Canine support services

11/27/2024

I didn't know they made treadmills for dogs! But of course Amazon sells them. Nice Christmas present for the dog that doesn't free run often!

11/26/2024

Great advice! Lots of physical and mental enrichment. Routines.

Most issues humans have with dogs could be solved or radically improved by doing the following

1. Exercise your dog and let them sniff and play games to replicate using breed traits

2. Feed them in other ways than just putting food in the bowl eg scatter feeding

3. Structure their days, feed times, routines etc. don’t free feed! Doesn’t need to be same times, but it does help if same routine … eg. Exercise, feed, chewing in bed, last wee, sleep time - if the process is the same, the dog will still feel secure.

4. Understand what the dog is trying to achieve with nuisance behaviours and head it off at the pass by providing solutions before the dog has to ask for it, or teach them an appropriate way to ask for it.

5 . Give the dog a safe, uninterrupted place to go. A bed is fine, a bed under a table is better but no humans go there. Especially no kids. And teach the dog to eat chews, kongs, likimats etc there- decide your play time curfew and stick to it.

6. Play with your dog in short bursts, regularly stopping to keep them under threshold

7. Say yes at least 3 times more often than you say no. Yes is a much more powerful word and you’ll get much better results showing the dog what to do instead.

8. Feed fresh food - or at least as much of it as you can along with dry food.

9. Train your dog every time you boil the kettle and when the kettle is boiled - stop. Short frequent sessions work best for pet dogs.

10. Enjoy your dog, have FUN.

11/22/2024

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11/21/2024

KC, and Clover shopping for beds at Ikea! I think they were thinking more about the meatballs in the restaurant.

11/02/2024

10/30/2024

This a good video from McCann dog training near Waterdown. This is a common challenge I experience with every family, what does a dog walk look like? Can it be informal with sniffing, your dog having lots of freedom? Or more formal having your dog heeling, ignoring distractions. It can be both as long as the walk is enjoyable for everyone.

How To Teach Your Dog Not To Pull On Leash, EVER! - https://youtu.be/tNTKgzdTsV0Loose Leash Walking Made EASY - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7BBgL...

10/26/2024

I know I posted this before. Very easy and effective training exercise for distractions, especially for other dogs. If you don't have a clicker use your dog's name and "YES" as the marker.

10/23/2024

Ever since I started training service dogs I've worked with many breeds. Some breeds I would have never considered for service dog work including an Akida. This is Cloud a 2 year old, very impressed with his calmness, confidence and focus

10/15/2024

We brought Cooper a 16 week Golden Retriever to home Depot today, a great pet friendly place to bring a puppy. We said hello to many people, got used to the carts going past, and even saw some of the scary Halloween stuff!

10/03/2024

Good video for introducing dogs.

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09/04/2024

September is ! An opportunity to celebrate and honour the extraordinary work of service dogs and their role in helping people live their lives to the fullest!

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08/14/2024

Best time out with the dogs is having a large area to ourselves! Always working on recall!!

07/03/2024

Two standard poodles doing public access training, and learning good manners when meeting the public.