31/12/2025
💥💥 NEWEST RECRUIT 💥💥
Big ‘DOUGIE’ has joined Team BOSS for a bunch of weekly walks…..
It’s funny because I get quite a lot of people asking about walks/training days off the back of contacting other dog walkers and as soon as they say their dog is ‘Reactive’ it’s like, “aye this guy Mark will do it, here’s his number” 🤦♂️🤣
I met Dougie in his house before Christmas and he’s a nice big guy, but yesterday I was taking him a trial run and would he get in the van with other dogs in it??….. not a chance(I’m surprised I don’t get bitten at this point 😂).
Anyways, he was getting a bit too stressy after a couple attempts so for his sake I said I’d come back with an empty van. He still didn’t want to go in, but tbh, it’s not his choice…. He’s going(this is far easier with a small dog you can just lift and put in a crate 💯). A swift move, no time for him to back out and he was up and in the crate….. sorted.
He lay down nice n calm and quiet until we got to the walk. We then went away a decent walk, and he’s supposedly a really bad leash puller but a wee few adjustments and it was a pretty relaxed enjoyable walk.
We got back to the van and he still wasn’t exactly ecstatic about going back in, and now I had KOBA in the crate just above him to add a little more pressure….. but back in he went 👌.
If you live your life ‘putting off’ what your dog decides it doesn’t want to do your just giving yourself and the dog, problems.
Read the dog, give enough pressure, but know when to back off if it’s getting a bit too much…. And obviously praise the desired outcome.
I like the fact his owner also had the attitude that ‘he will go in, just lift him’ 😂….. when a dog does something once, second time is far easier.
Another cool big GSD on the books 🔥🔥
Like A BOSS.