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One Smart Cookie K9 Services Inc.

Fear-free, relationship-based training for real life. One Smart Cookie K9 Services Inc. Make sure to check out our K9 Fit Club® classes!!

Supporting puppies, busy-brain dogs, and dogs navigating fear, anxiety, and reactivity through training, behavior, enrichment, and fitness that build confidence, calm, and emotional regulation. utilizes Fear-Free, Positive Reinforcement to teach, motivate and address problem behaviors. Because this is a team effort between the dog and their human companion, to achieve lasting results we encourage

relationship-building exercises along with fun physical components such as Agility, Treibball, Fitness and Trick Training. Providing a variety of mental stimulation games, puzzles, or activities like nose-work or 'Find It' can promote calm, focused, and fulfilled dogs. Manners combined with Physical Activity and Mental Stimulation makes for a very successful formula and can be fun for everyone in the household. Andrea Davis is the founder of One Smart Cookie K9 Services Inc. and one of Canada's FIRST K9 FIT CLUB Licensees. Training services are offered in-home, virtually and small group class formats. Her goal is to help dogs stay in their families by providing quality, humane, science-based tools and training to clients. The #1 reason dogs are surrendered to a shelter is due to behavior and the lack of skills and understanding from the pet guardians. Andrea has invested much time and effort with a variety of animal rescues and shelters and has worked professionally with animals for many years. Andrea is continuously looking for new ways to accommodate more canines and their human companions, while continuing to provide quality service and helping to meet the needs of individual clients. One Smart Cookie K9 Services' name was inspired by one of her dogs, COOKIE, who was an 8 year old blue heeler/whippet mix. It is also a play on words, being that we can use a 'cookie' in a smart way; to positively reinforce behaviors we want to encourage in our dogs. +R training is motivating to the dog, it builds trust, confidence and a strong bond between the dog and their human companion; it is not dominance based and therefore training is not stressful, but actually fun! Hence 'One Smart Cookie'.

06/03/2026

Miss LIZZIE joined us for her first day of FIT-Foundations™ Level 1 last night!

One of the things I love about fitness training is watching dogs figure things out.

A platform isn’t just a platform. A balance disc isn’t just a balance disc.

Every exercise gives dogs an opportunity to think, move, adjust, and learn more about their bodies.

As humans, we understand that movement quality matters. We know there is a difference between a squat performed with good form and one performed with poor mechanics. We know that developing strength, balance, coordination, and body awareness can help reduce the risk of injury and improve performance in everyday life.

The same is true for our dogs.

When a dog learns how to step onto a platform, sit with better form, shift their weight appropriately, or place their paws with intention, they are developing body awareness, coordination, and movement skills that can carry over into daily life, sports, and healthy aging.

LIZZIE had the opportunity to explore equipment and begin learning some of these foundation skills last night. She was engaged, thoughtful, and ready to get to work. 💙🐾

I look forward to see how much she learns over the coming weeks!

06/02/2026

Graduation Day for our FIT-Foundations™ Level 1 Teams! 🎓🐾

Congratulations to SEVEN, PIGATHY, PANDORA, LUKE, ODIE, POPPY, THEIA, and their families on completing FIT-Foundations Level 1!

Over the past six weeks, these Teams have been building body awareness, confidence, coordination, focus, and teamwork through fitness games, tricks, enrichment, and foundation skills.

From learning how to use their bodies with greater awareness to tackling new challenges and building confidence along the way, each dog has made progress in their own unique way.

Thank you for spending your Monday evenings with us. It has been a pleasure watching these dogs and their people learn, grow, and have fun together.

Congratulations, everyone! 💙🐾

🐾 Interested in joining the next FIT-Foundations Level 1 program? Our next session starts today (Tuesday June 2) at 5:45 PM, and we still have a couple spots available! Message us for details 💬

05/31/2026

Graduation day! 🎓🐾

Congratulations to BONNIE, EDDIE, and REXY on completing their Canine Life and Social Skills (C.L.A.S.S.) BA program this morning!

Over the past six weeks, these Teams have worked on practical life skills, focus, manners, and teamwork. Every dog learns at their own pace, and it has been wonderful watching their progress and celebrating their successes along the way.

Well done, everyone! 💙🐾

🥳👏🎉

05/30/2026

Miss NOVA after her first private training session 🐾💙

Sometimes the biggest win is helping a dog feel comfortable enough to relax.

