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Everyone say hello to Cabela (bully) and Brea (Rottweiler puppy) who had an initial assessment with Kelly this morning....
19/09/2025

Everyone say hello to Cabela (bully) and Brea (Rottweiler puppy) who had an initial assessment with Kelly this morning.

Owner concerns: Socialization, Basic manners

My assessment: I have been working with these pup's mom for years and rescue and training. Every 6 months or so she asks me to assess or do some controlled socialization, which I think is so proactive and wonderful stay on top of things before problems start.
Cabela was rescued from a breeder where she had spent her entire 5 years in an outdoor run. She had never been in a home, only, meeting other dogs or people so everything is very scary for her. Mom has been working hard for the last 6 months and she's come a long way but she wanted to do some controlled socialization with both myself and dogs. As I pretty much ignored her, she warmed up to me quite quickly and by the end of the session she was allowing me to give her physical affection. She did very well with all of the dogs I brought out from Cooper to Bogey and Wall-E and even Yoda!
Little Brea is just a puppy and mom wanted to see how she did with different temperaments. I found her to be quite confident and balanced. She was great with Cooper and Bogey, Wall-E was a bit too much and I was extremely impressed with her appropriate correction of his behavior. Yoda was a lot and she was a bit more nervous around him, which is to be expected as he is a very chaotic energy.
Me and Mom also talked about some steps to help Cabela's separation anxiety and some all-natural supplements to ease her overall anxiety to the world.

Everyone say hello to Winnie! 🖤 golden doodle, three years old, who just had her initial consultation with MaisOwner con...
18/09/2025

Everyone say hello to Winnie! 🖤 golden doodle, three years old, who just had her initial consultation with Mais

Owner concerns: lease reactivity, barking and guarding in the house, barking at the window, recall improvements

Assessment : overall Winnie is a really sweet girl and her parents have done a great job with her. However, there are a few things that would make their lives so much better. She does bark and react to new people coming into the home, there have been a couple of nipping episodes , she also likes to bark at the window, she does react on leash and her recall is about 60% when there isn’t another dog or a squirrel or a good sniff, lol. Although she has a fair amount of training on her, she has anxiety and uncertainty about who’s leading and taking care of things that threaten her, or make her feel uneasy

The Plan: because she’s highly cognitive and responded very quickly to simple foundational cognitive behavioral therapy exercise exercises. We’re going to move forward with that program. Teaching the foundation to work on the emotional reasons for the behavior.

Stay tuned to watch this girl become calm, at ease and watch the human canine bond strengthen 💫

Hey everyone, meet Miss Maggie 1ish year old, possible great Pyrenees X Shepherd, possibly healer or cattle dog, and tho...
18/09/2025

Hey everyone, meet Miss Maggie 1ish year old, possible great Pyrenees X Shepherd, possibly healer or cattle dog, and those eyes may be St. Bernard? Just had her initial assessment with Mais

Owner concerns : human reactivity, dog, reactivity, leash, manners, general obedience.

Assessment: we met on home territory in the yard, and she was very guardy and barky bark to myself and a neighbour. As we left the property, everything shifted. She became happy, playful and enjoyed engagement games. She’s one of those zig zaggy walkers, with her nose to the ground as much as possible. She gets excited to see other dogs and her body language is confusing the other dogs. She’s only been with the family a few short weeks, and Mom‘s already implemented some basic training.

The first plan: although she has some commands on her, the training is a little bit all over the map and inconsistent in terms of use of words how they’re used and leash techniques. Mom is super enthusiastic and admit she could use some consistency and refining. So we’re going to do a five pack training to get handler, relevance, leash, manners, dog greetings in place hopefully finishing up with a session with Kelly in the pack.

This girl is so loved and already has my heart

CHIVAN DREAM TEAM ✊🏼🐾Today we met with and retained a fantastic attorney - Chris Morcom from Pacific Law Group to repres...
17/09/2025

CHIVAN DREAM TEAM ✊🏼🐾

Today we met with and retained a fantastic attorney - Chris Morcom from Pacific Law Group to represent us in the lawsuit filed against us by Phillip Rooyakkers, owner of the Urban Puppy Shop.

We are still needing to raise the $5k retainer fee via our GoFundMe - link in bio.
If you can spare anything towards our cause to get justice for Chivon, it would be so appreciated 🙏🏼

Last night, we lost a pack member 💔 Miss Mia, Terrie Lynn's ride or die soul pup, left her earth side existence at 5:30p...
17/09/2025

Last night, we lost a pack member 💔

Miss Mia, Terrie Lynn's ride or die soul pup, left her earth side existence at 5:30pm after succumbing to congestive heart failure. She was at home surrounded by love with Mom and her brother, Benjamin and sister, Sage.

