This is Luna, who I've been working with to build confidence over the last month.
She has made some progress, but yesterday, unfortunately, it was raining, which scares her. Hiding under this table is her safe space. I just sat in there with her with all the doors closed and bio acoustic music on to soothe her.
When a dog shuts down like she does, all we can do is comfort her and try to drown out the sounds that bother her.
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This is Milo, who is 6 months old and was only adopted 1 month ago.
She is very timid and has not been socialised properly to our big wide world. Through doing some calming, she is a lot more confident here.
The owner will work on confidence building, calming, loose lead walking, some free roaming things on a long 10 meter lead, and lots of basic training.
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This is us watching traffic. Tito lives in a retirement village so he isn't exposed to the noise of traffic.
The more things we get a dog used to at this age the less stressed they will be at an older age.
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Tito is going to the vets next week for his vaccination.
It is important that the first time a dog goes to a vet clinic, whether they are a puppy or adult dog, that our first visit is just sitting there with them and giving pats or treats. Tito wouldn't take treats. This shows that there is some stress in his system. In the end, he licked the treat, showing the stress was starting to leave his system.
I will be doing this again on Friday next week prior to his vaccination on the Saturday.
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This is Tito he is 10 weeks old. His owner is older, so I'm doing some desensitisation work with him.
Please DO NOT keep your puppy indoors until their 3rd vaccination. By the time they are 16 weeks old, it is too late to get them used to our big wide world.
Here, we are driving to the vets. He whined a bit in the car, but through speaking to him and having my finger in the crate to play with, he settled quickly.
Just an FYI, I was driving down a side street, no traffic doing 10 km
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My last puppy class with Luna and Artillio. They are now the calmest pups ever.
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This is Frank. Frank is a little scared of unfamiliar people, and he has bad separation anxiety. Frank tried to escape when his owner wasn't home and got stuck under something, where he ended up with a compression injury. The skin on the top of his back died and had to be removed.
While he was in pain, he bit the owners partner when he was touched. They have since moved into a new home and are going to be getting some meds and doing some training, however before being able to do that, the owner went out, and he tried to escape again. This time, he got his head stuck between a gate railing. The partners parents who live down stairs went to help him, and they were bitten.
These two bite scenarios are pain and fear induced. I do not see Frank as an unpredictable dangerous dog. However, the partner and parents are now scared of him. Dogs do not bite out of the blue. there is always a reason behind it.
The owner will be moving out until some training has been done and the right meds are used to help with the separation anxiety.
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This is Koopa. Koopa will run at the tv and bark when seeing or hearing a dog.
He was way more interested in eating than bothering to bark.
The owner will do this multiple times a day, and all his feeds will be done while dogs are barking on the TV. This will create a positive association to the TV and the dogs barking.
Eventually, he will not bother doing it anymore.
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This is Arnold, who has come from a DV home, and he was also abused. He doesn't like it if people shake hands or hug. The owner and her partner can but not visitors. He is also scared when people walk in the home.
He will also go to the ground, and wee when the owners come home.
I am assuming that in his last home, possibly the abuser didn't live there and would come over, and this is why he gets so scared when the owners come home as well.
Here is the training around hugging and shaking hands. Other training will be done for people entering the home. #behaviourtrainer #dogtrainer #dogpsychology #dogtraining #dogempath #puppytraining #behaviourist #emotionscausebehaviour #puppyclass #animalbehaviour #puppytrainer
This is Snowflake and Lucky. Snowflake has full-blown anxiety and is like this 8 hours a day. When she is worked up, she has a cough. The vets have said this is normal behaviour. Well, this is not normal behaviour. Snowflake will need her teeth cleaned, hips checked, heart checked due to the cough and a full blood test including thyroid function and to discuss anxiety medication.
They got me in due to her barking a lot but there are a lot of health things that need to be looked at first.
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Cute 6 month old Lola who at night does a lot of biting. Dogs can bite out of frustration, and one of the biggest ones is being tired. Others are boredom, energy that hasn't been burnt off, they want to play, they are hungry and others. A lot of owners see this and automatically think they need to burn off more energy. However, if the dog has been for a walk or played with for the appropriate amount of time, most of it is lack of sleep. Try giving a licki mat to calm them and then see if they sleep.
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For those not reading the full post, this is after he has been desexed.
This is Bulldog Mack and Great Dane Lilly. Mack had just moved into the home a week ago, and he had a fight with Lilly.
As you can see, Mack has been castrated. Most vets will tell you this swelling is normal in a dog, but it isn't, and it can be prevented. I forwarded the video to my vet friend, and this dog is now going to have to have another surgery tomorrow because the darkened skin area looks to be the start of the tissue dying. The castration was done 2 weeks ago.
If you get your dog castrated ask if it is normal for a lot of swelling to occur. If they say yes, then find someone who says no. The tunica of the scrotum needs to be removed when dogs are castrated and then there will be no swelling. This poor dog now needs a scrotal ablation, which is a way bigger surgery at the new owners expense.
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