Oh My Pattes-Education Canine

Lou the German Pinscher I recently saw Lou for our first training lesson. It was more for her human versus for Lou 😅 I taught my client how to use the long lead. One of the best tools that we use in training. The long lead let Lou explore with a radius of 10 meters. She loved it! And her human learned how to use it correctly by breaking and blocking, rewinding and unwinding, and of course our body posture for directional changes. Her human felt comfortable enough with giving Lou this much distance and freedom all with being securely attached.

Norman in town/park

Norman- for our third lesson, it did not go as planned, no thanks to the terrible rainy weather we had. But that’s OK! We made do. I had specifically asked Norman’s family to walk him before our lesson because I knew that this lesson was going to be hard for him. It was going to ask a lot from, especially emotionally. And in the end, it really did take all he had out of him, he was exhausted on his way back home. I had asked that we meet in a park, where we had the potential to see other dogs in the park, attached or unattached it did not matter. Norman is going to learn how to see other dogs from a distance and how to deal with his emotions. I showed his family that he was very clear on his intentions to go see each dog, but with our body positions, the long lead, distance, and energy/excitement management- we were very clear with our communication to Norman. And what many great choices he made that day! It was one of his first times in the city and to the market, we took our time when Norman was not sure of the environment. His family was able to see how well he managed his emotions, how well he processed the situations, and that we do not need to be always on the look out for other dogs and add stress to Norman. We need to give Norman the chance first, there are certain places where we can meet other doggy friends, and there are places we cannot. If we continue to be coherent with these messages, Norman will understand very quickly when it is fun time, and when it is not. In the end, we went back to the park so that Norman could meet Lilo. We gave him a hard task to do, see Lilo from a distance, walk parallel from each other, and only until he was calm would Lilo come closer and closer. Even though it was really hard for him, he started venting out on his family with his frustrations (small jumps and biting on the long lead), he ended up respecting very well all of Lilo’s appeasement signs and her limits. When it was too much for her, he did n

Bonne Fête des Papas! Happy Father’s Day!

Gestion de la Longe avec Nyx

Letting your doggy choose their treats is always a good thing to do from time to time. It is very interesting to see what they prefer to eat first, in what order they choose to eat in, and just simply the choice they make. We can see Lilo’s thought process with a back and forth, a little nose kiss to the chicken foot, but in the end she chose the pork ear. 🐷

Dream is over! Lets continue napping

Video 3 of 3 And now that the dream is over, Lilo stared at me for a while. I asked her if she was OK, I didnt think I should come over to comfort her, she didnt ask me to come anyways. I also didn’t want to cuddle her in case it was a bad emotional nightmare. I would not have wanted to reinforce whatever those feelings would be by accident. I just validated them by asking her if she was ok. She seemed OK, she was able to relax, and discharge her emotional state of mind, and then finally continue her nap. Et là maintenant la rêve s’est terminée, Lilo m’a regardé pendant un moment. Je lui ai demandé si elle va bien. Pour moi ce moment n’a pas justifié que je viens de la réconforter, elle m’a pas demandé et aussi en précautions que c’était un cauchemar. Je n’aurais pas voulu renforcer des mauvaises émotions par un câlin au cas où que c’était un cauchemar. Ca suffit que j’ai au moins validé ses émotions en la demandante si elle va bien. Et elle va bien, elle a pu se re-relaxer, et dechargé ses émotions, et puis elle a continué son dodo.

Her dream is ending

Video 2 of 3 You can see little by little her piloerection going back down On voit sa piloerection redescend petit à petit

What an emotional dream Lilo just had. Wow!!!

Video 1 of 3 I have never seen Lilo have such an emotional dream. I wonder what it was about? Her tail was wagging, she was wimpering, trembling, and she had a piloerection all the way from her shoulders to tail! So it was very very very emotional for her. J’ai jamais vue Lilo comme ça, une rêve avec autant d’émotions. Je me demande ce que c’était? Sa queue remue, elle a chouiné, tremblé, et aussi elle a eu un piloerection de ses épaules jusqu’à sa queue. C’était tres tres tres émotionnelle pour ma Lilo.

Ca ronfle par ici! 🤫😴

Ca fait plaisir d’avoir les chiens bien fatigués. Ca veut dire pleines de bonnes choses. Qu’ils sont bien dépensés, tous leurs besoins ont été réussis. Qu’ils sont à l’aise chez moi. Qu’ils ne sont pas trop triste à manquer leur famille. Qu’ils sont confortables avec plusieurs endroits à se poser. Et tous simplement qu’ils sont bien dans leurs pattes pattes! 🤗. Si la service de la pension familiale vous intéresse, ne hésitez pas à m’envoyer une message privé. Bonne nuit les loulous 😘

Balade canine ET feline! 🤣😂

Pas beaucoup du monde peut balader leur chat. Ce chat est tellement cool avec les chiens, il s’appelle Kana. Il m’aide beaucoup avec la socialisation et l’habituation des chats pour les chiens de mes clients. Il communique tres bien vers les chiens et aussi vers les autres chats. Je l’ai adopté cet dernière été. Et pourquoi il est si bien avec les chiens? Parce qu’il a grandit avec un chien, Tyson, mon Rottweiler qui a décédé deux mois apres l’adoption. Je les ai adopté pour leurs offrir une belle vie. Tyson et Kana dormaient ensemble. Grace à Tyson, J’ai pu faire l’apprentissage social pour Lilo avec les chats. Avant c’était l’enfer! Lilo etait tres tres reactif avec les chats. Mais depuis, Lilo accepte tres bien les chats, à l’intérieur et l’extérieur. Pendant nos petites sorties au tour de la maison, Kana a une tres bonne suivi naturel et un rappel. Je vais essayer de le filmer la prochaine fois. Je suis tres fiere d’avoir ce chat, j’ai beaucoup de chance! Doggy walk AND Kitty walk! 🤣😂 Not a lot of people can walk their cat. This cat is very cool with dogs, his name is Kana. He helps me a lot with the socialising and habituation of cats for my client’s dogs. He communicates very well with dogs and other cats. I adopted him this past summer. And why is he so great with dogs? Mainly because he grew up with my other dog Tyson, a Rottweiler who passed away two months after The adoption. I adopted them to give them a beautiful life. Tyson and Kana used to sleep together. Thanks to Tyson, I was able to work on the social learning of Lilo with cats. Before, it was hell! Lilo was very very reactive to cats. But since, Lilo has learned to accept cats both inside and outside. During our walks around the house, Kana has a great natural following and recall. I will have to try to film it next time. I am so proud and lucky to have this cat!

Balade Collective! Aujourd’hui on a eu Lilo la croisée, Sangha le border, Roxy la cane corso, Ova la cane corso, Spike l’eurasier, et Skull le malinois. Beaucoup d’énergie dans ce vidéo parce que c’était le début de la balade et aussi parce qu’on avait que des adolescents sauf Lilo. Notez que Lilo est la seule à marcher, les autres courent ou trottinent 🤣 Les autres ont entre 8-18 mois. Mais croyez-moi, à la fin de la balade ils pouvaient plus! On a eu meme des chiens qu’ils ont pété les plombs dans leurs façons à eux. Group walk! Today we had Lilo the mutt, Sangha the border collie, Roxy the cane corso, Ova the cane corso, Spike the eurasier, and Skull the malinois. Lots of energy in this video mainly because this is the beginning of our walk and also because we had a lot of teens except for Lilo. Note that Lilo is the only one walking, and the others are at a much quicker pace 🤣. The other dogs are from about 8-18 months old. But believe me, at the end they were tired! We even had some dogs who just couldn’t handle it anymore and showed us in their own ways.

Balade Collective aujourd’hui! Tres intéressant cette groupe des chiens. Ici on a Lilo la croisée, Neo le whippet, Sangha le border, Rayko le malinois/BA, Rewa et Soul les borders. Beaucoup d’énergie 😅 Beaucoup de communication entre chiens et humains 🙃 Lilo et moi sont KO! Collective Doggy Walk today! Very interesting with this group of dogs. Here we have Lilo the mutt, Neo the whippet, Sangha the border collie, Rayko the malinois/german shepherd, Rewa and Soul the border collie sisters. Lots of energy 😅 Lots of communication between dogs and the humans as well 🙃 Lilo and I are knocked out!

Balade en Foret pour Lilo

Out for a walk in the forest! Because of the forest we chose to have our walk in, and because of the weather... Lilo must wear this orange jacket. Why? Because of hunting! We must be very very careful about hunters, surrounding us in other zones of the same forest. Orange is most commonly used for hunters to be aware of, as in don’t shoot! Lilo is not a prey... 😰 At least she looks good, yeah? 😂 Lots of odours over here, at the entrance of the forest. Dehors pour une balade! À cause de la foret choisi, et aussi à cause de la météo... Lilo doit porter ce manteau orange. Pourquoi? La chasse! On doit faire beaucoup d’attention avec les chasseurs, qui nous entourent dans les autres zones de la foret. La couleur Orange est la plus utilisé pour que les chasseurs soient conscients à ne pas tirer dessus, attention! Lilo n’est pas une proie... 😰 Mais elle est belle, non? 😂 Beaucoup d’odeurs par là, à l’entrée de la Foret