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Myriam's K9 Squad

Dog Trainer and Pet Care Provider based in Deep River, ON
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12/15/2024

Ewok or dog?

12/06/2024

Hello my name is lexi and I am a ball addict

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! All the dogs dressed up as cats... (more seriously, did you know we also cater to feline friends?)

10/23/2024

Happy first birthday to Lexi, who started out as a shy, anxious puppy who didn't know how to use stairs, and over a year grew into a goofy, affectionate, inquisitive, out-of-her-shell, ball addict version of herself. 🖤

10/23/2024

Okay, so this is a word that gets an awful lot of play in the training world, and it’s definition has come to mean an awful lot of things. Many of which, are incredibly counter-productive, if not downright dangerous.

So let’s see if we can’t clarify a few things.

Socialization isn’t:
-About letting your dog freely interact with dogs at the dog park, day care, or with friends dogs.
-About allowing your dog to meet other dogs on-leash.
-About allowing all manner of people, in all manner of mental/emotional states interact/pet/pressure your dog.
-About exposing your dog to the sights and sounds of cars, buses, motorcycles, bikes, skateboards, joggers...and allowing them to freak out, panic, aggress, hide, bark etc.
-About exposing your dog to the sights and sounds of dogs, cats, and other animals, and allowing them to freak out, aggress, lunge, bark, growl etc.

Socialization is:
-About teaching your dog the proper responses to dogs. What is and isn’t appropriate behavior, and correcting the unwanted when it appears.
-About teaching your dog to walk by the barking, lunging dog(s) on walks and ignore them, completely. Correcting if necessary to achieve this result.
-About advocating for your dog and ensuring people aren’t allowed to pressure your dog, by touching, crouching down, attempting “kisses” etc. That means being a big boy or girl, and stopping others from engaging in unwanted, uninvited interactions.
-About exposing your dog to all manner of daily life “things” and ensuring a proper response. If aggression/arousal is present, it’s corrected, if fear/arousal is present (and causes an overreaction/fleeing etc.) it’s corrected. Ask your dog to learn to ignore and not care about these “life” distractions/concerns/temptations. Teach them to listen to the training, not the world around them.
-About teaching your dog to leave other creatures alone. The cat, the bird, the cow, the goat, the other dog, is simply none of their business. If they decide those things are their business, it’s your job to correct and clarify what is and isn’t their business for them.

Socialization has become a ridiculously simplified, dumbed down, all-encompassing idea. Free interaction and exposure have been presented as a panacea, the magic gateway to a balanced dog. That’s a whole lot of B.S. you’ve been sold, by a lot of people full of B.S. 🙂

Socialization is all about teaching your dog how to behave and exist in the world...properly. People have a belief that only interactions create a well socialized dog. They don’t understand that existence is almost always preferable, and more valuable than actual interaction. Yes exposure is critical, but exposure without 100% clear guidance, and corrections for poor choices, isn’t socialization, it’s chaos, and it’s not teaching your dog what’s right, what’s wrong, and that you’ll keep them safe, so they don’t have to.

A well socialized dog isn’t fazed by the world around them. And that doesn’t come from simple exposure and interactions without guidance. Ironically, that’s precisely how you create anti-social dogs.

Think on that for a minute.

10/20/2024

The biggest challenge a dog trainer will face: resisting those puppy eyes 🥺

10/14/2024

We can't always be photogenic, okay?

10/01/2024

Happy National black dog day! Here are a few reasons why these pups are awesome:

-they make any other colors POP
-if you have a wardrobe like mine, they match with 99% of your clothes
-they make the goofiest of faces
-if you can't see that they're dirty, then they're clean right?
-great for games of hide & seek

09/12/2024

Dark roast or blonde roast? We have all options in stock.

09/05/2024

Happy bday to Crazy Eyes Wiley 🤪🎉 Time sure does fly

08/30/2024

Portable dog chair available for hire. Special features include treats, pets and a multi-function arm that can throw toys and sticks. May also be used as a pillow.

08/16/2024

Make sure you eat your greens and do your stretches before exercising in the heat.

08/11/2024

Spot the three dogs: level extra hard. There's a clue in the second picture.

08/01/2024

Not everyone got the memo that sunset pics are supposed to be ~aesthetic~

07/29/2024

We're back in force (ehhh kind of) 😎🥴

07/09/2024

Vacay time 😎🏖 See you in August

06/28/2024

Photographing 4 puppies: expectations vs reality

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