Volume 14 | Number 01
Luvk9s January monthly newsletter
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Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year!

Enrichment activity #6 - take a bow
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Teaching your dog tricks is not only fun but offers many other benefits. Tricks training enhances the bond between you and your dog, improves their ability to learn new things, is a confidence builder and teaches high-energy dogs to focus on you.
  
Take a bow, where your dog keeps his back legs upright but bows down on his front legs, is an easy trick to teach your dog. Start with your dog standing. Hold a treat at your dogs nose, slowly pull straight down and slightly forward towards the dog as the treat nears the ground.
  
To entice you to consider taking a tricks class, Luvk9s will be offering $20 off the AKC Novice tricks class that starts Jan. 7th.

Take a bow!
 
Click here to view a YouTube on how
to teach this easy and fun trick!

Are you game to train?
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The new year is upon us, and with it comes the desire to establish goals for the upcoming year.

Common New Year’s resolutions include exercising, losing weight and getting organized. If you are a dog owner, your list might also include training your dog.

According to businessinsider.com, the three main reasons resolutions fail is because they are not specific enough, they aren’t “framed” positively and your resolution isn’t about you. To make “training the dog” a more achievable goal, a better resolution might be “make coming when called enjoyable for Fido.”

How do we do this? One way is to use games to make training fun and entertaining for your dog.
  
Playing tug is a fun way to teach
your dog the "drop it" cue.
Upcoming educational opportunities
Photo compliments of Pixabay
Friday classes in Ball Ground
Puppy class starts Jan. 7 at 11 AM
Basic class starts Jan. 7 at 1 PM
AKC Novice Tricks class starts Jan. 7 at 3 PM
(Tricks class, New Year's special - $20 off)

Saturday classes in Ball Ground
Morning basic class starts Jan. 8 at 11 AM
Afternoon basic class starts Jan. 8 at 1 PM
Canine Good Citizen starts Jan. 8 at 3 PM


 Luvk9s is offering in-home
private consults. Call, email
or text for more info!