Sirius Canine Training, Rapid City SD

01/02/2026

Ok, LAST POST! :)
Apparently, Meta in it's infinite wisdom, has moved buttons and made it VERY difficult to delete a business page... and yes, I have tried MULTIPLE things and at the risk of deleting my personal page, I have thrown on the towel.

So, even though the page is still here, consider it inactive from here on out. I will not be monitoring or responding on the page or in Messenger.

If you need a class or excellent trainer, contact Dogzausted LLC.
If you need me, contact my personal page/Messenger, Tarri Sorenson.

Thanks and Take Care.

12/29/2025

Hi everyone, just a heads up to let you know this page will be turned off in a few days.

If you still want to keep in touch, but we are not yet Facebook friends, reach out to me at Tarri Sorenson.

I thank each and every one of you for the many years of support, training and laughter.

Take care and Happy New Year!

12/07/2025

Going forward, if you are looking for classes to take for you and your companion, I fully recommend and wholeheartedly suggest Kathy at Dogzausted LLC.

https://www.dogzaustedllc.com/

12/06/2025

UPDATE... you guys!
I had to stop reading your comments within an hour of posting.... 🥰🥲❤️...right in the feels.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.....

Good Morning All,

I have decided to shut down SCT and will no longer be offering classes after the first of the year.
This has been a very difficult decision, as I have been doing it a very long time & I love what I do. However, life has a way of changing, moving us in different directions and closing chapters.

I want to extend my most heart-felt thanks to every single person who has taken a class with me. I cherish those times of friendship, laughter and collaboration, and I like to think we always had a good time... I did anyhow :)

Those brilliant 'AHA!" moments are the ones I will miss the most. Seeing you and your companion work together and communicate and both parties suddenly "Get it". Those moments where I literally clapped my hands, maybe even jumped up and down a bit and exclaimed, "YES, THAT'S IT! PERFECT! BEAUTIFUL!"
I will miss those moments as a trainer, because that is what it is all about, people using my information to connect with their companion in a way they didn't think was possible.

I'm thankful for the ongoing friendships that have developed and I look forward to all of you that are FB friends, to continue those friendships and seeing what you and your companion are up to. If we are not FB friends, Friend me so we can stay in touch (Tarri Sorenson). I am still here for every one of you if you have a question, concern, brag or to just say hi. I still meant what I said in every class... if you need me, I am there for you. Just message or call. Classes will end, but my support never will.

Going forward, if you need classes, I HIGHLY recommend and would suggest Kathy with Dogzausted LLC, absolutely and 100%. We have known each other for years and she is TOP-NOTCH, give her a call and check out her FB page. I'll attach a link to her website in the next post.

So, that about sums it up. I love you guys....

If you read this far, please post a picture of you and/or your companion for me to enjoy one last time on this page.

And yes, I'm still a Realtor, so don't hesitate to give me a call or refer a friend if interested in buying or selling. 605-787-0157.
What kind of Realtor would I be if I didn't mention that, hahaha ;)

12/02/2025

What's the most dogs you've every lived with?
Rookie numbers or no...

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving and stay safe out there!

11/26/2025

A small but mighty class tonight!

11/25/2025

Reaver used to be a lap puppy. And, we both miss that. 💙

11/22/2025

There are still a few spots open in the Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Little Stars class. If you're interested, please be sure and reach out to me right away.

11/22/2025

Good Morning!
Drop a photo of what you've been up to lately.

11/21/2025

Don't stop the growl, get to the root of the problem and find out what's causing the growl.
That's what needs to be stopped....

Just one generation ago, if a dog growled while eating, people said,

“Hey! Don’t bother him while he’s eating.”

And that was it.

We respected the warning.

We understood the dog was simply communicating.

Today?

That same dog gets corrected, labeled, or, even worse…

euthanized.

Somewhere along the way, we stopped allowing dogs to say

“No.” We stopped giving them the space to express fear,

discomfort, or uncertainty.

We expect them to be perfectly happy, perfectly calm, and

perfectly tolerant 100% of the time.

But here’s the truth:

Dogs deserve the right to feel. They deserve the right to

communicate. And a growl is not an act of aggression, it’s a sentence. It’s information.

It’s a dog saying, “I’m not okay right now.”

We’ve lost all nuance. If a dog is anything other than silly, social, and sunshine-on four legs, we slap the label “AGGRESSIVE” on them.

People…please…listen to your dogs.

They are communicating with you in the only way they know how.

Honor that.

Learn from it.

And give them back the right to speak.

11/18/2025

This is so cute, and sweet...