Complete K9 Care

01/03/2026

I love his grumpy old man face, mostly because he's not at all a grumpy old man.

I love that his tongue is almost always out, it's cheeky and adorable just like him.

I love that he is just sooooo chill. Like, his only mission in life is be your best friend.

This is Johnny! A rescue with some fairly intense dog reactivity.

Correction: some (now) very easy to manage dog reactivity that with time, practice and continued leadership, can absolutely be a thing of the past.

01/02/2026

I absolutely LOVE this girl ❤️

Hazel is a dog that was riddled with insecurity and was quite reactive as a result of this.

As her core, she is gentle and so loving, but needed more leadership from her owner to build up her confidence.

We took her from being highly dog reactive to being able to calmly walk alongside other reactive dogs and address all her owners additional training goals in only 4 weeks!

01/02/2026

Johnny launched training as a dog-reactivity rocket: lunging, snarling, full-on "demolish that doodle" mode every walk.

But now....

01/02/2026

The very first call of 2026 (yesterday):

Them: "Can you take my dog?"

Not: "train my dog."
Not: "help me. I didnt think my CHOICE through but I'm taking accountability."
Not: "help me fix what I broke."

Nope.

This is what was really being said in that short call:

"You take accountability for me so I don't have to".

"You be the one to take time away from your family, your dogs and your other obligations because my time is more valuable than yours"

"My dog is a disposable accessory and I'm over it".

Shelters and rescues exist as a safety net for dogs whose owners have exhausted every avenue, not a convenience drop-off for regretful impulse buys or laziness.

Do better 😮‍💨

12/31/2025

This is Samson: a "rescue" (of sorts) with a laundry list of challenges from years of his owners illness-led neglect.

A sudden tragic loss (he was outside during the chaos and heard it all), led to the police impounding him for three weeks until the owners daughter could return to Canada. Once released from the shelter, Samson displayed extreme human aggression and will Resource Guard his new guardian.

Anything from sudden movements, to something as simple as scratching your nose has triggered Samson to respond aggressively. While so far all bites have been non-serious, his family fully appreciates the potential for this to escalate and are seeking professional help to address these behaviours.

What are your thoughts? Do you think Samson can be rehabilitated.

12/30/2025

Kyzer was returned after being adopted from Fur Warriors and everyone who ever knew him is speechless.

You couldn't ask for a nicer dog and yet for some reason people keep failing him.

Can someone who doesn't suck please just give him a good life 😢

*UPDATE* Kyzer is not here with us, he is back with the Rescue. We know Kyzer because he boarded with us for a significant amount of time and know he is a lovely dog (hence our emotional investment and disappointment for the cards he's been dealt). Please contact the Rescue for more information about Kyzer!

Happy New Year everyone 🫶

12/27/2025

Last, but not least:

📸 Baldr

12/27/2025

The F‑word you thought you were getting with your new family addition?

Festive? Fulfilling? Fun?

The F‑word you actually got?

The one you’re currently whisper‑screaming into your pillow 😅

Dogs can absolutely feel like “too much” sometimes, but you don’t have a bad dog, you have an untrained and impulsive animal trying to navigate life in our world. Training is what flips that script, turning the “bad dog” narrative into what it really is: a perfectly normal dog who finally got the education they needed to be functional in real life. Not just in the Christmas‑card version.

And this is where we come in, by helping both you and your dog get the skills and support to actually make it happen.

Book your free phone consultation today and learn why people from all over Ontario (and beyond) choose Complete K9 Care to help them reach their training goals!

Book here 👉 https://portal.busypaws.app/customers/complete-k9-care?location_id=2876&service_id=18049

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12/27/2025

📸 Special guest Blaze!

Blaze is owned by a friend of ours who lives too far away to make it to our regular events so was handled by another attendee for our Christmas Bite Club!

12/26/2025

Strategically placed handler because it was a lot to ask for some of these working dogs to go from biting the decoy to sitting pretty with him 😅

📸 Jake