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10/01/2026

Onyx private lesson

So they have been working...good job momma and daddy.

09/24/2026

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09/09/2026

Three weeks in, and we are now at the end of our Advanced Foundation Program. 🐾

This 5-month-old Cane Corso has spent the last three weeks building a strong foundation in communication, obedience, engagement, and self-control.

In this video, you’ll see:

• Place
• Sit
• Down
• Walking beside the handler
• Staying in position
• Holding positions for longer durations
• Recall
• Calm, focused engagement

Everything you’re seeing at this stage has been built through positive motivation, helping him understand the work, enjoy the process, and stay engaged with his handler.

For a five-month-old puppy, this is exactly what we want to see at the end of our Advanced Foundation Program — a dog that understands what is being asked and has a solid foundation to continue building on.

Now comes the best part…

It’s almost time to say, “Hey, Mom and Dad. Look what I can do.” 🐾💪🏾

Learn as a team. Move as a team. To be One Unit.

09/05/2026

Coming up on THREE WEEKS with Onyx in our Advanced Foundation Program — and this is where the work starts showing. 👀🐕

Anybody can teach a dog to move.

The real work is teaching a dog when to move, when NOT to move, and how to stay connected to the handler even when distance is added.

In this video, Onyx is going through the paces:

✅ Holding his positions
✅ Understanding when he has permission to move
✅ Working at a distance from the handler
✅ Recall back to position
✅ Moving cleanly between commands
✅ Staying mentally connected throughout the session

One of the biggest things we want a dog to understand is that the command doesn’t end just because the handler walks away.

If I tell him to sit, down, or hold a position, that information stays the same until I give him something new.

That’s the difference between a dog that simply knows commands and a dog that is beginning to truly understand the communication.

As we approach the three-week mark of Onyx’s Advanced Foundation Program, we’re continuing to build more distance, more reliability, more control, and more confidence in what he’s being asked to do.

The goal isn’t just obedience when I’m standing right beside him.

The goal is clear communication that still works when the distance gets bigger and the environment gets harder.

Learn as a team.
Move as a team.
To be One Unit.

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09/02/2026

...at least that's how he started.

Traffic awareness is part of real-world obedience.
Onyx didn’t start off comfortable with loud trucks and traffic coming from behind him. We found the distance where he could stay calm, reinforced that mindset, and slowly closed the gap.
Now he can hold position, stay aware, and let the environment move around him without feeling like he has to escape it.
That’s what foundation training is supposed to do: build a dog that can think clearly in the real world.
This took work.

09/01/2026

🔥 TWO WEEKS AGO, ONYX WAS LEARNING COMMANDS. NOW HE’S LEARNING HOW TO COMMUNICATE.

That’s a big difference.

Onyx has officially reached his two-week mark in training, and in this video we’re putting together what he has learned so far.

His commands are getting cleaner.

His walking position is coming together.

His focus has improved tremendously.

But what I’m really watching for is something deeper — connection.

I don’t want a dog that only knows how to respond when I physically guide him into position. The goal is to build enough communication between dog and handler that my voice, my movement, and my body language start meaning something to him.

That’s where Onyx is starting to get.

He’s watching.
He’s listening.
He’s understanding where he belongs.
And we’re beginning to move together instead of me having to constantly put him where I want him.

That’s when training starts becoming a relationship instead of just a list of commands.

Two weeks down. Seven days left.

Now we take that understanding and turn it into consistency.

🐾 Learn as a team. Move as a team. To be One Unit.

08/26/2026

In this video, we’re working on stability in the Place position.

Place is an elevated surface. The dog can move around, sit, lay down, whatever—but they can’t get off, and in this case, Onyx can’t bark either.

The floor is hot lava. Stay on Place until I release you.

We’re also working on recall.

Sometimes people think saying the dog’s name means the dog should automatically come to you. I don’t necessarily want that. When I say your name, I want your attention. Then I tell you what I need you to do.

Because I might call your name and need you to do something other than come.

And pay attention to the body movements you see me doing too.

Patting your leg, clapping your hands, bending down like you’re about to do a little play bow—all that stuff is almost a universal way people call dogs. People do it to dogs all the time.

So if every time you say “Here,” you’re also clapping, patting your leg, and bending over, the dog may actually be following your body, not listening to your voice.

I want the dog to hear “Here” and understand what that word means.

That matters because recall is one of the most important things you can teach. If you can’t get your dog back to you, you got a whole different problem.

And that goes into management.

You’re dealing with an opportunistic predator. Your dog is going to figure out where the boundaries are and where they can get an edge.

So you have to know what your standard is, and you have to know how you’re going to respond when the dog tests it.

As far as Onyx, he’s capable. He just tends to freeze when he’s learning instead of immediately trying to figure it out. The weird part is, he actually learns pretty fast. He just wants to engage with it slow.

That’s what we’re working through.

08/23/2026

Onyx working on maintaining his sit minimum distractions and handler pictures.

08/21/2026

Private lesson with Kyro and Mom today.

Mom wanted to understand how to properly make the turn when meeting someone on a walk. She said one of the issues she was having was that whenever Kyro noticed a distraction, she immediately wanted to create distance and walk away.

So we set the lesson up where Mom and Kyro would have to run into and pass a man, giving Mom the opportunity to practice her handling, timing, and turns in a controlled situation.

After a little practice, Mom started getting it down pretty good, and Kyro began understanding what was expected.

Private lessons aren’t just about training the dog. They’re about teaching the handler how to work through real-life situations with confidence and control.

Learn as a team. Move as a team. Be One Unit.

08/20/2026

Meet Onyx, a 4-month-old pup. 🐾

You can already see the progress — we’ve got him walking on a loose leash.

Those cherry eyes come from a pr*****ed gland associated with the third eyelid. His veterinarian wants to wait until he’s around six months old for surgery.

So Mom and Dad decided to work on what else needs to be done in the meantime:

Training.

At One Unit Canine, we believe this is an ideal age to start. We’re not looking for perfection — we’re building the foundation.

Onyx is learning leash manners, communication, confidence, focus, and how to respond to his handler before bad habits have time to become established.

Start young. Build the foundation. Develop the dog.

Learn as a team. Move as a team. To be One Unit.