🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Sussex Canines! ✨🎄
Wishing all of our wonderful clients and their fabulous dogs a Christmas filled with love, joy, and lots of wagging tails! 🐾
Thank you for trusting us to be part of your dog’s journey this year, whether it’s been in training classes or one-to-one sessions, your support means the world to us, and it’s been an absolute pleasure to watch your dogs learn, grow, and thrive.
This Christmas, we hope you enjoy some cozy moments with your four-legged friends—maybe even a festive walk or a sniff-filled treasure hunt under the tree!
Here’s to a happy and healthy holiday season for you and your dogs.
With warm wishes,
Gemma and Sussex Canines 🎁🐶
Today Mango & I had our first ever agility competition, and of course Louis & EB came along to support us!
On paper, it didn’t go *that* well - we got eliminated in all 4 classes we ran - but I knew that would happen as Mango hasn’t quite got her weaves competition ready.
We approached today as a training opportunity, working in a new environment with LOTS of distractions!
As you know, I like to focus on the positives, so here’s a list of everything that went well:
- Mango waited beautifully on all 4 start lines.
- She had great focus in both of the jumping classes.
- We executed a blind cross as planned in the first class.
- She had amazing tunnel commitment.
- The contact equipment was different to what she was used to, but she went over the dog walks & A-frames beautifully.
- The first attempt at the seesaw was a bit of a disaster as she got the tipping point a bit wrong and flew off the end 🙈 but I put her back over it and not only did she have the confidence to try again, she smashed it 💪
- She made all of her contacts (aside from the minor seesaw mishap) and held her 2 feet on at the bottom of the dog walks & seesaw until I released her.
- Although we didn’t get a full set of weaves, they got better with each class and she found the entrance when approaching from both the right and left.
- She didn’t go and get her toy until the end of each run.
- She did get distracted by her trainer, who was part of the ring party, in the last class but came back and finished her run!
- There was one course which sent her towards the exit, and I thought she was going to run out, but she listened to me and turned instead.
- She didn’t visit any of the judges!
- She walked around the showground with a lovely loose lead, even with all of the people & dogs around.
- She settled beautifully in the shade with us between classes.
There were probably more but that’s all I can think of!
Huge thanks to Sian of Quad Squad, who has shown such patience wit
🌟 Loose lead walking success! 🌟
Each month I highlight a dog training with me who has done an amazing job!
🌟 This month's star dog is Obie! 🌟
Obie has been taking part in 1-2-1 sessions with me to work on his loose lead walking.
We started in the field playing some fun games to build his engagement with his humans, before taking a walk together in the village. I caught a bit of our walk on video and I'm sure you'll agree that he is doing a great job! 💪
I have a range of 1-2-1 packages available if you'd like to train with me. You can check them out here: https://www.sussexcanines.co.uk/1-2-1-dog-training
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