End of month wrap up

Gallery | Posted on October 1, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

Summer is gone, we have cold nights and cool afternoons. Pretty soon the snow will fall and the atmosphere will change. Below are the last few pics from September of some of the pack. Enjoy!

Annecy- The mali who is growing up!

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

At just a little over 4 months annecy is developing nicely. Currently in training for airscent SAR, narcotics detection and service work with a recently blooming conformation career I couldn’t ask for a more well rounded malinois. This girl really impresses me with her can do attitude and hunt drive. She is definitely not the typical over drive, defensive, unstable malinois with no off switch we have seen a lot of lately. This girl has a bright future ahead of her, and no I don’t believe EIK9T is starting a Mali breeding program!

Fit to work- workshop for humans and canines

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

The Family Foundation School and the Dog Corps. hosted a seminar June 29th and 30thwith Eagle Valley Search dogs thanks to a grant from the American Kennel Club CAR foundation written by Jennifer Culver. The seminar brought up Dr. Cindy Otto DVM, PhD. from the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, and Dr. Ann Caulfield VMD, CCRP, CVA a rehabilitation specialist.

The two day seminar was a combination of classroom training on body and muscle conditioning and nutrition of our canine partners, massage, warm up and cool down exercises, and much more. We were then able to take what we learned to the gym and practice with our pups! The team was able to show us numerous exercises we can work on with our dogs (working and non-working alike) to help with proprioception, strength, and core balance.

We had a total of 13 handlers, 25 dogs, and 5 students participate.

The canine copilot pack was there in force, including all the working dogs and even little Kaze.

A cold flashback

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

In light of the recent weather (which has stunk!) i figured it was ironic i found an old memory card full of pictures from this January and the winter. Enjoy this cold flashback and i hope we do not have another one for MONTHS!!!

: Soren all focus

: Working, finding his source below the snow

: Raina playing after her find

: Soren looking like when will you throw next?

: Raina happy to have her ball

: And back goes Raina

: Happy girl

What we do at EIK9

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

Just a quick recap for those who do not know what we do at EIK9

Jenn is a certified dog trainer/behaviorist who offers private training in basic obedience, behavioral issues and group classes when beneficial Mostly what Jenn can do is offer you a better understanding of how to live with your dog. Many of the clients i work with have no issues at all with there canine friends, they are just looking for an easier way to communicate and i can give that!

We also offer training in any of the following venues

Canine Search and Rescue- Airscent, Human Remains, and Trailing

Tracking

Agility

Obedience/Rally

Developing a reward system for the working canine

Protection and bitework

Puppy raising for police canine, therapy work, and service dog

Therapy dog training and Canine Good Citizen work

Movie acting and tricks

AND MORE!!!!!

EIK9 has raised, certified, and worked canines in all of the above and our knowledge comes from hands on experience over the past decade. Please don’t accept any trainer who claims they can teach your dog something they have never successfully trained their own dogs to do!!!!!!!

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Our weekly post schedule

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

As the new year is under way we will try to keep the blog updated as best as we can according to our weekly post schedule.

Monday

Tuesday- Terrific tip tuesday

Wednesday- Wordless wednesday

Thursday

Friday- Flackback friday

Saturday- Our weekly training posts

Sunday- Supply sunday

If you have any ideas for things we can fill in on monday or thursday please let us know!

A new year and a new page

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

2012 was a rough year, one of many ups and downs and I want to thank those who are my real friends, those who stood by me through it all and even if we didn’t see each other or talk much were still right there when i need you. I also had some amazing things happen in 2012 some things that have changed my life for the better, and that is Jenn looking at the glass half full for the first time in years.

With that being said, its a busy year and the list i have to accomplish is long. Bear with me as i get through the next 12-18 months. My goals are simple, to finish things i started, to live for myself and to make myself happy, to remember that I don’t have to worry about each day i only have to live it, and to appreciate what i have been given in life.

In the little free time i do have i will be taking on some new clients this year, but will selectively choose the more aggressive cases that i cannot pass on to other local trainers. The webpage was indeed outdated and i have created a new one which i’m in the process of finishing. Please take a moment to check it out and follow my blog posts on there. Delaware County New York has no idea what has hit them, and for right now this is where the Canine Copilot pack and I are staying.

What we give thanks for

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Canine Co-Pilot

Abby, Frank and Max

We give thanks for…….

A warm bed

A comfy couch to place our heads

The ability to do a job that we were bred to do

A wonderful breakfast and dinner every night

A truck that is designed specifically for us

A roof over our heads and a floor beneath our feet

The love, attention, and devotion of a mom and dad who love us very much!

Love the Canine Copilot Pack

Maxwell

Anastasia

Abigail

Emeline

Raina

Frank

Sören

Jordis

❤ In loving memory of Scout and Titan

Never fear a dull weekend is not near!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Canine Co-Pilot

The eyes that melt my heart

The summer always seems to bring about a busy time, between dog training, kid training, searches (which we have had keep us busy this last week or so) and the ever necessary paperwork that surrounds it all (which i am currently drowning in) a relaxing weekend is just not in the cards.

This past weekend was no different. Saturday the plans were to load up the dogs and finish out a search that we had attended last week in Rockaway NJ. It was called off after the subject was located on friday. Raina’s alerts had proven to be correct in our area that we searched thursday, he was found outside our search area but within half a mile attributing to her long distant scent alerts during a lot of her work.

Then the plans changed back to attending the schools annual house picnic at the local park. It would have allowed all the dogs to spend time with their favorite students and meet their parents too! But alas that was not in the cards either and our final destination put us south of Albany NY searching for a missing man. The girls worked their areas and we were home by 11:30pm.

DAY ONE COMPLETE!!

It was destined to be a busy but non emergency day sunday, and the focus was getting the puppies out into new situations to continue desensitization and socialization. That involved swimming in a few locations, some work on the agility equipment and some basic obedience.

Abby, Raina, and Soren with toys playing in the water

The pups got some play time with each other (very limited since they have arrived with us, you never want to raise to puppies out of the same litter togther or else you will have “dogy” issues with them being more reliant and focused on each other then you the handler) and the big dogs controlled what they needed to or participated as they saw fit!