Freeform Rhythm Dog Training

11/09/2024

Love our local high school message board always send powerful but simple messages this is the 3rd one since sept, particularly apt as it’s rememberance weekend. Lest we forget

11/05/2024

On our morning walk before the day starts, working for their breakfast has been a game changer, enjoyable walks they can do anywhere anytime is all they ever strived for in the beginning. Now we have that it’s time to push further, both dogs have different drives but agility is high on the wish list for both of them.

10/24/2024

So we were practicing down stays off leash in a field we use often, it has baseball fences as a stop gap in case he sees something interesting and doesn’t stop though for the last month or so he recalls fine even without using the e collar at all. Just after I took these pictures he took off flat out ran round a fence to a guy and his dog a long long way off, whom the guy was trying to get his own dog back. I didnt hit the e collar button because the other dog was coming ready or not so thought let’s see what happens as they were both looking good with each other. Speaking to the guy while they played he said mine ran off way back and I was blowing into the whistle frantically trying to get him back, when it dawned on me it was a simple whistle mine had responded to so now I’ve ordered 2 types and will see how it goes. Sometimes the old simple things are best it seems. I guess it’s not selective like the e collar but every string to your bow helps I hope so anyway. And yes we will be working more on recall after that.

10/18/2024

10/14/2024

Oh I love this

10/09/2024

Banes 4th birthday, time has flown and we’ve come such a long way since that timid scared little pup came home with us, kind of scary with the grey on his muzzle appearing on how fast time is marching on, but I know we are still really only starting our journey and there’s plenty more in the tank for us. Bacon and cheese sausage and a big doggy biscuit made his night, Molly got a share and they are now tucked up on the sofa for the evening.

10/08/2024

10/06/2024

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and K-9 Joker is representing is new PINK Landshark Supply collar.

K-9 Joker & K-9 Bane support the cause 🃏🚂❤️🐾

10/06/2024

Everywhere I go I’ll be watching you a line from a song the Police did way back when but it’s so applicable to dogs particularly GSDs but I guess every dog, so why not use it to your advantage dogs imprint on their owners so if you have a dog like that take them everywhere and do everything you can with them but have rules for it and turn every good behaviour to your advantage it works real world training is the best way

10/06/2024

Took Bane out for an off leash walk and chuck it ball time this evening, he is a very operant dog who offers behaviours classic conditioning works with him but not as well. This time he offered a behaviour after I don’t know how many times repeating recall, he laid down did I push it, no because it’s a behaviour I like and want so we marked and rewarded it. Down stays are important and if he offers it I’m going to take it. It meant I had to walk 30 feet to pick up the ball which is hardly a great hardship for me. After a couple of times we redid recall and it was 100% so nothing lost and everything was a win.

10/05/2024

A new beginning and journey

10/05/2024

Today I attended the Georgina Animal shelter and adoption centre open day and met some amazing people and of course pups, let’s hope they re homed as many as possible, and hopefully they get their volunteer program up and running as I will do it for sure. I had to promise my girlfriend I wouldn’t come home with more dogs before I went lol