Fidelity K9

09/26/2026

Nova has come so far! When she first started the program she would violently bark and lose her mind when she saw a car a block away coming down the street. She could not be calmed down until after the car had passed. She would charge squirrels with reckless abandon and slam into the end of the leash. Now she is level headed enough that we can take her to a park, and with assurance drop the leash.

09/26/2026

Lucy is doing really good even though, she has worse A.D.D. than trainer Steve. You will see she gets a few firm corrections to remind her to pay attention but her form is really good.

09/22/2026

The first time we tried to get a play session in for Huck and Lucy, Lucy was to over-excited and it could have led to Lucy hurting Huck. She was in prey drive and she wanted to come in hard. So we just worked her in his presence and then put her up. This helped her to understand that just because it looks like it's going to be a free-for-all doesn't mean we don't have expectations. This helped with all her obedience in general. So this time when Huck came out it didn't take that long for her to settle down and they were able to play.

09/11/2026

09/09/2026

If we've ever talked about dogs in play, you know I don't like doggy day care or crowded dog parks it's just dangerous. However, a little interaction done carefully helps with neutralization and obedience and it's a really good time for everybody.
My biggest issue is over-socialization. It can lead to aggression or at the very best disengagement from obedience because everything in life is about the play time.

09/08/2026

Another Krieghund Farms Puppy. This is actually the 3rd one we have trained for this particular client. We are honored to continue to get their business. Lucy is a sweet girl!

09/06/2026

Dogs on the trail

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09/05/2026

It's very science nerdy but also very interesting. I'm working my way through the study and I already have some questions.

New research! 🔥
Excited to see new research from Jade of Animal Behaviour Matters out this week! These two studies were undertaken with the Scent Detection Research Group at the The University of Waikato in New Zealand.

🦴 Dogs were given breakfast before or after completing a scent-detection task.

❌ When working prior to eating, dogs made significantly more false alarms.

🐺 Being hungry may cause a mild increase in frustration-related behaviour during scent work for some dogs.

🐕 Dog’s hunger state can influence both scent-detection performance and behaviour.

Yee et al. (2026) found that dogs working before breakfast produced more false alarms, suggesting hunger may increase dogs' tendency to respond to non-target odours.

Fountain et al. (2026) found that unfed dogs showed more whining and interaction with the equipment, indicating mild frustration associated with hunger. However, frustration behaviours were generally infrequent and varied between individual dogs.

Links to both of these open access articles will be in the comments or search them on google scholar/research gate.

Fountain, J., Yee, J., Hazel, S. J., McWhorter, T. J., McNutt, T., & Edwards, T. L. (2026). Effects of feeding on dogs’ frustration-related behaviours during a laboratory-based scent detection task. Behavioural Processes, 105430.

Yee, J., Downie, I., Fountain, J., & Edwards, T. L. (2026). The breakfast effect revisited: Dogs’ scent detection performance before and after a meal. Learning and Motivation, 95, 102328.

09/04/2026

Nova is an excitable girl who really wants to chase cars and particularly the UPS truck. Our philosophy is teach obedience then correct for not doing that. It's still hard for a dog like this to recondition from a pattern. She's got a lot of work to do but we think she's doing great!

Nova is an excitable girl who really wants to chase cars and partic...