Bad Axe K9

03/28/2025

New group starting April 6th!!!!

03/25/2025

We’re back with out Spring Dog reactivity group!!!

We will be starting April 6th meeting Sundays at 1:00. We will be utilizing local parks in the lacrosse area.

Classes meet weekly for 4 weeks, cost is $125.00

Any questions please let me know!

08/28/2024

Scrubbin Mutts Mobile Grooming will be in LaCresent MN area (Caledonia, Hokah) Friday September 6th let me know if you would like to be added to the schedule 🐶

08/22/2024

Good evening, an UPDATE on our business.

As of August 22nd 2024 we will NO LONGER be taking any new PET dog clients or group classes.

Thank you to all of our loyal clients that recommend our services to everyone they know!

Thank you very much for your patronage!

08/09/2024

This is most of our dogs to a T.

Many people are ✨shocked✨ to see that my dogs aren’t super dog-friendly. They’re a dog trainer’s dog, how can they be so mean?

“Mean” because they don’t run up to other dogs, mean because they aren’t dying to meet your dog, mean because they don’t tolerate inappropriate behavior..

To me, they’re an example of dogs with healthy boundaries and relationships to others. It seems to be the “norm” for a lot of dog owners to expect other dogs to tolerate all of their own dog’s behavior. If your child was being harassed by another child, would you tell them to tolerate it? Of course not; we would intervene and the same should be happening for our dogs.

Any inappropriate behavior (posturing, face licking, jumping, excessive sniffing), or really any behavior that makes the receiving dog uncomfortable, should be interrupted or punished.

This can happen in two ways: we intervene which is the preferred method. If your puppy is face-licking your older dog and your older dog isn’t enjoying it/is trying to get away, etc, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to remove the puppy from the older dog. We should not except any dog to tolerate annoying behavior and we certainly don’t want to raise our puppies to continue this. Or if your male dog is excessively sniffing a female dog to the point she’s uncomfortable, you can interrupt or punish that with a “no,” a nick on the ecollar, separating them, etc. It is your responsibility to manage your own dog and advocate for others.

The other option is to allow the receiving dog to correct the inappropriate dog, but this is rarely efficient and should only happen under very strict circumstances. We never want to allow a dog we don’t know to correct our dog. There’s a good chance they won’t, which will teach tolerance, and there’s an equally good chance they will overcorrect, resulting in injury or fight.

Often a puppy is raised where other dogs are expected to tolerate behavior. One day the puppy runs up to a dog and starts behavior that they’ve rehearsed, the new dog doesn’t tolerate it and corrects the dog/starts a fight...

Read the full article here:

https://www.horizonretrievers.com/post/socialization-1

08/09/2024

Reactive dog group tomorrow morning 9:00am at Riverside in LaCrosse. Meet at the fountain WITH your dogs. Great weather expected!!!

08/07/2024

Doing live fire exercises today. Pup did well for his first time. Thanks Travis Lee for setting us up with a .22lr bolt.

08/06/2024

Tonight is National night out.

Make sure to go support your local Police departments by coming out and interacting with the officers and the community!

I will be in Caledonia MN as a new reserve officer. Come on out and say hello!

07/28/2024

Yesterday’s Dog Reactivity Group went very well. All the dogs are certainly making great strides with their reactivity.

We will be holding another group this August on Sunday mornings.

If you are interested in joining please reach out for further information!!!

07/27/2024

Happy Saturday!!!