I have lived with Shepherds pretty much my whole life. I just love their style. They are easy to train, loyal and they come equipped with a built in security system. I have spent many nights sleeping soundly in the backcountry with my dogs knowing that if I NEEDED to be awake - they would sound the alarm. At 4am on June 29th 2017 that particular security system was tested... June 29th, 2017 was an important day for a lot of reasons. It was my wife's birthday. It was also her

**STARTING THIS FEBRUARY*** Kicking off the RYP Bite Club! Goal for the club will be to get together weekly to work K9s in drive development and bite work. Perhaps in the future the club may angle towards PSA but for now it will just be a fun time for dedicated dog owners looking to do something fun and exciting with their K9.Openings in bite club are reserved for those that have completed a RYP foundational obedience program. If you are interested in hearing more about bite

NEW TRAINING DIGS! RYP is excited to announce our new location and training facility! We needed room to expand so we jumped across the valley and over the river landing in a beautiful location that boasts a temperature controlled facility, fenced in acreage and a 'backyard' that includes miles of prime Montana backcountry...a lovely stage for working K9s... Tomorrow the doors officially open and the roster is stacked with a full house of K9s in for different levels of trainin

Liesel Weapon is a sleeve biting, man tracking, scent detecting, obedience rocking, badass little German Shepherd. She (and I) literally eat, breathe and sleep training (she actually has yet to eat food out of a bowl…it all comes from training). Now 6 months old, this 36 pound lean, mean (but actually really nice) fur missile is well on her way to becoming a 'super dog'. Thursday Oct 13th we are embarking on a journey. For 2 weeks we will be trading the mountains of Western M

I saw this video awhile back… I thought…ok that’s pretty badass. I want to train my next shep to do that. Now, I am by no means ‘tactically’ trained like the gentlemen in the video above, but I still think the notion of having a dog with obedience/bitework control paired with a firearm in this manner is pretty slick. Liesel Weapon has therefore been learning the ‘Stealth’ command. Essentially it is a modified attention heel between my legs. To illustrate her progress see be

Liesel Weapon : WEEK 6 of the Top Tier K9 working dog puppy imprinting program. Distance, duration and distractions were added this week as Liesel continues to improve on her obedience, nosework, tracking and bitework. She has also started seeing more of the world as a trail running, atv riding, river swimming GSD! This dog is fearless... #dogtraining #dogtrainingmissoulamontana #germanshepherd #workingdog #workingdogintraining #missoulamontanadogtrainer

Run Your Pack is excited to announce our new ‘Wilderness Immersion’ board and train package. What does this mean for your dog? Well, in a nutshell, it means that you, the human, may just be jealous about where your dog gets to stay while they are being trained… Set back in a secluded setting in the mountains of western Montana: your dog will get 1 on 1 training and care while they run in the woods, drink from a fresh mountain creek and sleep right in the trainer’s home: a pea

Liesel Weapon : WEEK 3 of the Top Tier K9 working dog puppy imprinting program. 11 weeks old, this little pistol continues to amaze me. She LOVES to work and i'd be lying if I said I wasn't having the time of my life hanging with this little lady all day... #dogtraining #dogtrainingmissoulamontana #dogtrainer #missoulamontanadogtrainer #germanshepherd #workingdog #puppy #runyourpack

She's lean, she's mean and she's learning FAST!!! #Workingdog #dogtrainer #missoula #dogtrainingmissoulamontana #runyourpack #germanshepherd