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27/10/2025

Bane's Rescue Story 🐾 ❤️

When Bane's dad reached out, he was desperate to surrender his dog due to being houseless and unable to afford veterinary care. They had been sleeping in an alley in Vancouver, and Bane's condition was worsening.

After contacting multiple organizations and receiving no help; we tried Vancouver Animal Control, which asked us to leave a message. BCSPCA stated they don’t take owner surrenders, and local vets were unable to assist.

Fortunately, Mais was en route to Vancouver and agreed to take Bane to Angel Animal Hospital in Surrey for urgent care.

Despite his pain from a severe infection, Bane greeted people with a wagging tail. The vet discovered a puncture from a dog attack that had become infected, affecting his paws, leg, and face. Bane underwent blood work and x-rays, spent a night for observation, and was released with pain medication and antibiotics.

He is now in foster care with Kelly while his dad searches for stable housing. Bane’s dad is checking in daily and looks forward to their reunion.

Until then, we will be posting periodic updates on the page and keeping everyone in the loop to his rehabilitation.

The vet bill totaled $1,270. If you’d like to help with Bane's care, you can donate via e-transfer to [email protected]

It truly takes a village!

Everyone say hello again too Celly who had her second session out of her e-collar package with Kelly. Owner concerns: Ba...
26/10/2025

Everyone say hello again too Celly who had her second session out of her e-collar package with Kelly.

Owner concerns: Basic manners, Obedience, Recall, Biting/ Nipping, Socialization, Leash manners

How it started: Mom is so dedicated to making sure that her rescue Cane Corso is a breed ambassador that she has done a package with Mais and me and now ecollar training program.

What we did: When Celly came and stayed with me for a week, I used that opportunity to condition her to the e-collar, which she picked up like gangbusters. It has been a game changer for her with her recall, interrupting bad decisions and stopping her from the fun game of chasing the cats at home.

How it's going: We actually saw them yesterday at Mundy, as it is a go-to sport for them, and we were back there today.
Mom was hoping that Celly would show her random moments of reactivity as she feels she has a really good grasp on it but there's been a few occasions that she couldn't figure out what started it.
While the park was full of spicy uncontrolled dogs today, both Celly and Mom did fantastic!
We did the first loop with Cooper, Bogey and Dijon and the second loop with Wall-E and Cooper.
There was a few high stress situations walking through chaos, but everyone did it so so well!

Stay tuned: Next session we are going to go to Pacific Spirit and do the same.

Perfect little gentleman Pico at your service after his second pack walk with Kelly out of his six pack walk package 🐾 O...
26/10/2025

Perfect little gentleman Pico at your service after his second pack walk with Kelly out of his six pack walk package 🐾

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

How it started: Pico and his mom came to us after doing a awesome foundation of training with both other trainers and learning on their own. They have a wonderful relationship based on mutual respect and clear communication and just needed a little help polishing some things up.

What we did: adding a few more tools to their toolbox; slip lead and 2.25 mm prong collar paired with Katie's buckle. As usual game changer especially for a little guy with a sensitive trachea, the prong collar is absolutely the best and safest tool for a smaller dog like him.

How it's going: our pack walks are focused on creating controlled scenarios for mom and Pico to practice being around other dogs, therefore giving them more experience which rolls into more confidence IRL.
Today I had a nice variety in the van when we started with his brother from another mother, Scrappy, who he did amazing with because Scraps was on his best behavior. I followed up with fun and sassy little Dijon, who Pico absolutely adored being a smaller, sweet female. I then brought out John John, who was staying with us for two nights and working on his own socialization. Gremlin came with us today and he came out for a short walk being the best potato there could be. I finished up with a tough one, Mr large and in charge Wall-E.

Stay tuned: We are so proud of the progress that they've already made and we know that the sky is limit with these two so stay tuned for more updates 🐾

Everyone say hello again to Layla who had a training session with Kelly today. Owner concerns: Dog reactivity, Leash man...
25/10/2025

Everyone say hello again to Layla who had a training session with Kelly today.

