North Country Paws for Obedience

06/03/2026

The Faces of Puppy Preschoolers this morning after some hardcore play and nature grounding 🐾🍀

06/03/2026

Sometimes as a professional trainer we get to the end of a specific training program and plan to share in depth every aspect of it. In this case that’s not the case instead - the saying a picture is worth a thousand words is powerful.

While Leeloo continues her training program with us - this video encompasses just 8 days of her board and train she completed with lead trainer and co-owner Lora. While Lora planned an entire voiceover to pair with this video after reviewing this over and over - it truly speaks volumes without the need for the voiceover.

The passion and dedication of our trainers to fully understand how to approach various behaviors and then apply an appropriate training plan that goes beyond just obedience as Leeloo’s plan consisted of nearly no obedience at all. Lora spent most time on building environmental confidence, safety in herself as leeloos handler, providing cooperation/self confidence through play, and overall self preservation for Leeloo to view herself and her environment in a different emotional state thus shifting her entire mindset. As a young adolescent this will be crucial for her moving forward.

Moving into her second part of her training other skills can more easily be applied such as obedience, crate calmness, commitment to one on one play, social skills and digging a little deeper into some separation anxiety that may surface if not addressed.

A reminder that we can stay present, stay mindful, and always take time to assess what is in the dog’s best interest because there is no one size that fits all.

06/03/2026

REALITY ❤️
Perfect Weather 🙌
Great doggos 🐾
Amazing People 🥰

Life is good.

06/03/2026

THIS SUNDAY~~~Join us for Sunday Socials HUDSON FALLS location

Available to current clients enrolled in our Day Train programs with Social Butterfly 🦋

A great opportunity for our Puppy Preschoolers!

This opportunity is included in REALITY & Day Train VIP memberships OR as a $10 drop in

06/02/2026

CONFIDENCE WEEK FOR PUPPIES

Kurstyn set up an awesome confidence course this weeek as well as works on. Noise conditioning from playing thunderstorm to firework noises to help puppies learn that these noises are something to be nervous of. This is a great week for owners at home to set up a fun course at home and see what you may find your puppy is leary of and super confident of!

We work through the five pillars of confidence here at PAWS and actually have a WHOLE enrichment garden that was fully designed to encompass this concept at our Enrichment Center in Hudson Falls.

Do you know what the five pillars are?

Check back later for the answer!

06/02/2026

Training Tip Tuesday!🐾

06/01/2026

This weekend TWO of our board and train pups concluded their programs with PAWS. 🐾 Watching their interactions compared to their intake is like watching two different dogs all together. We are very proud of Stella, Leeloo, their owners and the teamwork put into their programming.

Stella - first presented for forward reactivity when greeting and meeting others alongside some overzealous energy that her owner was seeking to have more manageable. Three weeks with .jon518 and she made huge strides in her behavior and will continue to through private lessons and eventually group class.

Leeloo - first presented with low confidence, lacking age appropriate social skills, and some environmental insecurities. Combined short term board and train and K9 Retreat with Lora this girl absolutely thrived for the first part of her program. Check out her recap video to be posted tomorrow!

06/01/2026

Congratulations to our dedicated Handler Bootcamp attendees from this weekend! A special thanks to our local SPCA residents that are seeking homes for their incredible participation.

It was truly a great weekend for all!

05/31/2026

🐾🍀🌼PURE PEACE🌼🍀🐾

Our dogs deserve adventure and exploration - so do we 🥰 where does your next adventure fall?

05/31/2026

❤️🖤❤️ time to get splashing ❤️🖤❤️

We want to congratulate our very own PAWS co- owner Jenn Wolfe on obtaining her judging certification this weekend at our/her home dock and an IDS local dock! We are very honored and proud of her as well as thankful for the support from the IDS community.

The league competition is really heating up for the month of May!

Nearly 200 teams across more than a dozen IDS locations are competing to see how they stack up against teams from across the country, and there is still time for you to get involved.

Even if you have not signed up through a local IDS League location yet, you can still participate by jumping at any IDS event each month.

League membership is only $40 for the entire summer season. Teams only need scores from 3 of the 4 league months to be eligible for year-end rankings and awards, so there is still plenty of time to join the competition.

All you need is your IDS League membership, Team ID number, and to compete at your nearest IDS event each month.

Official Individual Team and Club Rankings for May will be posted here and on the IDS website at the beginning of June!

https://internationaldogsports.com/dockleague/