As many of you may know, herding dog training is a fun and exciting way to work with your dog. Herding training can be done with a number of different dog breeds, including; Border Collies, Rough Collies, Australian Cattle dogs, German Shepherds, Belgian Malinois and many other breeds as well. We recently put together [...]

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Highland Canine Training offers intensive and highly educational schools for dog trainers. Our programs teach students innovative methods of training dogs and gives our students everything they need to start their own dog training business. We offer training courses for basic dog obedience, advanced dog obedience, a Canine Training and Behavior Modification Professionals Course to [...]

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Handling a dog for search and rescue groups, organizations, or departments is a very rewarding experience but please note that it is also a responsibility not only in training your dog but actually performing as a team. Being on the other end of the leash is not just a walk through the woods; handlers [...]

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Several times per week I receive a phonecall from someone wanting to purchase a personal protection dog, however, they want to begin with a puppy. They typically want the puppy to be 8-9 weeks old at the time of purchase and they later want the dog to be a protection dog for their home [...]

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ighland Canine Training will hold a Police K-9 Decoy Seminar, hosted by the Graham County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina on March 22-24, 2010.
Proper decoy skills are essential to the success and productivity of police patrol dogs when working in the field. Inadequate decoy skills and use of improper equipment and techniques [...]

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Huge congratulations to our past students Ruby and Shannon for winning First and Second Place at the Charlotte, NC A.K.C. Agility Trials held October 10th and 11th 2009. Ruby scored 100 out of 100 points and 91 out of 100 points which gave her 2 qualifying runs in Standard Course. Ruby took [...]

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Only two more days until the October 10th Canine Good Citizen Test. I want to wish all of our dogs the best of luck. Good Luck GiGi, Mona and Dixie (the Matthews location dogs) and good luck to all of the Harmony location dogs also.
I look forward to presenting you with your certificates and [...]

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ighland Canine Training is offering group classes in Mooresville, NC again this fall. Group Classes will be held at the Humane Society of Iredell located at 110 Robinson Road in Mooresville, NC beginning on Saturday, November 14th, 2009. Each class lasts for about an hour.
Agility for Fun Class 11:30 p.m. – 12:30 [...]

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