The Loyal Canine

07/21/2025

Say Hello to Ruffles!

Ruffles is looking for her forever family, while staying with us in our Raise and Train program. We’ve spent the last couple of weeks getting to know her, and working on confidence building and social skills, and now it’s time to get to work on her obedience.

If you’d like more info on Ruffles, you can contact us or her breeder, Fortuna Farms

And be sure to follow along for her training videos!

What her breeder has to say:

🐾 Ruffles is a five month old, bilateral hearing, female puppy out of health tested, champion parents with EXTENSIVE and IMPRESSIVE show careers. With a pedigree full of the names we know and love, and a super affectionate and willing demeanor, this little lady is ready to make you fall in love.

🎾 Ruffles expected adult size is 50 lbs and 21” tall.
Dalmatians are a highly intelligent, highly active breed with specific dietary needs. Ruffles will NOT thrive in an environment that does not prioritize enrichment and ongoing socialization and training. When her previous committed family opted for a major downsizing into big city apartment for a new job opportunity, we knew Ruffles was better off waiting for the next right thing.

🐶 Ruffles is good with children, other dogs, and cats. She is UTD on all age appropriate vaccines and deworming.

👀 So... whats the catch? No catch! Ruffles Is a well bred, well socialized, well trained, older puppy with additional training skills, additional vetting, and additional adoption incentive perks for NO additional cost.

🥰 As preservation breeders, we live for our dogs, NOT off of them, and we are proud to offer Ruffles to the public at this time.

07/15/2025

We’re hanging out at today from 5-8

Come visit us!

07/10/2025

Summer in Florida means sometimes you just gotta jump in the 💧 with the 🐕

Stay cool out there, friends! 🐾☀️

07/05/2025

Low cost spay/neuter!
Harmony Vet Care is a wonderful vet and has taken care of many of our fur babies.

All spaces are taken. Please give us time to respond. We received over 500 applications. If you do not get into this event we are working diligently to schedule more, and will start with contacting those who already applied!

$20 spay and neuter for cats and dogs at Harmony of Brandon!

Thanks to the generosity of all the Rescue Pink donors ❤️
Click this link to apply: https://form.jotform.com/251827468190969
The address and all other details are below in the flyer.

07/02/2025

Say Hi to Chewie!

Chewie was at the county shelter on the euthanasia list when his new family adopted him. He’s a sweet sweet boy with tons of energy and drive without a proper outlet, very high prey drive, and was spiraling quickly in the shelter environment.

Chewie will be staying with us for several weeks as he learns some manners, how to play, how to focus and listen to commands, given a constructive outlet for his drive, and learn to be a well mannered good boy in society.

We’re excited to be a part of this boys journey, and can’t wait to watch his transformation!

06/16/2025

Over the years, many of you have enjoyed the frequent appearance of Travis, our helper cat. He pretty much thought he was a dog, and helped countless dogs over the years learn to coexist, or at the very least to have self control around cats.

His personality and affection was unmatched by any cat we have ever seen. He was a special creature indeed.

This morning, we had to say goodbye to Travis as he crossed the 🌈 bridge. At 15, his aging body was beginning to fail him. 2 weeks he was aging but stable, and while his bloodwork was fairly normal, we discovered a tumor on his lungs, along with some other old kitty issues. We were advised to just monitor and continue doing what we were doing.

Over the weekend, Travis’s health began to deteriorate. We planned to bring him in Monday for some pain management protocols. By Sunday night/Monday morning, Travis had made it clear that he was tired, and he was ready.

Please keep Travis, and the TLC family in your thoughts. Drop a ❤️ if Travis has helped your pup over the years, and hug your fur babies extra tight tonight.

Travy Cat, you will be greatly missed 💔

06/02/2025

Making sure to take Fu on trips to Tampa so he knows something other than country life. While all the pups love living in the country and the privilege of running in big fields every day, it’s important to make sure they get worked in other environments. Tampa can be an overwhelming and terrifying place if you’re not used to all the sights, sounds, and smells.

Fubar definitely saw some new things that weirded him out (a fire hydrant, a storm drain, people on bicycles), but we worked him through it, and he knows that he can come out of stressful situations on top.

Don’t shelter your pups from the world, teach them to face stress head on and come out top.

04/25/2025

We love getting these updates!

Blake’s mom realized that she had been managing his reactivity to other dogs (you can’t bark/lunge/growl if you’re in “heel”), but if left to his own devices, or if she didn’t catch it in time, he would choose to show off his big feelings when other dogs are around.

Now that we’ve given him a proper outlet for his drive, and he has a clear understanding that lunging is not an acceptable behavior, he is a much calmer and happier boy when there are other pups around.

Good job, Blakey!

02/22/2025

We have a last minute opening for our Puppy Preschool in March!

Take advantage of this unexpected availability with $200 off for Puppy Preschool starting on March 10, 2025.

6-16 weeks is a critical learning period for your puppy, and creates a foundation for how they will see and interact with the world.

Get your pup a jump start in learning. Our Puppy Preschool is for puppies 16 weeks and younger, focusing on house manners, leash manners, confidence building, understanding rules and boundaries, learning how to learn, and learning how to navigate the big scary world with confidence and safety.

Call to speak with a trainer today!

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🐶 Need help getting your dog under control? 🐶

📲 Send us a DM to speak with one of our trainers today

☎️ (813) 434-3108

🐕 Board & Train, and Private Lesson programs

📍Serving the greater Tampa area

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02/01/2025

Pack walk is on for tomorrow. Meet Lewis Craig Collins at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park at 10:00 am

01/31/2025

Hi all! Please let us know if you are planning on attending the pack walk tomorrow. If there is not enough interest we will reschedule for later in the month. Thanks!

🗓️ Our first pack walk of 2025 is scheduled!

⏰ Saturday, February 1️⃣ 10:00 am

📍 Curtis Hixon Park (Meet outside of Glazer Children’s Museum)

Join us for our first pack walk of the new year. We will take a lap or two around the park, and finish off with some group training

Will you be joining us? Comment👇 if we will see you there

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01/27/2025

Hello all

Kim’s number (813) 434-3108 is currently not working. If you need to reach us, please contact Lewis at
(813) 285-9792