Mallorca Force Free Dog Training

19/12/2024

Working on home alone time with the gorgeous Blue 💙 We're laying strong foundations to build upon, desensitising the exit, making things predictable and keeping it easy for him so we can increase at ease without freaking him out.

18/12/2024

How beautiful is Kira? We're currently working on improving her leash walking and navigating some home changes over the next months.

18/12/2024

In other news...these pups are looking for adopters in working/sporting homes, enphasis will be put on finding the right home for each one, they can travel if the person/family is the right match. dm if you would like to be considered.

18/12/2024

Ice won the adoption lottery and now forms part of the Dogstar family in Madrid with dog trainers Almu and José Luis and their kids and dogs 🫶🏻 It's a ripple effect, they let me shadow training sessions a decade ago before I started helping people with their dogs and now Ice at some point will help other dogs too ❤️

05/12/2024

Guess the breed? I thought Wabi's beautiful face was on the grid already but no. So here is the best boy WabiSabi, we've been training since he arrived in his new home some months ago so it's a bit of a late intro, this huge floofy puppy is such an amazing natured boy😍

05/12/2024

Guess the breed? Working on a few things with Cooper and Ziggy, we started with recall with Cooper and have seen some beautiful progress in the last weeks already, brushing up on dog interactions (Cooper can get frustrated if he can't get to the dog), Ziggs wants to herd Cooper and keep him under control sometimes - replacement behaviour put in place for this and a few new cues for Cooper to work on to keep him closer and more engaged and generally more 'under control'. These boys are super smart, motivated and fun to train with!!!

27/11/2024

Update: She has an amazing new home lined up!

Looking for a hiking buddy?? This beautiful female 2 year old German Shepherd is looking for a forever home, she's an active and playful dog, enjoys dog company, has always lived rural with open space but is confident walking in urban areas too. She's social with adults and kids, she lived with smaller dogs and is currently fostered with large dogs and she is somewhat used to being around cats also. Very motivated to play and train and learns fast. Loves a snuggle. Dm for more info

19/10/2024

Quality over quantity when it comes to socialisation ❤️
Snoopy is so lucky to have been able to meet all the best boys and girls these past two weeks, her social bucket list is far from complete but it's been a good start! Thanks everyone for helping with my new addition!

16/10/2024

Helping hurricane Milo the 3 month Golden Retreiver become as sweet as he looks 🩷 Milo has been a very disregulated bitey handful of a pup and is now learning some puppy fundamentals alongside his lovely humans who are also learning how best to care for him and train him. This sweet nugget needed appropriate daily chewing outlets like he needs air to breathe, chewing is a pilar of raising a good pup, it helps him release a lot of energy and reinforces calm behavior aswell as being a self soothing behavior, we'll move away from the royalcanin food asap too as it's basically just an expensive bag of puppy M&Ms with very little nutritional value (we don't want to make too many changes at once, so he'll switch next week) and with his new found attention span we were able to get started with teaching him some new behavior, he is a very quick learner!

13/09/2024

Familiar faces in today's bulletin? :)

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05/09/2024

Warm welcome to Matcha and Mochi who have recently relocated, working on some puppy basics for Mochi and advanced skills for Marcha, dog interaction and sociability, both sisters are really motivated learners ❤️
Small doggies, dm me for future social walkies with this sweet duo

21/08/2024

Some puppy basics with Ona, she's a Spanish waterdog x Golden Retreiver mix, incredibly quick and smart little pup! I feel she really got the best of both gene groups, She's just as fast paced and active as a spanish waterdog pup but has all the social behavior and courage of the Golden...with just the right amount of goofyness😍 Swipe for bonus Disney eyes!

10/07/2024

Brushing up some leash walking and general training with mini bull terrier Harvey so that his walks can be even more enjoyable for both him and his humans, small changes go a long way :) He's such a happy and sweet boy!

05/07/2024

Great session this morning, celebrating recall progress with the handsome Ulysses as well as him stopping barking along the fence when someone passes as we've been implementing some tactics to change his internal response! What a change in just a week's practice, great little dedicated team, can't wait to see them next session.
Fun fact, Ulysses is a littermate of Romeo, they also live freakishly close to each other (nowhere near the breeder) but they had no idea and they actually met by chance at another location, how cool is that? They're now rekindling!

(That's a tractive GPS collar in case you're wondering)

17/06/2024

Bestest girls Coco and Donna in their natural habitat 🦦
They have created a cool little pool game using teamwork, Coco dives in and retrieves the floaty toy from the pool but Donna takes it the rest of the way to the mat and trades it in for a treato and the cycle continues, they have so much fun 😁 It's so interesting to see their different motivations, Coco is 100% invested in diving for the toy, that's her priority over anything and Donna absolutely lives for the snack ♥️ Love these two!

07/06/2024

How handsome is little Romeo? Not a tiny puppy anymore. Rome is a dapple Daschund, did you know that in breeding this type of coat pattern cannot be bred with another Dapple/harlequin/Merle? (Dapple and the rule applies in other breeds that carry Harlequin or Merle genes) It ALWAYS has to be bred to a solid and some breeds solids even have to be tested as they can still have the dapple gene. Two dapple parents produce double dapple pups, this comes with a genetic mutation causing possible combinations of blindness/partial sight, micro eyes, a missing eye, or future sight impairment, deafness and higher risk of skin cancer. They typically will have pale blue eyes and a lot of white on the coat (a colour that shouldn't be present in dapples). As this is an increasingly popular breed choice I thought I'd take the opportunity to show you exactly how they should look as I've seen various double dapple puppies over the past few years 🤕 Good breeders are completely aware of this and will not breed two dapple dogs. Ever. so if you're looking for a "breeder" and you spot a pale double dapple Daschund... Instant massive red flag.

I'd always recommend either adopt a dog or make an informed decision to buy one of a breed that you've researched from a good breeder who health tests all of their dogs, raises them in a home environment and commits to the early socialisation and training.

09/05/2024

Tobi is a recently adopted Bretón, he's a lovely sweet boy but has some big challenges, so over the next few months we'll be working on his ability to manage the environment, building trust with new humans, dog interaction, leash walking and recall, he has a huge desire to flush out small birds and is constantly on edge looking for them, we'll try to work with his instincts and not against them. Very excited to see this young boy progress and live his best life.

30/04/2024

Starting on the right paw with puppy pom Peki. His humans are first time dog owners and want to start correctly from the get go. Today we covered toilet training, did some practical work on recall/name recognition and swapping objects and spoke through many questions that arise when being first time pup parents and left them with some homework until next week. Such a sweet little pup!