Pedal Paws Dog Training & Dog Walking Services

Assessment and first one on one for Thanos this afternoon. We worked on building engagement and confidence out in the environment, loose lead walking, pressure work, going in and out doors nicely and crate training for in house boundaries to help with his separation anxiety, learning to be calm and have an off switch. Super proud of this boy today, he worked super hard and for his first session he smashed it 👊 We also worked on tethering to help with self calming

Stella on her walk and train. This girl has come along way since we first started, I couldn't be more proud of her today. When we first started with Stella she was nervous and anxious of people and the environment, pulled on lead, had no engagement and was reactive towards dogs and certain people, wouldn't take food or touch/jump up on any surfaces We have worked hard on building her confidence, engagement and general obedience with loose lead walking and pressure work. Building her trust and bond with us as her handler's and using toy motivation. Her lead reactivity and working around dogs has improved dramatically and she enjoys going out on her session's 🙌

Working with Jove on his placement with box work. Sit, drop and stand, working on fading out lures and getting positions right so then the commands can overlay fluently. I need a bigger box already 🤣 We then worked on toy motivation, position of where to grab the ball correctly, the difference from a retrieve with give command and out command with impulse control. Toy motivation is great for making training fun and building a bond with your dog, it also makes them work hard for the reward, it's important to also let them win not just always take away. This was about 10 mins of work, in the rain and highly mentally stimulating 👌

Sammy on her walk and train this afternoon. We got super wet and muddy but we had fun doing it, training in all types of weather and proofing her obedience 👌

Moose on his walk and train session today. Over the past few month's Moose has had firm boundaries put in place within the home and with his general obedience. We have been working on his touch intolerance, which you'll see in the end of the clip has come along way, from a dog who hated his head or body being touched or any form of pressure applied to his collar. Today we worked on him getting in and out of the van. Now, Moose has had a bad association with cars due to a surgery, vet visit and pain, which lead him to have a fear of getting into the car, which to the point lead to redirection out of frustration. We have got him onto supplements to help with the inflammation, diet and today was about making it a positive association, but also working through the levels of stress, applying pressure and being uncomfortable, to overcome that fear and look at him go. I'm incredibly proud of this boy today, he has worked super hard and has come along way 😍

Early morning session with Jove on this Sunday and very cold morning 🥶 Brooklyn had a sleep in with Dad today and kept nice and warm 😴🥰 He's getting their with duration and distance, obviously he's still learning and we both make mistakes. So we practise to do better, too both get our places and postures right so we are in sync together, he loves toy play and this motivates him, pushes his drive while also making training fun. Finding a place that is safe and secure to practice off lead to proof his recall as well as his general obedience 👌

Quick early morning session for Jove, then this afternoon we spent some time in the sunshine and watched all the dogs running around in the oval (we where on the outside) It's important to just spend "time" taking in the environment and watching the world go by, spending one on one time, having fun and creating a bond with yourself and your dog. This creates him to be calm in real life situations and not worrying about other dogs or people doing their own thing. Obedience isn't all sit, drop, heel it's also teaching them to be calm, relax, having an off switch and just being a dog and having fun👌

I had a couple of cancellations today so I spent some time with my girl 😍 Brooklyn is nearly 9 this year, so spending quality time together is important, today was just about having fun, enjoying her crazy enthusiasm she gives and enjoying the moment! For most of you that know, Brooklyn use to be reactive and before I started my dog training, I used to avoid other dogs, be nervous and anxious as a handler which didn't help her situation out in the environment. It's been a long journey, time, consistency, patience, working to her thresholds of distance, building her confidence, starting with the basics and hard work! We had days where we had huge wins, days where we got frustrated and days where we just felt defeated or deflated! Is she perfect, we have to ask ourselves what perfect is, whats our end game or goal when it comes to training. Does she do fancy tricks or heel work, No! My goal for Brooklyn was to have general obedience, not be lead reactive or have reactivity around other dogs, be dog neutral and enjoy her time out in the environment, be social with dogs she can be and be less nervous and anxious out in the environment. Have I achieved that, YES, as alot of my reactive clients know as Brooklyn has helped alot of them in sessions as a distraction dog. I always get asked: how many sessions will it take, when will they stop being reactive, they have to get along with other dogs etc. I explain it like this "how long is a piece of string" because it depends on the type of reactivity, triggers, how much time, work and effort your going to put into their training and even after all of that they might not still be social but management is they key and going out for walks you can enjoy without having your dog blowing up! All dogs do not have to get along, it's like humans, do we have to like every person we meet, NO we don't. We need to stop having to higher expectations of what we expect our dog to do, if they don't know any better they can't do

Jove doing some toy motivation this morning, working on get it, impulse control, out command and where to grip the ball correctly. He's still learning but improving each day, he is corrected with ah ah when jumping to grab it before he's command too, so he learns that the command "get it" is his cue.