Owner concerns: Dog reactivity, Leash manners, Separation anxiety, Basic manners, Obedience, Recall, Socialization, Biting/ Nipping, Aggression (has the intention to harm), Human reactivity

How it started: I started working with Layla over a year ago and I was the third trainer that they had called into help and were also working with a local behaviorist. Layla was on a cocktail of medications and they were still struggling with basics like getting equipment on, getting her into the car and having her not chase the cats in the home in addition to all basic commands and being leash reactive.

What we did: We did a 5 package training program and a almost 3-week board and train focusing on rules, boundaries and structure. Layla was given clear and assertive leadership, consequences and accountability for bad behavior and we added new tools to the toolbox including an e-collar.

How it's going: Layla is completely off of all of her medications, she's doing quite well with the cats in the home, she has not tried to bite her parents in some time. It's important to understand that a part of her training program is management and understanding what situations make her uncomfortable or triggered.
Today we went to Mundy off leash dog park with her in leash to practice controlled chaos and continue to work on her socialization. It seems like a strange concept but our goal at the dog park is to not meet other dogs but just exist in their presence. We had Cooper, Bogey, Wall-E and Dijon off leash as her wing men and we even did a bit off leash in the fence in area.

She did wonderful and her parents are always impressed how well she does when I'm around, which I reminded them just proves she can when she wants to 😜

25/10/2025

Please stop the ride, I would like to get off now 🙄

[Hobby-dogging]

Everyone say hello again to Blue who had her final session out of her six pack Pack walk package with Kelly. Owner conce...
25/10/2025

Everyone say hello again to Blue who had her final session out of her six pack Pack walk package with Kelly.

Owner concerns: Socialization, Dog reactivity

How it started: Blue became quite reactive after getting attacked several times after she was adopted. Her leash reactivity was so severe that her parents had been completely avoiding any interaction with other dogs and it had been over a year since she had been in close proximity.

What we did: We saw no reason to switch her off of the halti that was working as a great tool for her, so all we wanted to do was create controlled scenarios of socializing with other dogs to build experience and confidence in both Blue and dad.

How it's going: We finished where we began on a walk at Burns bog. Her BFFs Cooper and Bogey were of course they're off leash, we also added in Dijon and Soju.
Dijon is a very overly friendly excited puppy and when we first met she ran up on Blue way too hot and fast and Blue gave her an appropriate timed and level correction. It worried dad for a second but we talked again about how dogs communicate and how, especially because she's a heeler, she's always going to talk with her mouth 😉
We had an absolute epic walk! She even tried to play with Cooper and Bogey off leash, but it was so nice to see how calm dad was with her off leash around four other dogs.

He said their lives have totally changed and he no longer runs from other dogs and in fact meets them on occasion when out on their walks.

He wants to get back into mountain biking and have Blue off leash so he is going to sign up for our e-collar program down the road ❤️ 🐾

Everyone say hello to Jacks who had his first session out of his training program with Kelly.Owner concerns: Dog reactiv...
24/10/2025

Everyone say hello to Jacks who had his first session out of his training program with Kelly.

Owner concerns: Dog reactivity, Leash manners

My asses

Everyone say hey to Maggie! 1y Pyrenees x Shepherd, rescue who just recovered from a surgery and had a session with Mais...
24/10/2025

Everyone say hey to Maggie! 1y Pyrenees x Shepherd, rescue who just recovered from a surgery and had a session with Mais.

Owner concerns: dog reactivity, leash manners, recall, socialization, property guarding

First session report: holy smokes with this much pet parent enthusiasm we just jumped right in and covered a lot. The leash reactivity is pretty high, somewhat dogs/humans and including ones that look weird, children, and apparently me 😂 wow that part was short-lived. We made friends pretty quickly. Because this involves some emotional reactions, we’re going to do some CCBT help Maggie learn to soft regulate. But leash work was needed immediately, and we got right into that, plus a couple of handler relevance/recall exercises.

I’m stoked to see how quickly this goes with her very dedicated parents who are so open to doing whatever it takes 💥👊

Hey everyone say hello to Miss Winnie again, who’s on her third cognitive behavioral therapy session with MaisPet Parent...
23/10/2025

Hey everyone say hello to Miss Winnie again, who’s on her third cognitive behavioral therapy session with Mais

Pet Parent concerns: human reactivity, unleashed dog reactivity, fear of scary things/things that are unexpected - cognitive dissonance

How’s it going? Well, things weren’t moving along as planned so today we hammered down and nailed the timing of the platform exercises and explained the importance of that. We also went over of how you cannot do enough of these in the foundational stage. We discussed how they transferred forward and then added new techniques, such as leash work. Then we put all of this into application with, door greetings, window barking and an on leash walk in the River District with Miss helping out with a shift.
Big shifts today and her parents calmly managing situations where Winnie was escalating into lunging and barking. Well done.

Since this is our first true application, much more practice needs to be done to move it forward into a super chill all round wonderful dog. She’s an all-around good girl and bravo to her parents for taking care of her anxiety in these situations.

Rocky the rockstar!Owner concerns: Dog reactivity, Leash manners, Basic manners, Socialization, Aggression (has the inte...
22/10/2025

Rocky the rockstar!

Owner concerns: Dog reactivity, Leash manners, Basic manners, Socialization, Aggression (has the intention to harm)

For his last session in his five package training program with Kelly, we started e-collar conditioning. While we had come leaps and bounds in his training, we both agreed that this was the final tool for the toolbox that would cover all bases and give Mom the confidence to control and communicate with him in any situation.

Adding a crate inside the home, more rules and boundaries, a house leash and door protocols changed the foundation of their relationship for the better... FINALLY someone was in charge (and it wasn't Rocky 😆)
We added a 2.25 mm prong collar plus Katie's buckle for high triggering and distraction walks, which gave Mom the confidence in controlling him even in times over threshold. We practiced redirection, confident leadership and direction which changed walks for the better for both of them.

Our last session was at Pacific Spirit off leash dog park and for the most part he did awesome, but there was a moment that he got triggered and Mom struggled. Because she wanted off leash to be part of their lives, we knew that the implementation of the E-Collar was going to take us to that next level.

For our session we focused on conditioning the e-collar known commands, specifically sit and come and then we paired it with a new command which was BED.

Mom is going to practice over the next few weeks and then hopefully we'll be able to get her in for a follow-up session to polish up the inside e-collar use and then move outside.

Hey everyone say he yo Fletcher, Jindo/English Pointer who just had his first CCBT session with MaisOwner Concerns : pul...
22/10/2025

Hey everyone say he yo Fletcher, Jindo/English Pointer who just had his first CCBT session with Mais

Owner Concerns : pulling on the leash, recall and prey drive

Assessment: met Fletcher in August, and we had a bit of time connecting. I did fall instantly in love with him. He loves to pull on the leash hyper focused on squirrels and birds. Recall is so so. Parents have tried a couple of trainers with limited results and I’ve also tried the following tools. Flat buckle collar, Martingale collar, Head/Face Halti, Front clip chest harness, Back clip chest harness, Slip chain or lead, Prong collar. He’s basically a good boy, but is harboring some underlying anxiety and intensity. Reacts to movement, reacts to sounds, is an over processor, he thinks about everything and over analyzes, but under processes at times of heightened emotional situations.

We did a preliminary virtual appointment explaining some of the CCBT basics so that we could move forward before I saw them. BAM! Super dedicated pet parents who applied things right away and things move forward very quickly in this appointment. We practiced leash techniques in heightened areas both with a flat collar and prong, and he did extremely well. We also used that foundation of the CCBT to de-escalate him with environmental noises.

Can’t wait to see them again and see some more wonderful shifts!

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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!”