Bone-A-Fide K9

Bone-A-Fide K9 Bone-A-Fide K9 is a dog training company based in Virginia.

08/21/2025

Told yall it was coming. If we allow these pseudo dog trainers to get too much traction, they will pass laws that will be catastrophic to our dogs and their well being.

08/19/2025

People with violent tendencies amd short tempers have no business training dogs. Ironically these people make up the majority of the "force free" community.

Thankfully in the last years we've seen push back from real dog trainers against this dangerous ideology and we have them on their heels struggling to get their feet back under them. Many of them have gone so far as to lock their profiles so you cant see their work. Most of them have nothing worth looking at anyway. 😅

They're extremely confident behind the screen where they can talk 💩 and edit their videos, but you'll never see any of them meet with a real dog trainer to compare in person. Lets encourage Mutts of Merit, LLC. to stand on what they say and meet up with us next weekend to disprove the false information they've been spreading to the public

Definitely not gonna get this thing wet, or feed it after midnight. Just to be safe.
08/18/2025

Definitely not gonna get this thing wet, or feed it after midnight. Just to be safe.

Its very rare for a dog to NEED medication. Its even more rare for a dog to NEED behavioral euthanasia. What if every ...
08/17/2025

Its very rare for a dog to NEED medication. Its even more rare for a dog to NEED behavioral euthanasia. What if every dog trainer had to include the stats in their bio of how many dogs they've had drugged or euthanized?

Wife said I couldn't have a motorcycle, and I couldn't get any more dogs..... I brought home 2 dogs and bike in the sam...
08/13/2025

Wife said I couldn't have a motorcycle, and I couldn't get any more dogs..... I brought home 2 dogs and bike in the same week. 😅 Marriage is all about compromise. Glad I picked the right one. Nobody else would put up with my shenanigans.

08/11/2025

A picture or a quick 10 second clip showing body posture is NOT enough to assess a dogs behavior or intentions.

I introduced Cowboy to 1 of the new female Patterdales. You see stiff posture, rapid tail wagging, raised hair, "whale eye", and even a shake off. To the inexperienced trainer this may look like signs of aggression and stress.

In this circumstance, its just over stimulation. Hes a little over excited to play with the new dog. I have to combine several factors into my decisions within seconds in order to make the right judgement calls on whether or not to intervene. Thats why we say "This is an art, not a science ".

In the first 15 seconds, it seems like a tense situation between the 2..... but its really not. Fast forward just a minute or 2 and you see theyre playing like they've know each other forever. This is why you cant trust these "trainers" posting short clips of dogs and trying to explain their behavior. There are too many factors to consider when assessing body language to pass judgment in a 15 second clip.

08/10/2025

Double Trouble. My wife told me I better not even think about bringing home 1 more dog. So I got. 2. 😁 What can I say, im a problem solver. 🤷

Theres a reason the best trainers in the wold use e-collars and pinch collars. Theres also a reason the most incompetent...
08/09/2025

Theres a reason the best trainers in the wold use e-collars and pinch collars. Theres also a reason the most incompetent trainers cannot. You dont have to use any certain tool, but if you CAN'T use EVERY tool, then you cannot call yourself a dog trainer at any level. If YOU cant use a collar without hurting a dog, you probably shouldn't be taking anyone's money or training any dogs.

Incompetence leads to injuries, drugs, the shelter, and/or euthanasia. Our industry may not be regulated but we can still have standards and police our own. You may not feel like speaking out against Incompetence, but lives depend on it. Its like finding mold in your house and not killing it. The more you let it grows and the more damage it does to everyone

To hammer, everything is a nail. E-collar training amd corrections aren't meant to smash the dog into compliance. Treat...
08/08/2025

To hammer, everything is a nail. E-collar training amd corrections aren't meant to smash the dog into compliance. Treats and reinforcement doesn't stop undesirable behavior. The delicate balance between reinforcement and punishment makes the goal crystal clear for the dog.

You cant expect a dog to understand, when youre only giving them half the information. She bit the "force free" trainer just like she bit the dominant trainer. We used both treats and an e-collar and had results in weeks. After a lifetime of "management ", she was a totally different dog within weeks. Almost 4 years with us and not a single dog or human had her teeth on them.

The vast majority of dogs in drugs do not need drugs. Shoving food and pills down your dogs throat wont fix their behavi...
08/06/2025

The vast majority of dogs in drugs do not need drugs. Shoving food and pills down your dogs throat wont fix their behavioral issues. It may mask them temporarily, or maybe make the dog easier to manage. Behavior modification happens through consistent and balanced, dog training.

The amount of drugs prescribed to dogs and humans nowadays is unreal. It really challenges the ethics of the medical profession as a whole. Very few vets or doctors are prescribing these medications appropriately. This is ass backwards. Theres always a few bad apples in every field, but in medicine its becoming the majority.

Dont believe me? Talk to you grandparents, ask about how many people they knew on Quaaludes and Va**um. Talk to anyone who lived through the opioid epidemic, when percocets and oxycontin were handed out like candy on Halloween. Now ask around and see how many people you know are on Psychotropic drugs....... How many lives have to be lost before we realize drugs are not a solution to our problems?

A force free trainer throwing meds at a dog with behavioral issues. 😅
08/06/2025

A force free trainer throwing meds at a dog with behavioral issues. 😅

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