Dog Nuance

11/09/2026

We enjoyed a perfect pack-walk yesterday! Great group and worked on some group manners. Thanks everyone 😍!

11/05/2026

Latest fusebead portrait of a client's Akita, and the picture I used as the base. Little hobby I like to do in my downtime. Pretty happy with how it turned out! Picture of him is on a training walk mid-session, a very happy boy.

11/04/2026

Our next pack walk is this Sunday November 8th at 11 am. Should be really great weather! Let me know if you're interested in joining our free pack walks. Thinking we might check out a new park this time 🐾

11/03/2026

Tired of dreading every dog walk? Let's change that, so you can enjoy the beautiful fall weather with your dog this season.

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11/02/2026

Most of my clients find me through someone they know, so I wanted to say thank you in a bigger way.

If you know a dog owner who is struggling with their dog, send them my way. When they start training with me, you'll earn up to $50 a month for their first three months, up to $150 total.

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10/31/2026

Happy Halloween from Mochi the lion bean 🎃
Ignore that his mane was sideways 😬
Any of you guys have cute costumes this year for the pups?

10/30/2026

This Midnight's first session practicing a new skill, "Bring Cord." Midnight is a Pit Bull mixed with Labrador. We've done a LOT of training on her retrieving skills, and we wanted to teach her to grab mom's cord that charges her wheelchair.
"Take" starts out as a sort of introductry cue, but as the dog masters that skill along with "Hold", we'll transition to fully "Bringing" the object to their person.
Even at first, we had to be happy for her to interact with the cord for just 1-second, then quickly built that up to longer duration and moved to Bring.
She quickly picked this up in just our first session of practicing this. It took a lot of work to get to this point, it was worth it!
Struggling with your dog's skills or behaviors? Let's talk!

10/29/2026

Preview for day 2 of working on Mochi's Chin and Hug cues. Mochi is able to perform multiple seconds in the Chin cue so now is a great time to pair that with actions like being brushed. He definitely does not like the slicker brush so I can't be too greedy with it.
The Hug cue is another cooperative skill that teaches & conditions your dog to gentle restraint. You'll lure your dog to approach you as you wrap your arms around them briefly, then build duration. Pay heavily. If your dog is skittish, don't worry about wraping your arms around them yet. Just pay for approaching you.

10/29/2026

10/28/2026

Full video for day 2 of working on Yosha's Chin cue. Yosha is a very, very skittish Shiba Inu and she was NOT a fan of the camera equipment being on the floor.
The idea of Chin cue is to build confidence and handling skills for scenarios like grooming and handling. I'm trying to build duration on this skill to multiple seconds but we aren't there yet.
This is a great exercise to build your mechanics as you practice luring and shaping, then segueing to handling skills.
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