Chris McKelvey School of Dog Training LLC

08/31/2025

"Sequoia": RACH2 Nosam's Aspen Fall Forest VCD1 CDX PCDX BN GN RM4 RAE4 RC JH FCAT DN CGCA CGCU TKN ATT FITG FTA is the #1 Vizsla in the COUNTRY in RALLY Advanced, Excellent & Master AND the AGILITY Novice & Preferred Novice!

08/13/2025

So many warning signs the dog is giving here. Another reason a wagging tail is not necessarily a happy dog! Teach children NOT to hug and kiss dogs!

The dog, an Argentine mastiff named Gladiator Maximus, attacked Kyle Dyer, anchorwoman at NBC's KUSA Denver affiliate, during a live Show!!! #...

05/04/2025

Team Sequoia @ Vizsla Nationals on the Missouri River.

05/17/2024

Sequoia passes her AKC Tracking Dog Test in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. 1.5 years of training and a certification needed prior to testing. My job is to aimlessly follow blindly behind her as she alone is the leader; because I have no better plan! ☺️

04/26/2024

Team Sequoia @ Vizsla National Specialty taking Rally High In Trial with a Triple 300 score!

04/03/2024

11/28/2023

My dog is not my child.

My dog is not my furbaby.

I am not her mother, I am her trainer. The word trainer is not a bad word, it means leader, supporter,disciplinary.. and friend.

My dog is my friend. She is my partner and my companion. To treat her like a child, to infantilize her and make it seem as though she needs my constant coddling or protection, would be unfair to her.

She is an adult carnivore that I have brought into my human world. Because of that it is my responsibility as her owner:

1) To communicate with her in a way she can understand.

2) To provide leadership, discipline and mutual respect.

3) To understand her instincts and needs, and provide appropriate outlets for them.

4) To train her and provide her the skills to function effectively in our human world, including acceptable manners and behaviors including the veterinarian.

Our dogs deserve to be given responsibility and allowed to be adult creatures, not perpetual babies. Please, don't try to make them tiny humans, they aren't and they don't want to be. Dogs are wonderful because they are dogs. Let them be dogs.

Teach them to be good ones.

I couldn’t live a day without them..