K9 Instinct

K9 Instinct Building better dog/human relationships. Behaviour mod, lifeskills, OB, sport, puppy raising, film/tv
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๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ!This past month has been one of some lovely wins in...
04/11/2024

๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ!
This past month has been one of some lovely wins in both Rally and Agility for some of my personal dogs. But theyโ€™re now on summer break from trials. Although this doesnโ€™t mean their training stops. With the warm weather weโ€™ll be focusing on obedience positions, trick training and scent work inside under the aircon ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!Our last puppy class for the year is starting Tuesday the 12th of November at  ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜. Open to...
03/11/2024

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

Our last puppy class for the year is starting Tuesday the 12th of November at ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜.
Open to puppies 8 - 16 weeks of all breeds.
Use the link below to secure your spot โฌ‡๏ธ

https://k9instinct.as.me/schedule/b7628c3d/category/Group%2520Classes/appointment/70367955/calendar/7771137

๐Ÿ• Are you a supporter of IGP or Mondioring? Perhaps youโ€™re still learning about the sports? Help us out and take a minut...
27/10/2024

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๐Ÿ›‘๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†? ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚! โคตTeamwork is the main focus. Throughout a Rally course, you can talk to...
21/10/2024

๐Ÿ›‘๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†? ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚! โคต

Teamwork is the main focus. Throughout a Rally course, you can talk to your dog to encourage and praise it, making it a great starting sport for those new to obedience.

Over 5 weeks you'll learn the rules and requirements for Rally Novice, the signs and positions, how to navigate the courses and refine your skills with a mock trial.

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™’๐™š๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š 30th ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Š๐™˜๐™ฉ should there be enough interest we'll open up a second date.

๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ โคต

https://k9instinct.as.me/schedule/b7628c3d/appointment/69836791/calendar/7771137

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€โ„๏ธ Cooler weather means we can really pick up the pace and co...
02/07/2024

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€

โ„๏ธ Cooler weather means we can really pick up the pace and cover some ground.
Less people out and about means thereโ€™s more places we can explore.
The Nope Ropes are far less active.
And you donโ€™t have to worry about walking your dog when itโ€™s dark and rainy after work! ๐ŸŒš

Hereโ€™s Ginger, Belmont and Little enjoying some time out while their owner is on parent duties looking after a little of Xolo puppies.

Book your Adventure Walk below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

https://k9instinct.as.me/schedule.php

21/06/2024

Happy โ€˜Gotcha Dayโ€™ to this legend. 8 years ago he came in as a naughty 20 month old entire Malinois. And now heโ€™s a nearly 10 year old entire male Malinois that has achieved some pretty cool stuff in film, trial fields, show ring, work, and life! ๐Ÿถ Love you As**at

While I was doing Zoom Consults today Stella decided to nest under the desk. Sheโ€™s going through a phantom pregnancy and...
18/06/2024

While I was doing Zoom Consults today Stella decided to nest under the desk. Sheโ€™s going through a phantom pregnancy and wants to nap all day - unless agility or obedience training is on offer, she then quickly forgets about any fake babies and is the one doing the zoomies!

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ ๐—ญ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜?
Use the link below

https://k9instinct.as.me/schedule.php

๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ†Less than 2 months ago I decided last minute to enter Marco in his first Rally Novice trial. We pl...
17/06/2024

๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ†

Less than 2 months ago I decided last minute to enter Marco in his first Rally Novice trial. We placed 3rd out of 37 entries, a few weeks later we trialed again and gained another pass, and yesterday we finished off his Novice title with a 2nd place from 30 entries.

Many of you will know Marco, he often accompanies me to lessons. While Iโ€™ve done a lot of lifeskills and behaviour mod with him since he came to live with me at 2 years old, obedience isnโ€™t really something weโ€™ve touched on.

Iโ€™m yet to get him his post trial Maccas soft serve, Iโ€™m sure heโ€™ll hold me to it! ๐Ÿฆ

14/06/2024

Hawkesbury Animal Shelter currently have some lovely dogs available for adoption. I popped down today to meet some of them.
Theyโ€™re open this weekend. You may just meet your new best mate there.

06/06/2024

This will most likely include todays scent work trial, but definitely the speciality shows on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Send a message to learn more

๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐ŸŽž๏ธWhile pizza ๐Ÿ• and long lunches may be good for s...
28/05/2024

๐ŸŽฅ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

While pizza ๐Ÿ• and long lunches may be good for staff morale, puppies are always better!

๐—” ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—–๐——Working on some confidence building, lifeskills and reducing dog reactivity....
26/05/2024

๐—” ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—–๐——

Working on some confidence building, lifeskills and reducing dog reactivity.
Autumn and her owners nailed it ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐ŸŒ• ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป โ˜€๏ธ
23/05/2024

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐ŸŒ• ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป โ˜€๏ธ

22/05/2024
21/05/2024

3 Bullmastiffs, some puppy development, some obedient and a whole heap of fun ๐Ÿคฉ

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต/๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒโ€ฆCheck out Obie, the 13mo Golden Retriever ...
18/05/2024

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต/๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒโ€ฆ

Check out Obie, the 13mo Golden Retriever practising some impulse control when going through the gate, no more rushing! All before hitting the streets to practise his new loose leash walking skills.

