Adorable Bubba has a great foundation, a super dedicated owner but a flow that they have been working on for quite some time now with different other trainers: dog reactive when on walks. A glimpse from some preliminary work required to make those walks calm, neutral and confident before even reaching the dog to dog levels. Many thanks to my lovely client for the progress shares, her tremendous dedication and commitment!! Super proud of them both!! ❤️🤗
What you put in is what you get back!!! When I first met Drizzy, he’s only mission in life was to have a go at anything that moved, everywhere, anytime. Yes, me included 😬😀Matt has done countless hours of work with this beautiful boy over a few months but now, he can take Drizzy anywhere, have house parties, even meet other dogs that once Drizzy is good with, can have a play together. We now have a super confident team and the video reflects every bit of it 😎Has Drizzy’s training ever stopped? NO! He continues to have fun and exciting training sessions with his owner, daily. The footage is from last December, as we are still doing yearly catch up sessions, Matt just wants to be sure that he’s doing everything right for his soulmate, all the time! Why the muzzle on him still you might ask? Inadvertent human or reactive dog greetings can potentially trigger an unwanted response. Further, perfectly fine (and recommended) to desensitise any dog to wearing one, even if you’d hardly have to employ its use. As for Drizzy, we have a massive bond and truly love him!! ❤️❤️❤️
From being muzzled when visitors came in to running at the door barking, human and dog aggression on walks, this beautiful boy has been nothing short of amazing to work with ❤️🤗Bonding from day one and earning his trust more and more each lesson (never had to muzzle Ace), he’s displayed a great capacity to learn, change and improve. His confidence is up tenfold too. Is he “fixed” 100%? Impossible to answer, as every encounter can take a different turn. Is he now manageable 100%? Absolutely so! Ultimately, it’s never about what the dog does, but what we do to address that behaviour, guide and show alternative ways. Even though our program has come to an end, I’ll always be here for my beautiful friend Ace, continuing to monitor and assist with his journey. And I’ll surely miss our weekly sessions ❤️
When working with reactivity, the most important part is YOUR OWN HANDLING of that situation. Dogs are very instinctual and followers by nature. But, do they follow our own “fears” or our own “confidence” 🤷🏻♂️ 👀So.. in order to change a dog, we need to assist the handlers to change and become the confident parent, mentor and guide that every dog needs. Confidence comes from using the right equipment to your needs and your knowledge of how to proactively deal with various situations. Dogs are also very expressive and most often an open book of emotions if you know what signs to look for. Ace once again lived up to his name and did super well with all drills!! 😎💪🏻 Just as proud of his owner!!! Next with Mr Ace: a few random dog encounters. Watch this space 😊
My adorable friend Zuma is a super affectionate, friendly and smart girlie. As she’s still learning about life, we are working on enhancing her confidence, manners and obedience. She’s doing super well all around; Put it this way, there hasn’t been one session yet where we couldn’t successfully achieve all of our goals!! 👊🏻🤩I love her dearly and enjoying all sessions to the max!! Very proud of Zuma and her lovely handlers ❤️🤗🐶
From bad interactions with kids to leash pulling, dog and human aggression, jumping on visitors, destructive chewing, afraid of noises, barking at the postman, confidence building, aggression within same household and recall.. we’ve addressed it all with my furry friends and their lovely owners. Congratulations to those amazing souls who have completed their training programs. I’ll dearly miss them all but I’ll always be here to continue assisting with their progress and successful journey through life!! ❤️🤗🐶
I absolutely adore this super handsome boy!! At only 11 weeks he’s a genius 🤩 So much enthusiasm to work, loves his training, has done greatly with extensive socialisation, doing wonderfully in the crate, food appetite of 10 dogs combined! The sessions are super easy and pleasant!! Welcome to DWA Mr Taeko ❤️🐶🤗
You saw Maxx’s perfect SIT and RECALL a few posts back. Another issue we had was his dog reactivity / leash pulling. On my last post, I predicted a neutral to friendly behaviour on his dog to dog interaction (Maxx never met my dog before). And here’s a glimpse from that session 😜👊🏻 To add to owner’s confidence (crucial to leading a dog), I had another leash on Maxx as a back up. I let that go after a few drills. Would he still react with other dogs after this session? Absolutely possible. But it’s never about what the dog does. It’s about what we do / how we guide and manage when they display a certain reaction. Once again, the change starts with us. As for Maxx and his owner, another excellent session with great results all around ❤️🐶🤗
Mr Cheeky aka Mr Charlie is a pleasure to work with, he gets the commands / new skills immediately. An amazing feeling to be part of his journey and see him grow not just mentally but physically too, from one session to another. I do stop regularly and use every opportunity in the breaks to give him lots of kisses ❤️🐶🤗
Not too bad for a doggy who was rehomed 7 times in 2 years 😜Was it ever his fault I wonder ?!? We all know the answer.Pudge was hard to walk and totally switched off from engaging with his owners when out. Some sessions later… 😎🤩😜He’s progressing super well all around ! Loveeeee him!!! ❤️❤️❤️ And he knows it too 😊
After a few weeks of foundation work, time to put it all into practice 🤩We touched on body language signs, how to read emotions, how to manage the leash for any behaviour, how far to go past thresholds, when to issue commands so they will listen, different stress levels versus response to commands, handler’s energy and vibes, safe guidance, what to reward or correct / guide, replicate all real life dog walking scenarios for confident and calm management / handling and voila ❤️🐶 A superb session from all perspectives 🐶🤗
Street-Smart Dog Obedience Training | Behaviour Problem Solving | Separation Anxiety | Reactivity Welcome to my page! And putting them down immediately.
