Better Dog Ottawa Gatineau

06/06/2026

🌧️ PACK WALK CANCELLED 🌧️

Tomorrow's BetterDog Pack Walk at Centrepointe has been cancelled due to the forecasted rain and risk of thunderstorms.

At BetterDog, we don't do Pack Walks in the rain.

Pack Walks are designed to create calm, confidence, learning, and community. Standing around soaked while trying to manage umbrellas, muddy paws, wet leashes, and unpredictable weather isn't the experience we're looking to provide for our members or their pups.

Add thunderstorms to the mix and it's an easy decision.

Mimi has reviewed the weather report and officially recommends staying home, enjoying a chew, and judging the rain from a dry location.

05/21/2026

Pack Walk Members!

Your photos from the last pack are now available in the Members App.

05/10/2026

🎉 100 five-star reviews. Every single one earned in someone’s home, with their dog, in real life.

🚫 No treats doing the heavy lifting. No gimmicks. No shock collars.
✅ Just a method that works — and 100 Ottawa–Gatineau families who felt the difference.

🙏 Thank you. Genuinely.

⭐ See all 100 reviews:
https://g.page/r/CbixlFJ4FGJPEAE/review

🌐 betterdog.ca

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who hold the leash, fill the bowl, check the poops, and somehow still remember where the treats are hidden. 💙🐾

The moms who walk in the rain.
Walk in the snow.
Walk when it’s freezing cold in Ottawa and the dog suddenly *must* sniff the exact same tree for seven minutes. 😅

You are the calm voice.
The safe place.
The routine.
The reason your dog feels safe in this world.

Dogs don’t care if the house is perfect.
They care that *you’re there.*

And honestly… that matters more than most people realize.

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at BetterDog 💙

04/30/2026

Some people chase views.

We chase reviews.
98 of them. All five stars. All real Ottawa–Gatineau dogs, real homes, real results.

And we're two away from 100.

We didn't get here with treats doing all the work or shock collars doing the thinking. We got here because the method works — body language, timing, calm leadership, and clear signals your dog can actually understand.

The "Performance Review" board in this photo? That's a joke. The results aren't.
If you've trained with us and haven't left a review yet — we'd love to have you in the 100 Club. 👇
If you're still thinking about booking — this is what 98 families said yes to.
👉 betterdog.ca/book-online
Who's going to be #100? 🐾

BetterDog helps you turn chaos into clarity with balanced, humane, and effective training. Easily book your Initial Training Session, access Jon & Nancy’s calendar, and choose from pay-as-you-go or unlimited training options. Learn about our proven methods and start transforming your pup’s behav...

04/28/2026

In 2025 we did 40 pack walks.

So far this year we're running about 50/50 with the weather — Ottawa's gonna Ottawa.

What's new is the programming. We've built out the full BetterDog Pack Walk schedule through September 2026, and it looks a lot more intentional than what we were doing before.

New parks this year. More trees overhead. Riverain was incredible for traffic and distractions — still is — but it got tight in mid-summer. Honestly even Jon needed some field time with his own pack just being calm. So we've added more breathing room. Leamy Lake. Hog's Back. Kîwekî Point. Jacques-Cartier with
Parliament Hill across the river.

The goal hasn't changed though. Get our members out and actually practising — in real places, with a group that all trains the same way, that's aware and empathetic to mistakes and the weirdness of your dog. No judgment. Jon and Nancy right there with you.

Safe practice. Real world. That's what a pack walk is.

This summer we're also doing something we've never done before. We're bringing a photographer out to our iconic walk locations and doing a proper photo session for BetterDog families. Dogs that used to get walked before 7AM and after 10PM just to avoid the world — we're taking them downtown Ottawa and getting gorgeous pictures.

That's the walk we've been working toward.

First one is Friday May 8th · 7PM · Centrepointe Park. We'll walk, your dog will work, and we're finding an ice cream spot after.

If you're an Unlimited Training Pass member — it's all included.
👉 pack.betterdog.ca

04/28/2026

Meet EVA. 🏆

Officially Canadian Champion Wunder’s Unbelievable — and as of this month, Canada’s #1 Whippet Puppy.

That’s not a typo. Out of every whippet puppy in the country, she’s at the top of the Canadian Kennel Club standings.

But here’s what makes us the proudest: EVA and her people are part of the BetterDog Pack. You’ll see them on our Pack Walks, doing the same calm, connected work every one of our clients does.

A massive congratulations to her young handler A. — kneeling in the grass, holding that ribbon like she’s done it a hundred times. (She kind of has.) 💙

This is what happens when great dogs meet great handlers meet great training.

Go EVA. Go A. Go Pack. 🐾

04/25/2026

Found on the streets of Texas. Survived by digging cool spots in the dirt to beat the heat.
I left her in the backyard for 10 minutes.
She aerated my flower bed.
A rescue dog doesn’t unlearn Texas overnight. And honestly? She shouldn’t have to.

🐾 A rescue is a rescue. My flower bed now has a Mimi chill spot.