Mandi Johnston

@mandijohnston

🏜Northern Nevada 🇺🇸 ⛓️APBT Shadow von Makazi 💚RATM, UL-2 TL-1, VU-B, UC1-5I, ULC-1 🐀 Owner of @reno_rats
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I have 0 swag. He’s all my swag. 😂🫠 💚🖤 📸: @ashlynandpaws #apbt #pitbull #sportdog #renodogtraining #dogtraining #dogsports #psak9 #protectionsports #psa #battlebornk9 #bless
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9 months ago
“When your dog knows you more than you know yourself Your dog knows what’s in your heart in a way that’s hard to explain. It’s not just sensing your emotions—they feel the deeper parts of you, the things you don’t say. They know your quiet hopes, the worries you keep tucked away, and the weight of what lingers inside. They’re not just responding to the energy you show the world—they’re tuned into the unspoken things, the unexpressed emotions. They pick up on your smallest movements, sensing when your heart feels lighter or heavy. And through it all, they stay, not because they understand every detail, but because they understand enough. In their own way, they hold space for everything inside you—the love, the pain, the uncertainty. They know what’s in your heart because they live in it too.” - @rmdrk 📸: @hollyfaulkphoto
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1 year ago
🖤 📸: @hollyfaulkphoto
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1 year ago
It’s finally here, the rebrand I’ve been waiting for. ❤️ I began this journey as partnership, but in the end the passion was mine. Now it’s time to pay ado to my hard earned education and commitment to this industry with something uniquely me. Meet Finesse K9. Refined, Skilled, Tactical Proud to say this rebrand was a group affair. My beloved club members whom I happily consider family all had a part in this. From the namesake itself, to the final vote, and to the making of the logo. This was a team effort, because I am no one without my supportive village ❤️ Design by: @mandijohnston (thank you girl for your hard work on this and your more importantly your patience with my perfectionism 😂) Onwards and Upwards 🔝
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1 day ago
When they give you everything you have to get used to also giving them everything. Your relationship with your dog isn’t worth shit if it’s one sided. Shadow and I enjoyed some desert flowers, new holes to dig in, and a Polaris ride today. I had fun just watching him be a dog. Love this boy. 🖤
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20 days ago
Shadow doing some bungee work with @jason_epp tonight at club. We are working on that gripppp 💪🏼 📍 : @a_new_era_is_being_born_ 🥷: @jason_epp
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21 days ago
I spent the good portion of the morning with my mom at @raptor_adventures_ with Kathleen. Amazing experience. 🦉🦅 idk you guys should I get into falconry…? 👀
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23 days ago
Shadow dancing the dance with @atwd.kennels at the @blueoakworkingdogs workshop last weekend. Hosted by @a_new_era_is_being_born_ . Thanks Tino for all the work and @theshepherdworx for your insights and watchful eye. Can we talk about I wanted to work grips and this boy in there DEEEEEEEP 💪🏼 🥹🙏 📍: @a_new_era_is_being_born_ & @blueoakworkingdogs & @theshepherdworx 🥷: @atwd.kennels 📸: @kismetk9media
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24 days ago
Shadow with @atwd.kennels at the @blueoakworkingdogs workshop last weekend. Thank you to Tino and Amanda for taking the time to come to Reno and hangout. We had so much fun and we appreciate the work! 📍: @a_new_era_is_being_born_ 📸: @kismetk9media
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25 days ago
Idk where I found this. Somewhere in the @kismetk9media archives. @southpaw_k9_coaching this past October. 🖤💚🤩
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1 month ago
Thanks @boooshank for working my boy on our way to vacay. Sweet pit stop visiting your field and picking your brain. Always a good time. We hope to see you again soon. 🫡🖤
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1 month ago
Today was your first time seeing the ocean. You didn’t know it, you just thought it was a really big lake. I watched you explore it with so much joy, and I found myself quietly tearing up. Getting to share a “first” like that with you… it meant more to me than you’ll ever understand. Someone commented on your white muzzle this weekend, and it hit me, our “firsts” together aren’t endless. They’re finite. And that makes moments like this even more sacred. I hope every new place, every new experience, feels as big and exciting to you as this one did. I hope this life you have is everything you could ever want it to be. I’m just so grateful I get to be the one beside you for it. You’ve given me more than I could ever put into words, more comfort, more purpose, more love than I knew I needed. And I hope, somehow, you feel even a fraction of that in return.
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1 month ago