The Ruff Life

Professional Dog Training

Monday, July 23, 2012

Do you really know your dog??


Here are some great video's for you to watch, not the greatest quality...but you get it :)





Friday, July 6, 2012

JULY Drop In Sessions


These sessions are for past clients who have finished our group training OR clients looking to complete their last class.

Drop in Session's are weather dependent. If it is raining hard, high winds or thunder and lightening class will be cancelled. If you are not sure, please check back on a regular basis. It WILL be posted on this blog if it is cancelled. Please also check on this blog on a regular basis to make sure that no changes have been made to times or locations of the class you are wanting to attend.

MOST DROP IN SESSIONS & EVENTS WILL HAVE PICTURES TAKEN AT THEM- To see these pictures please check out our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/therufflife


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BX DROP IN SESSION- FINISHED!
Time & Date: Monday, July.9th at 6pm
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour

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NIGHT TIME-DOWNTOWN DROP IN FINISHED!
Time & Date: Tuesday, July.10th at 7:30pm

Place: Edo Japan - Same strip mall as Earls
Bring: Treats, long leads, money for coffee, reflective collars/jackets for dogs if you have them- DRESS WARM
Price: FREE  
Working on: Distractions, informal and formal commands, desensitizing to cars, people, sounds...etc, Confidence Boosting and Problem Behaviour.


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BX DROP IN SESSION FINISHED!
Time & Date: Wednesday, July.11th at 6pm
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour

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BX DROP IN SESSION FINISHED!
Time & Date: Thursday, July.12th at 6pm
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour

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HORSE DROP IN SESSION (and dogs of course)AGILITY FUN CLASS 
FINISHED!



Time & Date: Monday, July.16th at 7pm
Place: Vernon District Riding Club- 8408 Aberdeen Rd, Coldstream
Bring: Treats (PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING TREATS! NO KIBBLE!), long leads are a MUST, and Training collars if necessary
Price: $10 Cash per family
Working on: The horse jumping equipment will be set up to do jumps with the dogs- and weave poles. Megan Creel, proudly one of the Ruff Life Staff is also a Horse Trainer and will have one of her horses there to help socialize and desensitize the dogs to horses. Confidence Boosting and Problem Behaviour.



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BX DROP IN SESSION FINISHED!
Time & Date: Wednesday, July.18th at 6pm
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour

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A HIKE WITH THE RUFF LIFE FINISHED!

Time & Date: Saturday, July.21st- MEETING at 10am- till approx. 3pm
Meeting Place: 7724 Howe Dr, Coldstream. We are the last house before Coldstream Cemetery. OR...if you drive East past Freisens Country Tyme on Kal lake Rd. You will take your next right onto Howe Drive. We are the house and the end of the road, right in line with the yellow gate. 
Price: FREE 
Other Information: We will be meeting at The Ruff Life first- and then we can car pool and follow each other to the hiking spot. Roads going up to the hiking spot are dirt roads with some ruts- This will be a harder hike, you are more then welcome to bring your own vehicle in case if you want to turn around and come back down the mountain. We will be stopping for lunch- it is REALLY important that you bring food for this hike
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INTRODUCTION TO WEIGHT PULLING with POOCH PARTNERS




Time & Date: Sunday, July. 22nd at 9am FINISHED!
Place: TBA to participants only
Price: $25 ($5 off the normal price)
Requirements: Dogs must be between 35lbs-100lbs
OTHER INFO: Please sign up in advance by contacting Monique at monique@therufflife.ca . This opportunity is going to go fast!!! If we have enough participants we will make a second class. Class limit of 4 dogs!



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BX DROP IN SESSION FINISHED!
Time & Date: Tuesday, July.24th at 11am
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour

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BX DROP IN SESSION FINISHED!

Time & Date: Thursday, July.26th at 7:30pm
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour


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BX DROP IN SESSION

Time & Date: Tuesday, July.31st at 11am
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour


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BX DROP IN SESSION

Time & Date: Thursday, August.2nd at 7:30pm
Place: Bx Ranch Dog Park 
Bring: Treats, Long Leads, Training collars if necessary
Price: FREE
Working on: Distractions, Distance, and informal commands, confidence building, manners & socializing working with pager collars and problem behaviour