The utter joy of El arriving home to a Cavalier puppy 🥰
Welcome Checco ❤️ we look forward to making your holiday with us enjoyable
Let the fun commence, toys are everywhere already 😂
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Doug's recall today!!!!!!
Yes Doug!!!!!!!!!!
Dougie has been really struggling with all his training but especially recall and heel work. So proud of him today!
I have left my calls in so you can see him react
What's funny is you can hear my tone change when I realise he is listening every time! 😂
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It's been so lovely to be training in the sun!
The training field is drying up well, so hopefully we can start our classes very soon!
Belle finished her training with a play in the river to cool off 😊
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Residential training with Dougie.
Dougie has joined me for some more training.
He is getting overly excited when out with his dog walker, he is pulling in lead and over stimulated with a poor recall.
He owners are certainly making improvements but we need to speed things along a little.
Yesterday I took him to Windermere and to school pick up. Arriving early means I can work on their heel work around the school with the distraction and noise of the children on their last playtime of the day.
Today I took him out with Ozzy, who has joined us this morning. Doug has never met Ozzy so it was a great opportunity for me to get him out and training with a dog he doesn't know. Ozzy helping with this as he is such a a good boy. You can see, that they are either side by side or with Ozzy in front on the thin paths and I asked Doug to wait while Ozzy jumped the style first. All of this teaching him self control and patience.
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Paddy had a lovely first stay with us 🥰
The lovely weather meant he could have his two favorite things all day long, water and a ball!
@mad.pad.and.dangerous.to.know
Gorgeous Paddy, you are a star ⭐
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Residential training
This morning me and Freddie played 'how many places can we sit'
He was really good and tried his very best to stay focused on me. We did have the occasional lunge which we will keep working on this week, but on the whole he tried really hard with his lead work 😊 🐾
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🐾 Belle 🐾
Beautiful Belle had a lovely solo wander yesterday. Absolutely lovely day.
🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾 🐾
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Rainy days 🌧️☔
Mols, Lottie, Cody and Mabel
Absolutely soaked this morning, we are all going to snuggle and be warm now 🥰
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Training Arnie 🐾 Residential training 🐾
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Training Dougie today part 2
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Lead training work with Arnie and Dougie this morning 🐾
I am improving Arnie's walking on a loose normal length lead before moving onto a longline, with a view to improving his recall around distractions.
Dougie did much better with his loose lead work this morning but I found he really struggled with calmness around thresholds, doors and gateways. This is often something we teach them, as quite often owners will open a door or a gate and say 'lets go!' or just release their dog through. The dogs start to see thresholds as a place to rush through.
The danger with this, is, if they do this at a doorway or gate that leads to something dangerous such as a road. During my veterinary nursing career, I saw quite a few dogs that were injured in a road traffic collision due to them running out of the door before the owners could stop them.
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Gaining a recall you can trust takes time but it is so so worth it!
Like all training, it needs to be taught away from the situation in which it is necessary until it is ready to be used.
My dogs and dogs staying with me are not allowed to free roam until I know I can recall them. If their recall isn't this good, then they are only let off in secure private places or they remain on a long line.
I also keep a healthy respect for the fact that my dogs have their own thoughts and ability to not listen. Therefore I still train them throughout their lives and do not get complacent when we are out;
-my dogs are on lead by roads
-my dogs are on lead to politely pass people on walks
-my dogs are on lead around livestock
-my dogs are on lead in new settings, where I am unsure of what could be around.
Their training gives them the ability to have more freedom, but it is still up to me to choose when that is appropriate
If you need help with recall or have any other training questions please message or email [email protected]
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Limited availability for homeboarding and residential training with DogsDevotion before September.
Only space for one to two more dogs on the dates above.
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A few people have asked me to post my story from Tuesday. So here it is....
Me talking about getting Fred to be more dog neutral around other dogs, this is something I am very proactive about. Socialisation to me is not about our dogs going to play with every dog, it is about being in other dogs presence and remaining calm.
We do not run up to every person in the street and hug them.... Our dogs should not be doing this either!
I then go on to talk about the importance of a proper recall, a recall in which your dog will come even around distractions
If you need any help with any of this or any other training issue, please send me a message.
My aim is to make life easier, calmer and more content for you and your dog.
Be as devoted to your dog as they are to you!
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🐾 Yogi 🐾
Yogi came to see me as he can be reactive to some dogs.
In the session we discovered that he is really lacking in confidence and in understanding commands when away from his mum.
When we have an older, well behaved dog, we can fall into the trap of our pup learning from them. This can be very useful in some instances, but can leave your pup with huge gaps in their knowledge.
Yogi is a really biddable, wanting to please, quiet boy.
The gaps in his knowledge, have left him without direction in certain situations (such as dog interactions) which has led to him needing to decide how to deal with them.
Due to his quiet demeanour, he has been forced to feel as though he needs to defend himself in certain situations with other dogs.
Firstly we will be looking at giving Yogi the foundations In his training. Once he has this knowledge and we have made him feel more confident. We will then work on proper interactions with dogs. Knowing we will be able to give Yogi instructions and manage the meeting.
It is not always clear why your dog doesn't Interact well with other dogs, but it isn't always as simple as your dog being naughty or not liking dogs.
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🐾 Fred 🐾
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Puppy loving with 🐾 Margot 🐾 today 😍
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🐾 Blisco and Freddie 🐾
Fred has joined me this evening for residential training.
What will we work on....
-general manners
-being more calm
-lead work
-recall
-listening to commands around distractions
-reactivity around other dogs (he so desperately wants to play that he lunges towards them)
His owners have done a fantastic job, starting his training but a few days with me, will really help the lay the foundations.
Blisco helped us this evening with learning to listen to commands around other dogs, play when given the command and also stop playing when asked. For their first time doing this you can see how amazing they both were.
This means on walks, you have the safety of choosing which dogs to allow your dogs to play with and also when play ends.
The reason I am doing this with Freddie is so that he understands he is allowed to play with other dogs but at times we need him to behave differently, eg walk to heel past a dog. Now if I just worked on his heel work past other dogs and never let him play, he may get frustrated and continue to lunge or bark at other dogs. However this training is better to be done by someone who can read the dogs well and ensure they can maintain control, it also needs to be the right dogs.
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