Leadership points
8 mins later and she is still
Telling me off to play toss. I am
Trying to win my leadership points so have to hold out till she is not demanding to play! 😳😬
Offer to play
Milomax does not
Know the play bow, he would rather tap his friends on their head! 🤔🙄
Sniff walk
True terrier at work!
Fun snack time
Training don’t have to be hard!
When your dog takes his grocery bag to morning playtime
Disclaimer no animals were in any danger.
Milomax loves grocery bags and leashes he drags them all over the place when he can. This morning hi decided he needed to play with his big sister and show her the ropes of grocery bag play! 🤪😂😂😂this little dog is a ham.
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Sometimes our walks are this! Pay attention you can hear Sophie sniffing. This is such an important exercise to do with your pups. I even got into it and did some digging around to help them out.
Even Finley got in on this one, he is usually to posh puppy to take part in such dog things! 😂😂😂😂
As a trainer the learning curve never stops. This past weekend I had the opportunity to learn more about group socialization from one of the best Pack to Basic - Chad Mackin.
Being part of this type of training adds to my tool box, that gives me more to offer you. Look forward to adding some of the nuggets to my training plan in the future.
Healthy play is always interesting to watch. These two play a lot. Some days it has a loving, light feel to it… like today.. other days it is rough, very vocal and lots of chase.
Jay Jack I always wonder how they set the rules of play, you teach us to have a goal, set the boundaries and know the game we are playing with them. Dog on dog play obviously has rules right! These two always pick a place that is home plate! 🤷♂️
Ollie and Abby the two pure breed Irish Wolfhounds, both under 2 yes old. The owner reached out to me to help her with Ollie who was a rehome to her. Ollie was a little bit to handle on the walk, no focus, distracted with all things. The goal was to have him walk better on a lead.
The owner mentioned she could not walk both the pups together because she did not feel in control and let’s face it these two have some weigh and size behind them.
From the owner
“Not quite on short lead but will get there. To be able to handle both with one hand and record a video is amazing. Just wanted to share these. You have made my dog walking dreams come true. Will share better video once we get more disciplined but we have made progress by leaps and bounds. Thank you for the work you have done with us!! You have no idea how much it mean to me!”
She sent me this after just 4 classes with Ollie and one with both pups she is now able to walk both of them together. She is still working on tightening up the walk and that is ok because training never ends. Walking two dogs this size is not an easy task and they only been together a couple months. Big 👏to all some great work and dedication to become better. ❤️🐕
Teaching an Irish Wolfhound to walk nicely on a lead! When these guys get distracted on a walk it is no joke! 😳
Meet Ollie a full grown baby! He has a baby sister as well! Mom is working on walking them both together… over 200 lbs of dog between the two.. so walking nicely is important.
Nothing to see here…
Just a reactive dog and a puppy figuring out the big bad world!
Walks should have various meanings. What does that mean? Here are a few examples of different walks I use with our pups. Each of them
Have meaning and reason.
1. Sniff walk
2. Long line walk with practice recall
3. Training walk short lead or long line
4. Group/pack walk
5. Socialization walk short lead or long line
6. Focus work in busy area. Not much movement happens during these sessions more about keeping your dog calm and let them view the surroundings but not part of it.
These are all types of walks we do or talk about during training in private training sessions. Plus so much more.
During this walk we stopped at our neighbours chicken farm. Each of the pups responded differently and that is ok. The purpose was to just expose them to a different animal.
All I wanted was them to remain calm. They were allowed to sniff, get close but they were not allowed to bark, escalate or show any intense prey drive. This is very hard for 2 of the 3 of these terrier crosses. They did amazing we kept the session short and ended before any prey seeking signs appeared. ❤️🐕
This is what my pups do during a major thunder snd lighting storm!
I know not all are so lucky, I am very grateful for the time spent when they were puppies to socialize them to the environment.
We played in the rain, trained in the rain, storms don’t keep us inside, their business needs be done outside!
Our two youngest puppies came home at 1.9 lbs itty bitty littles. One was during summer so potty training was easy! The other came home in Nov potty training outside not so easy. There was storms that the wind almost picked him up… but we still went outside!
Getting your puppy socialized with the environment is important.. yes I know we don’t have storms everyday and may not even have one during your puppies imprinting stage( up to 12-16 weeks old) that is ok there are other ways. There are lots of apps out there now with simulated sounds! They are great additions to your puppy training plan.
Not all dogs are created equally!
Really!! every dog is their own dog! With their own temperament.
Meet Hank he is a big goffy doodle!
As cool as this video looks.. Hank and his owner working on a long line… Hank following along ina heel position without any extraordinary tool.. focused on his owner… 👏🐕
What you don’t see is that 2 mins after this video a neighbour walks by with her dog on the opposite side of the road and well Hank loses all focus, bolts to the end of the long line with power unexpected. 😳
Did or do Hank have intent to harm is not the first issue. The first issue how do we stop hank from losing focus keep him in a sound mental
place so that he can make the right decisions?
Those answers are different for every dog..
As we work with Hank we are working on all
Sorts of foundational skills, relationship, duration, focus, boundaries.
Dog training/dog ownership is not a quick fix for a behaviour is encompasses many skills.
Taking advantage of the warmer temps and got out with the littles for a lunchtime walk.
This was a big walk for MioMax it was full of firsts.
First walk off property where his feet hit the ground
First long line walk
First sniff and explore walk
First shot at leave it and let’s go(recall)
For just an itty bitty guy he rocked it with his big sister and brother, even found s**t to roll in😳😳😳🙄
It is important to let your puppy explore, use their nose. Up until his second set of shots his exploring was in his backpack. There is always ways to get safe exposure to the environment which is so very important in those first 12-16 weeks.
He is really good at entertaining himself! Just wish it was not with a $50.00 basket! 😳🙄❤️🐕
This dog truely loves playing with plastic bottles of any size. She hit the jackpot this morning when she found an empty 4 litre bottle sitting next to the recycle bin! OMG she is in heaven! ❤️
What does your dog lIke for enrichment?