Baxter on his assessment and first one on one session this morning. What a difference 👏 Baxter's family had tried other trainers, who were positive only based, which had suggested not going out in the environment, not to use any other training tools but a harness, no toys because of his over stimulation and said he was extremely fearful and if all else fails go to a vet behaviourist and perhaps medication. The trainer's also didn't interact with him much and he wouldn't take food. When I turned up today, I didn't see a dog that was fearful, he was just overwhelmed with the environment, who needed structure, the right information on how to use training tools correctly, controlled toy play, building engagement, food motivation and YES he did take food from me and his owner's during today's session. Baxter's owners had got him at 8 months old and he hadn't had much exposure to the environment. Today was all about the basics, marker/release words, building engagement, getting use to leash pressure, loose lead walking and being out in the environment. What an absolute little champion 🏆 I'm so glad his owner's picked me to help with his training journey, their is no way he needs medication, he just needs guidance 🙏

Toy motivation builds engagement and helps with confidence out in the environment. Helps fulfil prey drive as an outlet, gets out built-up stimulation or frustration, teaches impulse control and working on a strong out command. It also makes training fun, builds a bond between you and your dog or as a handler, not to mention a workout for you in the process 😅 Even if I did look like a rag doll in the first clip! Yeah sure it doesn't look pretty or fancy, but what's most important is we both are working together in our sessions, exspecially for Cash who was super nervous in the environment and now he knows I'll keep him safe, he trusts me as his handler. Brooklyn was just having some fun with me while burning off some energy inbetween sessions 👌 And after my day I'm just as knackered as the dog's are 😴🤣

Today's group session's. Working on proofing their obedience around other dogs as a distraction, positive socialisation, being dog neutral, toy motivation, building a bond with the dog's as handler's and having fun in our training sessions. Proofing is what training is all about, so in some of these clips, the dog's break position or as handler's we aren't always perfect and make mistakes too, but this is what training is all about, proofing these skills in a controlled environment and working on it every time we take our dogs out. All of these dogs started with one on one session's with their owner's, had walk and trains and now are working around other dogs in a group 🙌 When they all first started training they ranged from either pulling on lead, no engagement or confidence, lead reactivity, over or under socialised, over excited or over stimulated when seeing or being around another dog, no recall or weren't interested in food or toy motivation. I'm super proud of how far they all have come, the owners putting in the hard work and also to my team as handler's who work so hard with all the dog's we have to pair up and work with out on our sessions 😀 Look at them go 👌

Jove the other day doing some training down at the park, he's growing so fast and is quite the hard little worker 👌

Spending some time with Jove this afternoon 👌 Working on the 3Ds: Duration, Distance, Distractions. We always start with duration, working on holding a sit stay or drop stay, then adding distance, each step at a time and Distractions always come last. As we add each new criteria we make the previous one easier to make the task at hand easy to teach and our goals are more achievable for our dog and then build. Working with no to low levels of Distractions, medium then high. If we can't get our dog to do something with no to low levels of distraction their is no way we can expect them to do it with way too much going on around them, start small, keep it simple and build from their 👌 Working on his recall on long lead to get that consistent turnaround, returning to me with drive and motivation. Recall takes lots and lots of reps (hundreds in fact) on lead before you get anywhere near letting them off the lead!!

Results are in for the competition we ran for the last 2 weeks to say a big thankyou for getting to 1000 followers 😍 Congratulations to our two winners, I'll be contacting you tonight 🏆👏 And a little extra special give away for another client 🥰

Brooklyn, Jove and Cooper 😍 Enjoying the paddock to have a sniff, run, play and a dip in the trough 🥶🐕🐾

Just chilling and watching the world go by 😍 It's not always about obedience, it's about spending quality time, learning to be calm in the environment and creating a bond between you and your dog 👌

Jove went out with Aunty Hayley today 😍 He went for his first proper grooming session, got to hang out with his best mate Boomer and socialize with a couple of other dogs. I had a very happy boy, who is now tired and fast asleep 😴 A massive thankyou to Hayley and Shannon for having Jove today, what a great experience being in a different environment, being around other people, multiple handler's and exposure with other dogs. If you're looking for an amazing Groomer, I highly recommend Shannons Dog Grooming 🐕

Miss Brooklyn working on the middle command, she always gives it 💯 😍

Jove doing some training yesterday. Working on placement work, back end awareness, kickback stands and working on his movement and positions for heel, getting his focus, body and head in the right place and impulse control with the ball. Now he's still learning, it will look messy, we both will make mistakes, this will take alot of time, consistency, repetitions and work, but I'm happy with how he's coming along, he's a hard little worker and gives it everything he's got!