I would appreciate knowing how active your dog likes to be and also how well socialized he/she is. We do not have little people living with us permanently, but we do have lots of family (with small ones) who visit on occasion. So we would like to know how well your dog does with small children. I would also like to know how you discipline or train your dog and what ways you manage behaviour so that we can engage with your pet in a healthy way. I don’t want to confuse or “frustrate” your pet. I would also appreciate knowing if your dog has any tendencies to damage furniture, or eat non-food items, or dig. Persistent barking or howling could be a problem if I was boarding your dog because we sometimes have basement tenants. While I can accommodate many things I would prefer not to incur damages to our home or livelihood.

I have plenty of energy to keep your dog stimulated mentally and physically. My sons are interested to help provide activity as well. We love to take dogs down to the sandbar by the airport tower where they can run and dig and sniff around. We can go for hikes out in the hills or if your dog doesn’t have that much energy we can take them for sniffing tours around Brock. There are plenty of scents to explore, I’m sure. Our yard is large enough that a small fetching-dog would be kept busy right in our own backyard. We used to enjoy creating “snifftacle courses” for our puggle and trying to teach him new tricks. I enjoy learning about dog training and psychology. I’ve been actively searching out learning since bringing home Kona. Some of my favourite trainers are Susan Garrett, the McCann Dog Training group, Victoria Stilwell, and Beckman. I have been informally learning from them through youtube. Kona and I are now (Jan-April 2023) attending actual classes through the Cactus K9 Club here in Kamloops (Rally Class). All the this is to say I am aware of best practices for managing doggy behaviour and want to help your doggo live his/her best life. ?