CAM K9 Services

11/14/2025

Someone will be very lucky to get this calm big puppy...

11/11/2025

Let's all help!

Drop off your donation in clinic at #301-1150 Hillside Dr. Let’s help Ruff Start Rescue give a merry Christmas to all their pups!🎄

10/23/2025

As many of you know I volunteer as a trainer for Kamloops Ruff Start Rescue Society. I want to give you an idea about how a good rescue organization works.

A little ten year old dog came into the rescue just over a month ago. The sweetest boy..it was found that he was incontinent and so off to the vets he went for a suspected UTI, the vet could not find any evidence of this, so thought perhaps it was neurological. He also had a painful eye condition so off he went to the Okanagan Eye Centre..while that was being sorted out they decided as he couldn’t control his bladder he had to wear diapers inside the home. All the while his fosters showered him with love and cuddles. He also had a crooked leg which would cause him to fall occasionally.
One day he stopped eating, had severe diarrhea, so was rushed to the emergency clinic. After further testing he was found to have a grade four heart mumer, fused discs in his spine that the vets thought were responsible for his leg and incontinence issues.
The Ruff Start team had a meeting and decided the kindest gift they could give this little dog was to let him go in the arms of the two volunteers that rushed him into the ER.
This rescue organization rarely has to face decisions like that, thankfully..but it goes to show just how much time, effort, money and love these volunteers put into Ruff Start.
They hold many fundraisers to help cover all the expenses. A lot of times dog and puppies come to them and they all need spaying or neutering, plus shots. For those of you that have dogs you know how just that one thing costs so much. Adoption fees rarely cover expenses of one dog.
If you want to support them in any tiny way, fosters they always need but donations help too. May be if you are in the Kamloops area, hold an event, next time you go to a pet store like Pet Valu or Bosleys, pick up an extra bag of dog food..all these things help. Sending monetary donations in any small way is extremely helpful for all the vet bills, like the several thousands for the little dog described above.
Lastly, give your dog an extra hug today, for all the dogs that suffer abuse, fall on hard times, have not had good starts in life and being rescued gave them a second chance!

Photo, this is Mia, (the dog not the cat), she was left on the street with her sister and taken in by the pound who contacted Ruff Start. My son adopted her, actually he fostered her first and fell in love with her.. she has no background, nobody knows what her life was like except she and her sister were abandoned..

10/14/2025

After careful consideration I have decided to retire from in person or online training. I have loved my 40 plus years of helping people help their dogs. It has been a privilege and an honour to be able to do this. I have met so many hundreds, perhaps thousands of people and their dogs..but now it is time to hand the reins over to all the up and coming younger trainers that believe in relationship training and most of all, believe in the welfare both physically and emotionally of all our beloved canines friends and family.

I will still volunteer my time with rescues, at the moment it is Kamloops Ruff Start Rescue Society, I also am a member of Professional Animal Care and Training Association of BC and will continue in any small way I can. I love the BC SPCA and support locally here in Chilliwack when I can.

I have gone back to work in the human medical field, albiet as a receptionist three days a week. I love my job but I also need work/life balance. I am no spring chicken anymore, lol.

I will continue to keep this page open so I can share with you from time to time. I might also take it in a slightly different direction by sharing past memories and stories of not only my dogs but dogs I have worked with and the impact they have had on my own life, and there are many...

Thank you again to all my supporters, thank you for reading my page and hopefully enjoying the articles and videos and photos..it has been my absolute pleasure to engage with all of you far and wide...
Chris..
Photo of my beloved dog, CAM..credit Kathy ( my sister) from My Positive Dog. This was taken approx 20 years ago..he would have been 5 years old.

10/12/2025

Kamloops peeps…lots of fun to be had here..

Registration is officially open!
Thank you Sally for the cool poster 🤗

10/05/2025

Plott hounds! Different breed, but very diverse..

09/26/2025

Ohhh Poppy