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Pet Counsellor Animal behaviourist. In-home training to help you with problems with your pet or help you with the education of your puppy
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❤️my job!!
04/06/2024

❤️my job!!

Nice poster!
29/05/2024

Nice poster!

If you want to connect with a dog. If you want to help a dog to regulate their emotions through calmer responses. Then you will probably need any triggering exposure to be below their emotional threshold.

Make sure the dog is able to remain connected, to process new information (in example, changing their mind about triggers that they remembered as being a potential threat) and to self-regulate at a slower, more relaxed pace.

You can even co-regulate if you are both calm, having a calming effect on each other. No rush😇

I wrote an article about thresholds, you can read it here: https://lotsdogs.com/behavior/threshold.html

A quote from the article: "Each dog can have different preferences, different ranges of resilience, different coping mechanisms and a different recovery speed which can change under different circumstances."🤓

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I love SNIFFARIS!!!
26/02/2024

I love SNIFFARIS!!!

Shake it…shake it off…

A recent study by two researchers in France looked at sniffing, pulse rate, and leash length on walks. Sixty-one dogs were taken on three separate walks, five minutes each walk, once with a 1.5m leash, once with a 5m leash, and once without a leash at all (walk order was randomized for each dog). Off-leash dogs sniffed the most, more than 3x as long as the dogs on short leashes. Dogs on long leashes spent nearly as much time as unleashed dogs sniffing, almost 3x as long as dogs on short leashes.

This study also found that sniffing resulted in lowered pulse rates, and the more intensely they sniffed, the more their pulse rates lowered. Pulse rate was also lowered when dogs “shook off” during walks on all leash lengths. The “shake off” behavior was often seen when the dog’s pulse rate was particularly high.

Read more about it below!

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HX77kp2HBDiTxmq/?mibextid=Le6z7H

https://www.tuftsyourdog.com/everydaydogcare/giving-your-dog-time-to-sniff-on-walks-will-literally-soothe-his-heart/

What else can we learn about dogs from their walking behavior? Take your best friend on a Sniffari and see what you observe!

18/02/2024

Separation anxiety in dogs is a distressing condition marked by hyper-attachment and a profound panic when left alone. Symptoms include destructive behavior like chewing furniture, excessive vocalization such as barking or howling, pacing and panting, and even house soiling. It also limits the life

So happy with the review of Dr Cady!  She's an amazing veterinarian!
01/02/2024

So happy with the review of Dr Cady! She's an amazing veterinarian!

22/09/2023
22/09/2023

Nature at the lake ❤️

Haha!
29/06/2023

Haha!

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22/05/2023

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Nice review!
04/01/2023

Nice review!

What a nice review! Love my job!
05/12/2022

What a nice review! Love my job!

Chill 😀❤️ Lua
28/09/2022

Chill 😀❤️ Lua

23/09/2022

THE QUICK FIX AND THE UNICORN
Neither exist – especially when it comes to changing behaviour.
Want to lose weight? A quick fix of diet pills, meal replacements or slimming machines will be short-lived even if it initially appears to be successful. To succeed we will need to put in effort, change our mind set, be mindful of emotions, eat less or differently and exercise – there is no quick fix. Want to get a degree – hard work, long hours, dedication and effort is the only way. The same applies to changing behaviour, whether it be that of our dogs or ourselves.
We live in a society where we want quick fixes for everything. Our lives are often so busy, stressful and complicated enough without having to even think about spending time and effort in trying to “fix” our dog’s problems. Just slap on a shock collar, choke chain, use a spray bottle, a shake can or send them off to a board and train facility to sort them quickly, or why not find a trainer that guarantees quick results? These are not quick fixes and will come at a cost.
The cost of not addressing the reason and the emotion behind the behaviour. The cost of destroying trust, bonds and relationship, the risk of creating other problems by using fear and pain to control and train a dog. The cost of creating a fearful, anxious and reactive dog because of the “quick fix”.
Changing behaviour takes time, it requires understanding, dedication, consistency and patience, but the results of “fixing” something the right way, are worth it.

