SERVICE AREAS: Shively  Pleasure Ridge Park  Ft. Knox Military Base,  Southern Indiana (Jeffersonville, New Albany, Clarksville, Floyd Knobs, Charlestown, etc.)  Dixie Highway  Valley Station   Newburg, Jeffersontown, NULU, Downtown, Smoketown, Germantown, Metro Louisville, Prospect, Norton Commons, Simpsonville, Shelbyville, Bardstown, Shelbyville (extra flat rate travel fee for Mt. Washington, Simpsonville, Bardstown, Shelbyville).    

Welcome to Evolution Dog Training, LLC! We are so glad you decided to check us out! We are currently getting our FIRST BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION READY for its GRAND OPENING EVENT! We are CURRENTLY ACCEPTING GROUP CLASS ENROLLMENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE TWO STEPS:

  1. SHOOT US A DIRECT TEXT AT THIS NUMBER 502.338.2453, including your Name, email, which class you want to sign up for, and the age and name of your dog. We will email you a packet with further instructions within 48 hours. Please be patient; it is only one person doing the job, which is made for about five at the moment. Thank you so much for your attention and participation.
  3. ABOVE Here’s our current Open Enrollment Class Schedule. All information is in the packet we will send to you: prices, sign-ups to portals, payment plans, and financing, if needed. Please send us that email or text, and let us send you the packet before bombarding us with questions. The answers may be in the packet. Thank you again in advance for your patience during our transitional process! 
  4. A little about our Owner and Head Trainer, Ellasha Ferriell, was born and raised in the south end of Louisville, and recognizes there is a dire need for PROFESSIONAL QUALITY and EDUCATIONAL DOG TRAINING. 

 

WHY CHOOSE US? 

With the field of DOG TRAINING NOT BEING REGULATED (meaning you don’t have to go through a qualification process to say you are a “professional dog trainer”, you don’t have to hold a certificate, although there are some programs that do “certify” people. You can watch a bunch of YouTube Videos, charge people an ungodly amount of money, like $5000 (for a 2-week training program), and call yourself a dog trainer. For our beloved, unsuspecting, and trusting pet owners, it can seem impossible to find a dog trainer who isn’t a scam artist, aligns with your training philosophies, and can actually fix the issues you are having with your dog. EVOLUTION DOG TRAINING, LLC tries to alleviate that stress in making that choice very easy for you by spotlighting the differences in our programs, what we focus on, which dog trainers we consider mentors, and whose training theories we follow, and those we don’t follow. We explain why we don’t follow those theories or philosophies. The dog training world is ever-changing, and we are always trying to follow suit. Ellasha attends at least three professional training conferences and events to keep current in the world of dog training.  SPOTLIGHTING THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAMS FROM OTHER DOG TRAINING COMPANIES: 

1. WE REALIZE THAT EACH DOG IS INDIVIDUAL. WE DO NOT SELL YOU A COOKIE-CUTTER PACKAGE. EVERY DOG LEARNS DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS WHY WE DO CONSULTS WITH EVERY DOG THAT COMES TO US WANTING TRAINING. 

 2. WE ARE ALWAYS LEARNING. Ellasha is big on education and continuing education. But also requires her trainers to do these annual trainings as well. Whether that training is in the form of a conference, specialized certifications (Pet First-Aid & CPR, E-Collar Training, Understanding Dog Psychology, Volunteering at Various Rescue Shelters, Shadowing Behaviorists, etc.), specialized training workshops, seminars, with known experts, elite instructors, dog sport champions, etc, in dog training.

3. OUR GROUP CLASS SIZE are  ALWAYS small in size. Group classes have a SEVEN (7) DOG CAP. If we pack too many dogs in the class someone is bound to fall through the cracks and we want to prevent that from happening as much as possible.

4. WE OFFER COMPETITIVE COACHING. AFTER YOU’VE DONE THE PUBLIC MANNERS CLASSES, THE NEXT LEVEL IS COMPETITIVE OBEDIENCE, AND RALLY. WE HAVE TEAMS THAT TRAVEL AND TRIAL TOGETHER AS A GREAT SUPPORT UNIT. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ACTIVITIES YOU AND YOUR DOG CAN GET INVOLVED IN, SUCH AS:  AKC FAST CAT, AKC COMPETITIVE  OBEDIENCE TEAM, AKC COMPETITION RALLY TEAM, Evolution Dog Team Membership (includes key FoB Access to the building). AKC EVOLUTION FIT DOG CLUB- SCHEDULED WALKS, HIKES, FITNESS CLASSES TO GET POINTS THAT GO TOWARDS AKC FIT CLUB TITLES. OUR CLUB IS  CURRENTLY ACTIVE.

5. WE DON’T TEACH YOUR DOG TO SIT. WE TEACH YOU AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE DUPLICATED. WE FIGURE OUT WHAT MOTIVATES YOUR DOG. We’d like to show you how to use that to your advantage to share the behavior. We want TO ASK. It’s NOT ABOUT mimicking a behavior. It’s A LOT MORE TO IT THAN THAT, AS YOU WILL SEE. We will explain everything THAT WE ARE SHOWING YOU TO DO AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT. Please introduce yourself and ask any questions you may have about this process. Oh, AND I ALMOST FORGOT, THE BOND THAT WILL GROW BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOG IS AWESOME. YOU ARE SHOWING YOUR DOG HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU. I’D LIKE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE LEARNS BEST AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT BEHAVIOR.

