Delightful Dogs

Just found out that Delightful Dogs won Gold (2nd Place) for the Pet Training Category in the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Votes for 2026! 🥳 Thank you to all who voted for us. Your support is truly appreciated and heartfelt! 🥰

Voting is open for your favourite local business. Very honoured that we were nominated in the Pet Training category. Thank you everyone for your support! 🥰🐾💞

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🐕 SPRING CHECK-UP SEASON IS HERE 🐕

Spring vet visits are the perfect time to have some important conversations with your vet. Have you asked about titers vs boosters? Or whether your pup really needs all those annual vaccines?

Here's the thing: over-vaccinating can do more harm than good. This spring, consider requesting annual wellness bloodwork and 4Dx testing for your dog. It's all about supporting long-term health and making informed decisions for your fur baby.

Head to our blog to dive deeper into what you should be asking your vet this season. Your pup will thank you! 🐾

Delightful Dogs will be closed for the Winter from December 12, 2025 – March 29, 2026.

Online class enrollment form submissions will be followed up on during our closure and all other inquiries will be returned on March 30th.

For more information such as classes, schedules, links, private training options or to enroll in an upcoming spring class, visit our website at: www.delightfuldogs.net

For training behaviour tips or advice, visit the resources page on our website or do a keyword search on this business page.

*Business Will Return To Normal Hours Again March 30th, 2026*

❄️ Wishing you a Safe and Wonderful Winter Season! ❄️

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💯THIS!!

Love this! I feel like I say these exact words multiple times a day. I even have a NO jar (like a swear jar) at the training hall!

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TW: animal abuse
If a dog trainer does any of these things and calls it “training”, they’re wrong. It’s animal abuse.
All of these actions infringe upon three of the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare, the international standard for animal welfare, which animal welfare laws are premised on:

-Freedom from pain, injury, or disease
-Freedom from discomfort
-Freedom from fear and distress
Legislation and regulation haven’t caught up with the dog training industry yet, so unless a trainer kills (yes, it happens) or severely neglects or injures a dog, then they generally walk away with no repercussions.
Dogs are sentient, meaning they can suffer and feel physical pain and mental distress. So please keep educating, keep talking with decision-makers, keep reporting trainers who use these methods to the authorities, keep showing the world that there are humane methods of training. Our dogs deserve it.