Joyce's Dogs

Leadership and Reward-based Positive Training

Dog training more often than not involves teaching the human end of the leash as well as the dog end. At Joyce’s Dogs, we always involve teaching the human end of the leash as well as the dog end.

Without direction, dogs’ often do what comes naturally and sometimes those behaviors are not desirable in our human lives. Training at Joyce’s Dogs is often about working with our clients to first determine

• What are the behaviors of concern
• How can we get started changing them
• How can we manage them until the new behaviors are in place

Private Dog Training sessions take into account your busy life. We are available on a schedule that meets your needs. Together we will structure your homework so that it fits into your daily routine and lifestyle. With 15 years of dog training experience, Joyce has many tricks in her tool box to help you help your dog become an enjoyable member of the family.

Check out our class schedule for the Seattle area

Schedule a private training session in the portland, Vancouver or Longview area

What is K9 Nose Work?

In a nutshell, K9 Nose Work is a new dog sport that allows your dog to use his natural ability to detect scent and determine its source. Your dog will learn to search and find a novel scent inside, outside, in containers such as luggage, and on a vehicle. There is a competition program for those who desire, and people and their dogs are welcome to learn this activity just for fun and the joy the dog experiences.

Just about any dog can do K9 Nose Work

Puppies, old dogs, and all in between, and any breed or mix. Even dog reactive dogs can play, because only one dog at a time is working both in classes, training, and in competition.

People all across the country are noting how the focus of scent detection work is helping their reactive dogs ignore other dogs, environmentally sensitive dogs get comfortable in many environments, and unfocused dog become more focused. K9 Nose Work is a great addition to any behavior modification program.

In training classes the handlers learn to set up situations so that the dog is first increasing his hunt drive, learning to find the hidden food reward or in some cases a toy. They start looking in cardboard boxes, than learn to find the “hide” outside of the boxes.

The next step is to help the dog associate the scent with the reward the dog gets. As training progresses, searches get more difficult and less box oriented, and the reward is given after the scent is found.

Find out more about K9 Nose Work

Check out our K9 Nose work class Schedule for the Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver and Longview area.

Find out more about K9 Nose Work

Check out our K9 Nose work class Schedule for the Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver and Longview area

Unsinkable Dogs K9 Warm Water Swim Center

We are a warm-water swim center built exclusively for use by dogs. All kinds of dogs swim here for all kinds of reasons. The benefits of swimming in warm, clean water and with a specially trained swim coach are numerous.

Because of the buoyancy of water, the forces of gravity are greatly reduced. The result is considerably less stress on joints.

Swimming uses all the key weight-bearing muscles of the body. This means that dogs can build strength and flexibility whether they have normal strength on land, or suffer from weakness due to a medical condition, or as a result of aging.

The warmth of the water along with the hydrostatic pressure is soothing to sore or arthritic joints. And even more than for humans, the aerobic and core strength building benefits are unbeatable.

Unsinkable Dogs is more than just a pool. The people of Unsinkable Dogs bring a wide variety of backgrounds and skills together to offer dogs and owners a unique experience.

Unsinkable Dogs offers:

• Water Reiki
• Water TTouch
• Assisted Injury Recovery Swimming
• Assisted Swimming
• Self-Swim (after demonstrated safe pool and operational skills)

Find out more about unsinkable dogs