Harmony Canine

12/17/2025

Glorious ears!!

12/17/2025

These 20 dogs have put on some work! They made it all the way to 1100🤣🤣🤣

I guess we need to work them harder to build stamina and endurance. 🤣🤣🤣

12/17/2025

Kaai has his perfect playmate in Shasta.

12/17/2025

Now this is a dog ready for training. Nice job Bryan! What a good girl.

12/17/2025

12/16/2025

When we're doing stuff like competition obedience, we have to build behaviors that seem intuitive from the ground up. Plenty of dogs retrieve naturally, but in the pressure of a trial environment, where the parameters are narrow, and the criteria are high, we have to show the dog the entire picture that we want. So sometimes that means "hold this in your mouth until I tell your otherwise, and also incorporate movement" can suddenly become complicated to communicate.

One of the ways to build this is to show the dog a similar behavior that is already strong, and then transfer to the object we want them to hold. In this case, it's an obedience dumbbell, but I might also split this with a bumper or a ball to help build this. In either case, I'm starting here with a chin rest. This is a STRONG behavior for Liberty! I want her to keep her face in my hand in movement AND through changing positions AND for a long duration. I show her ALL of this with a strong behavior. And then I add the dumbbell. I scale my criteria way back, and sometimes go back to just showing her the idea again with a chin rest. All of this keeps her head in the space that I want it. Stay connected to me, move with me, and do it while holding something.

Once we're getting good duration and connection, I can fade all the ways I'm helping her and rely on her to do it herself. But this is just one of the ways I love to teach dogs complex behaviors, and showcases how we build them!

12/16/2025

Brody is a perfect gentleman out on his . We also got to meet an inflatable Santa, and that was challenging, but with patience and butt scratches, we overcame that too

12/16/2025

It's the last Puppy Pre-K of 2025!

📅 Saturday, Dec 20th, 2025
⏰️ 1000am- 1100am
📍 13233 SE Mcloughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR
💲30

2 ways to RSVP:
with your Gingr profile https://harmonycaninetraining.portal.gingrapp.com

or send us a text at 833.926.0791

If there's not enough interest, we may cancel, so let us you'll be attending and Matt will be there

What is Puppy Pre-K?

It is our rolling drop-in puppy class. Open to ALL puppies 8 weeks to 7 months. Each week, you, as the owner, identify a couple skills you need support with, and Matt helps you build or improve them

☆☆ Note - this class is not suitable for working on reactivity. If you need support on reactivity, check out Reactive Rover

12/16/2025

Maddie & Amanda are back in action to kick off 2026 with FUNgility 1

Seats are limited - don't wait. This class fills up fast!

What is FUNgility? Class centers around playing fun confidence boosting games with your dog:

Does your dog love to jump and climb? Safely try agility foundation skills with low stress exercises for a tired and happy dog! This is a non-competitive class focused on fun and safe completion with equipment like:

jumps
weaves
tunnel

Dogs interested should have a reliable recall around other dogs and people, nor display reactivity when working in a class setting . Not sure if your dog is ready? Email us to set up an evaluation prior to class

🗓 Starts January 12th, 2026
⏰️ 730pm- 830pm
📍 13233 SE Mcloughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR
💲 200 for the 6-week course

Send us a text at 833.926.0791 or use your Gingr profile to enroll

12/16/2025

Somehow, this got stuck in drafts

Congratulations to these 2 new Canine Good Citizens (Pending AKC approval)

Proud off all the work Pern & Nessie did to achieve this title

12/15/2025

It’s Roscoe’s first day, and boy, is this little guy cute!! Today we’re working on getting to know the crew and seeing what little Roscoe is all about, what he knows, basics, and markers. He’s a funny little dude and we’re excited to get to know him more!

12/15/2025

Does your dog WANT to be with you and work with you, or do you find yourself frustrated and nagging them for the slightest bit of attention? Regardless of your starting point, please join us for our next round of Relationship & Engagement! But don't wait, this class regularly fills and we have 4 spots remaining.

🗓 Monday, January 12th
⏰️ 6:15pm - 7:15pm
📍 13233 SE Mcloughlin Blvd Milwaukie OR
💲 200 for the 6-week course

Sign up with your Gingr profile
https://harmonycaninetraining.portal.gingrapp.com

OR Send us a text at 833-926-0791