Paws & Effect: Training and Care

04/07/2026

🚦Get ready. Get set. Don’t go.🚦
Today we’re teaching our pups that movement, and eventually leaving, doesn’t mean it’s time to cue the Sarah McLachlan song and start screaming like a pterodactyl.
Let’s practice with 3 simple steps:
1. Chill on the couch
2. Calmly walk to the door
3. Ignore excitement — reward calm
Repeat until boring.

Calm departures create calm dogs.

02/14/2026

Roses are red🌹
Violets are blue 🩵
One popcorn for me💘
One popcorn for you🍿
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See what happens when your pup is well trained? 😏
Boundaries=Respect=Freedom=Fun Pizza Girls Night 🍕

Happy Valentine’s Day from Paws & Effect 🐾💘

12/15/2025

Training skills that actually pay off in real life!

✔️ Center position builds engagement, neutrality, and comfort working in close proximity—critical for working breeds in busy, real-world environments.
✔️ Structured heeling teaches impulse control, emotional regulation, and handler awareness so movement stays calm, connected, and intentional.
✔️ Target-based tug work channels drive into confidence, builds a strong grip with duration, and reinforces a clean release—power with an off switch.

These drills give working dogs a job, a purpose, and a way to settle after intensity. This exercises their mind AND body, which pups like my Naiah LOVE!

Save this for your training sessions 🐾
Comment “DRILLS” if you want a breakdown of how to teach each one of these commands or drop your dog’s breed for a quick breed-specific training tip! 👇
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12/11/2025

🐶In your 20s, everyone will tell you not to get a dog.
But there’s never a perfect time, only the moment you decide to show up, commit, and grow.
💕Naiah didn’t make my life easier… she made it better.
Dogs teach responsibility, routine, love, healing, and who you really are when you’re needed.
🫶🏼Choose the dog. Choose the hard work. Choose the happiness.
📧Book to choose the right trainer to help you along the way 😉🤍 Dog mom and dog dad life awaits! 🥹🫶🏼🐶

10/08/2025

🐶🐰🐱We visited AARCS today — and it was one of those days that sticks with you.🤍🧡💛

❤️‍🩹Dogs healing from neglect, puppies fighting for their lives… feral kittens learning to trust, mamas and babies hoping for better luck, and people showing up, day after day, to help them start over.

If you’ve ever wondered how to make a difference, this is it.
🩶 Donate or get involved at aarcs.ca or
🐾 In partnership with Paws & Effect Training.
💕How to help:
•Donate. Visit care.aarcs.ca to see some of the critical care critters that need donations or just go visit the center during the hours of operation and get your own tour of the facility.
•Drop of donations at the center or send your donations with us at your weekly training session.
•VOLUNTEER! 💞

09/18/2025

✨Proofing = Real-Life Reliability✨
Your pup might know “stay” in your living room… but can they hold it when the doorbell rings, a squirrel sprints by 🐿️🐾or when another dog walks by? 🐾

Here’s how to start proofing at home so your training sticks anywhere:
1️⃣ Home Base: Practice the command inside where it’s quiet (Stay, Leave It, Place). Reward every success.
2️⃣ Change Rooms: Try the same command in different rooms, on different surfaces (tile, carpet, mat) so they learn it’s not “location-based.”
3️⃣ Mild Distractions: Drop a toy, walk around the room, or lightly knock on the table—mark and reward when they stay focused.
4️⃣ Backyard Practice: Move outside—add sounds, smells, and distance. Keep sessions short and fun.
5️⃣ Controlled Real-Life Variables: Once they’re solid, invite a calm friend or neighbor, or practice during busier times of day.

💡Remember: always set them up for success, keep sessions short, and celebrate wins with treats + BIG praise. 🙌

Proofing builds trust, safety, and the confidence to take your training anywhere. 💛🐶
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12/26/2024

Merry Christmas!🎄🎁🎅🏼
Thank you all for a wonderful year. We can’t wait to see each one of your pups in the NEW YEAR! 🎁🎄✨
Love, the Paws & Effect Team 🐾

12/01/2024

🎁🐶𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈?☃️🐾
🎄𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑭𝑪𝑭𝑺 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔:
-𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈💕
-𝑰𝒏 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆🏠
-𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 (𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕)💌
-𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔🐕
-𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆🦮🐕‍🦺🐕
~𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏! ✨
📬ᴅᴍ, ᴇᴍᴀɪʟ, ᴛᴇxᴛ, ᴏʀ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɴᴏᴡ✨

07/15/2024

05/09/2024

🌷𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 & 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓🌷
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🌸We’ve partnered with a few of our favourite local businesses for Mothers Day to help raise money for one of our favourite rescue projects
A project in the Philippines, founded by our very own Kelowna local
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🌼Every package bought in May will contribute towards donations to this incredible rescue project!
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🏆We will be giving away 3 prizes:
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🥇1st Place 🥇
•💧1-Month FREE Membership
•🤝🏼1 Free Meet & Greet w/
•🦮 25% off Personalized 1-on-1 Training Package
•🎾1 Free Daycare Session w/
- 📸 Photoshoot with of your pup w/
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🥈2nd place🥈
🎯10% off Personalized 1-on-1 Training package
⭐️1 free Half-Day Daycare
💇🏻‍♀️1 Free Cut and Deep condition by (My Personal Go-To)
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🥉3rd Place🥉
🤝🏼1 free Meet & Greet Consultation
🎾1 Free Half-Day Daycare
🌸Personalized Mini Gift Basket
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To Enter:

1.) 💛 FOLLOW





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2.) 🔖 TAG A Dog Mom
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3.) 💕SHARE for Extra Entries
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📣Entries Close at 8pm PST May 11, 2024📣

04/27/2024

⚜️𝐇 𝐄 𝐄 𝐋⚜️
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💞ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴅᴏɢꜱ ʙᴏɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜɪꜱ ᴏᴡɴᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʜɪꜱ “ʜᴇᴇʟ”.
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👀ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪꜰɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʏᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ!
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🎯ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴜᴘ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜱɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴇxᴇᴄᴜᴛᴇ “ʜᴇᴇʟ”?
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🔗ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ʙᴏɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴅʀɪʟʟꜱ?
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📚ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴜᴘ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄ ᴅᴀʏ-ᴛᴏ-ᴅᴀʏ ᴏʙᴇᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴘᴇᴇʟ ɪᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ “ʜᴇᴇʟ” ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ.
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📩ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀᴅᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ & ɢᴜɪᴅᴀɴᴄᴇ, ᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴛ ᴜᴘ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴇxᴄʟᴜꜱɪᴠᴇ 1-ᴏɴ-1 ᴛʀᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴꜱ, ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴜᴛ!
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🐾 ᴍʏ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ!
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03/10/2024

📣Kelowna + West Kelowna📣

•ACTIVE DAYCARE | BOARDING | HIKES| WALKS| ETC

•🐺We’re happy to announce that we have worked through our waiting list and our Team is now accepting new pups to all of our PACKS!

•🧍🏻‍♀️We keep our skilled Team members at an average of 1:3 (handler:dog ratio) to ensure you fur-baby gets the most of their playtime while still receiving positive reinforcement-based discipline.

•🐶We prioritize safety, daily video and photo updates, and that the pups return home with better habits than they left home with that day- and of course mental + physical stimulation/exercise!!!

•Availability is mainly in West Kelowna and Kelowna but our team is working diligently to love on ALL the pups in the Okanagan area!💛

•If you’re interested in signing your pup up, while spots are available, feel free to reach out! 🎾

Sincerely,
Paws & Effect Team 🐾