🐾 Monday floofs 🐾
🐾 Just me and T on the group walk today. Miss H still struggling from the worry of the fireworks 😕 so we had a bit of garden play instead.
🐾 Miss T had her usual local potter about
🐾 Tuesday floofs 🐾
🐾 Miss H & L showing some skillful synchronised movements on their sniffari today 😂
🐾 T & R had a relaxed and chilled garden session. We had some exploration stations to get those noses working 😍
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🐾 Friday floofs 🐾
🐾 Morning drop in for T to have a toilet break
🐾 Sniffari for T & A
🐾 Free work alongside some cardboard chaos for F
🐾 Back with Miss T for another toilet break and also some free work with Cardboard Chaos
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Checking for peemails and watts craps, there was plenty of sniffs to be had today!
🐾 Drop in to Miss H this morning for a little play and toilet break ☺️
🐾 Mr A & I had some 121 time today so we had a local walk practicing some recall and playing games 😍
🐾 F wasn't as enthusiastic today but still enjoyed a meander round on his usual route and soon powered up when we got to his favourite spot for some orientation game and snuffle play 🤩
🐾 Back with Miss H for her afternoon walk. A lovely greeting on arrival 😍 we tasted out how comfortable Miss H would be in the van, bit hesitant at first and not entirely ok about the crate door being shut yet. Work in progress 👍🏻😊
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🐾Tuesday floofs 🐾
🐾 Sniffari for T & A today and a little paddle in the stream... Aunty Heidi nearly joined them as she wasn't expecting how eager Mr A was too get in 🤣🤣
🐾 Transitioning some of the free work from back garden to a walk with T & R. We alternates between garden and the driveway making sure R was comfortable and under threshold.
🐾 Miss H was super brave. A lovely greeting as I arrived with no cowering away or anxiety 🤩 clever girl. Unfortunately we had the wet weather for her walk but that didn't stop us exploring. We ended the walk with a drying off, some snuggles and sharing some snuffle time with Miss D again 😍
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🐾 Miss M was back on squirrel duty today....its that time of year and they are all out collecting their nuts.
🐾 F needed more encouragement than usual to go for a walk today but did amazing with his decompression games and disengaging from other dogs 👌🏻😊 super work F 😍
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A very warm Canine Vibe welcome to the beautiful Miss T today!
🐾 First solo walk for T this morning. Hopefully we can build that confidence up for her and help conquer some of those struggles.
🐾 A lovely run and play in the fields for T & P today. T had his speedy gonzalas pants on while P wanted to feast on the grass. An unusual dip in the water for P was very entertaining 🤣
🐾 F had a super duper solo walk. Lots more enthusiasm and joy (by F's. standards anyway 😂) so lovely seeing him grow & glow 😍
🐾 Newbie Miss T had her 2nd solo walk in the afternoon starting with a bit of vehicle desensitisation/confidence followed by a bit more of a relaxed walk. Hopefully we can get to travel out to some quiet spaces very soon.
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🐾 Back together again, our fab little group of 3 showing their great social skills around each other. P struggled to disengage from offlead doggies heading our way but most of them eventually listened to their recall.
🐾 Wow, just look at that gorgeous happy chappie! F is well & truly enjoying his walks now. Much less anxious on leaving the proximity of his home and quicker recovery time if we come across other dogs. So so proud of this boy 🤩😍🐾
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Socialisation
✅ Remain neutral
✅ Calmness around stimuli
✅ Ability to disengage
✅ Ability to listen and check in regularly with guardian
✅ Able to regulate emotions
✅ Guardian remain calm & relaxed & advocating for their canine companion. Allowing the dog time to pause, process & proceed
❌ Visit other dogs & people without consent
❌ Fast jerky movements resulting from frustration, over arousal or fear based emotions
❌ A tick list of 100+ things for your dog to 'get used to'
❌ Guardian yanking & pulling on the lead or venting their frustration on the dog
A brief outline of true socialisation but a very important topic.
We made lots of mistakes in the early days not knowing any different. The challenges we face now are the result of MY lack of knowledge at the time, MY past mistakes in dealing with behaviour I didn't want to see. Little did I realise at the time that the answers to all my problems was not going to come from the likes of You Tube videos, other guardians, so-called unregulated professional trainers/ behaviourist with absolutely no credentials to their name. The answers would come from 2 main places....
1) Observing my dog at every possible opportunity. His body language, his energy levels, his likes/ dislikes
2) Education, education, education. Learning as much as possible from genuine, like minded people & resources.
So where do you start?
You start by observing your own dog(s). Get to know them well and be their best advocate. Manage situations until you have gained the knowledge and experience to progress forward.
Then..... Educate yourself. Seek out a reputable, positive reinforcement trainer or behaviourist that can provide proof of their qualifications and experience. Read up to date research and studies on canine related matters. Look at the overall wellbeing of your dog.... Nutrition, health, physical & breed needs and yes.... EMOTIONAL HEALTH!
I wasted a lot of time & money on free online videos or cheap services
Week 4 progress update 🐾
From keeping his distance from me and being very cautious to full on engagement and comfortably enjoying activities..... Its such a privilege to work with these floofs 🙏🫶🥰
Wednesday wonder pups 🐾😍
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