2Asterisk K9

08/26/2023

Hey all!

Summer is over! This one seems to have been one for the record books as far as speed.

For those who I have not yet personally told, I have accepted a fulltime K9 position outside of Maryland. For those of you who I have had the pleasure of working with, thank you. Your time means more to me than you may realize, and I hope that you have enjoyed learning some cool things with your dogs. For me, there is little more satisfying than watching the progression made between a dog and their human.

I will be posting some tidbits, memes, and probably some pictures here and there of the new locales and dogs, stay tuned! Feel free to message me with any questions that you may have. As of now all I can say that I will be coming back to Maryland in one way or another. In, and for, an undetermined amount of time.

Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Bryce

07/02/2023

Monday mornings!

06/12/2023

05/27/2023

05/03/2023

Today Titan passed his tests for his first AKC titles, Good Citizen and Trick Dog Novice! Congrats to his hard-working owners for putting in the work to get this smart young pup on his way. The sky is the limit for him and has been an honor to be able to share my knowledge with them.

Thank you to Judge Wendy Marchant for braving the wet weather this morning!

04/19/2023

Satisfying curiosity, going sniffing, sniffari. All buzz terms allowing your dog to get out and use their nose as they were bred to do is very important. Allowing some individual thought and critical thinking often will wear a dog out on different levels than strictly exercising their bodies.

Inserting this into your daily training will do quite a bit to increase the bond between you and your dog. Finding that fine line where your dog is able to rely on you to give them enrichment and keeping them interested in doing the task at hand will ultimately be on you.

Allowing your dogs to start using their noses and brains will help you if you decide to start doing detection for specific items/scents. My suggestion for those of you who wish to follow through into that is to not start with any type of command in the stages prior to, but to allow the activity to grow organically and have fun with it!

Discover the surprising reasons why you should allow your dog to sniff while on walks and how it benefits their mental and physical health.

04/09/2023

We are on the way to being officially official! Google business page went up this evening. More soon to come?!

If you or your dog are willing to leave a review I would definitely appreciate it!

https://g.page/r/CRB_qiTCrGNiEAI/review

04/01/2023

Great session this morning doing some controlled aggression with Filo, she went above and beyond and really overcame some of last weeks hurdles. I believe moving her from a gentle leader to harness was a big factor in that progress.

While I am not an advocate of using harnesses for daily training, they do have a spot in your toolbox depending on the dog and task.

03/29/2023