Watch me pattern game with my dog 👀
This skill is so useful and so simple! We use it to enter exciting areas or ones where my dog has struggled!
We coach students to master this skill early on in Puppy Power Hour and into our other courses! Cooperative Care students will also recognize the pacing of this one.
Have you tried pattern games?
Pro tip: count first, mark second; reward third 😀🤪
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Have you ever taught a ‘press!’ behaviour?
Maybe you should! This helps in SO MANY WAYS! Cooperative care, grooming, vet exams, rehab stretches, service dog work the list goes on!
Tag us in your PRESS skills! Brew is loved and trained by the amazing @petwaggin queen Kathryn 😋🧡
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Is your goal to run more with your dog in 2025!?
Follow along our little running series, starting with GEAR! Its super important you find a way to carry essentials on runs with your dog! Treats, poop bags and water are essential which is why I love this camel back! it can be held in and strapped to your wrist OR tied to your dogs harness!
A topic for another day: while I do not feed a ton of treats on runs with my dog, I do like to carry some incase I need them and also definitely in the learning stages of jogging with me!
hang in there runners - spring is on its way!
Interested in more running tips with your dog? be sure to follow along!
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Fun fact about pattern games!
They mostly benefit YOU first, then the dog!
They are one of the easiest ways to coach humans and get timing, criteria and marking nice and smooth!
They benefit all types of training which is why we start this game so young and early in our programs - you can build it into any skill you want after!
Have you tried these games before?
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Ad| Training never looked so good 💅
End the year with a training bang 💥and focus your efforts on improving your dogs mat training skills! Reps are made soo easy with the mini trainers from @firstmatekasikspetfoods and you can work on different parts of mat or place training such as duration, distance or distraction!
Using good and valuable reinforcement is the most important part of curating a successful training session with your dog, so be sure to use those yummy First Mate treats!
Who here plans on working on their mat work with their dogs in 2025!!
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Be honest- if you mark it, mean it! ✨
If your dog is struggling with criteria, make it easier for them instead of withholding what you promised!
Thoughts 💭
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🍁 Fall is here and we have our final programs of the year open for registration 🍂
Teens2Adults- basic obedience starting October 29- 6:30- 7:30 pm @ @globalpetfoodswonderland
Puppy Power Hour- puppy obedience November 17 from 12:30-1:30 @ @globalpetfoodswonderland
SEARCH- Intro to scent work starting Oct 27 11:15-12:15 @ @globalpetfoodswonderland
Cooperative Handling- teach your dog to comfortably have their nails clipped or be restrained for the vet starting November 5 at 7:30pm. Online!
The magical mat workshop- teach your dog to settle and ignore distractions! Starting November 3 at 10:30-11:30 @ @pathwaysholisticpetcare
Tricks for treats! Starting November 3 at 11:45-12:45 @ @pathwaysholisticpetcare
When Lucy met Cash 💅
Here is a perfect real life example of how we set up meet and greets with other dogs when we know they are social and comfortable!
One dog is kept calm, the other is the boomerang - the dog we spend most time moving in and out of the other dogs space. This is also how we teach dogs to greet people and to manage jumping!
This set up takes TONS of practice for your dog to succeed which is why we spend time doing reps in our classes!
Interested in learning more? reach out to us!
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What are some cues you use on walks 💬
We like to mix up safety and some obedience skills! hold up, go go, cross, go sniff and the dogs name are some of the most popular ones we love!
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The first time I tried to brush Buffy it did not go well- instead, she snapped at me and then looked at me suspiciously every time I tried to approach her.
Immediately I took a step back and started to introduce the tool to Buffy in another way but as you can see it wasn’t successful!
Buffy was still suspicious of me and it started to bleed into our relationship in different ways like avoidance and a further discomfort of being touched.
Buffy wasn’t one to seek attention through physical touch so it wasn’t something I wanted to poison more.
I took a break from attempting to brush her to instead create a better plan!
Utilizing cooperative care we started to condition an area to hang in first before tools were introduced.
When tools were introduced, she was allowed to stand up and move away and in the beginning, she spent more time off her station than on it.
Over time she realized she could control her session! When tools were introduced, we did so ever so slowly as shown in the second part of this video.
She is still showing some signs of stress however she opts to stick around for some yummy @stellaandchewys raw coated kibble (no, we aren’t sponsored by them but would be open to it 😉) while having the brush move around her.
Buffy still cannot tolerate long rounds of brushing but we do smaller sections a couple times a week.
PS- she is now a complete and utter snuggle bug and seeks contact from me regularly.
Want to learn more about Cooperative Care? We have a course slated to start this August! DM us if you would like more information 🙌
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Moira loved her swim today!
to join our play and learn program - email or DM US! clients being accepted in Strathroy, Komoka, Mount Brdges and North London! 🤗
Element Canine provides fun, modern and effective training solutions for our clients. We service London/Strathroy areas.
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