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Pool Time

Swimming helps build confidence fo dogs, as well as providing needed exercise.

Place

Learning “place.”

Out For Dinner

This reactive poodle is learning to relax and enjoy her time despite distractions

Pack Walk

All of these pups are enjoying a structured walk.

At the Farm

Relaxing outside.

Breakthrough and Calm K9 Pack Walk

Lenny and Stephanie enjoying a pack walk at the Calm K9 with their dogs and the Calm K9 pack

Everyone’s Relaxing

Our Rotties with The Calm K9 pack peacefully coexisting

Working on Heeling

Griffin the Golden at his go home session heeling properly for his mom

Solid Down Stay

Demonstrating a solid down stay at Bass Pro while checking out

Recall

Walter the Bentley the Doberman demonstrating solid recall at his go home

Lupe & Place Training

Lupe demonstrates her impulse control and “place” can be anywhere

Resource Guarding Pittie Remi Making Better Choices

Sheldon the Dachshund puppy demonstrating “place” to his family

Board & Train Brutus the Rottie getting some well-deserved playtime in with Dudley

“Place” (Or Off Switch) Something That Never Happened Before West’s And Bennie’s Training

Pool Time Is A Big Confidence Building Tool

Board and Trains Learning Their “Off Switch” With A Little Help

Skilos And Recall Skills At Take Home Session!

Pack Walk With Wish, Dudley And Cash

Wish getting to know her new owners a week before she is officially adopted

Impulse Control While Prepping Human Food!

BTK9’s Dudley Teaching Two Trainees How To Relax Together

Impulse Control

Hyper Piper learning impulse control while we eat

Wish Learning Her Off Switch – Or “Place”

Place training is critical for a calm family dog

Wish The Deaf Dane’s First Day At Breakthrough K9 Training

Tucker the Yorkie and his take home session

Wish the deaf Dane doing treadmill work

Piper practicing thresholds and impulse control

Piper learning her “off-switch” on place

Sasha’s Board and Train Christmas present – e-Collar mini educator!

Confidence building with Sasha!

Nervous Cody conquering his fear of trash cans

Sasha – nervous and reactive GSD working her threshold discipline

Roux finding her off-switch on “Place”

Roux the Catahoula (right) who overcame leash reactivity/aggression

Penny’s pickup session

Penny and Cooper in dog socialization with Dudley

Pepper and Kona working on thresholds

Confidence building with Pepper

Emmy – Golden Retriever 15 minutes after being introduced to the prong collar. Walking like a lady

Roux – the Catahoula hound on a field trip to PetSmart

Lenny working with Doberman at K9 Connection Buffalo, NY with Tyler Muto

Nervous Cody coping with his fears

Sasha absorbing Christmas morning bustle

Rottie puppy Fritz on place

Henry doing recall

Henry practicing place and impulse control

Dudley – BTK9’s most valuable employee

Henry the Cane Corso conquering anxiety in his crate!

Henry The Cane Corso on Place

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Fritz working on thresholds

Posing with the T3 cadre (from left to right) Sean O’shea, Laura Morgan, Lenny and Stephanie Zannin and Jeff Gellman

Stephanie Zannin doing prong collar and e-Collar work at T3

Duration Place Work With Jaxon

Jaxon on place command with distractions

Jaxon on Place Command

Recall and Place Work at T3

Lenny Zannin training dog on the e-Collar

Breakthrough K9 Pack Walk

Jaxon’s socialization time with Dudley

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Lenny Zannin at T3 training seminar

Dudley on sit command

Addressing Resource Guarding

Dog training is also about the state of mind. Remi (front) used to attack Blu (rear) over resources.

Bo The Chihuahua Found Leadership!

Bo can now go to the stables with his mom without reacting – but looking to his mom!

Field Trips

Dog training doesn’t mean just well behaved at home – it means applying the training anywhere – like Bruin at Bass Pro!

Structured Walk

10 month old Gunner’s little girl is relieved that she can finally walk Gunner without being dragged!

Feeling Empowered

Gunner showing his girl that dog training is more than commands – it’s a state of mind!

Treadmill Work

Timid Kaye is learning that treadmill work helps increase her confidence

Dog Training Is About The State Of Mind!

Marquis and Savian letting their dad handle the walk instead of them taking it over in a negative way

Duration!

Maintaining a down stay amidst distractions builds confidence in any dog. Brutus is clearly demonstrating this at Bass Pro!

Field Trip!

Tank the Chesapeake Bay Retriever using his impulse control maintaining a solid down stay while I browse at Tractor Supply

Dog Socialization

Socialization doesn’t mean just play – it also means relaxing together and having calm time as Olive Grace and Bru are demonstrating

Even Puppies Can Walk Politely!

David Ruffin demonstrates that even though he is a puppy, he still has walking manners

Puppy Playtime!

Puppy playtime is extremely valuable as it teaches young dogs how to be balanced dogs

Trick Training With Josh Moran

Hosting the Barefoot Dog Trainer in RVA!

Structured Walk

Night time structured walk during go home session

New Addition To The BTK9 Pack!

Given to us by our good friends Curtis and Meredith of The Calm K9

BTK9’s Kennel Room

BTK9 had a new kennel room built in 2016! Equipped with heating and air, plumbing, state of the art security and fire suppression!

Dog Aggression

We don’t treat dog aggression. We treat the underlying cause (fear, anxiety etc)

Positive Associations

In dog training, creating positive associations with things that used to be negative to a dog can greatly reduce fear.

Tug’s Story

Watch a short video detailing how far our beloved Rottie “Tug” has come since we first got him to today, he is living proof! Tug has transformed from being an aggressive “orphan” to a cherished and loving member of our family.

Niko!

Tug and the “Out” Command”

Kona’s Introduction to the Prong Collar

Roux – Extremely Leash Reactive Catahoula

Huck Proofing His Puppy Skills at Bass Pro

Introduction Of e-Collar To Anxious GSD – Sampson

Dog reactive Penelope the poodle doing pack walk and socialization at Stoney Point

Enzo – Jumpy, Nippy Portuguese Water Dog…(used to be!)

“Place” and Impulse Control

Puppy Training at BTK9T

Sasha – Uncertain and Fearful Female German Shepherd and Her Intro to BTK9

Sasha – The Fearful Shepherd Who Showed It By Forms Of Aggression

Thresholds

Piper the Chocolate Lab – End of Week One Off Leash

Wish – Deaf Great Dane And Her 3 Week Journey At BTK9T Before Her Adoption

High Energy Dulcie Sheds Her Reactivity To Have A More Pleasurable Walk

Prong Training Collar Introduction With Beau – The English Yellow Lab Puppy

Tug on Recall

Henry – Nervous, Anxious Cane Corso Pup’s Transformation

Kona Having Fun at BTK9!

Puppy Training at BTK9 Part II

Early puppy training with strong leadership is crucial to the development of your K9 companion

Dog Training Here Consists Of Field Trips As Well! Piper’s Visit To Bass Pro Shop

Fearful And Reactive Boy Cash Gets Proofed On His Last Day With Us At BTK9T

Bane – 4 Days Before Going Home

Watch what used to be an extremely reactive GSD make good choices at Bass Pro Shops 4 days before he goes home!