Weekly Training Notes 6/10/2018 – Evolution Dog Training, LLC

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:

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.
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!
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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Boxer IPO Obedience Protection Training

June 14, 2018March 17, 2023 Ellasha Ferriell 0 Comments Posted at 7:00 am

Well, we had an opportunity this week to train twice with Christina and Diamond. Tuesday I went to their house with Capone and Tia. And I made the sad realization…my IPO handle skills are terrible LOL. Of course, they can get better with more repetition but I was super nervous. I also got some lessons in dogs for myself by Diamond. Training with these two is just amazing. First, let’s talk about Me and Capone. Ok so, first of all, I don’t know how to play with him, I’ve gotta stop being a “Nazi” out there on the field and cut up and play with him. I’m way too serious out there. I guess I get it from how I started out. In AKC Obedience classes it is very cut and dry, no playing with your dog. You are trying to get a behavior from them, that is it. With IPO I am still trying to get a behavior from them but it is my job to convince them its fun enough that they want to offer the behavior instead of being told to do it. I need to play with Capone more and I think we will be ok working together. Homework for the week: I need to play more with Capone. Secondly, Tia did great. She’s coming along on her foundation work. And I am doing a lot better with my timing and rewarding her. She was awesome in protection she wore her new Julius K9 harness. Barking is coming right along. She also has a killer grip, Diamond said, when she bites. She’s still on the rag, she has to work on her mouth and timing to actually bite the rag. She missed it a whole lot. So Homework with Tia was for me to practice my timing and rewarding her, not to be so serious and play with her. Ok, so fast forward to Sunday group training. There weren’t many people there and Daniel got to go because he’s on vacation. In Obedience, we worked more on my timing and Tias focus. She also did well in protection. Capone we worked on ball drive and heeling. He’s doing so well. Protection his bark is getting stronger. I just can’t believe what I’m seeing with him. Here are a few pics of both dogs During protection. Capone

Tia

Homework for this week. Is to build drive with Tia using the rag over my shoulder. Homework for Capone is to figure out a way to hide the ball from him. So, working on this.

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