12/05/2024

The โ€œgirlsโ€, Gerda and Stella gained another pass each towards their Lure Coursing CA title today, and I passed my Huntmaster prac test ๐ŸŽ‰
It takes a village to makes these trials happen, and it was lovely working with all involved. Canโ€™t wait for the next trial, both to compete and help be part of it. ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

Working with Neapolitan Mastiffsโ€ฆ ๐Ÿคค
09/05/2024

Working with Neapolitan Mastiffsโ€ฆ ๐Ÿคค

๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ?๐Ÿ‘ƒ I spent this morning stewarding for the The Dobermann Club o...
04/05/2024

๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ?๐Ÿ‘ƒ

I spent this morning stewarding for the The Dobermann Club of NSW first ever scent work trial.
Itโ€™s was a smoothly ran trial and a bundle of fun watching dogs of all shapes and sizes, ages and abilities do their thing.
Check out those smiles ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐ŸŽฅ April and May are busy months for K9 Instinct. Weโ€™r...
30/04/2024

๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐ŸŽฅ

April and May are busy months for K9 Instinct. Weโ€™re working on a Stan Original ๐Ÿ“บ
Consults and Adventure Walks will still be taking place but days and times will be limited.
This morning was spent with main character โ€˜Nuggetโ€™ meeting the cast, and this afternoon Iโ€™ll be working with the dog who will be playing adolescent Nugget.
All before puppy class this evening! ๐Ÿถ

23/04/2024

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฆ๐—— ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑโ€ฆ.
Lunge, bark, attention seek from people and other dogs, lack engagement with her owner, scream from the car, pull on leash, and Iโ€™m sure Robyne her owner has more to add to that list.

BUT,
Now theyโ€™re preparing to enter their first Rally Obedience Trial together ๐ŸŽ‰
The two are certainly becoming a team and I cannot wait to see what they achieve!

21/04/2024

๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

Doris is approx 9 months now, sheโ€™s still quite vision impaired and medically has only been well enough to be a โ€œdogโ€ for the past 5 months. Rather than getting straight into training with her itโ€™s been a long time of confidence and trust building, with life skills then starting to layer in.
Weโ€™re not earning off leash time ๐ŸŽ‰

To get to this stage her value of other dogs had to drop, and her value for me rise. Her recall also needed to be sharp, because she can get a fright when she hears a sound but canโ€™t see where it came from the risk of her going into flight mode was high.

Trust the process.

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€?Meet Yoshi the two and half year old Chihuahua. Heโ€™s a special guy, import...
17/04/2024

๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Meet Yoshi the two and half year old Chihuahua. Heโ€™s a special guy, imported from Japan.
A year ago in the show ring he got a rather large fright, and while heโ€™s comfortable in other environments he paired the scare and showing together, since then just being at a showground had his tail low and wanting to head back to the car. He would be hyper vigilant to the environment around him, disengaged from his owner and tight on the leash.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ?
While at a dog showground, we did nothing to do with dog showing.
We worked on ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ.
We layered in some ๐™ค๐™—๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š to help reduce the โ€œnoiseโ€ in Yoshiโ€™s mind.
We ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™!

๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ก๐™š๐™ง.

So it was a great sign to see Yoshi having fun with both myself and his owner.
Finishing the session with a loose leash and choosing to be in the ring with a big smile for a little guy ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€ฆHow I can be looked down upon, by a pooch that doesnโ€™t even make it up to my ankles in height?! - Meet Min...
16/04/2024

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€ฆ
How I can be looked down upon, by a pooch that doesnโ€™t even make it up to my ankles in height?!

- Meet Mini, the the little guy with a big personality at puppy class

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€ฆMolly the 5yo lab thinks lifeโ€™s a party, which unfortunately ...
15/04/2024

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€ฆ

Molly the 5yo lab thinks lifeโ€™s a party, which unfortunately makes her a bit too much when being in the presence of people and other dogs.
Her owners would love her to be included in more family outings, have more time in the house and be able to spend time with her neighbour Bo the Bordeaux puppy.

Before her session she would bark, jump, pull on leash, rush at dogs and people and have no engagement with her handler.

So yesterday we worked on a few thingsโ€ฆ

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ โ€˜๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บโ€™ - we started this by teaching her some place training and slowly adding distraction

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜/๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ - each individual dog will let us know what they find aversive and what they find reinforcing. Being a Labrador, Mollyโ€™s love of food is high up on her reinforcement list. She also has a lot of pack drive, so attention and kind words let her know sheโ€™s getting things right.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ - Now weโ€™d lowered her arousal level and have a form of payment we could teach her how to engage with her handler and look to them for guidance, reward and be less stimulated by things around her. This shined through while starting her loose leash walking.

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† - While retrieving and toys wasnโ€™t high up her list, her food and pack drive are high, so we incorporated some food into a chase game as a reward and outlet for her.

Bo the Bordeaux joined in and was a great calm distraction for Molly. Initially Molly would bark and lunge at any distance making Bo uncomfortable, but we soon had them both both relaxed within a 2 metre distance.
Mollyโ€™s owner works in childcare/teaching and therefore picked up on the management and training we were doing rather quickly and was able to see the similarities between her work and dog training.
I canโ€™t wait to see what they achieve!

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