BMod Academy at Peaceable Paws Next Week!

Thank goodness it has finally cooled off - at least a little - 80s, with feels-like in the 80s, instead of the recent 90s with feels-like in the 100s. Phew!!!

Good thing, because we have an academy next week, and those can be brutal if it's too hot. Next week's academy is Behavior Modification. Each academy has a maximum of 8 students (small classes-lots of individual attention), and they are here for 6 days.

For our Level 1 - Basic Training and Behavior - students work with shelter or rescue dogs, learning and applying basic principles of behavior and learning. For BMod, ideally they bring their own dogs (so they can continue the work after Academy ends) - but if they don't have one to work with we will supply a shelter dog. We have 2 shelter dogs coming next week from Frederick County Animal Control (our main supplier) - Drako and Scampi.

Both pretty darn cute, don't-cha think? Both have fear-related behaviors and will be working on confidence-building with their human students.

No clients this week - nice to have a bit of a breather between last week's Level 1 Academy and next week's BMod. When I do have clients I will share some of those experiences with you (fully honoring client confidentiality, of course!).

If you are interested in exploring more information about our academies you can find them here: https://peaceablepaws.com/peaceable-paws-intern-academies/

In the meantime, Lucy (our Lead Trainer and Practice Manager) and I were just talking about some of the less common dog breeds we seem to be seeing lately. She has a Mudi puppy in one of her classes:

We just had a Boerbel sign for puppy class starting next week:

And I recently had a Berger Picard and Italian Greyhound private clients:

So - your turn to share - I would love to hear what uncommon dog breeds you have encountered in your work recently!

And in next week's blog(s) I will write about the work we are doing with our 8 Academy dogs - in addition to Drako and Scampi we will have an Aussie, an Aussie/Belgian, a Pit Bull, a Golden Retriever, a Sheltie, and a Border Collie/Lab. Fun!!!

Meanwhile, here was last evening's peaceful scene over Peaceable Paws and Pastures: