Well Mannered Dog grad class.
New session starting September 22
Grad class today! Thanks for being such a wonderfully super group 😊
*Jane
Over the years, my cats have taught sooo many puppies how to be calm around cats 🥰
Hartley dog with TOC
~Jane
One of my favourite things is having children in puppy class 🥰
These two are a great team!
Shyla - here because she was reactive to other dogs while on leash; today (finally!) was able to walk with an unknown dog close to her.
The "trick" is to look at the dog, keep the leash loose, look back at me.
For a few days there, I thought this might never happen. Proud of her!
When a dog has a history of being reactive to other dogs but only while on-leash, I attach a short light leash while playing with known friends. Moose thought is would be great fun to take Shyla for a walk 😆
Shyla's humans have done a great job learning new leash skills this past few months...my job now is to polish up those skills. When you see us out there in public land, I will still ask you to give us some space; neither one of us appreciate "friendly" pushy dogs coming right up to us. The goal is to teach Shyla to tolerate those "friendly" dogs for a brief moment. But, I wish more people would teach their dogs how to politely say hello.
Hint: your dog running up to a leashed dog and then barking, jumping, circling is Not polite, nor is it "friendly"...it is simply rude. So my job is to help Shyla tolerate rudeness. I can also help you with teaching your "friendly" dog say hello politely.
~Jane
My favourite cue is "break". It means stop what you're doing and reset.
Some dogs get humpy during play and Leo can be one of those.
