Confident K-9 Training Canada

04/25/2025

Practice makes perfect! Team Janel and Beau and Team Melissa and Hunter are perfecting their Leash skills. Amazing teams! Excellent work tonight!

04/23/2025

It’s heart worm season! Talk to your veterinarian about heartworm medication for your dog ! Prevention is key!!

04/20/2025

Kruger wishes everyone a blessed Easter! 💗

04/19/2025

Old is gold, even for their kidneys💛
Did you know that your pets' kidneys filter waste, balance fluids, and keep blood pressure in check? As they enter their golden years (considered age 7 and up), their kidneys need special attention to keep them healthy and happy.

Here are some key tips to ensure their well-being:
• Watch for changes in urination, appetite, and weight.
• Regular checkups with blood and urine screenings.
• Provide a balanced diet and ensure proper hydration.
• Maintain a healthy weight with regular exercise.

Catch kidney issues early and keep your senior pet’s tail wagging! Schedule their next wellness exam with their veterinarian today!

04/18/2025

Such smart puppies joined our class tonight! Here we have team
Melissa and Hunter working on their down and Team Janel and Beau working on their sits! Amazing Teams! Amazing work tonight!

04/18/2025

04/17/2025

Kruger has a new friend! Thanks Aiden McCoy for spending time, getting to know and walking our big boy!

04/17/2025

My dogs love the water, how about yours?

04/17/2025

Puppy Socialization

04/17/2025

Earth angels I would say!

04/13/2025

Congratulations to these amazing individuals who are now certified in K-9 Emergency First Aid and CPR. Thank you Dryven Dogs (near Smooth Rock Falls)for hosting this fun day. We are now much more equipped and confident to act in an emergency.

Canine Health Canada

04/09/2025

It’s spring and babies are arriving … if you see an orphan baby… it might not need your help. See below 👇🏼

04/07/2025

Happy Monday!! Where are our lab owners at??? 😆

04/07/2025

Spending time outside this spring? Check your animals for ticks and talk to your vet about preventative measures.

04/05/2025

I am a 21st century dog….
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.
I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.

I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.

Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.

I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.

You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!

If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.

I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.

So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

Written by *unknown*

04/05/2025

Kruger - 3 months/35 months.
Lenny - 9 years old