Great work with Mel and Giselle today, positional changes coming along very nicely, we just have to be careful we don’t move out of the shade, Princess Giselle does not work in the sun 😂🥰
Position change work progressing nicely with Layla - just turned 1 year old! 😍 Happy Birthday Layla 🎂
Quick lunch break before the group segment of our Quirindi Intensive Training Day
Quick lunch break before the group segment of our Quirindi Intensive Training Day
Giselle working impulse control in new location with more distractions 🥰
Giselle doing fantastically with her impulse control work 🥰🤩 well done OG’s!
Who said Dachshund’s had to bark allll the time? 😂 Well done Sam! 💚
Junior dog trainer 🥰
Junior dog trainer 🥰
Daisy
Beautiful bit of training with Daisy (2yrs) here today. Daisy has had trouble with fear and hyper arousal around other dogs. We’ve worked extensively on “leave” and this here is her first off lead session with me. In this video we’re working recall and recall under distraction (some “capture and reward” as she was already returning to me before command), social exposure and neutrality around other dogs/dog scent, her advantage lies in listening to command and paying attention to handler. Beautiful session, her family should be very proud of all the effort they have put into her exercise, mental stimulation and training routine.
Another day, another loose dog while out on walk and train. I treat every loose dog as though it’s a potential threat, I would rather do my best to prevent an attack than have to break one up and potentially take a client dog for emergency veterinary care. A single dog attack can also lead to serious psychological trauma for the client dog as well, meaning a lot of work can potentially be undone.
Very hard to film this and keep client dog safe at the same time, this was my second time passing this loose dog (I’d walked this girls sister just beforehand) and the loose dog came all the way across the road the first time I passed. Both of my client dogs are anxious and sometimes reactive. The first pass I had to repeatedly yell “no” “ugh” and stomp in the direction of the dog to get it to stop. This time he got the message much quicker. However, what is happening here is considered “rushing”, an act of aggression defined in the Companion Animal Act and a fineable offence regardless of if injury is caused or not. Turn up the volume for a real-time demonstration of what I tell you all to do when this happens to you.
Echo and Fenrir’s bi-daily zoomies…
I’m sharing this with you because of the sound of their play. My neighbours probably think they’re trying to kill each other, but this sort of noise can be totally normal in play. It’s Echo that’s doing the vocalising, they typically take turns in being the dominant/submissive dogs. If there wasn’t turn taking I would put an end to this immediately. Echo is also giving a nice display of dominant tail posture, but the fluid wagging suggests playfulness. Her hackles are also raised (piloerection), which in this situation is indicative of arousal, not aggression. How would you read this situation? If I didn’t know the dogs so well I would likely be a little uncomfortable til I got more information!
The pool fencing all over my yard is to try save the grass from wear when they’re doing this 🤦🏼♀️
