Central Missouri Canine Solutions

11/11/2025

Thank you Veterans!!

Photo taken at my parent's home in Wisconsin (hence the snow!) - Dad is a Vietnam Vet and this was his summer project.

09/04/2025

Rambo nka Sly (iykyk) is a handsome, young adult German Shepherd Dog available through Journey Home GSD Rescue. He's been staying with us while he waits for his new forever family (could that be you?) and we've been working on some basic manners. Sly works easily for food and attention. He's made some great progress so we wanted to show off how well he's doing around distractions!

If you're interested in Sly - whether that is fostering or adopting - please contact the rescue directly. We'll be available to help with his continued training!

www.journeyhomegsd.org

08/21/2025

07/11/2025

12/31/2024

Puppy Classes are starting back up this Saturday, January 4th at 12:30pm at Honey Creek Pet Resort. This is an open enrollment class - start any time and attend the Saturday sessions that work for you! Full details at www.centralmocanine.com

12/10/2024

Working with Mocha an adult female German Shepherd available through Journey Home GSD Rescue !!

We have been working on her engagement exercises and have graduated to doing them and some basic obedience around distractions. For her, other dogs can sometimes present the biggest distraction. But she's been doing well and we like her progression so far! She is both food and toy motivated making her a fun girl to work with too.

She'd love to find a loving home where she can still have some fun but also just chill out with the family. Feel free to share this post and contact the rescue if interested!

06/08/2024

Puppy class today is a go! Come join us at Honey Creek Pet Resort at 12:30 for puppy foundations, socialization and confidence building.

Open enrollment - start any time and attend the Saturdays that work for you. Full details on our website.

05/17/2024

PUPPY GROUP CLASS IS BACK! Starting this Saturday we will be holding our group puppy class at 12:30. This is an open enrollment class meaning you can start any time and attend the Saturdays that work for you.

We'll cover our foundation exercises, a few beginning obedience commands, help with puppy raising issues (house & crate training, mouthing/chewing, jumping, etc), confidence building and socialization.

Cost is $100 for up to any 4 Saturdays. Visit our site for more details and feel free to message us here or through the website www.centralmocanine.com if you are interested.

02/19/2024

Hey all! One of our long-time clients recently adopted this beautiful, long-haired, 1 year-old German Shepherd boy, Leo, from a shelter. Unfortunately, it has turned out to be a mismatch and they have made the very difficult decision to find him a better fit.

Leo has some generalized anxiety and has recently started medication. He'll do best in a home without cats, chickens and other barnyard animals. While the current Shep he lives with does not appreciate him, he may be fine living with another dog his size. He has a few obedience commands started as well as our foundation exercises which many of you are familiar with. He has high food drive and plenty of prey drive to work with.

Leo will do best in a home with an active family without small children. Having some dog experience is needed. To help Leo have his best life, we are offering to do a complimentary behavior session with his new family too.

If you are interested in Leo, please PM us and we will go over some more specifics and get you in touch with his current owners.

12/26/2023

If you want your dog to perform obedience commands in distracting environments, you have to teach them to perform commands in distracting environments.

I know that may sound obvious now, but you’d be surprised at how often human nature makes us think “If my dog knows (X behavior) at home, then my dog knows (X behavior) everywhere else.” But, of course, that’s simply not true.

Dog’s minds are similar to ours in some aspects and very different in others. Context is one of those major differences. And if you want to have truly functional and reliable obedience, you have to practice behaviors in many different environments and situations before a dog will understand to perform that behavior no matter the circumstances.

This is the part of dog training I personally find the most fun. Because you get rewarded for being creative and “getting weird with it” as I like to say. The more difficult and varied you can make the training scenarios, the more functional your dog’s behaviors will be. And also, you’ll be much more confident in, and trusting of, your dog in real-world scenarios.

-Mike

11/04/2023

It’s one thing to teach a dog a behavior. It’s a whole other thing to teach a dog to do a behavior no matter where they are or what’s going on around them. But the process is fairly simple no matter which behavior you’re trying to get to a functional level. Whether it’s a sit or down stay, leash manners, recalls, or heeling, it’s all done in roughly the same way. Teach the behavior thoroughly, gradually add in distractions and contexts, then proof and generalize it in different environments and situations.
This video is a very brief illustration of that process. Here’s 6 weeks worth of off-leash heel training in 90 seconds.
-Mike

08/29/2023

Hey Folks! Mike will be in Columbia this Sunday afternoon at the Lil Paws Big Hearts Fundraiser. He'll be there to answer training questions and discuss our services as well as host an "Ask the Trainer" open group discussion and demo (time TBD). We've donated 1 private training session to the rescue to use as a prize/auction too!

Our annual fundraiser is here!!! Come join us for a fun Sunday afternoon filled with gaming, puppies, and even chihuahua races! Get your tickets at https://www.facebook.com/events/700387488579755