How’s everyone coping with the wind?! We have no power or mobile signal at home! Have had to take the dogs out to get online!
🐾 Life in a multi-dog household works best when there are clear rules everyone follows, and adding a new puppy into the mix is always an adventure! One of the key lessons in our home is learning to wait your turn. This simple rule makes life calmer, more harmonious, and ensures each dog gets their fair share.
🪿 In this video, you’ll see Goose, learning that unless he hears his name, the treat isn’t for him. My other dogs are seasoned pros at this game, waiting patiently while their names are called. But for Goose? This is all brand-new.
Watch closely, and you’ll see the wheels turning as Goose starts to figure out the rules: no name, no treat. It’s a perfect example of how dogs learn through consistent practice and clear communication. Moments like this remind me how rewarding it is to take the time to teach these skills.
🐶 Whether you’ve got one dog or five, teaching patience and self-control not only helps with everyday life but also builds trust and understanding between you and your dog.
Who else shares their life with more than one dog? What rules do you have?
Drop a comment and let us know! 👇
The Art of Doing Nothing 🥱
A mistake I made with my older dogs was to teach them to ‘settle’ by drip feeding the bed. To this day they do not settle. They might stay on a bed but they are watching me constantly to await the next instruction.
Food and toys activate. I want my dogs to switch off and relax. I also want a dog I can take to the pub!
Goose is learning that when I stand on the lead it’s time to switch off. I do this regularly at home when he is tired, fed and toileted.
Today I tested it in the pub. He had had his dinner, been for a wee and was ready for a nap. He started with a chew to help him acclimatise and then I put the lead under my chair and enjoyed my pint.
It’s important to make sure that your puppy is comfortable in the environment and understands what is expected of them before trying this in more challenging environments.
Do you have a dog who struggles to switch off, or maybe you have got it nailed and you have the perfect pub dog.
Let us know 👇
Goose Vito Game
⭐️ Learning How to Learn ⭐️
One of the first and most important skills our puppies need to develop is learning how to learn. It’s all about figuring out that experimenting and trying new things leads to rewards—and that’s a game-changer!
In this video, Goose is tackling his third attempt at this fun training game called the ‘Vito Thinking Game’
We started simple with just two bowls, gradually adding a bin for him to navigate around. You can see him problem-solving and working out exactly what he needs to do to earn his reward.
Keep an eye out about halfway through— Goose briefly gets distracted (off-camera is a cat 🐈⬛ making an appearance), but notice how he’s able to disengage from the distraction and refocus on the task.
This is a brilliant brain workout for your dog and the perfect activity for wet and stormy days when outdoor adventures aren’t an option.
Have you tried this kind of problem-solving game with your dog or puppy? Or would you like to learn how to get started?
Drop us a comment below—we’d love to hear from you! 👇
Your dogs were born to sniff….. Let them 😊
I’m going to let you into a little secret, I get really bored teaching loose lead walking 🥱
It’s tedious and repetitive and I’m going to bet that if I find it boring then my dogs would definitely agree with me. So boring that they would much rather drag me to the nearest thing to sniff than stay next to me.
But what if I told you loose lead walking is just a trick? So if I’m going to teach a trick, we both may as well have fun while doing it.
All the tricks in this video have one thing in common, they all happen next to me, and loose lead walking is just that, stay next to me.
So instead of boring us both to death doing the same old same old, I’m going to jazz it up a little, the end result looks the same, my dogs walk by my side, only we’ve had a laugh while doing it 😀
Please tell me I’m not the only one who hates teaching loose lead walking?!
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Can’t wait to see you again soon 😄
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