🥳 HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 🥳
2024 has been absolutely fantastic, so a huge THANK YOU to everyone whether you joined me for a few sessions, a full class or returned for multiple classes.
I have been so lucky to support amazing people who truly care to do the best for their dogs and, in hindsight, I am so humbled by all the compassion and love I've witnessed. YOU ROCK!
May 2025 be even more exciting for everyone and every dog!
Huge shoutout to all my amazing colleagues and businesses who have continued to support me this year. ❤
Leads In Action
Walking with Canines Ltd
Guns and Noses
Training With Jas
The Dog Walker - Hull
Clare Ross MSc - Clinical Animal Behaviourist
Just Pet Dogs - Training & Behaviour
Amazing Grace Dog Training
Simply K9 Ltd
The Armstrong Centre
@TheBeverleyPetShop
We had a super productive lesson last week on our Teenage Progression Course 😍
We chatted about understanding the unique interests of individual dogs and tailoring enrichment to improve teen dogs' mental wellbeing.
We then practised focus around doors & thresholds to reduce arousal and frustration, as well as calmly greeting people!
Not sure how Leads In Action and I managed to cram it into a single session, but it was great fun and the dogs and guardians aced the exercises by applying the foundations from week 1 😁
Video description: A tall man goes to open a door, and his small border terrier rushes to look out the door gap. Text reads: "Teen Progression Course: Door safety training in progress", then another clip plays where the same person is reaching to open the door, and the border terrier is sitting attentively and focused, and looks at both his guardians as the door opens slightly. They reward him by tossing a treat. Tect reads "Going back to basics pays off", then a final clip shows a woman and her large mixed breed dog standing by another door. The woman's hand is on the door handle, and her dog is standing next to her and being attentive, and she rewards her dog with a treat. The woman turns around and smiles at the camera. Text reads: "No frustration, just lots of fun. Nourishing the wonderful bond between guardian and their young dog by engaging in activities that matter to both." Fun music is playing throughout the video.
Can you believe this is only week 1 of the Teenage Progression Class with Leads In Action ? 😲
Great things are in store for this group 😍
Just a normal evening... sitting on the kitchen floor... dremeling pasta 😄
Video description: A woman is sat crosslegged on the floor. In front of her are two dogs, a setter puppy and a fox-lookalike mutt on a blanket. The woman is using a dremel to grind down pasta, then stopping promptly to give each dog a kibble. She repeats this a few times.
You've got until midnight tomorrow (evening of July 31st) to submit a video of your smiling leash walks! 😊
A smiling leash walk is...
- a walk on a longer leash (at least 2 meters, but ideally 5 meters!)
- a walk with a non-restrictive harness
- a walk where the dog is setting a natural slow pace
- a walk where the dog is sniffing and exploring at leisure
Don't forget to tag me "@ Ingenious Dogs" for a chance to win a snufflemat and tug toy 😍
Video description:
A ten-second clip shows a Gordon setter puppy on a teal harness and long line walking ahead of the camera on a dirt path in the shade. There is greenery on the side of the path. The puppy is walking calmly and the leash is loose. The puppy then stops and looks back at the person holding the camera. The puppy is panting, suggesting it is warm. A feminine voice says "Good girl!".
A 15-second clip shows an older white collie cross walking in the sun on the sidewalk. He is walking slowly and calmly on a relaxed long-line ahead of the camera.
A last 30-second clip shows the Gordon setter puppy again, but this time walking on the sidewalk as well. The puppy is sniffing a small hedge in front of a garden, and the person with the camera is following the puppy as they're exploring to keep the long-line loose. The puppy then carries on walking, and crosses in front of the camera to sniff a grass verge. The handler's hand holding the loops of the teal long-line comes into view of the camera, as the puppy stops to sniff. The handler stops as well, and the puppy looks down the road with interest.
🐶 Come join us for a fun-filled Structured Socialisation Course starting on the 7th of July in Sutton-on-Hull with Leads In Action ! 🐶
The course is instructed by two degree-qualified dog training instructors (MSc & BSc) specialised in puppy training & socialisation.
What is it?
- A small class size for controlled exercises
- 5 weeks of lessons and accompanying online resources
- Access to an private Facebook group with even more resources
Covering:
- Foundations of socialisation
- Understanding individual puppies' body language
- Training for successful handling in preparation of vet visits or grooming
- Socialisation in the real world on a "group trip"
- Managing successful dog-dog interactions
- Calm people greetings
...and probably more, because we like to chat & answer your questions! 😄
Book your spot now: https://www.ingeniousdogs.co.uk/courses/structured-socialisation-course-july-2024
Ingenious Puppy Class shenanigans 🥰
This past weekend, the puppies practised some confidence building exercises while their guardians learned to decipher their body language. We played as well - of course - and practised a little bit of focus and response to their name around distractions!
It was really fun. Thank you Sally from Leads In Action for hanging around to film 😁
Video description: Happy panio music is playing. A little black puppy in a harness walks towards her guardian and an Ikea bag on the floor. She confidently steps into the bag and snuffles around for treats. When she is done, she walks over to her guardian to reconnect and her tail wags. A little brown staffie follows his guardian's hand as she throws a treat to the left. He pounces after it, and then promptly returns to his guardian and receives another treat. A golden retriever is stood in the Ikea bag and is snuffling around. A little poodle cross also pounces after a treat that her guardian has throwm. Her leash is trailing on the floor. She eats the treat, looks up at the golden retriever in the background who is also practising mini recalls, and then turns around to her guardian.
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Little bit of free search scentwork with Djuke in the garden today 🥰 Djuke is more of a nervous dog, but he is so brave and determined when doing scentwork.
He picked up the scent at 0:45, but followed it downwind! And it took him so long to hone in on the source, he nearly gave up. But he got it in the end 💪
Please excuse the state of the garden, we're in between projects!
Video description: A white and light brown collie cross is running around an overgrown garden. He picks up on some scent as he is walking along the fence, and follows it down the garden. He loops back around, and picks up on the scent again when coming around the laundry racks. He takes some time sniffing half a meter down from where a red Kong is wedged in the fence, before turning back towards the woman holding the camera. As he does, he immediately sticks his nose in the air again and follows the scent back to the Kong. He freezes with his nose on the red Kong, and the woman says "yes" and feeds him a treat. She then cues "Search" twice, and he immediately goes to indicate on the Kong again.