Hands and Paws Canine Training LLC

01/12/2025

Join us for our festive fun for the chance to win a free 4 session lesson package this Christmas season! 🩷 🎄

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30/11/2025

There are many new faces here that I’d love to meet! 🫶🏼🫶🏼✨✨

Thank you for joining the fan! If you’d like to join our FaceBook community comment “COMMUNITY” and I’ll send you the link! 🔗 🩷

29/11/2025

To the overnight dog trainers… this one’s for you.

The dog training industry is growing FAST — and while that’s amazing, it also means more and more people are jumping in before they’re fully ready. This post isn’t to shame anyone… it’s to protect the dogs, protect the owners, and protect YOU from burning out or getting in over your head.

Because this career is so much more than teaching a sit or a down.
It’s education.
It’s professionalism.
It’s integrity.
It’s running an entire business while caring for living, breathing animals who rely on you every single day.

Swipe through for the honest truth I wish more people were told before becoming a trainer:

👉 Why furthering your education matters
👉 Why being a good dog trainer also means being a good business owner
👉 Why dog care and husbandry MUST come before taking on more clients
👉 Why this lifestyle is rewarding, but demanding

Dog training isn’t an aesthetic.
It isn’t something you “pick up” overnight.
It’s a craft — and a responsibility.

If you want to be part of this industry, be part of the solution, not the problem.
Take your time. Learn from mentors. Build experience. Stay humble. Show up for the dogs.

And if reading this fired you up instead of scaring you away…
Welcome to the club.
I can’t wait to see you SEND IT. 🔥

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21/11/2025

Meet Breeze — the newest kid on the block in our Program Service Dog lineup!

Breeze is 5 months old and already checks so many of the boxes we look for in a high-quality service dog candidate. Genetically solid, naturally confident, toy-motivated, high food motivation, calm but persistent and incredibly handler-focused — this boy is the full package.

He’s going to be a big lad, and with his temperament and structure, he’s well on his way to becoming an excellent fit for medical alert, mobility support, and psych/autism assistance work. Dogs like Breeze don’t come around often — he has that quiet confidence and clear-headedness that makes service dog training so much easier and so much more reliable long-term.

If you’re interested in being matched with Breeze and starting the journey toward having a professionally raised service dog partner… send me a message.
He’s something special, and I can’t wait to see who his future person will be.

21/11/2025

Introducing our Program Dog Hall of Fame! 🌟

It’s truly one of the greatest honors of my life to have trained nearly ten incredible program dogs and watched them find their places all around the world. Each one has become a beacon of support and positivity in their handler’s life—and, honestly, it’s incredible to see the ripple effect they have on everyone around them.

I get so many heartfelt updates from these handlers about how these dogs are changing lives. It means the world to me to see all the blood, sweat, tears, and love poured into their training pay off. It’s a reminder that every ounce of dedication is worth it when you’re raising dogs for such a good cause.

Where Our Dogs Are Placed
Echo: Previously Illinois, Now Alabama
Yoshi: Michigan
Otis: London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Elliot: Massachusetts
Oakley: Georgia
Ollivander: Florida
Lemon: North Carolina
Ziva: TBD
Breeze: TBD

To the families and handlers who have trusted me with this responsibility—thank you.
Thank you for believing in my process, trusting in the work, and allowing me to be a part of your journey. It’s an honor to train these dogs, but it’s an even bigger honor to watch them thrive in their forever homes with you. Your trust means more than you know.

18/11/2025

Let’s talk e-collars for a second — because no, they’re not how I teach obedience, or the foundation of any behavior.
They’re a layer, not the lesson.

I build the training first… the engagement, the clarity, the teamwork, the trust.
Then I pair the e-collar with skills my dogs already understand to give them reliable off-leash freedom.

And honestly?
This tool opens up a whole world my dogs wouldn’t get to experience otherwise — hiking, adventuring, exploring safely, and actually being dogs.

The e-collar isn’t a shortcut.
It’s the safety line that lets me trust their training and gives me peace of mind knowing I have a reliable backup if something unexpected happens.

If navigating long lines all the time is someone’s preferred method then that’s fine. For me, I prefer to condition my dogs to a tool that allows my dogs and I to explore the world freely.

To each their own, do what’s best for you

Confidence for me.
Freedom for them.
That’s the whole point.

18/11/2025