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Tips for Keeping your Dog Safe During the Holidays
The holidays can be a wonderful and exciting time of year when our homes fill with family members and friends, tasty foods, interesting gifts and festive decorations but it is also an important time to stop and give some special attention to how we can keep our pets...
Safety Tips for Introducing your Dog to your new Baby
We’ve all seen adorable videos of dogs becoming fast friends with newborns - playing with them or protecting them from vacuum cleaners – but how do we safely arrive at this happy place? Strategies for introducing your furry best friend to your newborn child is an...
Basic Puppy Training
Puppies are cute, enthusiastic little sponges just waiting to soak up whatever social cues they can from anyone around them. Whether you are doing it consciously or not, you are training your puppy through all your actions and postures. The earlier you get started,...
It’s Not Too Soon To Prepare Your Dog for “Normal”
As hard as the past 12 months has been, imagine it in dog years. Yes, it’s also been a long change of schedule for your dog. Whether an established member of the family beforehand or a new young pup who hasn’t experienced life beyond COVID, your dog has almost...
Where does e-collar training fit in?
No training tool will magically turn your dog into a perfectly behaved pet for all occasions. If you’re even a little familiar with the Breakthrough K9 Training balanced approach, you’ll know that we always use the safest and most effective training tools, and that...
Don’t play games with Aggressive Dogs
It's hard to resist a calm, gentle dog whose grateful eyes invite an outreached hand and a pat on the head. As the proud owner of a well-behaved calm dog, it's easy to relax when in the company of strangers. It's a different...
The Right Dog Will Complement Your Lifestyle
With so many of us staying at home, there’s been an increased interested in adding dogs to the family. Keeping in mind that life will resume and some dogs will be left alone during the day, picking the right dog is more important than ever. For some people, it's love...
Everything is Normal at Breakthrough K9 Training
The next few weeks and months may be challenging, but everything is normal here at Breakthrough K9 Training! Located in rural Central Virginia, we continue to welcome all clients and dogs. Breakthrough K9 Training is, and always has been, meticulous about maintaining...
Training a Service Dog
We hear it all the time: “can my dog learn to be a Service Dog?” The simple answer to this question is “probably not” but it’s worth understanding why the question is asked in the first place. Service dog, or emotional support dog? There’s a lot of confusion about...
Why Is My Dog Aggressive?
It may help you to know two things from the get-go: Your dog is not the only aggressive one on four legs. As badly as he may behave and as embarrassed as he may make you feel, plenty of dog owners share your predicament. This knowledge may provide some temporary...