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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Chronic illness rears its ugly head…

The past two months have been the most unproductive months I’ve had in a long time. I’ve written a little about having Chronic Illnesses. I think it’s time I go into depth about them and how they effect me as a dog trainer and dog handler.

The List…I have a lot going on healthwise and I here I will give a brief synopsis of each condition

  1. Lupus- the major culprit. Lupus is an autoimmune disease. Pretty much my immune system is backwards and attacks my own healthy cells. For example everyone has Antibodies that help them fight things like colds and flus. My antibodies like to attack my good cells in my body as well as the bad cells. I always say my body is attacking itself. I’ve had this since 2011 and I take medication and a monthly infusion to make my flare-ups less.
  2. Fibromyalgia- another major culprit. This is a nerve pain issue. It normally hits me in my neck and shoulders but recently it has moved down my back. I take pain medication that is specific to nerve pain for this condition to keep it under control. Although I still have flare-ups it’s definitely less than what I would have if I wasn’t taking the medication.
  3. Polymyositis- Is another autoimmune disease. It means muscle weakness. With these flare ups my muscles get heavy and weak. It hurts pretty much to move. My monthly infusion for my Lupus also keeps this disease under control.
  4. Scleroderma- is also autoimmune in nature. It is the chronic hardening and tightness of the skin. Mainly effecting my hands. They normally get swollen at the knuckles.
  5. Raynauds Syndrome- is also autoimmune. Pretty much my fingers are sensitive to extreme hot and cold situations. The tips of my fingers turn white and go numb in the cold if I’m not wearing gloves. In the extreme heat they turn red, but don’t hurt as much as in the cold.
  6. GERD- Acid Reflux. Just bad acid reflux. I take medication that controls this.
  7. Gastroparesis- is where my stomach moves slowly digesting food. These flare ups are painful.
  8. Interstitial Lung Disease- which means the Lupus has started to attack lungs and leave scarring on them. I’m on medication that helps this from progressing and its actually been good the last couple of years. However with that an asthma I do get winded pretty easily. But I have inhalers that help me with that too.

I won’t go into the minor things so these 8 are the main culprits. How does this effect me as a Dog Trainer? A perfect example is I was in the hospital last week Tuesday-Friday because of my Gastroparesis. I had clients almost everyday scheduled. I had to cancel the week and it sucked. I have been lucky to have clients that understand. So I don’t get bent out of shape about cancellations or reschedules. I had a friend suggest that I charge a penalty fee for cancellations or reschedules. I cannot on a good conscience do that. I know there will be times that my health will get in the way and I will have to reschedule clients. It’s not fair to hold them to a different set of rules.

How does this effect me as a Dog Handler for my own dogs? Training is hard sometimes. Its really sketchy. Summertime my joints feel great and I can make more training days. However, I have to watch myself from being in direct sunlight because of the lupus. That sun will drain me in a matter of minutes from being in it. I can’t really take the chance to train outside when it’s raining. My immune system is so compromised that I may get sick from being in the rain a lot.

How do I remedy these things and keep going? First off I tell myself to not compare myself to the other people I train with. They are not dealing with the same things I am healthwise and yes it will take me longer to get a BH or CD title on both my dogs. Simply because 1) I’m trialing and training with two dogs 2) Health issues, makes consistent training impossible, but I do what I can. Secondly, when I do train I go all out and try to cover a lot of material. So on the good days, I go training and it could last a few hours (with breaks of course). 3)Also, did I fail to mention that these are my first IGP dogs. I’m green as ever and trying to take things in that my trainers and mentors tell me.

I know some people don’t understand or don’t even want to know and question my dedication to this sport (IGP). I am very dedicated, I love this sport. I like AKC Obedience and Rally but I LOVE IGP. I’m not writing this to make excuses, I’m writing this to help overcome these setbacks and calm down. And to maybe inspire someone else who has autoimmune diseases and don’t think they can do it. You can! Do I get mad about it? Hell yes, All the time. Nobody wants an autoimmune disease such as Lupus or Fibromyalgia. I get mad that I tire easily. I get mad at myself because sometimes I cannot hold my own dog during protection work. I get mad that I can’t make every single training weekend. I get mad that I have great dogs and I’m the one thats holding them back. And Lastly, I get mad because I feel like I can do better but in all actuality I have had to stop and listen to my body and realize that Rome wasn’t built in a day and I will get there. Maybe at a snails pace but I will get there. Will I give up totally? Nope. It’s not in my blood to give up. I just have to accept I will end the rant now lol. Happy Training everyone!

Ellie

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