Private Training

Our private training service are for owners who want personalized guidance and support while training their own dog. We create a training plan that fits your lifestyle, your goals and addresses your dog’s specific behavioural challenges. You’ll learn how to build off-leash reliability, communicate clearly, and re-build your relationship, trust and clarity with your dog.

The first few lessons take place in your home, and then we move to nearby parks, dog-friendly stores, or trails to practice in different environments to get real-life, lasting results that go with you everywhere.

We are with you every step of the way!

Starting at $705

“ Behaviour isn’t random, it’s communication. When we learn to listen, real progress begins.”

Packages

Behavior Modification

Investment: $1760 + HST

Includes:

8 lessons
E-collar, Slip lead, prong if needed.

Must be used within 8 months or you forfeit the remaining unused lessons.

This package is for dogs struggling with any type of reactivity, fearful behaviours, resource guarding, aggression and/or anxiety.

Obedience & Off-Leash

Investment: $1320 + HST

Includes:

6 lessons
Any tools we decide to use

This package is for owners who want their dog to have reliable obedience, learn overall essential skills like neutrality in new environments or become fully off leash trained. This program can also help prep for your Canine Good Neighbour test.

Full Puppy Package

Investment: $705+ HST

Includes:

3 lessons
3 nights of boarding in my home to get exposure in a new environment.

This puppy program will give you all the information you need to raise a well-rounded puppy! Ill guide you on how to work through all the typical puppy behaviors and how to set them up for success!

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I cannot say enough amazing things about Malasia! From the very first lesson it was clear that she is not only incredibly knowledgeable, but genuinely passionate about dogs and their people. Her approach is patient, positive, and tailored to each dog’s unique personality. Malasia has an incredible ability to understand a dog’s behaviour and gives practical, easy to follow advice that actually works in real life. Malasia is kind, professional, committed, and is always willing to go the extra mile. She celebrates every win (big or small), and you can tell she truly cares about long-term success, not quick fixes. Not only is my dog better behaved, but I’m also a more confident owner because of her.
If you’re looking for a dog trainer who is skilled, compassionate, and truly exceptional at what she does, Malasia is it. I would recommend any of her services without hesitation!

Sherry Hopper

Everyone did so good chilling while I tried to get Bunny and Olive to sit still long enough for me to get a good photo

They stayed for the most part but the second I tried getting everyone to look at me at the same time, one of them would disappear from camera view lol

BUNNY is up for adoption 🐾

She will continue her training until June 5th and her future adopters must participate in training sessions before she goes home, setting everyone up for long-term success.

She is 5 years old, spayed female, UTD on vaccines

Why Bunny is amazing:

• Fully off-leash trained and reliable in a variety of environments
• Neutral to people, dogs, and distractions unless given permission to “go say hi”
• Crate trained and quiet
• Does great with handling and nail trims
• Walks great on leash
• Enjoys love but can also be independent
• Learning to hold a distance down off-leash
• Silly, fun personality
• Food motivated and loves to work
• Enjoys hiking and exploring

Bunny’s quirks:

• Dog-neutral but can be nervous upon initial introduction and requires time to build a solid relationship with other dogs
• Still learning dog body language and may correct a dog if overwhelmed or pressured
• Neutral with kids, but can become uncomfortable with high energy or a lot of forward pressure

Before applying for Bunny:

• Adopters must be committed to participating in lessons to fully understand her and maintain her training
• If the adopter has a dog already, the must be willing to put forth an effort to build a relationship with their current dog and bunny.

Bunny is being fostered through For The Love Of Dogs
📩 DM for the adoption application

Something I love about having regular boarding dogs that have been coming for years is getting to watch them build relationships with each other, even when they sometimes go months without seeing one another.

It’s so special watching those relationships grow and change over the years.

To my regulars who have been with me since the beginning, thank you for trusting me with your dogs all these years. I truly appreciate it and hope I get to continue being a part of their lives for many more to come.

✨ Meet Valley ✨

She is here for a 4 week Stay and Train program to work through her reactivity and anxiety!

