Dougal is here for his day of day school. He is 5 months old.
A strong conditioned response to the success marker, is step one in training. If your dog doesnโt respond to their marker like this - start here. Training behaviours can (and should) wait.
Not sure about markers or conditioning? DM me, I can help โ
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Every day, we get to decide how we feed our dogs.
โ Free feeding is a missed opportunity
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Use your dogโs daily food allowance for training activities to:
๐ต Build value in food as a reinforcer
๐ง Mentally challenge and fulfil your dog
๐ Spend fun, quality time together
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@adaptivek9 this didnโt take long at all ๐
โ๏ธ Weather by SEQLD summer
๐ Leash by @einzweck - my all time fave, the slippy clippy
๐Attire by a middle aged dog trainer who has at this point, entirely given up on looking presentable.
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โ๏ธWhat to do with a house full of dogs on another scorcher of a summerโs day?
๐ฝReadyโฆ..search!!
We love scentwork for dogs! Hunting and searching is innately reinforcing for our canine companions. Training scent work is also great for developing your dogโs self confidence and independence, building resilience and can foster a clear headed, almost meditative mindsetโฆ..looking at you, drivey working dogs ๐
Scent work is beneficial for every dog. If you are local the Sunshine Coast area, contact @utilitydogk9 or @ultimate_k9 to get started training with your dog.
Featuring:
Gary the Border Collie @leadingk9
Quinn the Border Collie @adaptivek9
Zee the GSD x Staffy @utilitydogk9
Rhu the Border Collie @garyandrhu
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Working through reactive behaviours with your dog is no small feat. We need to address the emotion behind the behaviours, guide our dog to make better choices, and do a huge amount of work on ourselves to be a calm, confident support to them.
Alfie is still on the journey but has come a long, long way. This a short snippet from our session today. Alfie has never seen Zeek (our trainer dog) before. He made great choices in our session today, worked hard to regulate himself and make good choices, and received fantastic support from both of his handlers.
Alfie hasnโt been this close to a dog in 12 months. I couldnโt be more proud of his efforts today, and how well he relaxed into the session. Amazing job Team Alfie ๐
@peppa_and_alfie_
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Rhu loves to run! Back in her happy place, rebuilding fitness after rehabbing a back injury. I love this little dog, and her speed slobber ๐
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Reggie is an anxious fella. Weโve been trying to work out our session structure to best reach our training goals. This is the second time Iโve set up the session like this, and I think we are onto the winning formula. Most of these concepts are fairly new to Reggie and Iโm excited to see how we progress together in the coming weeks.
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๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป
๐๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ-๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ:
๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐๐ก - ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐?
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๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ?
โ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐?
โก๏ธ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฆ.
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โ๏ธOngoing confidence development is important! I am a big believer in helping dogs be the best version of themselves. A large part of this is maximising confidence - teaching a dog to believe in themselves and their own abilities.
๐ฐ Low general confidence underpins a wide range of problematic or undesirable behaviours seen in dogs, and impedes our dogโs ability to navigate, and relate to, the world they live in.
๐ค There are a wide range of options available for building confidence in your dog, and I like to continue this work ongoing. In this video, Cornelius is working on interacting with his environment in a way that empowers him. Corny is a sweet soul but can feel the pressure of his environment, and be reluctant to navigate different obstacles and surfaces.
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Here we are creating achievable wins for Corndog. I want him to ๐ก๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐-๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ
๐ I look for opportunities to support Cornelius with his confidence building every time we are out together. As a result, he is becoming increasingly relaxed in his environment and, with his generalised confidence level lifting, we have indirectly improved his dog reactivity (this is only part of our approach to tackling this).
Great to get back into it with Enzo and his human Jas after the Christmas break. Enzo had a lot of opportunity to hang out with dogs that he has a relationship with over the holidays, and he had the best time โค๏ธ
Today we worked some setups using Enzoโs lovely obedience around Gary, in muzzle. The muzzle adds a layer of stress for Enzo, Jas is a trooper and is working hard at his conditioning to this tool.
Enzo worked beautifully today, Iโm so proud of this team and their relentless hard work ๐
Benjamin doing an excellent job walking on a loose leash around distractions ๐ซ
Need help with your dogโs leash manners? Get in touch ๐
