Sunshine K9 Training

🎉 **Last-minute Board & Train opening for August!** 🎉

This almost never happens.

We've had a scheduling change, which means we now have **one opening for our 3-week Board & Train program beginning the first week of August.** We've been booked well in advance, so if you've been waiting for an opportunity to train with us, this is your chance!

This program is an excellent fit for dogs that:
🐾 Need a solid obedience foundation
🐾 Pull on leash or struggle with leash manners
🐾 Need better household manners
🐾 Have mild leash reactivity or excitement around distractions
🐾 Need help learning how to relax and behave in public places

While this is **not** an off-leash program, we do begin introducing the foundation skills that make off-leash reliability possible later on.

Because we're in the middle of the summer, much of our public work focuses on indoor, dog-friendly locations like Lowe's, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Ace Hardware, and pet stores. We spend a lot of time teaching dogs how to settle, ignore distractions, and behave politely in real-world environments while avoiding unnecessary heat exposure. By the time cooler weather arrives, your dog will already have the foundation needed to enjoy patios, parks, outdoor events, and other adventures with you.

🐶 **This opening is also perfect for our Puppy Kickstart program!** Young puppies complete their first three weeks of foundation training now, then return a few months later to finish their education and begin off-leash reliability when they're developmentally ready. Our puppy programs have been a game changer for busy families that want a well-rounded dog without the frustration of doing hundreds of repetitions themselves.

If you've been thinking about training but haven't been able to fit into our schedule, **don't wait.** Once this opening is filled, our next Board & Train availability won't be until **the end of November**.

Not sure which program is right for your dog? We also offer:
✔️ In-home private lessons (primarily in Glynn County)
✔️ Live virtual coaching
✔️ Immersive online training programs

📞 **The best first step is to schedule a phone call.** We'll talk about your goals, answer your questions, and determine whether your dog is a good fit for this Board & Train opening or one of our other training options.

If you've been saying, "I really need to get my dog trained," this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. Schedule a call with the link below:

https://calendly.com/sunshinek9training/dog-training-consultation-call

That sweet face of a dog who definitely loves to dig and roll in the dirt... can you tell? 🤣 I don't know how anyone can be mad at Old Blue Eyes. 💙 Who else has a dog that gets away with shenanigans because of how cute they are? 🙋‍♀️

I have officially found my line in the sand on the internet.

Apparently there’s a trend right now where people are taking photos of their dogs, dressing them in human clothes, and using AI to generate what their dog would look like as a human child.

And y’all… I am uncomfortable. 😂

Listen, I love dogs. These days, I have dedicated so much of what I do to the dogs that I work with and the dogs that I own. I live with dogs. I train dogs. I advocate for dogs. I absolutely understand loving your dog like family.

But your dog is not a literal human child.

And honestly? The more we blur that line, the more behavioral problems we end up creating.

Dogs are animals. Brilliant animals, emotional animals, deeply social animals — but still animals. They do not think like human children. They do not communicate like human children. They do not process the world like human children.

This matters because training falls apart when owners stop viewing dogs as dogs.

People will cringe at crate training a puppy while simultaneously putting a human baby in a crib every night. They’ll say structure is “mean,” but then wonder why their 90-pound “fur toddler” is body slamming guests, resource guarding the couch, screaming in a kennel, and knocking grandma over during Thanksgiving dinner.

You can absolutely love your dog deeply without pretending they are a tiny person trapped in a dog costume.

In fact, understanding and respecting the fact that dogs are DOGS is usually what creates the healthiest relationships between humans and dogs in the first place.

I also think it’s important for families to understand that teaching children how to interact with dogs is completely different from teaching children how to interact with other children. Dogs have different communication, boundaries, instincts, and social behaviors. Ignoring those differences because we want dogs to fit into a human role can become dangerous really quickly.

So no… I will not be using AI to discover what Tucker would look like as my biological son.

Respectfully, that little gremlin already causes enough problems as a schnauzer.