Where does your dog sleep?

Many people here in San Diego & Temecula have told me that they were afraid to take their dog to training simply because they were afraid the dog trainer was going to say they couldn’t sleep with their dog anymore!

Not so here… in fact I sleep with my dogs… but, K9 Coach would like to know… where does your dog sleep?

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Stella is one of the coolest dogs in the world now, but it sure was a good thing she was so cute before her training. Talk about a wild thing. After her Dog Training Camp right where she lives in San Diego her life changed. For the better all the way around.

Stella being a Chocolate Lab was one of those that could be described as a “pretty good dog”… you know what I mean…. you love her but she does this stuff that just irritates the crap out of you … a lot.

She did stuff like bark like crazy at other dogs. Or she’d run out the gate when you open it just slightly and you don’t have a good hold on her. Or how about the way she likes to run up to people and gets so excited about it she jumps up with wild abandon and it’s all the person can do to stay standing?

I want to know your biggest dog training challenge. What is the number one thing that your dog does that you wish you could change.

The really great thing about what I do is show you how to have your dog do exactly what Stella is doing in this video. It’s so great for every one and the true best friend of your dog becomes your reality… instead of the nightmare that the reality show of the bad dog was playing out in front of you and your neighbors eyes.

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Dogs are so cool and they are such great friends. I love to hang out with my dogs, exercise with my dogs, and make them a real part of what is my family…

It’s the simple things and the daily moments that make up our lives… and a great trained dog is a life time of memories.

K9 Coach loves small dogs! Check out two of our latest coolest dogs…
Daisy & Finnegan.

I have so many people tell me that they love how the big dogs are trained, “but I own a small dog and she can’t really learn the way big dogs do… so I just pick her up.”

The truth is, that drives you about as crazy as when someone’s big dog does the same thing. It’s just that its a bit more in your subconscious… like, not so much in your face sort of thing.

All the same it is there and it’s one of those things that nags at the back of your mind you wish was better but feel at a loss as to how to fix it.

That’s what is so cool about what we do. Carla loves small dogs and she’s able to spend the time to show them the correct picture… in a way that dogs learn, and in a way that allows you to be able to easily do the same thing.

“It’s so much more real life training than anything I’ve ever tried.” That was the comment from Daisy’s owner months after she came home from K9 Coach Dog Training Camp.

That’s what makes what we do so cool. Happy dogs, happy owners.

When Finnegan first came to K9 Coach Dog Training Boot Camp of San Diego & Temecula his attention span was non-existent at times. He had a hard time focusing, all of the time, with his tons of nervous energy. This 12.5 lb, 8 month old Yorkshire Terrier male, was fine playing with my big dogs, but he could not stop trying to climb all over the small girl (puggle) Maddie, 8 month old female Puggle camper. Mouthing, chewing, jumping up & playing rough, whining, barking and trying to destroy everything in his path where his favorite pass times.

He was such a lucky dog to have a family who did not give up on him, they knew the puppy they first loved & enjoyed, in spite of everything, was somewhere in all that nervous energy. We used a lot of exercise to channel his nervous energy into positive. Usually when a dog is a wild boy like Finne, it takes at least a week to see results from the exercise, but in 5 days he was making real progress, and was having a blast playing nicely with the other dogs.

You could hold him and he didn’t flip out of your hands, blasting back & forth down the hall, he laid there calmly while I pet him, he just turned into a little sweetie, literally overnight. Finne is so smart; he could walk on leash nicely, and respond to his commands. He calmed down considerably.

Finnegan is still a puppy & has a high energy level, but now his energy level is fun, just plain puppy energy, instead of borderline psychotic, nervous energy. He still has a lot of maturing to do, but his people are thrilled with the new attitude Finnegan gained at K9 Coach Boot Camp. He went from a puppy, the vet prescribed Prozac for his hair-pulling behavior, to the lovable, well trained pup anyone would be happy to have as a part of his or her home. Good Job Finnegan!

