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Los Lukes Animal Behavior & Training
Force-Free | Positive Reinforcement
Matt Chan, KPA CTP, CAWA
🏜️Greater Palm Springs, CA🌴 Because training time is bonding time.

I'm Matt Chan, KPA CTP (that means I'm a certified dog trainer through Karen Pryor Academy!). Helping people live more peacefully with their dogs is a passion for me. It means more people and their dogs can live in better harmony, and less dogs will be surrendered to animal shelters. Having worked in animal welfare management for over 15 years, I know what it is that often causes dogs to be given up: too jumpy, too mouth, not sociable, can't be walked down the street without pulling, barks and lunges at people/other dogs/cats/traffic. My goal is to deter all of this, by helping people learn how to communicate better with their dogs. I'll help people understand their dogs better, understand their breed better, and help the relationships all around. Visit loslukes.com to Book Now!

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Soy Matt Chan, KPA CTP (¡eso significa que soy un entrenador de perros certificado a través de la Academia Karen Pryor!). Ayudar a las personas a vivir en paz con sus perros es una pasión para mí. Significa que más personas y sus perros pueden vivir en mejor armonía, y menos perros serán entregados a refugios de animales. Después de haber trabajado en la gestión del bienestar animal durante más de 15 años, sé qué es lo que a menudo hace que los perros se den por vencidos: demasiado nerviosos, demasiado boquiabiertos, poco sociables, no se puede caminar por la calle sin tirar, ladran y se abalanzan sobre las personas. /otros perros/gatos/tráfico. Mi objetivo es disuadir todo esto, ayudando a las personas a aprender cómo comunicarse mejor con sus perros. Ayudaré a las personas a comprender mejor a sus perros, comprender mejor su raza y ayudar a las relaciones en general. Porque el tiempo de formación es tiempo de vinculación.

¡Visite loslukes.com para reservar ahora!

09/14/2026

HI friends from LOS LUKES! We’re desert dogs now! 🏜️❤️‍🔥
Check out our move to PALM SPRINGS here!

💚 Kaylee Davis

📍Palm Springs Animal Shelter

🐕‍🦺 Oshie

07/03/2026

Questions animals might ask *us* before we adopt them 🧡

06/26/2026

🌚 Cherishing hot Cali summer nights w/ my Loves through the years 🌞

featuring Luke, Kaylee + Willow, and Audrina
🖤✨

Kaylee Davis willow_the_blue

06/12/2026

🍕 Behavior To-Go: Loose Body Language 🍕

Reading the loose physical signals of a dog helps us know if they’re alert, stressed, or relaxed.

It also helps understand their approachability in a given moment—something that both other dogs and humans need to decipher when interacting with, or when in their space.

All illustrations © Matt Chan & LOS LUKES, LLC

06/04/2026

Slight of leash-hand: The accordion-style, training-optimized edition!

05/30/2026

Happy Birthday my Love 🧡
Celebrating Luke’s special day through the years 🍰
XOXOXO
🖤

💚

A hard stare with stiff musculature: Deciphering these signals could be the difference between a bite, or not.A hard sta...
05/29/2026

A hard stare with stiff musculature: Deciphering these signals could be the difference between a bite, or not.

A hard stare is when a dog intently focuses on a stimulus—such as a person, or another animal. The eyes will not blink, and will not look away. Pupils may become constricted (smaller in diameter than normal).

Hard stares will be paired with other physical signals, such as:

Stiff musculature
Leaning forward
Alert ears
Clenched mouth
Growling
Barking

Tail positioning will vary.

Stiff body language with hard eyes can be an indicator of a dog who is willing and ready to aggress. As always, context means everything.

Understanding when a dog is feeling tense, we can best understand when to simply leave a dog alone and not approach.

In the next Behavior Detail, we’ll look at Loose Body Language.

Matt Chan, KPA CTP

Illustrations © Matt Chan & LOS LUKES, LLC

05/19/2026

Jumping to Hyperspace with Mia 🚀

05/08/2026

“My dog is giving me side eye...” Well, that’s not what it necessarily is.

Often, it’s an emotional signal described as ‘whale eye’ in canine (and feline) behavior.

Prominently showing the whites of the eyes, for both dogs and humans, often indicates fear. It’s an involuntary reflex for both of our species.

And it tells us so much. We can understand if our dog is afraid of something. If someone is making them nervous or anxious.

And that knowledge tells us what we need to do. One, we need to ensure we aren’t causing it through something stressful we’re intentionally doing—you know the videos we’re referring to. Two, we need to not be filming it.

Instead, we need to call upon our intellect of Emotional Intelligence. Understand if something stressful is indeed occurring, and do something to help our dog feel better about the given situation.

Be comforting, be present, and be understanding of the whale eye.

05/07/2026

Celebrating Willow’s 10th Birthday! 🍰

So much fun sharing your big day with you & your mom recently big girl 🩵

I cherish your friendship and love always~

XOXO
Matt

featuring: Willow, Bosley, and Kaylee
🩵🤎💚

with photos from
The Birthday Girl & LOS LUKES supermodel 🥞

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San Luis Obispo, CA
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