🔥 LURING WORKSHOP 🔥
Today I hosted Brainwork for Dogs Luring Workshop and what a great day it was!!
All 6 teams smashed it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We looked at building a lure, building motivation into the lure and adding some skills into our dogs training!
All 6 dogs improved from the start of the day and each handler has homework to go away and work on!
Should be super proud of yourselves!!! 🧡
🔥 NEW ITEMS 🔥
Now stocking Yak Snacks!
Puppy/ Small Dog Yaks : £2.50
Medium Bars (ALL Flavours) : £5.00
Large Bars (ALL Flavours) : £8.50
XL Bars : £10.50
Keep an eye out for them going LIVE on the shop 👏🏻
🔥 LURING WORKSHOP 🔥
Last few spaces remaining for this weekends workshop!
10-5pm
Handler spots £75
Spectator £30
Workshop not to be missed!!
DM to book your spot 🔥
🐾 CONSISTENCY 🐾
There’s so much information out there around dogs and training. But one thing is for sure, if you stick to something longer than 2 weeks you will see results.
Often owners come in after years of the same issue being practiced, let’s use lead walking for example. They’ve walked their dog 3 times a day for 3 years, consistently. And their dog has pulled every single walk. That’s over 3,000 opportunities that dog has had to display that same behaviour. Pretty consistent right?!
Then owners give up after two weeks of trying to train their dog to not pull. That isn’t even a balanced attempt at trying to out compete the old behaviour.
The simplest thing you can bring to changing any dog’s behaviour is effort and consistency. If you can’t commit to trying to change your dog’s behaviour, don’t complain about what the dog is doing.
To truly change your relationship with your dog for the better takes time, patience, consistency and effort.
Showing up 10 minutes every single day is better than showing up for an hour once a week.
🐾 YOUNG DOGS 🐾
These are just a few things that I focus on, and as always every dog is an individual!
I can’t put into words how valuable playing with your dog is. If you swap one of your walks around the streets for a good fun play session, you’ll see big improvements in your relationship with your dog.
If you’re struggling to play with your dog, get in touch or come along to our Play workshop on the 22nd of September 👏🏻
🔥 TREAT BOX - £10 🔥
27 items for £10!
Available for pick up, local drop off (tomorrow am) or shipping if requested!
Only 7 available!
DM to steal a bargain!
🔥 MILL & SPRINGPOLE INTRO 🔥
Saturday the 14th of September I will be running a small group to go over the spring pole and carpet mill and how to get your dogs into it!
£20 per dog, only 4 spaces!
Bring a harness for your dog 👏🏻
Those who book on to the intro day will get a free 30 min session after the 14th to continue your progress!
Book your slot here : https://brainworkfordogs.square.site/
🔥 CLIENT GROUP WALK 🔥
Last Saturday we headed to the West Links for a group walk and the dogs aced it!
Our next one is Saturday the 21st of September, meeting at Crombie Country Park.
These are FREE to clients 🧡
Message me to book your spot!
🐾 PIPPA 🐾
Pippa is in for some tweaking of her recall around dogs and some may say “why are you teaching her play?”
Well, firstly when she came in to the facility she was hunkered down and adamant that she wasn’t coming in. It could be really easy to use food to “win” her over but through play we can start to build real relationships and trust.
We went into the car park to give her some breathing space and got her playing - the noises that came out of her 😂
By the end of the session Pippa was noticeably much more confident and buzzing about her experience! A few dogs walked past that neither her mum nor Pippa noticed because they were so engrossed in the game of tug! Which for me is a win win!
We are going to build on play for Pip’s confidence and building value in staying with her people! Keep an eye out for her progression 👏🏻
NOCA 🤝 MARKET
Today we headed to the local market to start off our NOCA Sunday and honestly I couldn’t be prouder 👏🏻
It was BUSY. There were kids, dogs and people everywhere you turned. But the dogs handled it like absolute troopers.
Everyone should be immensely proud of their dogs today. Because I am proud of all the teams 🧡
PLAY PT2
Last night I put up a post talking about the physical benefits of play… exercise.
But today I’m going to talk about the emotional and mental benefits of play. In this short video you can see two animals having the best time. My dog and I.
I walked away from last nights play session feeling energised, happy and fulfilled because I’d had fun with my dog, in the most simplest of manners. We just went to the park and played 🤷🏻♀️
If you are struggling to get motivated for training or are feeling bogged down with your dog’s behaviour and don’t want to go out for the “round the block walk” then don’t. Go and play with your dog.
It’s madness to me that people endure 3 walks a day round the same route when you can exercise and fulfil your dog in a much more enjoyable fashion.
Yesterday my dogs had been walked and had a small training session but they enjoyed this this most.
If you don’t know how to play or want to get more out of your play with your dog, get in touch!!
🐾 LESS IS MORE 🐾
Sometimes the problem isn’t that you’re not doing enough, sometimes it’s you’re not doing enough of one thing…settling!
Settling anywhere is something you have to teach a dog. It rarely comes naturally.
Dogs who are busy in the head are often labelled as reactive. By teaching them how to control their emotions around their environments we can create a calmer head in the dog. Which feeds into creating an overall calmer and happier dog!
P.s. this took 50 minutes to get this handsome lad to start to relax!
If this is something you struggle with, please reach out! 🧡
🔥 LURING WORKSHOP 🔥
(Re- post bc I got the date wrong 🤪)
Saturday the 7th of September!
10-5pm
Handler and spectator spaces available!
Learn how to start and build your luring skills with your dog! There will be plenty of practical handling opportunities for your dog.
Your dogs need to be okay with resting in the car in between their shots!
Book here : https://brainworkfordogs.square.site
🔥 NOCA THURSDAYS 🔥
Last night everyone worked incredibly hard!! 👏🏻
Working on our entrance to a heel and confidence building 🙌🏻
Well done everyone!
J x
Getting some practice in from the workshop at the weekend! 🔥
⭐️ CLYDE ⭐️
Big lanky Clyde!
Carrie got in touch with me back in January to get some help with her rescue dog Clyde. He was showing signs of reactivity towards dogs and she feared he’d be a dog stuck on the lead for the rest of his life as long lines were just not safe due to his size and strength.
So we got to work! We took our time laying the foundations of their relationship, building Carrie’s confidence and also Clyde’s. He’s a big strong lad so we introduced a pinch collar and he took to it really well. His mum has so much more confidence in handling Clyde now and they’ve been enjoying life ever since.
Recently we introduced the e collar and again this has opened up so much freedom for both Clyde and Carrie. She gets to see her wonderful boy enjoying life safely and he gets to experience life off a lead without being a nuisance.
I am so so proud of Carrie and Clyde. They have been the absolute dream to work with. Her open mind has been so amazing to work with because she knew that she had a dog that needed more. So rather than making excuses, she put the work in and can now enjoy her dog!
Just look how happy her boy is to be running around like a big doofus 😍
If you are curious about the tools used, please get in touch as I am happy to educate. I will not however tolerate any abuse over the use of tools!
J x
🐾 PLAY STYLE 🐾
Many people may tell you that because you have “x” breed, they will play “x” way.
Now while some dogs will have a predisposition to play a certain way because of what they were originally bred to do, you can pay in other ways!
Sonny, a spaniel, loves to be chased. He enjoys parading his toy around, which is typical of a spaniel!! So I’m going to play with him in the way, however recently we have been changing things up. He now enjoys playing tug! Which has unleashed his inner pit bull 😂
Have a think about what games you play with your dog! Are they typical of the breed or have you created your own games?!