Carla C Weed
K9 Coach

Lou & Kona are both lab rescues that have been lucky enough to be adopted by a very active couple who live in San Diego. They want to be able to do things like run with their dogs on and off leash, take them out to coffee shops and hang out, and visit friends homes with well behaved dogs. So they have come to K9 Coach Dog Training Camp.

Some of what these two dogs need are exposure, and they need to clearly know what the rules are. Lou is a bit afraid of men… we don’t know why but the important thing is to get him around a lot of men doing things that he knows well. Like sit, heel, lets go, come and that type of thing. While he is concentrating on preforming what he knows we set up the training so that these men can also deliver a wonderful tasty treat to him…. ahhh… it becomes clear that all men are not scary! Pretty cool for Lou.

Kona doesn’t have quite as much energy as Lou but she still has that hesitation about new things and will tend to head out the door if it were left open. That changed big time for her during her dog training camp. She is a super star now about waiting at the door, and walking or running on a leash beside you.

These labs ended up in a very good home, with active owners. They are now about to have the time of their lives with an off leash recall, able to run and take their owners arms off, and generally so much better behaved.

K9 Coach Dog Training Camp works for those dogs who need help in obedience, in behavior modification, and in finding ways to get enough exercise. With a San Diego & Temecula location your dog will get the best of real life training. We love dog training and so do they.

Ajax, a very handsome Rotweiller, started Dog Training Camp last week. He lives in San Diego and his owner wants him to be able to enjoy the outdoors and all the dog things there are to do.

Dog Training Camp for Ajax is a road to learning how to contain his tendency to be overly dominant. He’s great with people but when he sees another dog he loses focus of anything but the dog.

Training for him consists of LOTS of exercise and obedience work that becomes a job he is proud to preform. Once he gets clear on what he’s asked to do, it’s about a lot of repetition. And again back to HUGE amounts of exercise.

He’ll need to not only be walked outside but have the treadmill added to his exercise regime. He’s a young dog with a lot of energy and it’s a great way to “take the edge off” of his need to be so dominant with other dogs.

Discipline, exercise, and play time with his owners is the kind of attention a Rottweiller like Ajax needs. Dog training camp for Ajax is going well. He’s a working dog and does enjoy using his brain and his body.

Ranger came to K9 Coach Dog Training Camp for general obedience and a way to get him the much needed exercise he requires. He pulls on the leash and is very strong so taking him out for walks was a struggle.

Keep away was another favorite game of Ranger’s. The only thing it was usually with things of yours, shoes, dish towels, whatever he thinks he can get away with. And greeting people, well, he gets very excited about it and jumps up.

That’s all quickly changed at his Dog Training Camp. He’s come to our San Diego location and is learning to walk the trails of Encinitas without pulling on the leash, and to stay on a “place” when he’s asked, even in distraction.

The game of keep away has been replaced with playing with a toy and dropping it when he’s asked so it can be thrown again. And he’s learning to sit in front of people for attention rather than placing his paws on their shoulders!

Ranger like many dogs has awesome owners that want to provide the best for their dog. Both owners work and so he is home alone a lot. Getting him enough exercise is key so we are teaching him how to run on a treadmill in addition to being able to walk nicely on a leash.

German Shepherds are working breed dogs and need a lot of exercise to feel like they’ve got their job done. It calms them and obedience becomes a very easy thing for them when they well exercised. Not to mention the health benefits for people by getting out and walking their dog on a daily basis. The number one way to loose weight, a battle many have, is simply more exercise.

Ranger is having a great time at K9 Coach Dog Training Boot Camp and will continue to learn more as the days go on. It’s so great to see a working dog like a German Shepherd be a fulfilled happy dog with great manners.

Its fun to have “The Dog Coaches” here sometimes to help me out with the dog boot campers that are in training. My very good friends who happen to be world class triathletes themselves each have dogs, that I’ve trained of course. Gidget belongs to Paula Newby Fraser and Paul Huddle of Multisports.com. She’s the rotty cattledog mix. I resuced her from a shelter, trained her for 18 months and then gave her to what has turned out to be the best home in the whole world. She is a very lucky dog.

