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21/07/2025

Hello everyone! After over a year of trying new things, I have decided to eliminate my day training programs. I know I don't owe anyone an explanation, however I value every one of you that chooses to come to me for help so I will tell you why I have decided to ultimately stop this service for now.

The reason I started it was mainly to offer a way for people who were really struggling with training their dog to get the extra help they needed in what would hopefully be a very minimally stressful environment. When I first started training, I offered in-home board and train for puppies. While doing this, I saw how beneficial the stress-free lifestyle was for these dogs and how fast they were able to learn. I tried very hard to replicate this for the adult dogs in my care at the training facility. But I learned quite a few things along the way about the dogs I was working with, myself, and my family.

Here's what I learned:
1. It takes a very, very specific kind of dog to gain skills to help with a behavior problem in this environment at a rate the owners are pleased with. Although all of the owners are understanding, I can tell there is a sense of disappointment if their dog isn't learning as fast as they hoped.
2. It does cost a lot to send your dog to me, and I really wasn't making anything off of it. The mortgage itself is expensive, I use my own treats to ensure I can get your pup to work with me, there are other bills on top of it, and I care too much to squish 6 dogs in one day, I would rather make sure your dogs are getting what they need. This makes it very hard for me to tell an owner that their dog didn't want to work that day, because sometimes they just say no to everything and they aren't going to learn a skill if I force them into an uncomfortable situation, they're just going to learn to not trust me.
3. The basic obedience clients did great with me more than the behavior clients did! However, this is never what I set out to do. My focus has always been on behavior and I don't want to switch.
4. I hate being alone. Yes there is a groomer there, but she's generally working too and we are separated because I often work with aggressive and reactive dogs. Turns out, I love getting to work with dogs AND their people. I'm not opposed to having a mentee or an employee, but I just don't have the funds to do it at this time.
5. My dogs at home have a hard time without me. I'm gone from the house by 7 in the morning and on my earliest days I'm back around 6:30 and on my latest it's 8:30. That's a long time. Since I started, there's been an increase in behavior problems with me dogs at home, and I would like to address them and I can't while offering this service. I also miss seeing my husband and having dinner with him and helping him around the house. He had to take on a lot of responsibility when I started this and I was hoping I could come up with something to take a little off of his plate, but it never worked out that way.

To those that I have already discussed this service with, I will still be offering it for you! I hold true to what I say and I will see the programs through until the end. However, I will not be offering it to new clients. During the past 6 months in my mentorship program, I learned a lot and feel even more confident than I already was in my ability to coach my clients one-on-one in person and virtually!

Thank you all so much for your continued support, I wouldn't be where I am today without you ❤️

I'm a little behind, but we had two intermediate graduates yesterday evening! Both passed their exams and showed great p...
10/07/2025

I'm a little behind, but we had two intermediate graduates yesterday evening! Both passed their exams and showed great progress throughout the class. Miss Leena even got a perfect score! Congratulations to everyone!!

We had four little puppers graduating from class today!! What a fun group of kids to work with ❤️ These guys all cared s...
25/06/2025

We had four little puppers graduating from class today!! What a fun group of kids to work with ❤️ These guys all cared so much about their pups and asked great questions. Congratulations everyone! 🎓

(Chewie not pictured)

19/06/2025

Cooper's last day ❤️

🚨🚨NEW SERVICE ALERT🚨🚨I decided to change my drop in days at the building to something more beneficial for everyone invol...
03/06/2025

🚨🚨NEW SERVICE ALERT🚨🚨

I decided to change my drop in days at the building to something more beneficial for everyone involved, a two week tune-up!

Two Week Tune-Up:
This option is for clients that want their dog to have a refresher on a skill or two, OR those that are working on a behavior problem at home, and maybe just need a break! You MUST be a current client for this option. A consultation is a minimum requirement for this program, but it is also most beneficial to have worked with me in some capacity outside of the consultation as well. If you purchased a training bundle with me, we can convert some of those sessions into day training days as well!

You can apply for this option, or any other of my day school programs here:
https://forms.gle/9YRSrZFFrPpA8NKRA

Hope to hear from you soon!

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Do you guys think Mia loves toys? Yes she did get all of these out by herself and yes I do leave it like this until the ...
03/06/2025

Do you guys think Mia loves toys? Yes she did get all of these out by herself and yes I do leave it like this until the end of the day 😂

02/06/2025

Hello everyone! I'm on the hunt for more baby gates. If you or anyone you know is looking to sell theirs, let me know! All of the ones on marketplace seem to be far away.

Nova says "thanks for checking! Do you like my squirrel toy??"

One big post for all of the graduates this week!! We had three kiddos graduate from basic obedience. It was a whole grou...
30/05/2025

One big post for all of the graduates this week!!

We had three kiddos graduate from basic obedience. It was a whole group of herding breeds!! So fun!!

Then we had four kiddos pass their intermediate exam!

Everyone has come so far and I'm so proud of all of you! Congrats grads 🎓

My Cooper is back!! For our last session of the day, we did nothing I intended to do, as usual with him 😂. Cooper was be...
27/05/2025

My Cooper is back!!

For our last session of the day, we did nothing I intended to do, as usual with him 😂. Cooper was being super chill watching the construction workers in the backyard (one of his quirks is his stranger danger). So I decided to not interrupt this positive experience and joined him in the grass to observe the people. Such a good boy ❤️

My poor Cooper has been out with an injury, hence the lack of updates 😥 But, this absolute BEAUTY QUEEN 👑 started her pr...
19/05/2025

My poor Cooper has been out with an injury, hence the lack of updates 😥

But, this absolute BEAUTY QUEEN 👑 started her program today! Mia thinks training is exhausting 😴

16/05/2025

Because years of desensitization work has helped Pluto very minimally in his body handling, I've been deep diving into the world of cooperative care! I've started using it for some of my clients and I'm hoping to build a class for this over the summer and have it pilot in the fall. But Pluto and I are getting started to work out some of the kinks.

Cooperative care involves your dog being actively involved in their care by using the power of choice! Animals generally perform better if they know they have a choice to opt out if it becomes too much.

Right now, Pluto and I are just building up our chin target. This will be used as his way to "opt in" to an activity. And simply lifting his chin will be his way to "opt out".

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