Our goals with Valley:
• Building confidence in new environments, around new people and dogs
• Off leash skills
• Neutrality around dogs and people
• Learning how to be more at ease and less anxious
• Overall manners and self regulation

Valley is a very nervous girl who needs help building confidence, learning how to settle and regulate herself.

I’m looking forward to helping this girl grow and watching her open up over the next few weeks.

3 cuties who jumped up onto the bench all on their own!

Whiskey and bunny go up for adoption VERY soon so stay tuned!!

Sweet Juniper is a 10 month old Bernedoodle completing an obedience and off leash private training program!

Our goals with Juniper:
• Greeting manners
• Neutrality around distractions
• Relationship building
• Essential on and off leash skills
• More freedom and clarity in everyday life

Juniper is a happy girl who LOVES other dogs and our goal is to keep that enthusiastic personality while also teaching her the skills needed to safely navigate the world around her!
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If you’re ready to work through behavioural challenges, build a stronger relationship with your dog or work toward your goals together, reach out today for a FREE consultation!

Clover and I head to agility regionals in June, this will be our second time trialing in it!

We have been working hard on all of the things, doing a lot of conditioning, working on stamina and I feel we are a lot more ready than last year!

We still have so many things to practice and more reps to get in but clover has grown so much the last year so I’m really excited to do this with her again!

Fleety went home from his 6 week Stay and Train a couple weeks ago.

Since being home he’s continued to be brave, curious and trusting with every new thing that comes his way. His progress has seriously been put to the test and I am SO proud of him.

His mom has been incredibly dedicated and hasn’t stopped helping him and it shows too!

Fleety’s case was a hard one. After being on the run for many weeks and once caught, he was stuck in survival mode for many months. He lived in a constant flight or freeze response.

He would have both kinds of accidents when scared, would fight for his life if he was on leash and would run away if anyone went towards him. He wouldn’t go near or follow anyone. He would panic, spin in circles and chew through leashes when stressed.

Fleety had to relearn how to be a dog outside of survival mode. How to trust, open up and work through stress.

A huge part of helping him was carefully pushing his limits while guiding him through pressure and showing him he was safe on the other side of it.

Helping Fleety has been one of the most rewarding experiences and definitely one of the more complex fear cases I’ve worked with.

The progress was slow and every step had to be thoughtful, but I’m incredibly proud of how far he’s come and grateful for the trust his mom put in me to help him.

And he’s continued to prove that growth since being back home.

The work isn’t done yet but he’s finally learning how to just be a dog again.

Thank you to Zena, Julie and Jillian for these thoughtful reviews!

I’m truly grateful to have such great clients who trust me with their dogs.

As someone who owns multiple dogs, I understand how important it is to find someone you can trust to care for them, support them and provide fulfillment as if they were their own.

I strive to provide a high level of care for every dog that comes through my doors as if they were my own!

We had a great group outing at @tangeroutletsottawa today!

Lorie with Nallie and Melissa with Bam Bam did awesome with the super busy environment!!

Stay & Train Freya had her skills tested more too and she did amazing!

We ran into every distraction possible! So many kids and people chatting with us, a few bikes, a little train, and dogs!

Really proud of this crew!

Your dog can have the most solid obedience, they could have a lot of skills, but if you don’t have a healthy relationship as well, that obedience doesn’t mean much.

I see a lot of dogs that can perform the obedience yet the relationship with their owner still needs work and isn’t being focused on.

Your communication and connection matters so much more.

Having fun with your dog, giving them opportunities to let loose and express themselves is such an important piece that’s often overlooked.

Obedience is nice to have and has an important place but make sure you’re truly learning to understand your dog, doing things they love and building a connection that goes deeper than skills.

Grateful for this life everyday❤️

A whole lot of scatter feeding, training, play, and nail trims!

Not shown is picking up poop and admin work but there was a whole lot of that too aha

This deserved a spot on the feed!

@k9kreww @elaina.tuckered.out.training

Run, play, practice off leash skills and repeat!

