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East Coast Canine Dog Training ACAAB. Group and private options available in St John’s, NL. Sarita is a certified professional dog trainer and behavior consultant located in St John's, NL.

East Coast Canine aims to bring positivity to your lives - from basic obedience to reactivity/anxiety, help is here with certified applied animal behaviourist Sarita Pellowe M.Sc. With an educational background in animal biology (B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology - University of Manchester, M.Sc. Biology - Memorial University of Newfoundland), Sarita has worked with and studied animals for the last 12 years. S

he is currently undertaking a second Masters degree with the Canine Research Unit at Memorial University, and volunteers with the St John's SPCA providing behavioral assessments and consultations for the shelter dogs. Sarita became the first dog trainer in St John's to be certified by the CCPDT (Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers) in 2017, and Newfoundland's first (and currently only!) certified behavior consultant (CBCC-KA) in 2018. She uses reward-based, positive reinforcement training based on scientific research in animal learning & welfare to assist dog owners through behavior modification, group classes and private training.

12/08/2025

For those of you with pets who may need to evacuate - this could be an option for you! Call ahead to check that they will allow pets!

🚨 Classes are cancelled this evening 🚨Given how many students are in the affected area, and how quickly things can chang...
12/08/2025

🚨 Classes are cancelled this evening 🚨

Given how many students are in the affected area, and how quickly things can change, we’re encouraging everyone to stay home and be prepared.

Hang in there, guys. Don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s anything I can do for you!

For Wednesday’s scent students - we can very easily switch to a Zoom lesson tomorrow if needed. I will update students via text tomorrow ❤️

Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers ...
12/08/2025

Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.

Happy heavenly birthday, Kupo ❤️

🚨 Students in the evacuation alert area 🚨I can only imagine the stress our Paradise/CBS friends are feeling with the Pad...
12/08/2025

🚨 Students in the evacuation alert area 🚨

I can only imagine the stress our Paradise/CBS friends are feeling with the Paddy’s Pond fire so close. With the alert in place, you will not be able to return home if an evacuation order is sent out, so please do what is best for your family when planning any non-essential activities. Training can wait if you need to miss class to take care of your own - we can organize makeup sessions in the future for anyone affected by the fires, and we have waived any cancellation policies for students affected by the fire. Classes will be going ahead for any students who can safely make it to Torbay. We have our paws crossed that the brave first responders can keep the fire from spreading too close to homes, and we are doing all the rain dances for our CBN friends.

Stay safe everyone, our hearts are with you. ❤️

Spoiled rotten, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. ❤️🐶
08/08/2025

Spoiled rotten, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. ❤️🐶

11 months since surgery, and we’re still saying 🖕 to cancer. She really has exceeded everyone’s expectations.. Keep goin...
07/08/2025

11 months since surgery, and we’re still saying 🖕 to cancer. She really has exceeded everyone’s expectations.. Keep going girlie! 🥹❤️

Make yourself at home, Audrey 😅 this sweet lady is up for adoption at !
05/08/2025

Make yourself at home, Audrey 😅 this sweet lady is up for adoption at !

Puppy Manners starts tonight!We’ve got space for one more puppy - classes are Tuesday evenings at 7pm at A Dog's World I...
05/08/2025

Puppy Manners starts tonight!

We’ve got space for one more puppy - classes are Tuesday evenings at 7pm at A Dog's World Inc. 🐶

🚨 One space remaining in Puppy Manners starting this Tuesday! 🚨6 weeks - $300+taxClasses are held at A Dog's World Inc. ...
03/08/2025

🚨 One space remaining in Puppy Manners starting this Tuesday! 🚨

6 weeks - $300+tax

Classes are held at A Dog's World Inc. (1147 Torbay Road) - puppies should be under 16 weeks on starting night.

Send us a message for details or visit the website to register! 🐶

03/08/2025

Have you ever worn a pair of pants that dig in at the waist?
Had a sock slide down into your shoe with every step?
Or spent the day fidgeting with an itchy label that wouldn’t sit right?

Not painful.
Just annoying. Distracting. Enough to put you in a bad mood.

Now imagine you couldn’t take it off.
Imagine no one noticed.
And instead of helping you, they told you to behave better. Focus more. Stop overreacting.

Discomfort changes everything.

It affects your tolerance. Your patience. Your ability to cope.
And dogs feel it too—even when they don’t show it in ways we expect.

Dogs are bred to be stoic.
They push through. They keep going.
But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
They’re not robots.

If something in your dog has changed—if they’re grumpier, less focused, slower to respond, more sensitive—don’t assume it’s a behaviour issue.
Start with kindness.
Start by asking: Could they be in pain? Could they be uncomfortable?

Especially if you already know they’ve got allergies, or arthritis, or another health condition.
Discomfort doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it just whispers.

The good news is: pain and discomfort can often be fixed.
And when we fix that, everything else gets easier.
It’s the little things that make life better—for them and for us.

Let’s start by fixing what we can fix.
Because that’s the kindest way forward.

As I was sharing a sunset moment with my boy tonight, my heart was with my reactive clients. It takes time to love your ...
03/08/2025

As I was sharing a sunset moment with my boy tonight, my heart was with my reactive clients.

It takes time to love your difficult dog. It takes time to learn how to manage them, train them, meet them where they are, and above all accept the role you were given in their guardianship. But I can promise you, it is so worth it. I give Denzel a hard time when I talk about him - but underneath the jokes about what a 💩 he can be, is the sweetest most sensitive boy that I share the deepest unspoken bond with.

Tonight I drove Denzel down to the point, because he can’t walk down that far anymore. We used to walk the entire Mad Rocks trail, then swim, then do some sniffing or puzzle toys at the end to decompress. I took those days for granted.. boundless energy, always ready for an adventure, always asking for more.

I’d give everything for more time with this dog.

After his salty swim, he was prancing around in the long grass in the golden hour, and I thought of his rainbow bridge. It isn’t coming for him yet - but when it does - I hope that’s how he feels. Fresh, free, and full of zoomies. For now, I’ll keep on appreciating the dog that I raised and shared so many beautiful evenings with.

Spend time on your reactive dog now, so you can enjoy your time with them for longer. ❤️

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Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
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