Snuffl.dog

04/10/2024

Birgitta Geerlings and I run Sensory Gardens 4 Dogs - look 👀 Sensory Gardens for Dogs are everywhere!

First Sensory Garden in Uruguay!

We had a very nice Interview with Gustavo from Sensory Garden Libelulas (Dragon fly)
Gustavo just opened the first Sensory Garden in Uruguay!

Please read below the interview with Gustavo on https://www.sensorygarden4dogs.com/sensory-garden-stories/

03/10/2024

Please go and say hello and congratulations 🥳 to the Purple Pup crew for me!

27/09/2024

You won’t want to miss this opportunity with Winkie Spiers…

25/09/2024

Woof woof! 🐾 With Rebecca Norris Designs – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉 💕😉

17/09/2024

I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Rebecca of Rebecca Norris Designs and her dog, Heidi, last year- if I wasn’t 5000+ miles away, I would be running to take a class! Go ahead! Do it for me! What a wonderful place. Congratulations 🥳 ☕️ 🥣 🐕

04/09/2024

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20/08/2024

From my friend and AMBASSADOG with the Slow Dog Movement®C.I.C. -

I am a DOG
I don’t need to make art and attend story-time.

I want to sniff the world and roll in the grass. I want the opportunity to watch the world.

I am a DOG
I am not a human baby. You can love me with all your heart but to make me a human is to deny what makes me so incredibly marvelous.

I am a DOG
If you love me so much let me be the dog. I like to chew , I speak to you in my Native Language. It’s called the Canine Ethogram. Please learn about me and I will tell you so much.

I am a Dog
I needn’t learn all of your words. If you learn my canine communication we can meet in the middle. I don’t need buttons to push and gadgets to name. My ears and tail constantly share my feelings as do my eyes.

I am a Dog
You laugh when I’m in clothing with ears slicked back and wide fearful eyes. I’m saying I don’t like it and I’m scared. You keep laughing at me.

I am a DOG
I love to walk , hike , sleep, eat , and be with my people. I love digging and swimming. I want some choices and understanding. Let me choose where we walk and never rush me or yank me.

I am a DOG
I need companionship. Please don’t leave me alone so long. Don’t lock me away for hours. I have to potty more than you think.

I am a DOG
I don’t need to attend the pet store ice cream social or meet Santa if I’m scared. Listen to me please. You and I could drive to the country and have ice cream just us. You could get my Christmas photo done in the woods by a real winter tree.

I am a DOG
If you love me learn to listen to me. We dogs are all unique. Learn who I really am and what makes me happy.

I am a DOG
Many consider me the world’s most amazing animal. Don’t take that away from me by making me more human like.

I am a DOG
You could save a fortune on dog training if you learned to speak my language and learn what brings ME joy. Many trainers want me to be a robot. I’m not just a baby or a robot.

I am a DOG
Enter my world and be amazed. See your finances free up , see your stress reduced , see our relationship blossom. I invite you to come to the land of open space , lazy days , long naps, belly rubs , bird watching , prances through creeks and brooks.

I am a DOG
I make pawprints in Mud and steal pizza crust. I am a natural scavenger. Create games for me to meet my needs. I like finding treats. Let me sometimes sniff the stinky stuff. Your perfume is disgusting to me. Did you consider the candles and oils ?? I live my life in your chosen scents. When it’s safe to do so let me sniff the stinks. What’s a whiff of the neighbors recycling bin going to hurt on my walk ?

I am YOUR DOG
A good girl or boy. A loyal friend. My deepest desires often unknown. Please be my best friend. Please please LET ME BE A DOG

~ Stacey Ann

21/06/2024

Purple Pup you are SO spot on with this post!

🛇 Use your Manners! 🛇
The Sniff test - Stop doing that!
The sniff test - a badly engrained habit that society has been taught, without a clear understanding of what they're actually doing.

🚩When you reach out towards a dog, you are using body pressure AT them, giving them no time to assess whether you are safe & whether they require further investigation to pick up your information. You are forcing an interaction of a relationship that hasn't had time to develop. To some dogs, this is quite rude & the reason a lot of dogs snap at or bite people. This can cause alot of behavioral issues because of layered stress due to forced interactions.

🚩If they are on lead, they have no where to go if they are sensitive to spacial pressure, so can end up shutting down, shying away or snapping at your hand so you back off. This is an example of how a dog is now using pressure to turn off pressure & make you back off so they aren't so stressed.

🚩People think by offering your hand it can give the dog time to sniff to know you're friendly... they can sniff without being forced to sniff your hand.Their noses are far more superior than ours & they don't need close contact forced upon them to smell you.

🚩Some dogs might not want to know you. You have no relationship with them and that's perfectly fine. They aren't your dog so you don't need to touch them or steal pats for your own satisfaction.

🤔 If you are meeting a dog, what should you do?
⚠Ask the owner if you can interact with their dog. Not all people want strangers touching their dogs. Especially strangers who you are unlikely to see again.
⚠Stand up straight & relaxed, with your hands at your side.
⚠Ignore the dog & talk to the owner.
⚠Don't stare at the dog & don't try to force an interaction by going in for a pat. If the dog wants to know you, it will come up to you & sniff around. Usually they will move away & then come back for a second sniffathon. Some dogs will bunt your hands & wag their tails, which are good signs that you're likely an accepted new friend. Give them a few slow pats down their back (NOT THEIR HEAD) & then stop. Is the dog happy? Has it accepted your interaction? This will determine whether you can give it more pats.

🐶This is a more stress free option for dogs & a reason why in consultations we can develop a good level of trust, especially with fearful dogs & aggressive dogs, without a bunch of negative side effects from forced interactions.

25/05/2024

Whoa! This is a brilliant and powerful short film…

Nobody should suffer in silence. 80% of dogs over 8 years old have arthritis, which is a major cause of elective euthanasia.

14/05/2024

Thinking of all the humans and dogs who brought joy to my life at Snuffl.dog 💚🐾