💙🐾

05/28/2026

Does your dog:
🐾 Launch at visitors like a furry missile?
🐾 Think every walk is a full-contact sport?
🐾 Have BIG feelings about dogs, squirrels, movement, sounds, or life in general?
🐾 Need a job for that busy brain?
🐾 Need help learning how to settle after the excitement?
🐾 Need more confidence?
🐾 Need something FUN and EFFECTIVE to do together this summer? ☀️

Good news… we probably have a class for that 😅💙

🐶 Canine Life and Social Skills BA
For real-life manners and everyday skills.

💪 FIT-Foundations™ Level 1
Training, tricks, confidence, body awareness, fitness, and enrichment.

🧠 Disengagement Games & Skills
Helping dogs learn how to disengage, regulate arousal, and make better choices in the real world.

✔️ Lesson recaps + video tutorials included
✔️ Spacious indoor training facility in Lacombe

Links and more information in comments below 👇🐾
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05/25/2026

Spring is in the air and I absolutely love it 🌳💐💛

I am creating a pilot “Intro to Dog Parkour” program (think Urban Agility) to help us do more with environmental objects outdoors and make our walks more fun for both us and our dogs 🐕🐾🏙️

The plan is to start indoors at my training facility in Lacombe for 3 or 4 classes (depending on the current skills of the Teams enrolling).

We’ll introduce:
🐾 Skills and criteria
🐾 Safety
🐾 Body awareness
🐾 Confidence
🐾 Foundations of parkour movement
🐾 Learning how to see the environment differently (developing your “parkour eye” 👀)

Then we’ll head outdoors for the last class (or two), with the eventual goal of offering drop-in Parkour Walks 🐶🌲

This will be about movement, thinking, confidence, teamwork, and learning how to interact with the environment in new ways 💫

If you are interested, let me know below 👇

What evenings work best for you?
Or would you prefer early-ish Saturday mornings?

Note:
Due to my current schedule, this will likely kick off mid-July as a summer program ☀️

(Pictures are only examples of skills.)

05/23/2026

MURPHY & SEAMUS 🐾🎓

Graduated from their C.L.A.S.S. HS puppy program this morning 💙

Puppy classes are about so much more than sits and downs.

We’re helping puppies learn how to be social without becoming overwhelmed, how to recover from excitement, how to think through distractions, and how to build confidence in the world around them 🐾

These boys have also become the best of friends 🥰

05/15/2026

Meet BENTLEY 🐾

He had his second private session yesterday, and this handsome guy is starting to learn about the art of disengagement 💛

For dogs like BENTLEY, the world is exciting. Really exciting 🤩

The ball, movement, people, dogs, cats, sounds… his brain wants to be involved in ALL of it! 😅

Instead of trying to stop behaviors, we’re helping him create an arousal “Dimmer Switch” to help him pause, think, and make different choices 🐾

BENTLEY worked on short moments of disengaging from his ball to WIN the ball 🎾🥳
He’s also learning that offering alternate behaviors instead of jumping can be incredibly rewarding 🍖🥰

Many adolescent dogs struggle with these skills, but for high-energy, busy-brain dogs, learning how to come back down from high arousal is a game changer 💫

Also… 🥹

05/13/2026

MURPHY, SEAMUS & TREVOR 🐾💙

Each week in our Canine Life and Social Skills HS puppy program, these puppies are learning that being around other dogs does not always mean interacting 🐾

They learn how to observe, build confidence, interact when appropriate, play, and disengage from each other.

That last piece matters more than most people realize.

We teach puppies to have fun and come back down again. We help puppies develop an arousal “Dimmer Switch”.
Many pet parents want their puppies to interact socially. Our goal is to help facilitate these interactions (when appropriate) without the puppies becoming overwhelmed, over-aroused, or unable to think.

These early experiences help lay the foundation for better choices, emotional regulation, and healthier social skills as they grow 💫

Our next C.L.A.S.S. HS Puppy Program starts Thursday, May 21st from 5:30–6:30pm at One Smart Cookie K9 Services in Lacombe 🐶💙

For puppies 12–24 weeks old 🐾
2 sets of vaccinations required

Message us for registration link or more details!

05/12/2026

For the last few weeks, Mondays have been a fun outing for these three sibling Stabyhouns and their human family 🥰

They’ve been travelling to Lacombe for their weekly semi-private FIT-Foundations classes.

Movement, training, thinking, teamwork, and having fun together.
What a great way to spend a Monday night! 🤩🐾

Address

5210 E Wolf Creek Drive
Lacombe, AB
T4L2G6

Telephone

403-302-1036

Website

http://www.onesmartcookiek9training.com/

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