Bordergemz

08/08/2024

Can highly recommend to anyone interested!

30/07/2024

Feed up time on the farm with some of the crew ❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾

19/07/2024

Smooches and soaking in the sun with this fella, Tor!☀️💋❤️🐾

16/07/2024

As always, excellent information from The Pet Girl!

⚠️ “𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱?!”

😅 I can not tell you how many times over the past 5 weeks a random member of the public has stopped me to inform me that my puppy is not fully vaccinated. I mean, I book the appointments, so really you’d think I should know 😉

😏 Let me tell you why I don’t really care.

🧠 A puppy’s first critical learning window is from the age of 3-16 weeks. During this time, they are making rapid and lasting associations between themselves and the big wide world around them.

❗️It is vitally important that we expose our puppy to a variety of novel sights/sounds/situations within this window of development in a fun and positive manner.

😱 For puppies that have negative experiences at this age, the lesson learnt will most likely be permanent and have an impact on future behaviour.

➡️ The best way to create confidence and avoid teaching your puppy to be overly excited by everyone around them, is to practice indirect exposure.

👀 This means going places where they can watch people and other dogs without meeting them face to face.

✅ As they watch the things going on around them you should be marking and rewarding them for calm behaviour.

🎈 The best experiences involve brief positive exposure to something new - sound/place/sight/sensation etc.

🏠 You don’t always have to leave your house to practice positive exposure.

💡You can set up a puppy safe obstacle in your backyard.

🎶 Play the soundproof puppy app during play and/or meal times.

🕵🏻‍♂️Have a friend or family member dress up in something strange.

👉🏽 You’re only limited to your imagination, but remember to keep these experiences brief and positive.

🎥 I have shared a stack of Maggie’s exposure experiences.

😬 At all of the places we have gone, my puppy was not riddled with canine cough or parvovirus.

🦠 One of the main reasons people avoid taking their puppy out until it has had its final vaccinations, is due to the fear that the puppy will contract a deadly disease.

💉 Don’t get me wrong, disease prevention should be a serious consideration, but when we act with common sense these risks can be managed.

✅ 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘵

Your vet will be the one that is on top of outbreaks in your area. Ask them directly if they know of any suburbs that are best avoided at that time.

✅ 𝘈𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴

The dog park is an obvious one, but many public parks and ovals are probably being regularly used by dog owners. Depending on the local conditions, parvovirus can live in soiled areas for anywhere from a few months to a year.

✅ 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘴

Ensure your puppy receives the appropriate vaccinations at the right times for their development. If unsure, consult with your vet.

✅ 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺.

Your puppy can still have valuable experiences from your arms. If you are out with your puppy and unsure whether it is safe, carry them.

🤒 While physical health may seem a more immediate concern for our puppies, we cannot forget that long term behaviour problems can also wind up having deadly consequences for some dogs.

👉🏽 Early positive exposure training during a puppy’s critical period is very important for their developing minds and future behaviour.

𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁.

➡️ The word socialisation gets thrown around a lot when talking about puppies.

🐕🐕 For many pet owners it conjures images of dogs playing with other dogs. For this reason I generally refer to early critical training as positive exposure experiences instead.

🙅🏽‍♀️ In all the places we visited, not once did I encourage Maggie to interact with other random dogs we encountered.

🐩 She has only ever met familiar dogs that we know and can control.

🤕 Not only are there big risks for disease transmission from dog to dog, but there is also the potential that your puppy could have a negative social experience.

🏠 When your puppy first comes home there should be a heavy focus on creating new and novel experiences, including taking them to places where they can safely view the world and all of the weird and wonderful things in it.

💪🏽 Bolstering our dogs genetically inherited traits with good training is super important.

🧠 We should be considering the effects of nature and nurture, rather than constantly asking ourselves which of the two is more important.

🙌🏽 Giving your puppy a variety of early positive experiences gives them the best chance at developing into an adult that will have the kind of mental resiliency to navigate the human world with minimal stress.

#𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞

14/07/2024

I decided to ask Gem what you get if you cross a sheepdog with a flower? A collie-flower!
This was her reaction 😂❤️🐾

07/07/2024

The gorgeous Mac enjoying one of his mill sessions at Woofer Wagon - Mobile Doggy Gym. Loves it! ❤️🐾

26/06/2024

Tor recently had a holiday over at his son Linus’ farm. Here they are enjoying a swim in the dam, ain’t that sweet!? Father and son, precious ❤️🤷🏼‍♀️❤️🐾

21/06/2024

Kip and Bella! The cutest pair of farm doggo’s you’ve ever seen! 😍❤️🐾❤️🐾

16/06/2024

I got to spend a bit of time over the past weekend with Percy and Jaedi at The National Canine Academy’s Lifesaver Seminar - Jason Vasconi Transform My Dog. Here he is enjoying a reward after some tracking training. What a super star! ❤️🐾