Morgan belongs to Roch Frey and Heather Fuhr, also of Multisports.com. Roch is one of the premier coaches in the triathlon industry, and Heather, well, she owns the second most Ironman Titles right behind Paula in the world! Morgan was also a rescue. She didn’t make it through an explosives detection program. Roch and Heather gave her a home because they were the ideal people to have a Belgian Malinois. They need ALOT of exercise and this was definitely the home for her.

They’ve turned out to be model dogs and when their “parents” travel as they quite often do as the director of many North American Ironmans now, Gidget and Morgan come to stay with me. I love it. They are part of my family. All of them.

Gidget and Morgan along with my dogs get a key element in great dog behavior… a lot of exercise. We are all very active and with well trained dogs we also take our dogs a lot of places with us. Not long ago Gidget even went out on a stand up paddle board. It was awesome.

We all love our dogs very much. It’s such a great thing to come home to North County San Diego, no matter what your mood… the dog is wagging his or her tail and all it reminds us that in the moment, all is well.

Rasta & Puka, Lab Border Collie mixes came to K9 Coach Dog Training Camp in San Diego with very sweet dispositions but not able to contain themselves about anything! Sitting & staying; impossible. Walking on a leash; yikes shoulder surgery might be required. Barking at any little noise in the back yard; neighbors were pissed off!

Wow, what a difference after coming to K9 Coach Dog Training Camp! They’ve been around Encinitas, Carlsbad, Cardiff, & Del Mar’s finest dog friendly places and are well mannered. Walking on a leash without pulling makes a huge difference in taking any dog out, let alone two at a time. Sitting in distraction, not jumping on people when they get greeted, it’s all what everyone wishes for their dog.

Most of us get a dog with the idea that Lassie is going to arrive, and find out, oh my, I guess Lassie had a lot of dog training to get where she was! She didn’t just show up in the movies that way.

Dog training is really about taking the time to not only communicate in a way a dog understands; more in pictures than logic, but also following through with showing them what to do repeatedly until they just know it.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
~Aristotle~

Rasta & Puka have gone home and their family was very excited about their new found knowledge. Yes a dog can actually learn if taught in the way that they clearly see the picture of what they are supposed to be doing!

The family will have great fun with two sweet dogs that need exercise, discipline and then get affection. K9 Coach Dog Training of San Diego & Temecula believes strongly in that formula.

Joey, the German Shorthair Pointer goes to the Encinitas location of K9 Coach Dog Training Camp here in San Diego.

Joey is just a year old, a puppy still really. He has a really cool story behind him in that his first owner past away and Joey went to his daughter. He’s such a cool dog and she now has what was a part of her father… one of the reasons I believe that Joey is such a special dog.

I’ve taken a real liking to Joey. He’s a German Shorthaired Pointer that has gorgeous markings, a tail that points high with confidence, and an attitude of pure joy in everything he does.

His dog training camp is going really well. He learns quickly, but like many confident dogs of his breed he can be a bit stubborn. That is where the average person will fall down in training a dog like Joey. It takes persistence and repetition… not so much so he “gets it”, he does that pretty quickly. Its a matter of wanting to do it for you.

Joey is a dog that wants to be with you. Just like everyone wants, a best friend that will hang out with you. There are times though that he wants to do it on his terms. The repetition in training is mainly so that he realizes that you are in fact going to lead him, and that you will follow through every time. Once he excepts that, he does it, because it simply becomes his job.

Reward is huge for these dogs as well. There is a balance to everything! He is a ball dog, so I use it to reward him with play and in the beginning to lure him into what I wanted him to do. After all, any working person or dog wants a pay off right?!

I’m stoked that Joey’s recall is so incredibly good. We worked on it heavily from day one. Because of that he also has earned more freedom off leash, and he realizes that. It’s something he already will work for… he gets to do a lot of things simply because he will come when called.

San Diego is a dog friendly place and when you have a dog that is well trained there are tons of opportunities to take your dog out and have some fun in all kinds of activities. Joey is one of the lucky dogs, he’s gone to K9 Coach Training Camp and his life rocks!