Facility grand opening february 1
Nurtured Canine is proud to announce we are opening a facility in St. Albert opening February 1st! We will be offering puppy classes as well as day training Monday-Saturday.
Dog Training Articles
Dog Training Articles
NEW LOCATION: YLW
Hey guys, it’s been a while. I just wanted to update you on some very exciting news! We are adding a new location to Nurtured Canine in the Okanagan Valley! We will be servicing Kelowna, Lake Country, and Vernon as well as other burrows in the area. I’m very excited so keep your eyes peeled …
Why getting ahead of yourself puts you behind
Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. I’ve been busy training dogs and clients, but I have a spare minute and I have something I really want to touch on quickly. Too many people come to me with problem behaviors and want to nip that and only that. When I …
Why Nurtured Canine?
I know what you’re thinking. You type in dog trainer and the page floods with dog training businesses. You feel overwhelmed and don’t know who to choose so you give up instead. I can relate! Before I was a dog trainer I was a normal dog owner. I didn’t know what certifications meant, they were …
The Recall
Why the recall fails A lot of dog owners struggle with this particular obedience command. There’s not much information on how to proof this behavior unless you know where to look. Pet owners get a puppy or an adult dog and they free feed them, give them a bunch of toys, and don’t really manage …
Managing Stress In Dogs
Overlooking Behavior Training Since I shed some light in my previous post on why living in rainbow land backfires with dogs, I’m assuming if you have these issues you want to fix them. An important tip to remember is that obedience training and behavior training are two separate things. A lot of owners have already …
Dog Advice To Become A Great Pack Leader
Time and time again my clients biggest issue is: They feel they have no control over their dog. For as long as we can remember, canines were integrated into our daily lives. They went with us everywhere, and it was rare to not have a family pet. These morals still stick today, yet society has …
So You Want To Be A Dog Trainer?
Dog Training Errors I could write a book about all the mistakes I’ve made over the course of being a dog trainer. I learned so much from self-doing, reading, writing, and watching but still, there’s room for error, unfortunately. I’m writing this to help the future dog trainer try and skip over these mistakes …
Dog Training Tools
It’s been a while, there was a cold snap for about a week and a half which slowed everything down, but 2018 has rapidly slammed into our calendar, and I’m probably going to end up writing 2017 as the date until June 5th (anybody else?) January is a crazy month, I drive down to Michael …