10/06/2024

Crate Training;
Here at Bordergemz we believe Crate Training is super important. Why?
Well lets think about some of the places or situations where your dog may need to be in or utilise one,
-Before and after surgery at the vet
-When required for post injury care
-At the grooming salon, waiting their turn or waiting for you to collect
-In a state of emergency like floods or fire
-At dog sports, shows, trials and seminars
-During car travel
-On Domestic or Interstate flights
-For his/her own safety
Crates can also be used in the case of going on holidays where the accommodation you are booked into require it and for when you go to a camping ground. It can be great for toilet training too as dogs don’t like to soil their ‘den’ and therefore learn to hold on. We like to familiarise our litters to a crate while still in our care. We use a crate to travel our pups in on the adventures we take them on and to vet appointments. We will use crates to separate them at feed times should it be required and sometimes they get to sleep in a crate at nighttime too. This is a snippet of one of our pups from our last litter. He is 10 weeks of age in this video and 100% relaxed about the time he needed to be in a crate on a journey.

07/06/2024

This ⬇️👍

🤔 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗢𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲?

Most people are making an attempt to make sure their puppy is well socialised. However often this word can be misinterpreted and lead to a puppy being over socialised in some areas, and under socialised in others.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙉𝙊𝙏
Meeting a lot of people and dogs in order to create a "social" dog.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙎
Careful exposure to the big wide world with a focus on creating positive experiences that make your dog feel confident in the environment or in you as their guide.

👉️ Sociability (meaning a tolerance of and interest in other individuals in a social context) has a huge genetic component. For sure, experiences will shape your dogs sociability, but this is a complex topic, and by providing lots of social interactions with little to not control of the outcome at an early age will in no way guarantee the outcome that you want.

𝘚𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦?
You should be seeking out new experiences for your dog to have all the way through their puppy phase. Exactly what these experiences are will be dog dependent.

Uncertainty in the initial stages is fine. But you want to avoid allowing your puppy to feel over whelmed or fearful.

Interest in the environment is not a bad thing. But part of your outings should be about your puppy focussing their attention on you and finding value in what you can provide.

🚫 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬. This has limited benefits from an exposure point of view after the first couple of times and is likley teaching your puppy to pull on the leash.

✅️ 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴.

𝗚𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸. Start at a distance from the things your puppy might find distracting or scary. Play with your puppy. Move closer and repeat. Leave when your puppy is feeling good about themselves and where they are.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 for dinner, take your puppy and arrive 10 minutes early. Spend some time exploring the dark street and feed your puppy their dinner while they are there.

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗳𝗲 and let your puppy sit and watch the world go by as you have your coffee. Ask people not to approach so your puppy can practice just letting people pass them by.

🐶 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

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🐾 If you have a new puppy and want to learn more about proper puppy socialisation and exposure, we offer a 5 session private program aimed to guide you through the early stage of raising your dog.

💻️ Get in contact via our website www.adaptivek9.com.au for more information

01/06/2024

L👀k!!! Kip and Bella, day 1 meet n greet v now at 5months 😍❤️🐾

29/05/2024

Beautiful Linus! Well one can’t be a little angel all the time! Apparently the fishpond needed a clean out 😆😜❤️🐾

24/04/2024

Lest we forget

24/04/2024

Tilly’s go to spot after her walks with her family, don’t think she minds water! 💦 ❤️🐾

11/04/2024

Gorgeous Tilly! Also getting out and about socially with her family. Sweet girl ❤️🐾

07/04/2024

L👀k at Perseus! Jaedi has been taking him out and about to build his confidence around new and novel things. Exposure done right while pups are still young can set them up to be confident when they come across other new and different situations in their lives. Great job team, love it! Another video in comments 😊❤️🐾

02/04/2024

Life on the farm! Young Kip on feed up rounds. Good work mate! 🐴🐄🐾❤️

31/03/2024

Please enjoy this video of Percy learning the “Give” command with his owner Jaedi, what a super star he is! ⭐️ ❤️🐾

31/03/2024

Have a happy Easter Sunday everyone 🐣🐾

29/03/2024

Another fantastic post from The Pet Girl, good solid advice!

🤪 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴?

🤔 You might hear that engaging your dog in play such as chase, fetch, tug and wrestling will teach your dog some bad habits and turn them into predators.

🤸🏻‍♀️ The ‘logic’ is that the dog is unable to understand context, and as a result may take to pulling washing off the line, chasing cats, or children etc or, the age old thought, it will make them dominant.

😳 Hahah I know. Sounds ridiculous. BUT there are still well known trainers actually teaching people this and if you are new to training dogs, these all sound pretty convincing.

☝🏽 So, firstly, I’d go so far as to say that play is ESSENTIAL in a well adjusted dog’s life. Play doesn’t only exist in the realm of toys, it can mean many things. But for the purposes of this post, let’s talk about 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆.

🔑 The key is to ensure the dog understands their play window of opportunity.