These girls did awesome at not running up to other dogs, doing their own thing, running and having fun and their listening skills were almost perfect lol!

Took a second for them to figure out where to be for the off leash heel command, Freya and Lila struggled a bit with staying in the down while I played with Sayu but they all got the hang of it!

Proud of these three!

Dogs don’t NEED to be paid for every good thing they do or every check in they give you to keep things reliable and ensure they listen.

If you’re always having to convince/beg or reward your dog to stay with you or to complete commands when they are asked, your relationship should be re-evaluated.

A transactional relationship is created by feeding your dog for everything and it often leads to a dog that checks out the second the food does and is easily drawn to distractions.

The goal (for me anyways) is a deeper connection and understanding.

A dog that wants to be with you.
A dog that chooses you.
But can also be independent and confident in themselves.

That balance creates a bond like no other.

Food helps and is SO important for teaching behaviours and it’s good to reward your dog even after they know them but it’s not the whole picture and when overused excessively it won’t lead to true freedom or a solid healthy relationship with your dog.

Foster Bunny went through a very traumatic experience less than a year ago.

She was already a defensive and reactive dog and that led to her attacking the wrong dog who fought back. She ended up with serious injuries that required a pigtail drain.

Her body has healed, but the trauma hasn’t.

When she was surrendered to us, her owners were told by a professional that she shouldn’t be around dogs or go to a home with any dogs. It almost prevented her from coming to me.

But avoidance only shields a dog from growth.

Bunny carries a lot of fear but she’s also naturally defensive and spicy. Those two together create a really conflicting emotional state.

For context:

She would scream and scurry away from unexpected touch or even bumping into something.
She would freeze or attack if a dog sniffed her face or lingered too long.
She avoided dogs when she was unsure and would shut down under pressure.

She just wanted space and to be left alone, she wasn’t scared of dogs themselves but when uncomfortable situations occurred, she would overcorrect to make the dog go away.

But this is changing.

She’s starting to recover. She’s choosing to move on instead of avoiding and learning how to exist around dogs without feeling the need to react or shy away.

She’s opening up, she even played with another dog for the first time in a long time!

We’re slowly turning that trauma into resilience. Teaching her that she’s safe, how to handle pressure and build confidence.

She’s still learning everyday and has her moments but she’s not just becoming more stable, she’s becoming happier.

And none of this would have happened if she was kept away from dogs or if her trauma was allowed to define her.

She goes up for adoption soon through For The Love Of dogs!!

It’s sad how many dogs don’t get to experience true freedom and real enrichment.

I see a lot of posts about dogs that can’t be trusted off leash so they stay on long lines or they can’t even handle a long line, so they stay on short leashes. They get neighborhood walks or trips to the dog park, they get snuffle mats or chews but is that the enrichment that matters?

Sure, they might enjoy it. But is it actually fulfilling?

Just because a dog is excited or aroused for something doesn’t mean it’s beneficial.

How are they feeling after? Are they more at peace mentally? Can they go a day or two without it and still feel settled and fulfilled without behavioural issues?

Dogs of any size or breed are meant to climb over rocks, break and chew sticks, dig, swim, roll…

To use their body, eyes and nose and actually interact with nature all around them.

Is it needed every single day? No
But most dogs would benefit from this type of real enrichment a lot more than they get.

Roo struggles with reactivity towards dogs, this tends to look like barking/grumbling, big lunges and a full on freak out when she sees them!

After getting Roo fully trained off leash, teaching her not to run up to dogs and we addressing her reactivity to teach her she can’t react buttt she can look and when she moves on she gets some praise/rewards or play!

Eventually we will move to it being apart of regular everyday life where passing by dogs isn’t a big deal and we don’t have to always give a whole lot of feedback for Roo to know she’s a good girl!

I’m very proud of Roos owner and grateful for her trust in the process and for trusting me to guide them in the right direction to make real change in their lives!

Client group training night fun!

We raised a total of $425 for For The Love Of Dogs rescue too! A huge thank you to everyone who donated!

Everyone did so amazing, it was such a great turn out!

