempting distractions.

🐶 Reba
Another farm girl learning how a little structure and clear communication can go a long way! We’re building engagement, leash skills, focus, recall foundations, confidence, and giving her productive outlets that work with her natural instincts rather than against them.

Different dogs. Different environments. Different goals.

Training isn’t about creating robots. It’s about teaching dogs how to exist calmly, make better choices, and successfully navigate the world they actually live in. 🖤

Welcome to the WMM crew, Cera, Boogie, Birdie, Koda & Reba! 🐾

08/06/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions in dog training is that recall can be fixed in one or two lessons.

Yes, I can teach you how to train recall.

But recall isn’t a trick. It’s a relationship.

If your dog is constantly blowing you off, the problem usually isn’t that they “know it and are choosing not to listen.”

It’s that the foundation underneath the recall was never built.

Think about it…

Why would your dog choose you over:
🐿️ A squirrel
🦌 A deer
🐕 Another dog
🌲 A brand new smell
🎾 Or literally anything more rewarding than you?

A bombproof recall is built long before you ever call your dog back.

It’s built through:
✔️ Engagement
✔️ Trust
✔️ Clear communication
✔️ Consistency
✔️ Fair boundaries
✔️ Becoming the most rewarding part of your dog’s world

Every game you play.
Every walk.
Every training session.
Every time your dog chooses to check in with you.

That’s recall training.

Too many people skip the relationship and expect reliability.

Then they’re shocked when their dog disappears into the bush after a rabbit.

The biggest breakthrough in recall training isn’t teaching the word “come.”

It’s becoming someone your dog genuinely wants to come back to.

When you stop chasing the behaviour and start building the relationship, recall becomes a natural by-product instead of a constant battle.

That’s when everything starts to change.

Recall isn’t one behaviour.

It’s the final exam of your entire relationship.

Build the relationship first.

The recall will follow. 🐾

07/31/2026

The most underrated training hack?
Leaving a leash dragging. 🐕

It sounds too simple to make a difference… but it can completely change the way you train.

A lightweight leash dragging behind your dog gives you a way to calmly follow through without turning every mistake into a game of chase.

Instead of:
❌ Repeating commands over and over.
❌ Running after your dog.
❌ Grabbing at their collar and creating conflict.

You can simply step on the leash, guide them back into position, and continue as if nothing happened.

It’s one of the easiest ways to:
-Build accountability.
-Prevent your dog from rehearsing unwanted behaviours.
-Create consistency with your cues.
-Reduce frustration for both you and your dog.

I use a dragging leash all the time when teaching recalls, place, thresholds, stays, greeting manners, and even around the house while puppies are learning the rules.

The key is that the leash isn’t there to punish your dog—it’s there to make the right choice easier and prevent the wrong choice from becoming a habit.

Dogs learn through repetition.

So instead of letting them practice ignoring you 20 times a day, give yourself a way to calmly and consistently help them succeed.

Sometimes the simplest tools make the biggest difference. 🐾

07/20/2026

Meet Gus.

Gus is a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever with a big personality and an even bigger love for adventure. Like many high-drive dogs, he always wanted a job… the problem was, he started assigning himself one.

For Gus, the lake wasn’t a place to relax—it was a place to work.

He was constantly on high alert, barking, trying to “save” his family, herding people back to shore, and living in a constant state of overstimulation.

The combination of splashing water, moving people, excitement, and unpredictability pushed Gus over threshold. Instead of thinking, he reacted. Without clear guidance, he created a job for himself: protect, manage, and control everything around him.

Fast fwd to last fall, Gus came to us for training. He had started showing concerning behaviours toward delivery drivers, farm visitors, and friends coming onto their property.

When dogs feel responsible for managing their environment, that mindset often carries into other areas of life.

So we got to work building communication, accountability, and clarity, introducing the e-collar as another layer of fair communication.

Since then?

Mom says life has been pretty uneventful—in the best way possible.

But with another family lake trip coming up, she wanted to make sure last year’s “lifeguard mode” didn’t return.

So, we prepared.

Before we ever touched the water, we started with a structured walk and a game of fetch to engage Gus’ brain and take the edge off his excitement.

Then we swam.

Nothing.

No barking.
No frantic rescuing.
No trying to herd everyone back to shore.

Then the real test arrived—a large family on paddle boards and floating rafts.

Last year, that would’ve sent Gus into full-bodyguard mode.

This year…

Nothing.

He watched, stayed connected to his handler, and made great decisions.

This wasn’t luck.

It was the result of months of consistent training, mutual trust, and teaching Gus that he doesn’t have to manage the world—his handler will.

We also talked about how preparation is what makes outings like this successful. A structured walk, engagement work, obedience, movement puzzles, and meeting your dog’s biological needs before the excitement begins can make all the difference.

The goal isn’t to suppress behaviour.

The goal is to teach your dog that they can look to you for guidance instead of feeling like they have to take on the responsibility themselves.

I’d say Gus earned his beach day. 💙🐾

07/18/2026

Heat stroke in dogs 🥵☀️😅

With this current heat wave we are in, it’s important to recognize the signs! It could save your dogs life! 💗

07/17/2026

When ya know ya know.. you know?

07/17/2026

When the wedding’s over but the photo ops are still rollin’… 🐾💍

Pretty sure we just recreated the official wedding portraits. 😂 If you know the bride and groom, tag em—we need a comparison pic! 🥰📸

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