💪🏽 Structured play is a fantastic reward system, it builds confidence and relationship and it is a seriously awesome outlet for conflict as it taps into a dog’s natural desires and drives.

🪟 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 ‘𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆’:

👉🏽 The biggest challenge for a lot of dogs is that they usually aren’t quite sure when the game is over. To help your dog understand context, follow these simple guidelines:

✅ Always initiate with a cue such as “are you ready?” or “do you want to play?” This makes it very clear to your dog when the opportunity to play in this manner is on the table, rather than leaving it up to them to decide how and when play starts.

✅ Have a clearly defined area on the toy that is the target bite zone. If at any stage your dog starts bringing the game to close to your hands, the play stops.

✅ Teach a give command so that you can get the toy off your dog without creating bad habits. You can even do a trade.

✅ Have an end cue such as “finished” to let your dog know when the game is over.

👉🏽 Some dogs will try to push for the game to continue if they feel they have not yet had enough. An end cue lets us teach the dog that the game is done, and they need to settle down. Without it, the dog will often continue to pester you in the hopes the play will resume. I typically follow a play session with a KONG to bring my dog’s arousal back to base camp.

🐇 You might be asking, does playing with my dog encourage their predatory drive and will this be redirected onto inappropriate things like cats or children?

❌ The answer is no. If your dog has a strong inclination to tap into their predatory drive, suppressing this won’t leave you in a better position. In fact, you may start to see this behaviour manifest in other inappropriate ways; such as reactivity.

💫 The goal is to find appropriate ways to satisfy and biologically fulfill your dog; not suppress and attempt to shut down their natural hardwired behaviours.

💛 So please, go out, play with your dogs. Don’t believe old school, outdated information. When we know better, we do better.

22/03/2024

Good information

😱 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 “𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱”?

➡️ Have you noticed that your puppy or young dog wakes up and is noticeably less confident than the day before? Perhaps something they have been okay with, is suddenly super spooky?

🐕 A “fear period” is a normal part of puppy development. The first fear imprint period generally occurs between 8-11 weeks and then between 6-14 months there can be further periodic fear periods.

🚫 Unfortunately, fear periods can vary from dog to dog in timing, length and intensity, which is why they are super unpredictable and often come without warning.

➡️ Typical behaviour may include being skittish, reacting to objects that have never caused an issue before, uncertainty, worrying about normal routines, refusing to move, being noticeable distressed.

🫶🏽 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?

🥰 The first thing you can do is be super mindful during this time and not be unrealistic about your expectations of your dog.

✅ Set your dog up for success and avoid unpredictable situations during this time.

☝🏽Build confidence to novelty early, so your puppy seeks it out rather than be startled by it.

🖐🏽 Don’t over do it if your dog is afraid of something. Help them through it by marking and rewarding small amounts of confidence and leaving on a high.

🎓 Attend a kick arse puppy school that teaches you how to navigate your puppy’s critical period of development with a focus on confidence building.

➡️ If in doubt, hire a professional trainer to assist with your puppy’s development. It’s important to preserve your puppy’s confidence at all costs during this critical time.

🥸 Did your puppy have an odd reaction to something during a fear period?

😳 V***n did. She decided a little old Asian man, wearing a sombrero, minding his own business on Burleigh Hill, during the peak time where everyone was enjoying the sunset, was a lovely time to alert everyone that he was there and let me know that she was not okay with it. 😬

16/03/2024

Have you ever seen anything so delightful!? Linus being introduced to the extended family, I think these two hit it off really well. Firm friends for life I’d say! ❤️🐾

16/03/2024

Een, off on his next life adventure with Rod and Susan. So quite without the seven now! We are thrilled with all the pups fur-ever homes. Keep us updated families, we love to hear their stories ❤️🐾

15/03/2024

Ahw! Tilly! Loving life with her family 💗🐾. Have posted gorgeous video in comments too

14/03/2024

Een (pronounced Ian) means ‘One’ in the Afrikaans language. We started calling little top boy this recently as it was easier but also about time he had a proper name! And he was the last one left! Well he has found his fur-ever home and I believe is keeping his name! That’s 3 of the pups that have kept their names we gave them! Love it! Happy adventures ahead gorgeous Een! 💙🐾

13/03/2024

***He has found his fur-ever family to love*** Thank you all who shared 🙏❤️🐾

11/03/2024

Meet Perseus everyone! (aka Big Top Boy). On Saturday Percy joined Jaedi and Connor’s family. We are so honoured that one of our babies has gone to be a part of a Dog Trainers life, Jaedi is a Trainer at The Canine Classroom. Onwards and upwards young Percy, look forward to hearing all about your future adventures!

11/03/2024

For those around the Gympie area who may benefit. Can highly recommend Adaptive K9!!

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10/03/2024

I spent the day with this little chap, our day started with being around horse activity followed by another visit to Bunnings. We then took a walk at Alford Park Duckponds but no pics as we got caught in the rain! He is just adorable and still available!