@rise.dogtraining @sarah_in_line_k9 and @tuckered.out.training

Cloud completed his 3 lessons the other day!

His parents goals were to better understand the e-collar, build reliable off leash skills and create more relaxed walks without the constant pulling.

He’s now fully off leash and walking on a loose leash much more consistently without the ping-ponging or pulling in every direction!

Cloud tends to sit in a higher state of arousal. So while a goal was to build a more reliable Heel, expecting that before he can even walk on a loose leash wouldn’t be fair.

When his parents were taught with the prong there was a specific drill they were told to do to condition it, this drill was causing confusion and I found it was actually increasing his anxiety because of that. So taking him off the prong and switching to a collar and following through with the E-collar was a key step to working on his leash walking and made a world of a difference!

We focused on teaching him how to move freely, respect the end of the line and regulate himself. Pairing the freedom with some structured heel walking on short spurts and following through will create more clear mind and work cloud instead of against.

They’re continuing to build on his off leash obedience and have already made huge strides in our last lesson!

It always comes back to working with the dog in front of you!

Off leash skills like recall, emergency downs and a wait command are so important.

But relationship matters just as much when it comes to off leash freedom.

If you turn or suddenly stop, is your dog paying attention? Are they checking in with you?

That’s a huge tell of your relationship. And if they’re not, that’s okay!

Here’s where I’d start:

1. Play with your dog more when they’re off leash or on a long line. Make that freedom exciting with you before sending them off to do dog things.

2. When off leash, ask less and move more. Change directions, run the other way. When they get to you, have fun, then send them back.

3. Practice on leash too. Add in direction changes, run a bit, play, then go back to walking.

Dogs need freedom to do their thing. But you also want a solid relationship behind it.

I don’t just reward and move on. That turns into more of a payment but the goal is a real relationship.

Play with them, run, let them chase you, bring out a toy and actually engage in a game!

That’s what builds a true bond that’s on a deeper level!

We took June for a bike ride today and she loved it and got the hang of staying to the side while also pullingg!

She took slight leash guidance super well when I needed to direct her and she was really good at going straight!

I will be getting a better system for the bike soon which will help so I have both my hands, took a lot of balancing to let her pull without pulling me over aha.

It was lots of fun though and we made sure to warm up and cool down before and after especially with how hard she was going!

Another foster gone to their forever home!

Chase made incredible progress since I first got him.

He came in with severe anxiety, would destroy things when left out alone and would break out of his crate. He lacked confidence and struggled with meeting dogs in a non-defensive way.

While in my care:

•He learned how to self regulate in the crate and outside of the crate even when alone
•He was taught off leash skills and is fully reliable no matter where he is or what distractions are around
•He now has solid obedience and a distance down
•He became a perfect demo dog
•He grew in confidence and learned how to explore and be more at peace with himself
•He made so many dog friends in any situation without any issues

He truly grew into such an Incredible dog, he has a beautiful temperament and grew into his full potential and I feel so lucky to be apart of his journey and help him!

Im going to miss him however im so excited for this next chapter in his life with a new family who are so dedicated to him!

Everyone is exhausted (including me lol) but today was a very good day and it being sunny and nice out really just made it so much better!

I had a total of 7 walks today (not all shown in the video) and they varied between 20-60 minutes long!

Peep Fleety sniffing a new person!!! All on his own, I’m so proud of him.

Nails done for Chloe and Chase today!

With so many dogs needing trims, I usually spread them out throughout the week.

I trim and Dremel my dogs and fosters’ nails about every 3 weeks. Sometimes a bit sooner, sometimes a bit later but always around that mark!

Meet my foster whiskey, he came into care 2 weeks ago today and has been settling in well!

Whiskey has some resource guarding tendencies that lead to escalating towards dogs and has redirected to people as well in guarding instances.

What I love about whiskey:

He’s so so eager to work and learn
He loves a good cuddle
He’s got a great balance between being independent and doing his thing but also ready to work and engage when asked/needed
He is super sweet and is great with dogs
Fully crate trained
Good with all handling and nail trims

He will be going up for adoption once he’s fully trained and works through his guarding instincts but if you have interest in adopting him and want to be apart of the training process before he’s completely ready to go to his forever home please reach out!