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2020 USA-Box Working Boxer National Championship in Pennsylvania

Yep you read that right Pennsylvania. North East Boxer Klub hosted this years nationals and for the 5th time Tia did NOT get her BH. But wait I am getting ahead of myself. So I decided to drive the 6-7 hours by myself with two dogs (one trialing, the other one there for moral support). So the plan was to get there Thursday evening, check into hotel. Luckily Minna and Chris let me share a room with them so I just had to pay half. Win-Win situation. But Chris wasn’t arriving until Friday. So it was Me, Minna, and Mr. Windy (one of Minna special needs pups). I didn’t get there until almost 1am. Had to walk dogs for one final time. Load up my luggage on a cart and take it to the 2nd floor unload it, take medicine, change into bed clothes all while trying not to wake Minna up. That mission failed when I almost tripped over something and yelled, “Holy Shit”. She woke up for a little while and talked. Then we all went to sleep.

Friday the field was open for exhibitors to use. Tia did great when it was her turn, even when I took the leash off she stuck right with me. I was so proud of her. If she did this the next day we would have the BH title. So We worked our dogs, helped set up or do whatever was needed. Then we got dinner and went to bed…so we thought. I’m taking a new sleep aid medicine called Lunesta. My husband told me that since I started taking it I would just sit up in bed (eyes closed) and have conversations with the air and then I’d lay back down. I halfway didn’t believe him but I found out…yep I am doing that LOL. Apparently Chris and Minna thought I was talking on the phone in the middle of the night, but then saw my phone on the charger. Minna even threw a pillow at me and just started laughing and talking to my imaginary friends. Then finally laid down. I have no memory of it happening. None whatsoever.When I got back from the national I asked my doctor about it and she said it was normal as long as i’m not getting out of bed trying to do things. I got up at 5am to do my IV fluids which take a little over an hour to do and I think they thought I was sleepwalking but quickly saw my eyes were open this time LOL.

Saturday, I was first on the field. Paired with Renee and Zuli. I was the first one to do the obedience routine. She did great on leash. There were some good moments on leash, so I’m told.

2020 USA BOX Working Boxer Nationals-PA

No soon I took her off that leash she bolted. She would come back to me but the second I told her to Foos (heel in German) she would run away again, then she came back to me. You’re not allowed to touch the dog at all. I tried I guess about 3 times to not manipulate her. I apologized to the judge and told him thank you. He wanted me to do a long down with her but don’t leave her just stay with her, while Renee and Zuli did their obedience routine. They did great and they passed. I was so happy for them. They work great as a team. Afterwards I took Tia back to the car, I wasn’t angry with her. I wasn’t angry with myself. Yes a little embarrassed seeing as this has happened 5 times. I just tried to think what is going through her mind when she does that. She seems like she wants to play, like maybe I get to serious for her and she’s like “oh let me be a silly boxer and make her laugh” type thing. I don’t know. I didn’t cry either. I let her stay out with me for a little, of course she hugged and kissed me and acted completely oblivious to anything that had just happened on the field. After about 30-45 minutes of sitting in my car I rejoined the group and I was ok. Minna said she would take her home for 3 weeks and there was going to be a trial in November she will work with her and trial her and get her BH. The other day I asked how training was going and she said for the first time Tia did the running from her thing. She said up until that point she was perfect even with the off leash stuff then Saturday she decided to show her ass. But Minna said they are gonna fix that real quick. The trial is Nov 21 2020. Plan to get BH and AD (12 mile run- endurance title). Everyone else from EWWBK (east wisconsin working boxer klub) did great, got their titles and celebrated. I celebrated with them. Chris and Minna were leaving early the next day to make the long trip back to Wisconsin. Checkout at the hotel wasn’t until noon and it was only a 6 hour drive back home for me so Renee and Lloyd were having breakfast before they left around 730. So I had breakfast with them and left. I plan on attending the Malinois trial the 2st of November to watch and retrieve Tia. Hopefully she can get her BH and AD. Overall it was a nice weekend with a smoothly run trial. North East Working Boxer Club did a wonderful job hosting the Nationals and congrats to everyone who had the guts to step onto the field. Speaking of guts a woman we train with Ann is a physicians assistant in Iowa. She suggested Propranolol for my performance anxiety. So I asked my doctor about it when I got home and she thought we could give it a try because Vistaril and Neurontin definitely didn’t work with my nerves. The theory goes that whatever you’re feeling goes straight down the leash and your dog knows that something is different. So if I’m a ball of nerves when I hit the field Tia is going to pick up on it and start acting weird. So taking something for the anxiety should help. But the past two medications havent helped in a trial or training session. So third one is the charm. I don’t know when I will be trialing next probably not until 2021. With that said my next post will be about 2021 goals and hopefully it doesn’t get blown to pieces by pandemic, police violence, rioting, elections, etc. etc. etc. Happy Training.

Ellasha

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