Shout out to Luna and her lovely owners for the incredible work they have put in with her training this year! ๐ถ
Luna is one of my behaviour modification clients, whose owners came to me to help increase her confidence and reduce reactivity towards visitors to the home and unkown dogs.
We put in place protocols to help Luna form positive emotional responses to visitors and made sure all interactions with people were initiated at Lunaโs pace. Her owners have done an amazing job at implementing these strategies and can now have people over and Luna can relax around them with minimal management- which is a huge win!
We also introduced helper dog sessions with Mohawk (collie in the videos) to help build Lunaโs confidence around dogs. We started with distance work before carefully facilitating positive interactions. Once they were happy together we took them both to less controlled environments in which they would also encounter unkown dogs. Having Mohawk by her side helped Luna to navigate interactions with other dogs without reacting- and you can see towards the end of the walk and video how happy and care free she became๐
I am still working with Lunaโs owners to continue to progress her training, but I think you can agree that they have done an amazing job so far! ๐
Does your pup make house work hard? ๐งน ๐ถ Errol loved to chase the dustpan and brush whenever his mum tried to clean up. So we focused of rewarding Errol for relaxed behaviour on his settle blanket whilst his mum swept up some grass ๐ we built this up in baby steps and now Errol understands itโs much more rewarding to stay on the blanket than trying to โhelpโ mum with the housework! #cockerspaniel #puppycockerspaniel #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogsofinstagram #puppysofinstagram #dogtrainingtips #puppytraining #bristoldogtraining #cutedog #cutepuppy #cleverdog #puppy #dog #dogtrainingadvice #dogoftheday
Chew toy or grooming brush? Here are some top tips to help your pup stay calm when being brushed! ๐ถ 1. Food manners training- there is a pot of food to the left just out of shot in this video. We have taught Errol to leave the pot of food on the floor. This gives Errol something else to focus on other than turning around and chewing the brush! We reward him from this pot after brushing him 2. Errolโs owners use the cue โshow meโ before they make contact with the brush. This helps Errol predict that he is about to be touched, meaning there are no surprises, helping him stay calm. 3. We break it down! Errol gets rewarded after each brush stroke for remaining calm. As time went on we then rewarded every two brush strokes, every 3..etc. #cockerspaniel #puppycockerspaniel #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogsofinstagram #puppysofinstagram #dogtrainingtips #puppytraining #bristoldogtraining #cutedog #cutepuppy #cleverdog #puppy #dog #dogtrainingadvice #dogoftheday