Crowd control is essential for a service dog or any dog in general going out in public. The dog should be in control following your move instead of in the way of others or under feet.
You can see Stark navigate through a busy mall with myself. The leash is loose and he is sticking close by and avoiding the traffic. You can see him hug my leg when needed or go behind me in single file depending on the space needed to pass. He is alert, but focussed on his task, which is following his mom.
Never underestimate the power of focus and proper heel position! 👌🏼🐾
I am always just so amazed at the calmness and focus of my boys when we are out working. It lets me know I did my job of making sure our relationship is strong and we work as a team. Drako has total trust and confidence in anything I ask of him.
Here we are at the mall on Christmas Eve as I had to pick up a few things and of course I took some time to train with Drako. Through all the hustle and bustle he was not phased one bit! He was focussed on me and could care less about anything going on around him.
Well done my boy! We also got compliments from quite a bit of people and Drako was told multiple times that he is one handsome boy ⭐️
Making sure your puppy is comfortable at the vets can make visits smooth and enjoyable.
At Wynter’s first visit I made sure to stay calm and neutral so she could mimic my energy. If there were other dogs barking or interested towards her, I kept her attention with food and her direction towards me.
Inside the room, we started doing some basic obedience that she is already working on. This keeps her mind focussed and does not give her the chance to worry about anything around her. I am teaching her even in this scenario I expect her to be focussed and calm.
All I want is her listening to her sit command and then she gets her reward! Nice calm energy for your dog to mimic. If she was worried about any sounds outside of the door, I would then change up the value of my reward and offer that to her on the examination table so she can relate any sounds with a high value reward! As she gets older and progresses through her training, I will expect more behaviours from her such as a longer sit and stay with a focus. I will also mix in a few down commands as well.
Look at her go! ❄️☺️
What goes on at the groomers you may ask?
Mainly lots of treats and private concerts 😎😅
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Balto is a big teddy bear when it comes to puppies 🐻
We are just having our morning social time with the puppy and here he is giving Wynter a toy.
Super cute moment 💞
Can I just say WOW to our puppy class!
Look at these three doing a spectacular job with their recall! Here we have all three puppies engaging in the same activity, but we have the one in the middle going the opposite direction.
We use the place as a visual boundary to put food on to get ourselves at a distance, and then we say the puppies name with leash pressure if needed, followed by the recall command.
Everyone did such a great job! Well done Laika, Walnut and Maizie ⭐️🥰
Wynter is playing with the big boys 🥰
Especially for a smaller breed, we want to give them all of the confidence in the world! No matter the size we want to show them that they have 100% confidence to tackle any situation!
She will be raised around big dogs so she is going to be one confident little lady but also because she is small, I want to make sure that if she does get accidentally stepped on or bumped, it is absolutely no big deal to her! She should be able to bounce back and move on!
You can see her navigating quite well through the pack here as she has some fun playing fetch! Well done Wynter!
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Found this old video of my Jaxyn.
He LOVED his baths and getting pampered!
Always enjoyed getting all the attention and of course, he always needed a temporary mohawk 😅🥰
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Georgie did a fantastic job with her first lesson!
This girl has a great disposition and an understanding of her basic commands, but applying those commands in certain situations is a different story.
We broke down her commands tonight. I showed her mom how to make the commands more clear and how to get Georgie to put the pieces together. By the end of lesson one, she was already doing a place command and laying down automatically. She is listening to a verbal down command and she is also learning to go to her mat for door threshold. Georgie can also be very reactive with people and dogs walking past the house so she must learn her boundaries.
Georgie has signed up for our private lesson program and after lesson one, I have a lot of high expectations for this smart girl over the next five weeks! Here she is doing her mat command with her mom. The only time she made a mistake is when she anticipated her reward! After a quick reset, she held her position until mom rewarded her!
Well done team great start!⭐️
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One of the activities my personal dogs do is walking on the treadmill.
If I am working with others who are here for training or daycare it is a great outlet for them to be able to focus on something while I am busy. All of my dogs can do the treadmill without a leash on, but I am always right there in the living room supervising. Especially on frigid days outside, it is a nice outlet for any dog just to be able to have another source of exercise and mental stimulation as well!
Of course for a job well done they still get treats! Sometimes they get treats every couple of minutes sometimes they get the treats at the end. They are still always getting paid for their work as well and they are always looking forward to the next reward!
Well, done my boys! 💞
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Super proud of our beginner class!
Class two and already the dogs are doing much better with their focus and impulse control!
Here we have the two girls Leia and Whiskey on place while Mr.Jaxon approaches into a sit. Then I walk by with Stark and then call Drako passed the dogs. Everyone must resist the impulse to follow or dart away from the handler.
Absolutely fantastic job well done by all of the dogs! They all observed what was going on, but held position and then refocused back to the handler.
Well, done teams!⭐️
Duke enjoying his blow dry 😅🥰
He’s come such a long way with his grooming journey that he can now be on the table(low) without a tether during his blowout and he’s not stressed or trying to escape!
Love this big dude 🥰
