Mindful Canine Dog Training & Behavior

Mindful Canine Dog Training & Behavior ABOUT MINDFUL CANINE
Mindful Canine was founded in 2021 by two friends and colleagues who wanted to make an impact in the lives of dogs and their people.

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SIGN UP NOW! ā¬‡ļø After working years in the retail pet industry, Emmah and Brandi wanted to do more for pet owners without the limitations of mass corporate retail constraints, including offering unbiased information backed with years of education and ma

king effective dog training less mysterious and costly for everyday owners. Emmah and Brandi share values in building genuine community relationships, volunteer work, personal and professional integrity, animal welfare, and continuing education and professional development. Through these values and a desire to do more in the world, Mindful Canine was born. Mindful Canine strives to deliver excellent customer service, modern techniques, and measurable training results to make life with your pet easier. Mindful Canine is about helping dog owners everywhere enjoy life with their dog to the fullest extent, bringing together all lifestyle factors in harmony. We believe in the sentience of dogs and their potential to become mindful, responsible decision-makersā€¦. And the same goes for their owners! For details about our individual staff and their methodologies, visit our website! OUR PHILOSOPHY
Your dog is one-of-a-kind and has his or her own history, personality, genetic factors, feelings, challenges, motivators and style of learning, and is worthy of compassion and respect. We use a reward focused and science-based full spectrum strategy that is fair, safe, and fun for your dog but also sets clear boundaries, rules, and expectations. Our goal is to help dogs and their owners achieve respect, balance, and understanding of each other with a special focus on teaching critical life skill sets and confidence building. We believe in working at a pace that accommodates both dogs and owners as much as possible in order to achieve harmony and happiness. We only use methods that we have or would use on our personal pets, and leave final decisions on training methods up to dog owners. Dog Training Cedar City
Dog Training Saint George

05/14/2026

If youā€™ve ever put your dog in a down just to have them get up because you accidentally bumped or fumbled the leash- this exercise is for you!!

Itā€™s great that your dog understands leash pressure, but we usually only want that response while actively moving. To help clarify that a down means to stay down until verbally released, try intentionally applying tiny amounts of leash pressure while rewarding your dog for holding position.

If they get up, no big deal. Reset, lower the difficulty a little, and try again. Less pressure, less duration, cleaner timing.

This is also great for touch-sensitive dogs that tend to pop up anytime something remotely tactile happens.

There is so much value in simply strengthening foundations in small but powerful ways!

Want more cool stuff like this exercise from our group class? Reach out and find out how to join! 435-419-5771

05/12/2026

Pup pizzas!
Snuffle balls!
Churu!
AND get your petā€™s nails trimmed!

šŸ„¹ Bindi and Asia made me proud at the recent AKC B-Match!This event really snuck up on us and we didnā€™t have nearly as m...
05/12/2026

šŸ„¹ Bindi and Asia made me proud at the recent AKC B-Match!

This event really snuck up on us and we didnā€™t have nearly as much time to prepare as I wouldā€™ve liked. I made the hard call not to take my own dogs, Boo and Percy, because honestly my plate is overflowing and I didnā€™t feel right forcing it. I know my limits, even if I donā€™t like that they exist.

But Bindi and Asia stepped up and absolutely rose to the occasion. They earned qualifying scores in Obedience and Rally at their very first match together, and more importantly, they worked as a team.

Iā€™m really proud of both of them and excited to watch where this journey takes them next. It has been so inspiring to watch them grow and achieve together.

ā˜€ļøLake Day was so much fun for Group Class! Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the gorgeous weather and great vibe...
05/11/2026

ā˜€ļøLake Day was so much fun for Group Class! Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the gorgeous weather and great vibes!

ā¤ļøHappy Motherā€™s Day from Mindful Canine to you.Whether youā€™re a dog mom or a mother to people, thereā€™s something profou...
05/10/2026

ā¤ļøHappy Motherā€™s Day from Mindful Canine to you.

Whether youā€™re a dog mom or a mother to people, thereā€™s something profound about being responsible for a life that depends on you for everything. It changes you. The constant care, the patience, the emotional labor, the sacrifice, the joy. Some days it feels beautiful. Some days it feels impossibly hard. Usually itā€™s both at once.

But I really do think caring deeply for another living being makes us better humans. Dogs, especially, have this quiet way of teaching empathy, patience, resilience, forgiveness, and unconditional love without ever speaking a word. That may honestly be one of their greatest gifts to humanity.

Iā€™m so grateful to be a dog mom to my two perfect angels.

To all the dog moms out there doing the work every single day ā€” advocating, training, cleaning, worrying, loving, learning, showing up anyway ā€” you rock.

Choose your dogā€™s friends wisely, because behavior rubs off.When choosing friends for your dog, ask yourself:Does this d...
05/09/2026

Choose your dogā€™s friends wisely, because behavior rubs off.

