Civilised dog behaviour #124: fix your foot.
Does your dog fix their foot?
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Allow your dog to make choices as much as possible 🐶🐾 It makes them feel empowered and in control of their life, at least to some degree.
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Teaching your dog to use a Kong is time well spent!
Start slowly, make it easy for them to succeed, and challenge them once they are pros!
Bellatrix is enjoying this frozen Kong while I was busy getting ready to go out to work.
You can use Kongs to occupy your dog while you work, while you're on a Zoom call, while tradies are coming in and out or if you can't manage to exercise your dog for that particular day.
Focusing on skills like Kong use is a proactive step to creating good behaviour from your dog 🐕
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Searchin' is the BEST
Searching is in BT's top 3 favourite activities (can you guess the other 2?)
We play this kind of game every day. I hide something, she finds it. It makes her feel good and gives her a big dopamine hit.
What I like about this video is her ability to listen to instructions (I cued her to lie down) before I released her for the search. She also held her sit position. I can understand how hard this is for her, as she just wants to get started as quickly as possible!
What is your dog's superpower? Is it an active superpower like BT's, or a passive one like being little spoon on the couch or bed? Both are valid superpowers!
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What to do with a puppy after a game of tug
Playing with your puppy every day is essential! It strengthens your bond with each other, it's fun for both of you and it helps to teach them how to regulate their emotions.
When you play tug with your puppy, make sure that you help them wind down afterwards! Place some food rewards nearby, get them eating and then wait for some calm behaviour such as a sit or drop. I call this process 'tug aftercare.'
If you just go on with your day after a game with your puppy, they will not know what to do with their excitement, and they will probably get up to mischief.
Remember: sensible time, then party time, then sensible time again is the winning formula.
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Puppy training - phasing out food as a lure
Using food in training makes for speedy results! However, if you cannot phase out lures, your success will stagnate.
In this video, I demonstrate how to phase out a lure for the drop behaviour. Ideally, you do this within a few sessions of starting the drop so that the behaviour is not dependent on food being present in your hand when you cue it.
These are the sorts of human skills I will focus on in my online puppy training course.
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60 seconds of a special Lady chewing a delicious piece of roo hide for your enjoyment ❤️
Does anyone else find this sound soothing?
Luther the #vizsla was feeling a bit unsure during our sesison together.
This is common for young dogs when they go to new places.
You'll see how I supported him during this time. Dogs feeling safe is of utmost importance!
You will be happy to know the next time we visited this venue, he sniffed and was much more relaxed. Great success 🌟
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When interacting with a dog, particularly if you are touching them, every now and then stop and see their reaction.
Puddles the Corgi asked for me to restart numnum (tummy) scratches when I stopped.
This makes dogs feel really good, because you are always open to their communication and their choices.
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Bellatrix the German Shepherd demonstrating how to stay in the game
Bellatrix is a detection dog. I try to give her as many ways to practice this skill set as possible. I try to provide a multifaceted approach to her training.
She will detect every morsel of food in the grass in this video, and not stop until she completes the task.
She will hunt for her hidden toy until she finds it. We do this just about every day and I have to be VERY creative to challenge her now.
I believe this has made her a more proficient detection dog ♥
Are birds a distraction for your dog?
Bessie the Bordoodle demonstrates how to be cool around seagulls. The seagulls were not cool, they were demanding hotdogs 😁
You can train your dog to ignore distractions! You just have to reward them for NOT indulging their chase instinct. You can help by keeping them on lead around their distraction while they are learning 🌟
What distractions challenge your dog the most? BT's are kangaroos!