ABC Dog Training Caroline Bird Cpdt - Ka

ABC Dog Training Caroline Bird Cpdt - Ka Caroline Bird CPDT-KA Certified trainer with 20 years of class teaching experience with dogs and owners. offering classes in obedience, puppy and agility.

Private sessions at my home near st martins or at my training building in Saint John.

06/22/2026

This is Maverick , a seven month old chocolate lab who is in for training. l am already getting the impression this is going to be a tough one to work with espically when every reward set up l have for him becomes a toy to chew or throw around. lol

After feeding my own dogs for over a year on the Inukshuk brand of dog food l needed to put in a new order and this time...
06/20/2026

After feeding my own dogs for over a year on the Inukshuk brand of dog food l needed to put in a new order and this time hearing how many people like this particular brand of dog food l have ordered a second pallet load so that it can be sold in my retail section.
In only one l will be selling for now is the 26/16 formula which is for suitable for all life stages, You can find out more about the content of this and all there other formulas on their website which is
Inukshukpro.com
PRICES
I am selling each 15kg/33lb bag (see photo of my dogs next to my dogs to get a idea of the size of the bags)
The first two listed ingredients on the bag contents are chicken meal and herring meal.
l am selling for $56.00 plus hst, total $64.00 per bag.
l did a search of other sellers and saw that one local pet store sells them for $74.99 plus hst , total $86.23
If you buy over 10 bags from me it will be discounted to be $52.00 per bag plus hst.
l am at my building at 1250 Latimore lake road. Saint John 5-6 evenings per week so pick up can be there or l can deliver locally in east Saint John. Delivery price depends on where l have to go to. I can not deliver in bad winter driving conditions.
Payment can be by e-transfer or cash on pick up.

WHY I CHOOSE THIS FOOD FOR MY OWN DOGS.
I used to buy the Costco brand of dog foods, it was a okay food for a average price compared with other typical brands with the same contents.
But when Trump came into power in America and then Elon Musk through the dodge program eliminated the food safety checks in the bird industry sector l became seriously worried as l knew that the bird flue virus was spreading rapidly and without the safeguards of food inspection who knows what would be going onto the food bags
The Costco brand of chicken and rice formula comes from America.
l also wanted to support the buy Canadian movement so l started searching for Canadian producers and came across the Inukshuk brand which is based and made in Fredericton. Food contents is sourced locally and best of all now l will be selling it so my customers would be buying locally in Canada
The other factor is the the food content itself which is made of high quality, the process used is infusion, freshness valve and fine grinding. This all helps keep the food much fresher and of higher nutritional quality. More information about this process can be found on the inukshuk website.
With the Costco brand of was having to feed a higher amount of food, and had more waste to clean up at the other end as most of the other ingredients were more of filler type ingredients which dogs have a harder time digesting.
So now l am giving people a chance to support two Canadian businesses at a very reasonable price for a high end food. Plus its a chance to improve your dogs overall health as they eat better ingredients.
Message me if you want to purchase any bags and l can bring them from Sunday onwards to my dog training building from Sunday 21st June and onwards,

06/18/2026

Week 6 for our groups of agility students who have now moved onto the agility skills handling class. Awesome progress in just 6 classes.
If anyone is interested in joining us for the new pre-agility classes starting in September then do message us so that we can add your email address to the notification list.
If you would prefer to just try out a fun agility event for new and experienced dog owners then we have a agility fun afternoon being held on Saturday 15th August.
Do follow this page as we will have more details for this page being posted very soon.

06/17/2026

Anyone who has ever trained with me will be very aware about the amount of importance that l put on thoroughly encouraging the check in (dog makes eye contact with owner). For me its the foundation for all dog training because where ever a dog is looking is what they are thinking about.
Naturally a dog will check in with their owner around every 5 to 10 seconds apart. The times this would not typically be offered by the dog on this time frame is when they are in situation like the one shown in the attached video.
Because this was a quieter class it gave us a opportunity to expose Rufus to the other dogs. He is reactive to other dogs (not aggressive reactive).
If you are interested in reading on then watch the video carefully. He has been taken two separate time , each video was 23 seconds long.
In the first 23 seconds the owners gave the typical response of trying to verbally encourage their dog to come to them, they did wait until he checked back in with them, but like most beginners to this issue they then changed to trying to lead him away using as much encouragment as they could offer.
The second merged video which is also 23 seconds long goes much better. This time they waited as before but then this time when their dog checked in they immediately moved away in the opposite direction and the dog was much more willing to come to them. he was highly rewarded for coming back to them.
To me l saw a huge difference between the 1st and 2nd time, l know how frustrating it can be to see you dog not respond to your efforts to get them out of the situation they are in but patience really does pay off, its tempting to pull on the leash, use verbal encouragement but the result happens if people put the time in to really work on encouraging their dogs to check in with them and highly reward it.
Just a heads up here a lot will also depends on your dogs threshold distance, so a lot of your dogs reactions also depends on keeping them at a distance away from whatever is bothering them. It is better work them under threshold rather than over threshold
Or better still if you need help reach out to me as l do private one on one sessions at my training building. Use the abc messenger to reach out to me.

Save the date SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2026 Our annual AGILITY FUN AFTERNOON For dogs and owners with or without agility ...
06/16/2026

Save the date SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2026 Our annual AGILITY FUN AFTERNOON

For dogs and owners with or without agility experience.
A awesome opportunity to try put a real agility course (supervised for beginners)
The event is held at the St martins boarding kennels location in a fully fenced in area.
More details to follow soon.

06/14/2026

Finn the Aussie training continues, but this morning l added the challenge of having two more dogs around him to see if he could still take verbal directions from me while there was more competition for the reward of yummy treats. I was very impressed as he did really well with all the added distractions.

For anyone inquiring about the next basic obedience class. In July we slow down a little with classes as most people are...
06/12/2026

For anyone inquiring about the next basic obedience class. In July we slow down a little with classes as most people are away of vacation.
We do continue on with the the puppy classes all year round but the basic obedience will restart in mid August, As soon as a date is confirmed then it will be posted on this face book page.
If you do need any help before the next classes then private one on one sessions are available, Reach out via messenger to inquire about possible dates and times that are available. the cost of private sessions are $60.00 plus hst for an hour session.
We will be doing a few other events during the summer months so do follow this page of you want to keep up with what we have coming up.
The next new puppy class starts on Sunday 28th August at 5.30pm.
register via the website www.abcdogtraining.org

06/10/2026

I love watching this short video of Feanor with his owner. Agility is not just about running and jumping. The dog and owner need to be able to work together as a team.
They need good communication skills through lots of different ways, if you carefully watch the video see how Feanor gets communication through the verbal words, through hand signals, through the direction the owners body is pointing, this also includes the direction her feet are pointing, even the direction her eyes are looking.
So much information in such a short amount of time, but done correctly Feanor can complete the task ahead of him without hestation
Its always so rewarding for me when l see things like this come together.
If anyone is interested in joining any of our agility classes r want to know about any of our agility fun events for beginners or experienced handlers then send me a message and i can add your name to the notification list.

06/07/2026

Finn is in for training, one of his issues is that he is not comfortable around some children, impulse control training is going to help him but if you listen to the video you will understand how personal space in a dogs world is very important and how humands interacts with them makes a big change to the outcome in every situation, Note the later stage of the video when l put my hand out to give him a treat and he backs away from me.

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1250 LATIMORE LAKE Road
Saint John, NB
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