DOG TRAINING OFFERED IN-PERSON AND ONLINE

Our dog training services are delivered in almost any format that meets your needs.  We have GROUP CLASSES at our indoor and outdoor facilities on our farm,  ONLINE LIVE STREAMING classes, and SELF-PACED VIDEO-BASED training through our Online Dog Training Course.  Our PRIVATE TRAININGS can be done in-home, outside, in public dog-friendly locations, at our facility on our farm, online via phone or video conferencing and through email.

IN THIS ISSUE

ISSUE # 182  September 2025

Training For My Dog: September 2025: Paws Up! Adventures in Dog Parkour:  Dog Parkour Class with a Chihuahua mix, a Lab and an Old English Sheepdog | Zooka < 4 months old climbing on a tree stump at Snow Mountain Ranch | Demo of Parkour Skills and Giving Your Dog Choices | Video of Dog Parkour Class with a Greyhound, Lab mix and a Golden Doodle | Dog Parkour with Zooka & Blitzen
Just For Fun: August 2025 Pics
Calendar: Classes and Events Schedule

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TRAINING FOR MY DOG

Dog parkour is all about turning the world into your dog’s playground. From city benches to mountain stumps, every obstacle is a chance to build strength, confidence, and teamwork. In this issue, meet the pups who are leaping, balancing, and climbing their way through parkour—each with their own style and story.

Quick Bites

  • Any Dog Can Do Parkour. Big or small, young or old—parkour can be tailored to every dog’s size, age, and confidence level. Start where your dog is comfortable and build up gradually.
  • Start Small, Build Confidence. Begin with easy obstacles like curbs, stumps, or low benches. Even simple challenges help dogs gain muscle, coordination, and courage.
  • Let Your Dog Choose. Encourage but don’t force. Give your dog the freedom to try, skip, or offer a different behavior—rewarding the effort builds trust and resilience.
  • Make Fitness Fun. Parkour strengthens balance, core muscles, and body awareness, but dogs think it’s just play. Consistent practice keeps both body and mind sharp.
  • Turn Walks Into Adventures. Every walk is an opportunity—urban or rural. With creativity, a curb, a log, or a stairway becomes a training tool and confidence booster.

Catch our upcoming Dog Parkour class at The Light Dog Farm. See our schedule below for days and times

INFOGRAPHICS

rules for playing tug with your dog

OTHER FUN STUFF WE DID

CALENDAR

Upcoming Classes in Highlands Ranch

Our Saturday & Tuesday evening classes are held outdoors at various locations, typically within close proximity to Santa Fe and C-470.

  • Polite Pooches in Public:  Tuesdays 6:00 pm, new class 9/16 (FULL)

Upcoming Classes at The Light of Dog Farm

  • Puppy Preschool:  Sundays 1:15 pm, rolling enrollment
  • Basic Training: Sundays, 2:30 pm; new class 8/24
  • Juvenile Delinquents:  Sundays 3:45 pm, new class 8/24
  • Intermediate Training: Sundays 12:00 pm, new class 8/24
  • Dog Parkour: Sundays 10:45 am, new class 8/24
  • Dogs Unleashed!: Sundays, contact us if you are interested!
  • Therapy Dog Class: Sundays, contact us if you are interested!

Click here for our complete group class & events schedule with available spaces.

Upcoming Events at The Light of Dog Farm

WHO IS THE LIGHT OF DOG

About Us

The “Kids”
Zooka (Vizsla) joined us in July 2019. Current jobs are: entertaining our visiting dogs; being the demo dog at classes as needed; being a “neutral” dog for dog-reactive private training client sessions; providing content for blog posts; helping keep Blitzen in shape and out of trouble; being patient with his brother Blitzen. Blitzen (Vizsla) joined us in December 2020.  Current jobs are: wearing out visiting dogs; being a “neutral” dog for dog-reactive private training client sessions; providing content for blog posts; working on finding his “zen”.

Wife & Husband
Sue Brown, behavior consultant, dog trainer and writer extraordinaire and Eddie Soehnel, dog products, farm manager and the techie.

The Light of Dog Farm
We live and operate from 14-acres in Sedalia, where we have indoor and outdoor facilities for training and boarding, fenced private dog park rental and a USDA-licensed kitchen for dog food products, We grow using regenerative agriculture and free-range our chickens in protected spaces.


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