Betty arrived for a board & train to work on her stranger issues as well as some dog reactivity and resource guarding around other dogs.
Over the last week I have spent a lot of time getting her endorphins up out and about amongst a pack of dogs as well as ensuring she has had quality downtime in her own separate space, a crate. Just over a week later (and with lots of practice) she is now able to settle in close proximity around another dog whilst eating a chew - she is absolutely smashing it and I am so pleased with how she is coming on!
More updates to come on her journey!
If you would like help with your dog then please reach out to get started!
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Every month on Honest Hounds we will be focussing on a particular theme to help our members have the best relationship with their dogs. Tomorrow we will be launching a new theme, can you guess what it might be? Comment below if you think you know the answer 👀
HANNAH'S HOUNDS TRAINING FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY 🎉🎉
🌟 Mantrailing Workshop - Yorkshire 🌟
Mantrailing is a dog sport which uses the natural instincts of the dog to find missing people after taking scent. It's a great way to elevate your relationship with your dog and is very stimulating tuning into the power of your dog's nose. The sport is great for engaging your dogs brain, tiring them out and allowing them to sniff! It's a great way to build confidence in reactive or timid dogs around their triggers and also focuses and slows down dogs that are more excitable.
The session will cover:
🐾 the use of appropriate equipment
🐾 the benefits mantrailing has for you and your dog
🐾 confidence building
🐾 trails that suit you and your dogs needs and abilities
Our affiliate trainers @hannahshoundstraining and @properpaws_dogtraining are hosting a mantrailing workshop during our time in Yorkshire on Sunday 22nd September 9-12. This workshop is suitable for any dog with a nose and can be tailored to suit all behavioural problems. So if you'd like to get involved we'd love to hear from you!!
Comment MANTRAILING for more information.
🌟 DO YOU HAVE BOUNDARIES WITH YOUR DOG FOR AFFECTION 🌟
We love our dogs so much that quite often we don't notice that they've managed to manipulate us on the side. They've come and muzzled in for affection, leant on us or sat all over us on the sofa. We feel needed and as a consequence we don't notice that they're demanding affection and we are freely giving it.
Affection is a really important resource and we should start seeing it as such. If we give it to our dogs for free then it becomes less valuable whereas, if we give it to our dogs when they're doing behaviours we like or that we've asked for then it actually means something. How cool is that? We get to give out affection whilst actually teaching them something 😎
Bear was all about the affection last night and he's been absolutely great since he arrived so I gave him a cuddle but on my terms. When I asked him to get off he did and as a reward I then invited him back. Boundaries can be as simple as that but they make it clear that it's on our terms and not theirs!
Does your dog demand affection? How do you handle it?
🌟 DO YOU STRUGGLE TO TRIM YOUR DOG'S NAILS? 🌟
Shadow in the last few months has started to demonstrate that he is uncomfortable when having his nails trimmed (pulling his paw away, licking my hand that has the clippers in, whining as soon as the clippers touch his nail). So I have been doing some work on it everyday to get him back to where we were previously where he used to sleep through it. I have spent 5 minutes everyday:
🔹 Holding his paw and the clippers against one of his nails, if he doesn't pull away, lick or whine then I reward.
🔹 I have continued to lengthen the amount of time that I have expected from him everyday.
🔹 In the past two sessions, this was all I expected from him but today I ended the session by trimming one of his nails. He barely even noticed as he was used to the game we were playing and was anticipating getting the food reward at the end.
Do you struggle trimming your dog's nails? Why don't you try spending 5 minutes a day helping them work through it. You will be amazed how fast you see results.
📞 07455 633232
💌 [email protected]
🌟 Mantrailing Workshop - Yorkshire 🌟
Mantrailing is a dog sport which uses the natural instincts of the dog to find missing people after taking scent. It's a great way to elevate your relationship with your dog and is very stimulating tuning into the power of your dog's nose. The sport is great for engaging your dogs brain, tiring them out and allowing them to sniff! It's a great way to build confidence in reactive or timid dogs around their triggers and also focuses and slows down dogs that are more excitable.
The session will cover:
🐾 the use of appropriate equipment
🐾 the benefits mantrailing has for you and your dog
🐾 confidence building
🐾 trails that suit you and your dogs needs and abilities
Our affiliate trainers @hannahshoundstraining and @properpaws_dogtraining are hosting a mantrailing workshop during our time in Yorkshire on Sunday 22nd September 9-12. This workshop is suitable for any dog with a nose and can be tailored to suit all behavioural problems. So if you'd like to get involved we'd love to hear from you!!
Comment MANTRAILING for more information.
I'm on the way back from Paris and absolutely can't wait for an action packed weekend in Nottinghamshire (NG23)!!
We've still got some limited spaces left for recall, scentwork and mantrailing so if you want to book at the last minute then please drop me or Kym a message.