Oh the colours ❤️
20/09/2022

Oh the colours ❤️

16/09/2022

She LOVES me 😍

27/07/2022

🚽 Cats need a safe place to toilet and providing cat friendly litter facilities can help prevent issues like conflict between cats, cystitis and house soiling.

📍 Location 📍
Cats like to toilet in private areas. Ensure litter trays are placed in various locations around the home, away from busy areas, noise and strong smells.

📏 Size 📏
Litter trays should be 1.5 times the length of a cat from its nose to the base of its tail. Cats need to turn around and dig comfortably whilst using their tray. Hooded trays restrict movement more than open trays.

🔢 Number 🔢
Cats like to urinate and defecate in different areas, so there should be at least one litter tray per cat plus one extra.

🐈 Type 🐈
Open trays are more suitable than covered trays for multi-cat households as increased visibility reduces the likelihood of ambushing by other cats.

Self-cleaning litter trays are not recommended as they are generally too small, can make sudden noises and movements that startle cats and are difficult to deep clean.

🐾 Litter choice 🐾
Consider soft, granular/sand-like clumping litter. This is comfortable on a cat’s pads and makes removing soiled matter easy - however, each cat has its own preference.

Scented litter or fresheners should be avoided as they can smell offensive to cats.

Tray liners can get caught in a cat’s claws and lead aversions of using the litter tray.

✨ Cleaning ✨
Litter trays containing clumping litter should have soiled material scooped out daily and completely emptied, cleaned and refilled weekly. However, litter trays containing non-clumping litter need to go through the same empty, clean and refill process every 2-3 days.

🐈‍⬛ What preferences does your cat have? 🐈‍⬛

Here are our top litter tray recommendations 👉 https://icatcare.org/advice/litter-trays/

07/06/2022

Snapper in our yard,ready to lay eggs! I keep Lua away as they can bite when feeling threatened. Lua is always intense in communication, she got some ball game as distraction 😀

27/05/2022
Beauty ❤️
18/05/2022

Beauty ❤️

Sun and fly protection 😀
14/05/2022

Sun and fly protection 😀

09/05/2022

Her compagnon of the field was calling her 😀

28/04/2022

It’s Review Time! Why take your dog on a Sniffari?

Sniffing is a dog’s primary means of collecting information about the world around them. Detecting and processing smells is enriching and energy-intensive. The ability to sniff freely and investigate the environment has been correlated with increased optimism and lowered pulse rates. We have discovered that dogs’ nostrils can wiggle independently, and that specific nostrils are used to investigate specific smells. Dogs have retained the ability to identify the scents of large predators even when they never have contact with those predators.

We have used sniff-related research to determine that dogs can identify the scent of a familiar person in their absence, and that the dog-human bond is strongly reinforced in dogs’ brains. Dogs can detect drugs, explosives, changes in emotions, and changes in human cell metabolism during illness like cancer and diabetes, and are currently being trained to see if they can identify Covid-19.

Rather than marching your dog along at a brisk pace on every walk, try some walks (or portions of walks) where you let your dog sniff freely. It can be enriching not only to them, but to you as well. Watch how your dog catches a scent in the air or on the ground, and the zany path they take following the scent. Watch to see what catches your dog’s attention enough to sniff deeply and intensely. See if you can notice your dog switching nostrils to sniff a specific smell, and if you can see their nostrils wiggle. Take a moment to ponder and appreciate the similarities and differences between the way we vision-focused humans perceive our world and the way smell-focused dogs do. At the end of the day, for both man and man’s best friend, a big breath in and a big exhale makes us all feel better.

20/04/2022

❤️🥕

28/03/2022

Oh that shake 😀❤️

My buddy ❤️
28/03/2022

My buddy ❤️

Mud saison!! That’ll be a challenge to keep her clean!
25/03/2022

Mud saison!! That’ll be a challenge to keep her clean!

Ready for rain! ❤️Demi
20/03/2022

Ready for rain! ❤️Demi

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