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๐พ Meet Benji ๐พ
Benji comes along to my classes but today we had a 1:1 looking at his overstimulation to visitors. We have a few things to try with him starting with making sure he has an outlet and is generally more relaxed at home, and weโll hopefully follow up to fine tune visitors once the changes we spoke about today have been made โบ๏ธ photo ft. Benji going to sleep under the table after learning how to retrieve and out a toy. ๐
๐พ Meet Belle ๐พ
This little lady is a recent rehome after failing as a detection dog, that doesnโt mean she doesnโt know how to use her sniffer though! She is incredibly affectionate and friendly but is more focused on smells and scents than her people, we talked today about the different tactics we could take and how we can give her an outlet for her nose that allows her brain to work like it used to. I look forward to seeing this girl again, she was such a sweetheart ๐
๐พ Meet Jura ๐พ
This lovely older lady joined me today to look at her lead manners, we looked at everything from getting ready for a walk to narrowing down the root problem for her lead work outside and her owners have lots of work to do. I have no doubt there will be lots of improvement when I see her in a few weeks and she is keen to learn ๐
๐พHaggis ๐พ
Second session with Haggis today getting a catch up after the holidays, unfortunately this wee dude was exhausted so we didnโt get much done before he hit the over-tired-puppy zone ๐
weโll catch up at classes and another 1:1 in a few weeks where hopefully heโs had a good sleep and ready for learning ๐
Officially back at work, I love my kids but I cannot tell you how excited I am for ๐ school ๐ tomorrow ๐!
Reminder that my 2024 sale is still available tomorrow and that this price will end at 11:59pm tomorrow evening ๐๐
Hope youโve all had a wonderful Christmas ๐ and are all prepared for the excitement of 2024; I know I am!
A limited time new years sale will be starting here on the 30th of December lasting only until the 8th of January! This includes all 1:1 training sessions and puppy plans also for those who have had a small pupper join them at Christmas!
Simply pop a message with โ2024 saleโ to snap up this deal ๐
If you want the results, you have to be willing to do the work! ๐
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Back to work just little early with the first exploration walk of 2024! Unfortunately we didnโt get our planned one before Christmas so it was lovely to get the dogs together again, everyone did great!
1:1โs, usual group walks and classes return as of Monday! ๐
The pre-๐ฆ๐ฉ photo though ๐
This is Kina.
Kina likes to roll in deer ๐ฉ.
Kina does not enjoy showers.
Kina was washed for rolling in deer ๐ฉ.
Donโt be like Kina ๐ฆ๐
What a lovely mild morning it is ๐ As today is New Yearโs Eve there wonโt be any more posts from Kina and I, until 2024 ๐. A little reminder to everyone that just because fireworks are legal tonight from 6pm, doesnโt mean everyone adheres to this. Best to get your dogs out early and/or away from the town & spend some time in the evening doing some brain games to tide them over.
Our 2024 Sale went live yesterday and will stay available until the 8th of January, this is pinned to the top of my page for anyone who hasnโt seen it!
On behalf of Kina and I, Have a Happy New Year & lang may yer lum reek ๐
Hope youโve all had a wonderful Christmas ๐ and are all prepared for the excitement of 2024; I know I am!
A limited time new years sale will be starting here on the 30th of December lasting only until the 8th of January! This includes all 1:1 training sessions and puppy plans also for those who have had a small pupper join them at Christmas!
Simply pop a message with โ2024 saleโ to snap up this deal ๐
Wishing all our clients- past and present- a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope you are all spoiled by Santa ๐
and will see you all in 2024!
I am now signing off until January 8th when 1:1 clients, group walks and classes will return as normal. If you are looking to get booked in the new year please message me over the festives with โ2024 bookingโ at the start of your message and I will get back to you as quickly as I can.
Merry Christmas!
Ashleigh & Kina
๐พ Meet Jax ๐พ
First session today with Jax to look at his behaviour around their other dog, overall this lad is really lovely but easily spooked and less confident than we would like. Iโve suggested a few ways we can help increase his confidence that also benefit his training. Will catch up with them in the new year ๐
๐พ Monty ๐พ
Tried & failed to post this earlier today. Today was the second session with Monty to see how his lead manners were going. Though we still have a ways to go until we have a solid behaviour, his pulling has decreased massively and his owners will get to enjoy Christmas with both arms ๐
๐พ CLASS SPACE ๐พ
Last minute space available for Monday evening classes at 6pm ๐คฉ suitable for all ages, DM for more info!
๐CHARITY RAFFLE ๐
Couldnโt get it to work live so here is the recording for the raffle draw, congratulations Diane Schoolar!
Please pop me a message and weโll organise delivering your prize box ๐
Thank you to everyone who entered and every business who donated a service/product to the raffle, we were able to raise a total of ยฃ205.00 for D.A.W.G.S (Dog Action Working Group Scotland)SCIO which is being transferred now ๐
Entries are now closed for this years charity raffle, I will be double checking our payments match the entries today so if you have entries in and havenโt transferred payment yet please do so by 3pm or Iโll have to remove your entries โบ๏ธ Iโll be drawing this competition around 3.30pm but not sure how to do it live so will do by best ๐ค๐
๐CHARITY RAFFLE REMINDER ๐
Today is the final day to get entries into this years Christmas raffle, these are ยฃ1 an entry and the winner will be chosen by spin the wheel tomorrow (time tbc). Entries will close for this at 10pm tonight.
