How to Train Your Puppy: Tips for Avoiding Behavioral Issues
You’ve found the perfect little addition to your pack! Now it’s time to get your puppy’s training off on the right paw. Dog training is a lifelong journey that starts with shaping your puppy’s behavior so you can nip behavioral issues in the bud and lay the foundation for a healthy relationship with your pet. […]
A day in the life of a Koru K9 balanced dog trainer
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to become a balanced dog trainer? We can tell you from experience: one of the best parts about being a balanced dog trainer is that no two days are ever the same. Every day comes with new challenges, new wins and new rewards. What does one […]
Explained: Difference Between Positive Reinforcement & Balanced Dog Training
Positive reinforcement and proper balanced dog training go hand-in-hand. You can’t have one without the other. Nevertheless, the two are sometimes misrepresented as mutually exclusive. We want to help clear that up. We’ve answered the most common questions dog owners ask about positive reinforcement to help you understand its role in balanced dog training. What […]
How to Realize Your Dream of Becoming a Dog Trainer
For many dog lovers, a career as a dog trainer might feel out of reach. The truth is you can make your dog training dream a reality if you’re passionate, committed and willing to put in the work to get there. So, where should you start your journey to becoming a dog trainer? Right here, […]
How to Pick the Right Dog Trainer: Everything You Need to Know
Your dog is a part of your family. So, when you put them in the hands of a trainer, you want to do it with complete confidence that you can trust that trainer with your furry friend. That’s why finding the right dog trainer is so important. The process for picking a dog trainer can […]
The 3 Most Important Things You Need to Know About Getting a Puppy
You did it. After weeks searching for the perfect match, you finally got a puppy. Now you’re here because you want to make sure you raise your new dog the right way. Well, you’ve come to the right place. We know a thing or two about puppy training. So, we’ve compiled three of the most […]
3 Rewarding Resolutions for You and Your Dog (And How to Keep Them)
New Year’s resolutions are easy to make but (as some of us know all too well) they’re much harder to keep. Add your dog into that equation, and the promises you made yourself as the ball dropped at midnight suddenly seem a lot more daunting when you roll out of bed on January 1st. But […]
Debunking myths about dog training tools
The more tools that a dog trainer has at their disposal, the more prepared they’ll be to help any dog and dog owner who needs it. Every dog that a trainer encounters over the course of their career will be unique, and present unique challenges, so utilizing a wide range of tools, skills and capabilities […]
Building Confidence For Rogue And Her Owner
We love telling you the inspiring stories of the dogs and owners who we work with, but today we’re going to let one happy owner tell their own story! “I worked with Heather Dodd, and she was amazing! My dog Rogue is reactive towards other dogs. Before her training, she was very tense and hard […]
Colby: Total Recall
When Colby’s owners brought him to us, one of their top priorities was off-leash recall – they wanted Colby, who showed a strong drive to run off and explore, to ignore all distractions and come to them when commanded. Recall is one of the hardest things to teach a dog because you’re asking them pay […]