Anyone who has lost a piece of the heart in the form of a dog knows all too well the grief that encapsulates you.

Let's all send love and light to .am.terrielynn below 👇🏼 ❤️👇🏼❤️

Everyone say hello to Big Mac - Rhodesian Ridgeback/terrier mix that his family found and rescued when they were in Hawa...
17/09/2025

Everyone say hello to Big Mac - Rhodesian Ridgeback/terrier mix that his family found and rescued when they were in Hawaii. 6 months old - initial assessment with Mais

Owner concerns : dog reactivity, human reactivity, leash, manners, socialization, general obedience and recall

Assessment: Big Mac was found wandering on a property in Hawaii. We’re not sure for how long. What was clear as that there was no structure rules or boundaries in place for him and he just kinda made up his own rules and reindeer games. That said he has a wonderful disposition and good nature. He’s super excited to meet anythinganything and anyone. The concern would be, heading into adolescence that can turn into leash frustration and behaviours associated with aggression and guarding.

Recommendations: 4 training sessions focused on in home structure/boundaries, general obedience, handler relevance, leash work and recall

Stay tuned for more from this very loved boy

Hey Everyone say hi to Pablo 🤍🧡 corgi cross who had his first official training session with Mais Owner concerns: recall...
16/09/2025

Hey Everyone say hi to Pablo 🤍🧡 corgi cross who had his first official training session with Mais

Owner concerns: recall, coming when called

Assessment : we all want our dogs to come when called. As you know, a strong recall is rarely just about recall. There needs to be handler focus, engagement, a bond foundation, and lots of practice. Pablo is a sweet, happy boy, but laving engagement and if his mom disappeared behind a tree or left the field, he would be likely just as happy to start wandering and sniffing

here is what we did : we began with some handler, focussed exercises, such as, eye contact, checking in, marker training, varying the way that the reward is delivered to encourage engagement and fun. After that, we did four specific different recall exercises.

It’s going to take a bit of practice, but I was already seeing more engagement by the end of the session. In addition, Pablo happier

Ask yourself: when am I giving my dog the most attention?Many dog owners are often unaware that they may be offering the...
15/09/2025

Ask yourself: when am I giving my dog the most attention?

Many dog owners are often unaware that they may be offering their dogs the most engagement during their worst moments, while inadvertently ignoring them when they display good behavior.

For instance, when your dog jumps on guests, how do you respond? Do you find yourself reaching out to touch them, talking to them, or even engaging in play to distract them or disengage from the person at your door? Similarly, what is your reaction when your dog barks?

It's crucial to recognize that, to a dog, any form of attention—whether positive or negative—is still attention. Most often, our interaction serves as the highest reward, prompting them to repeat the behaviors that garner our engagement. Unfortunately, this pattern means we might be reinforcing undesirable actions simply by reacting to them.

To transform this cycle, consider flipping the script: remain neutral and disengaged when your dog exhibits undesirable behaviors, and actively engage with them when they display good behavior. Over time, you will likely observe a shift in their behavior as they begin to understand that positive actions yield your appreciation and attention.

We had a great second session with out of his three session e-collar package with Kelly. Owner concerns: Human reactivi...
15/09/2025

We had a great second session with out of his three session e-collar package with Kelly.

Owner concerns: Human reactivity, Dog reactivity, Recall, Obedience

How it started: Riddle and Mom had done a ton of training especially because they are competitors in many different sport and agility clubs. Mom had mainly focused on FF/R+ training and it had given them a great foundation but unfortunately plateaued at his anxiety and fear-based reactivity with dogs and people.

What we did: Mom knew from the start that she wanted to try out the E-Collar and she came into the program with one ready to go wanting to learn the ropes. We started as we always do, finding his working level and pairing it with basic commands and obedience before moving on to digital leash pressure for recall.

How it's going: Today we conducted a good test of their new tool by going to a former favorite off-leash area. Riddle has previously been kind of a dick head here, barking and charging random dogs and people.
We walked through first with Cooper to get a nice relaxing vibe and mom comfortable with interruption the first moment she sees any signs of hyperfixation, loading or potential to go down the wrong path. The second round we added Wall-E, which obviously totally changed the dynamic but was a great test as real very much did not like him and I gave mom a controlled opportunity to practice her timing and levels.

Stay tuned: Mom feels very comfortable and will definitely be coming back to their old stomping ground. Next time we will be doing an even more saturated off leash area

Help us get a lawyer to fight back against the Urban Puppy Shop!Instead of taking any responsibility for the injuries su...
15/09/2025

Help us get a lawyer to fight back against the Urban Puppy Shop!

Instead of taking any responsibility for the injuries sustained to Chivon, the sweet senior pitbull, while in their care - Phillip Rooyakkers, owner of the Urban Puppy Shop would rather sue us for $175,000 claiming that we defamed him by sharing video they sent us of the altercation, even though we never named them publicly until we were served with legal action.

As dog daycares and boarding facilities have little to no oversight or standards to uphold, it is our job to ensure accountability when they make a mistake that causes injuries to our beloved animals.

Let us set a precedent that we will not be bullied into silence when they screw up and make certain that this never happens again at the Urban Puppy Shop or any other dog daycare.

LINK IN BIO 🐾
https://gofund.me/972121795

Everyone's say hello again to Pico who had his second official session with Kelly out of his five package training progr...
14/09/2025

Everyone's say hello again to Pico who had his second official session with Kelly out of his five package training program.

Owner concerns: Human reactivity, Dog reactivity, Recall, Socialization

How it started: Pico had done a number of training programs with his mom including the CBT and they had made a lot of progress working on his fear-based anxiety and reactivity to dogs and people. They had reached a plateau and we're ready to open up their training techniques and toolbox.

How it's going: We had only done a initial assessment but we had talked about how we knew we wanted to do prong and e-collar conditioning, so that's what we did today.
We met again at Derby reach, where even with the rain, there was a good amount of people and dogs.
We conditioned him to the 2.25 mm prong and as always a paired with a 3/4" per safe leash.
As we have seen so many times, just the sensation of the prong collar took the edge off and immediately relaxed his body. His tail became untucked and he stopped shivering. Remember that dogs are tactile animals in the sensation of a prong collar is a neonatal one as it's very similar to the feeling of teeth which is how dogs communicate in every facet of their language.
I started by bringing out Bogey off leash and then followed with Yoda and Luna - both spicy puppies in their own right and it was a good test for all of them being that both Luna and Yoda are staying with me for board and trains.

Mom was beside herself with how amazing he did! There was moments of trigger stacking with other dogs and even a huge great dane walking by with no reaction.

Stay tuned: She is going to practice with it over the next week to ensure it's the right tool for their toolbox and following session we are going to be doing E-Collar conditioning!

Everyone say hello again to Ryder who had his final session out of his five package training program with Kelly. Owner c...
13/09/2025

Everyone say hello again to Ryder who had his final session out of his five package training program with Kelly.

Owner concerns: human and dog reactivity, overall socialization

How it started: This was his family's first bully and they were told by a previous trainer that his issues were breed related and could not be fixed.
Ryder Just had a fear of people walking up and shoving their hands in his face, I get it, so he would air snap to create space. And he would get super duper excited when he saw other dogs, which looked like barking and lunging and aggressive behavior to his parents.

What we did: We added in some new tools in the form of a slip lead and prong collar. Created some in-home protocols with more structure, rules and boundaries. Created more handler relevancy out on walks and confident and clear leadership. We also did a bit of e-collar conditioning specifically with correcting severe prey drive leaving to redirection with ducks and geese.

How we finished: last session we actually went on leash to the off leash dog park, choosing to create somewhat controlled chaos to practice those worst case scenarios.
Today we practice neutral parallel walks with a variety of different dogs from Greco, far right, who is also a spicy boy and stayed with us throughout the session. I brought out Bowie, followed by Wall-E, and then we finished with Miss Tinkerbell - who is staying with us for a board and train.

Stay tuned: They want to continue their e-collar training so they will be booking a package. This won't be the last time you see this adorable little lad.

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How Kelly became the Crazy Dog Lady

Kelly has always had a love for dogs, and grew up in a household where she had four that were her best friends. After she graduated with a biochemistry degree from California State University at Fullerton, she moved to Washington state where her love for pitbulls began. She started PB and Chi Dog Rescue Society in 2012 and worked hands on with over 500 dogs and felt rescue dogs was her true calling. Seeing the issues the dogs coming out of the shelters had, she got her certification in dog training and started working hands on with the reactive and unsocialized ones in particular as there was so little training willing and able of working with them. Through the course of her rescue and training experience, she built a pack of her own dogs that she worked diligently to balance and work together in harmony. She now uses her own skills, along with those of her ten pack, to help dogs and families all over the lower mainland to find their family harmony too. She always says “whatever your issue, I have a dog for that!”