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VTT is Ahwatukee Arizona based dog training where confident, balanced dogs emerge. Owned and Operate

05/26/2021

Karma getting to practice some OB for the chance to fly 😂
Watch till the end for a flying Karma.
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05/20/2021

So you think you want a 😈🔪🥲?
WATCH TILL END, she is 🌶 a spicy pepper this am.

Karma and I are playing on our walk this morning and decided to add some OB in to a new location.
My best advice for new Malinois owners, if you EVER expect your Malinois to stop biting you. It won't happen. It's just the nature of the beast, if you would prefer a dog that doesn't bite when you play pass on these guys.

02/12/2021

How to trim a Reactive Rusty’s nails.
Continued from my stories

02/01/2021

I am speed. 🐆
How's this for motivation Monday ahemm...

You are a strong, vibrant, capable person!🌈
Whoever or whatever made you feel otherwise?
If the answer is you STOP!

Say nice sh*t to yourself and about yourself! Who else but YOU has your back at the end of the day?

🧐What is something you do that holds you back?

For me, its the fear of failing😥
I want to do so much and I want to do it the best I CAN that i let that anxiety and negative thoughts slip in but I forget that one simple phrase .
I CAN
I can do hard things
I can make mistakes and still be a phenomenal person or teacher
I can have moments of "I dont know" as long as they are followed by, "but ill find the answer".
I CAN and I AM worth something and if I don't acknowledge my awesomeness, noone else is expected to either.
Keep going. Keep being and love your dang self!❤

01/27/2021

In honor of the Arizona Snowfall enjoy this photo of young Karma prancing through the snow like a baby deer 🦌 2 snowfalls ago 😁

01/20/2021

Today I asked Charleigh what she thought was important for dog owners to know.
She said, "That some dogs can climb trees".

There ya have it folks. Some dogs can scale trees, but should they?
*This is an older photo of a trick I used to ask Karma to do frequently, scale and "place" on a tree. Looks freaking cool right! All the onlookers would think so to.
What people don't tell you is that this is dangerous. One wrong mis-step and Karma can injur herself or worse, fall off, not catch herself and die.

Extreme pictures can have extreme consequences. (Not that this is the most extreme tree I've put Karma in 🤦‍♀️ -feel stupid even saying it now)
Some working dogs may need to be EXPOSED to climbing a tree, think police dogs.
Climbing a tree may even be a by-product of a good hunting dog baying their prey, something you can see with hounds on Mountain Lions.
But never should you be practicing extreme placing with your dog. Honestly what is it doing? Likes on the gram? Yeah sure and ruining your dogs joints, possibly creating hairline fractures or even compound breaks. If you are not equipped or prepared for the possible fall out of the equivalent of doing an Extreme Sport with your dog then just don't do it.
Your dogs don't need to place on a 4ft tall wall to build confidence. (Bust out 4 coffee cans and ill show you what I mean)

Your dog is under YOUR care and protection.
The 'gram cant heal your heart or your dogs foot, back, hips etc..
Remember your place the same way you expect them to remember theirs.

OPEN COMMENTS: Let's discuss your view on Extreme Placing.
Are you for it?
Are you against it?
Drop a comment below⬇️

01/19/2021

SWIPE to see Karma give 😂

After being out of bitework since puppyhood Karma has been reintroduced to the bite and is doing momma proud! 🥲
When Karma 1st came to me she had been forced to bite with E-Collar compulsion (Bite or get shocked on higher and higher stim till you do 😤)
I had no idea now that this was MADNESS but now I know so much different.
By forcing her to bite this way so much conflict was created between Karma and her -
1.Her handler/trainer
2. decoy(s)
3.environments and just people in general
Creating a loaded weapon of nerves and fear 🔫.........
For Karma the bite never has and never will be serious, she isn't a PPD, she isn't even a sport dog she doesn't have the mental toughness and THATS OK!
She is however, a Malinois and she LOVES to bite and play tug, it's in her nature.
Over the past few years we have trained in all sorts of venues, detection, bird do***ng, service tasks and advanced obedience but we have NOT truly worked a bite until we recently found club.
Karma has found her confidence in bitework and has completely taken my breath away with her trust in me and the decoys. Thank you everyone for all of your hardwork and keeping it fun for my girl.
*Karma won't be trained or titled in PSA instead this is a learning curve for me, for my next dog and a fun outlet for Karma as long and as far as she is able and wanting to go.
📸: .photography

01/13/2021

Good morning party people!
The Queen 👸of irregular posting is here, you can be happy now 🤣

Yes this is a business page HOWEVER I am One everyday average person who has not yet found my social media voice and in lies the problem. I want to do better, for the both of us and your dogs.
My goal is to help dogs and their handlers find balance through communication so I need to get communicating on this awesome platform!

What would you guys like to see?
What would you guys like to know?
*Do we want to know about my personal dogs?
*Do we want to know details about me, as a person?
*Family?
*Do we want training tips?
*Do we like short captions or longer ones?
What will bring this page more value and most important bring YOU more joy and understanding?
I have loads of ideas, just need some direction. What say you?!
Where should this social media refresh take VTT? What can I put out there to fuel your fire?
I have loads of new followers so please don't hesitate to speak up!

✅ Check out the polls in my stories!✅

11/02/2020

✅Flat Top
✅Handlebar Mustache
✅Plaid Button up
✅Sunglasses
My dad in a nutshell.

Happy Birthday to one of the most influential, if not the most influential man in my life, Marty Dale Vandever.
(11/2/1962 - 7/2/2009)

My (adoptive) dad is quite literally my hero. Growing up in a home of drugs and violence I saw a lot of evil, I mean a lot. This man saved me from that world at 10 years old and showed me what true unconditional love was and forever changed my perception of the world.
The man was a math genius but would play dumb every night at the dinner table for over an hour as I attempted to reteach him my math lessons solely because he knew it was helping ME retain the information and do better in a class I struggled with.
I would tell him the grand plans of how I'd get this job or that because it made lots of money and I was obsessed with not ending up like my mother.
He would tell me everytime, do what makes you happy Natasha. Do it well and do it with integrity. The money will come.

The money hasn't come yet lol, but let me tell you I feel rich. I have a beautiful family and true happiness in my soul.
If it wasn't for this man I wouldn't have started training dogs and I definately wouldn't have found true joy in the little moments of life.

So here's to you dad 🥂Happy 58th Birthday! Though you are gone may your legacy live on as I grow Vandever Tough Training.

10/22/2020

Gogi man's first muzzle session.
This is after a handful of reps with just luring, throwing food in the muzzle and marking. He caught on so quick I was able to layer a word in there and boom, he's muzzle trained 😂 ok maybe not quite yet but he's doing EXCELLENT🎸
Muzzle training your dog is so important. It's not about aggression its about safety.
If you are in a situation that required a muzzle, im sure you and your dog are under some unusual stressor.

Personal Example: Maybe you are minding your own business, driving along, listening to some Tay Tay and all of a sudden BAM💥 Your little car is hit by a freaking truck! You're dazed, a little disoriented and you don't kennel your dog due to space so your dog is TERRIFIED and was just thrown about the back seat. Yeah ... scary. In this situation my dog had no physical injuries but I didn't know that and I wasn't risking her turning around and catching me in the face(thats happened before with another dog and I dont want a repeat).
I used a muzzle as a precaution due to the situation and all of its unknowns, maybe you will one day too.🤷‍♀️

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Gilbert, AZ
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