When choosing friends for your dog, ask yourself:

Does this dog have an appropriate play style?
Or does ā€œplayā€ immediately become body slamming, overarousal, and chaos?

Does this dog have impulse control?
Can it disengage and regulate itself, or does every emotion immediately become an action?

Can this dog be controlled verbally?
Not after being screamed at 14 times. I mean actually controlled.

Does this dog respect boundaries around space, toys, food, and attention? Or does it try to possess everything around it?

Is this dog thoughtful and socially intelligent, or does it just mindlessly rehearse bad behavior every time it interacts with another dog?

Do you have the kind of relationship with the other owner where you can advocate for both dogs without somebody getting defensive and weird?

If youā€™re not confident in the answers to those questions, the dogs do NOT need to interact.

People donā€™t naturally get along with every person they meet and dogs are no different. Compatibility matters. Energy matters. Stability matters.

A lot of behavioral issues are learned socially. Confidence rubs off socially. But so does insecurity, pushiness, entitlement, reactivity, and chaos.

05/08/2026

Sometimes the only difference between success and failure is the willingness to try again.

Percy and I have been working on a ā€œbark and holdā€ for what feels like forever and I wanted to give up on it about 10,000 times. This past session at bitework we finally had a breakthrough and it was so worth the struggle! I owe it to my mentor Brian for not letting me quit and pushing me to keep trying. Heā€™s pretty freakin amazing šŸ¤© ā¤ļø

So, you want to be a dog trainer?Itā€™s the best job in the world- and I really believe that.Itā€™s also getting 30 stitches...
05/07/2026

So, you want to be a dog trainer?

Itā€™s the best job in the world- and I really believe that.

Itā€™s also getting 30 stitches in your arm from a dog biteā€¦ and going back to work 10 days later because the dogs still need you and you have events on the schedule you canā€™t back out of.

Itā€™s stapling paperwork at midnight.
Teaching yourself software from YouTube videos after a 12-hour workday.
Cleaning diarrhea soup out of kennels at 3am.
Standing outside in brutal wind, heat, snow, and rain because behavior doesnā€™t pause for weather.

Itā€™s paying thousands in insurance, taxes, equipment, rent, and overheadā€”then hearing someone say you charge too much.

Itā€™s having strangers online dissect your methods like they know your dogs, your clients, or your life.

Itā€™s answering texts and calls constantly because when people are struggling with their dog, theyā€™re usually struggling emotionally too.

Itā€™s performing with dogs in public when your social battery was dead a long time ago.
Meeting your own dogsā€™ needs no matter how exhausted you are.
Managing and being present for client expectations, emotions, setbacks, conflict, grief.

And sometimes itā€™s crying with a client when the dog you helped raise into a family member grows old and passes away.

People think this job is just petting dogs all day.

What they donā€™t see is the pressure.
The responsibility.
The emotional weight.
The business side.
The uncertainty.
The obsession it takes to stay current, improve, create, adapt, and keep believing in yourself through rejection and slow seasons.
And above all, the faith it takes to keep going.

This work asks a lot from you.

But in return, you get to change lives.
Not just dogs. People.

You get to watch fear turn into confidence.
Chaos turn into harmony.
Frustration turn into understanding.

And every once in a while, someone looks at their dog with tears in their eyes and says,
ā€œThank you. We finally enjoy our dog.ā€

Thatā€™s the part that makes all of it worth it. I wouldnā€™t change a single damn thing.

Youā€™re looking at a photo of my dog Boo rolling around in the grass instead of demonstrating a skill in group class. Emb...
05/06/2026

Youā€™re looking at a photo of my dog Boo rolling around in the grass instead of demonstrating a skill in group class. Embarrassing? Oh, absolutely.

But honestly, I couldnā€™t even be upset with him. Boo is not a demo dog. Heā€™s not the flashy, eager-to-work type. He likes lounging on the couch, patrolling the property, long walks, and hiking trails. Heā€™s nothing like his sister, who lives to perform and show off.

And the truth isā€¦ this photo used to be my wildest dream.

There was a time I cried over this dog almost daily. Dog aggression. Human suspicion. Territorial stuff. Biting. Stress. Management. Doubt. I never thought in a million years Iā€™d be able to hand him to a stranger and have him exist in a group class full of dogs while feeling goofy, relaxed, and safe enough to roll around in the grass like an idiot.

Did he nail the obedience demo? Not even remotely.

But emotionally? Behaviorally? Environmentally? This was a massive success.

I think sometimes we judge our dogs against the wrong measuring stick. We get so focused on performance that we forget to measure progress against the dog standing in front of us ā€” and against the reality we once thought was impossible.

Years ago, this ā€œfailureā€ was all I wanted. And somewhere along the way, my goals for Boo changed without me realizing it.

Perspective matters. A lot. Remember to love your dog for who they are.

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