Had lots of outings yesterday!

Roo had a lesson where we showed her mom how to use the e-collar and worked through some of her reactivity, she did so great! She was able to stand there off leash and process the dogs no problem by the end!

Oliver had another lesson too. We were proofing his off-leash skills, worked on his down, and he met more new dogs. He even tried playing with Chase and is really growing in confidence. His parents were not convinced he would be able to be trusted off leash before we started training but look at him go! It was a successful day for him, no running up to random dogs, no reacting and no attempts to fight any dogs!

Laker and Chase had a training outing and both met a bunch of dogs. Laker is so solid with everything and Chase has grown so much, he’s become such a social, easy-going boy.

Myles got dropped off for boarding, so we went for a big walk around the park before heading home!

Tilly had her third lesson! We introduced the e-collar for recall, she was pretty much perfect. We had a few good moments to condition it and learn and it went well! We also worked on leash drills and started working through her reactivity. She had a few reactions, but by the end she was walking by dogs much more calmly.

Tucker and I helped out as the distraction dog for the CGN test. He did really well, lots of dogs in the store, some getting pretty close like the doodle who came over and sniffed his butt and he ignored them. He did perk up at one small reactive dog barking in a store but that was all!

10 dogs total, 3 fosters, 2 here for training and 5 here for boarding.

Chase, Maisie, Reed, Sayu, Nova, Bunny, Whiskey, Freya, Fleety, Roo

If your dog doesn’t have a nice understanding of recall then they aren’t ready for an e-collar.

Building an engaging reliable recall comes first. That means using positive reinforcement, play, clear communication and strengthening your relationship.

It doesn’t have to be perfect but we want the dog to happily recall when asked with minimal help.

Once that foundation is there, we can properly condition the e-collar and begin using that as reinforcement instead of the leash to build further reliability.

The e-collar gives us a way to stay connected and communicate off-leash, allowing us to train through real-life situations, maintain a non-negotiable recall all while allowing your dog total freedom off-leash.

The E-Collar is an amazing tool, but it shouldn’t be used before a dog even understands the basic recall command.

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Private Training

“ Behaviour isn’t random, it’s communication. When we learn to listen, real progress begins.”

Packages

Behavior Modification

Investment: $1760 + HST

Includes:

8 lessons

E-collar, Slip lead, prong if needed.

Must be used within 8 months or you forfeit the remaining unused lessons.

This package is for dogs struggling with any type of reactivity, fearful behaviours, resource guarding, aggression and/or anxiety.

Obedience & Off-Leash

Investment: $1320 + HST

Includes:

6 lessons

Any tools we decide to use

This package is for owners who want their dog to have reliable obedience, learn overall essential skills like neutrality in new environments or become fully off leash trained. This program can also help prep for your Canine Good Neighbour test.

Full Puppy Package

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TUCKERED OUT TRAINING

Private Training

“ Behaviour isn’t random, it’s communication. When we learn to listen, real progress begins.”

Packages

Behavior Modification

Investment: $1760 + HST Includes:

8 lessons

​E-collar, Slip lead, prong if needed.

Must be used within 8 months or you forfeit the remaining unused lessons. This package is for dogs struggling with any type of reactivity, fearful behaviours, resource guarding, aggression and/or anxiety.

Obedience & Off-Leash

Investment: $1320 + HST Includes:

6 lessons

Any tools we decide to use

This package is for owners who want their dog to have reliable obedience, learn overall essential skills like neutrality in new environments or become fully off leash trained. This program can also help prep for your Canine Good Neighbour test.

Full Puppy Package

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Investment: $1760 + HST

Includes:

E-collar, Slip lead, prong if needed.

Must be used within 8 months or you forfeit the remaining unused lessons.

This package is for dogs struggling with any type of reactivity, fearful behaviours, resource guarding, aggression and/or anxiety.

Investment: $1320 + HST

Includes: