Christine's Canine Consulting

Christine's Canine Consulting Certified dog trainer focused on real-life, reward-based training. Practical demos, behaviour insights, enrichment, and everyday life with dogs.

08/17/2026

At this point I'm going to get tendonitis opening the door 50,000 times a day for this baked potato 🙄

08/08/2026

Pushy, rude, demanding—call it what you want.
But this is communication.

Ella’s been resting and digesting all day. Now she wants something to do: walk, chew, train, snack, flirt pole.

She’s not being “demanding.” She’s using a behaviour that works.
We’ve done lots of shaping where pawing = attention, food, or more games… so she tries it here.

Message sent. Message received.
And to be honest, I could use a break anyway.

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08/04/2026

Session 2: Reviewing the terms of our agreement ✍️

07/31/2026

My route is always scenic 🌳

07/20/2026

Bulldog software running as intended 😂

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07/16/2026

I'm no detective but I think I have all the evidence I need 🕵🏼‍♀️🤣

Penelope loves nutritional yeast and if something is left too close to the edge of the counter, it's gonna end up on the floor.
And when it does there's a 99.9% chance Ella will be all over it 😈

No one looks "guilty" when things like this happen and that's because they don't get in trouble for scavenging. It's what dogs do!
It's my job to manage their environment so things like this don't happen.
So the only guilty one around here is me 🤪

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07/06/2026

Silent conversations are always happening in a multi-dog household.
And around here, that silence usually means someone wants some help 👀

Last night I noticed Ella sitting up in the bed, alert, looking intently across the room.
No one was moving around and I didn't see Lucy or Hazel.

So I got up to investigate.
Sure enough, Hazel had the last chew and Lucy was waiting politely for her relinquish it.

Good communication and good management mean my dogs don't steal things from each other or fight over things — even high value ones.

They use much more subtle communication: proximity, lip licks, looking away, or they'll literally come to get me.

Hazel was holding on to the chew but wasn't actually chewing it. That told me she wasn't ready to give it up.

Since I was up anyway, I decided to try to help Lucy out.

The "All done?" prompt gives Hazel a choice.
She can say "f**k no" by grabbing the chew again (which, honestly, happens about 95% of the time 😂), or she can ignore it and let me pass it to the next dog.

Now Ella wanted that chew too. Badly.
But Lucy had already claimed the waiting spot, so Ella made the smart decision not to insert herself into that conversation.

I love seeing choices like that because, historically, Ella can be a real bitch when another dog has something she wants. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Dogs are communicating with each other constantly. Most of the time, it's quiet, polite, and incredibly easy to miss if you aren't paying attention.

06/30/2026

🔮 If only I could predict the lottery numbers as well I as predicted this 🤣

06/27/2026

🐿️ Predator mode: activated.

Hank loves chasing chipmunks, but I'm not a fan of losing an arm because he suddenly turns into an 85-pound fur missile.

Notice his hackles rising the longer he watches? That's arousal—his body preparing for action.

I don't mind him watching. I don't even mind him stalking. I actually love seeing my dogs be dogs.

But when the squirrel or chipmunk takes off, that's his cue to disengage and come back to me.

The goal isn't to stop him from being a dog. It's to channel that into something else.

06/23/2026

After a long ass day, nothing beats coming home to these happy wiggles, silly snorts and parading around with treasures ❤️

Imagine your whole world walking through the door after what feels like an eternity, only to be ignored.


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