Also friendly reminder to everyone who has bought entries already to double check they have made payment. Iโll be double checking all of them tomorrow and if payment isnโt in then the entry/entries will be removed ๐
๐Wee reminder of everything inside this box;
Think Pawsitive Dog Training - 3x 1 hour 1:1 sessions.
Pawsome Pals - 3x 1 hour dog walks.
JP Dog Training - 1x 2 hour intro to agility course.
Hand Drawn Gifts - A custom illustrated Christmas tree ornament.
Sheilmuir Farm - 1x 50 minute private field session, deskford.
Rabbit Rock Field - 1x 50 minute private field session, craigellachie.
Ceamara Photography- ยฃ100 dog photography voucher.
Kujos Kutz - Full groom for any size of dog, Lossiemouth.
Starlight Pet Care - 25% off voucher for an overnight pet sit.
Wild Piccolo - A handmade, sustainable, cork Martingale collar.
Mix natural treat box of JR Pet Products Ltd items.
Pawsitive pet care- Full groom for any size of dog, Buckie.
1x Red pet fleece blanket
1x Peter pudding plush dog toy
1x Dexters dinner rope & plush dog toy
1x Dean the Christmas dinosaur, plush dog toy
๐CHARITY RAFFLE REMINDER ๐
Today is the final day to get entries into this years Christmas raffle, these are ยฃ1 an entry and the winner will be chosen by spin the wheel tomorrow (time tbc). Entries will close for this at 10pm tonight.
Also friendly reminder to everyone who has bought entries already to double check they have made payment. Iโll be double checking all of them tomorrow and if payment isnโt in then the entry/entries will be removed ๐
๐Wee reminder of everything inside this box;
Think Pawsitive Dog Training - 3x 1 hour 1:1 sessions.
Pawsome Pals - 3x 1 hour dog walks.
JP Dog Training - 1x 2 hour intro to agility course.
Hand Drawn Gifts - A custom illustrated Christmas tree ornament.
Sheilmuir Farm - 1x 50 minute private field session, deskford.
Rabbit Rock Field - 1x 50 minute private field session, craigellachie.
Ceamara Photography- ยฃ100 dog photography voucher.
Kujos Kutz - Full groom for any size of dog, Lossiemouth.
Starlight Pet Care - 25% off voucher for an overnight pet sit.
Wild Piccolo - A handmade, sustainable, cork Martingale collar.
Mix natural treat box of JR Pet Products Ltd items.
Pawsitive pet care- Full groom for any size of dog, Buckie.
1x Red pet fleece blanket
1x Peter pudding plush dog toy
1x Dexters dinner rope & plush dog toy
1x Dean the Christmas dinosaur, plush dog toy
๐พ Monty ๐พ
First session with Monty today to look at his lack of lead manners, we did see an improvement today but there will be lots of practice needed for this little guy. Will catch up with them next week to see how this is going ๐
๐พ Purdie ๐พ
Second session with Purdie today looking at getting the crate re-instated, teaching her to offer a down to get things she wants instead of a sit (or jump), started teaching an out command with the ball and introduced some muzzle training for some calm focus.
This lovely lady was also introduced to Cani-cross to have a physical outlet for her bundles of energy by a friend of mine - more on this to hopefully come ๐ค
A space has opened for the Monday evening classes, these classes are 30 minutes long in Findochty town hall and focus on a variety of different topics including relationship, engagement, obedience and conditioning ๐
DM for info
๐พ Izzy ๐พ
Last puppy session with a very wet Izzy today, we looked at lead work - teaching her positioning & how to respond to the lead. We also had the added exposure bonus of cars & lorrys which arenโt something she sees very often. Loved working with this little lady and will catch up with her for an adolescent session in the new year ๐
We train all ages and breeds at think pawsitive dog training classes - even Meerkats๐คฃ
Just to update - I believe these are all spoken for now!
Currently out of the house but will confirm with everyone once home ๐
S O L D O U T ๐ฑ
Iโve tried to be fair and sold these on a first to message basis, if anyone changes their mind the box would be offered to the next person who messaged โบ๏ธ
๐พ Christmas Snack Treat Boxes ๐พ
I had a lot of little boxes to make use of and thought what better way than little ยฃ5.00 snack boxes for owners to buy their furry family members this Christmas! ๐๐
gift wrapped for your convenience ๐!
The items inside are randomised per box but inside you may find; pigs ears, basa skins, duck feet, beef tails, pork snouts or pork sausages ๐
Only 11 available! ๐
Final week to buy your sustainable pet gear in time for Christmas* ๐
Comment ๐
and we'll dm you a list of all the premade cork martingales we have available to purchase which can be shipped out to you the very next day!โ๏ธ
*UK shipping only, select custom made items included
๐พ Izzy ๐พ
Only 1:1 able to be done today as everyone is surrounded by ice! Decided to make this a 2 part session and also look at social skills, Kina is very good at being fair and balanced with other dogs. After a couple corrections for rude behaviour Izzy settled nicely with Kina and was also recalling well, didnโt even try see the other dogs in the park ๐
โ๏ธ Icy Conditions โ๏ธ
Understandably Iโve had a couple cancellations today due to extreme ice as it isnโt safe for me to get to the client or vice versa. For the clients who I still have today please bare with me as Iโll be driving along at snails pace to keep myself safe ๐
Buckie
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Back to work just little early with the first exploration walk of 2024! Unfortunately we didnโt get our planned one before Christmas so it was lovely to get the dogs together again, everyone did great! 1:1โs, usual group walks and classes return as of Monday! ๐
What a lovely mild morning it is ๐ As today is New Yearโs Eve there wonโt be any more posts from Kina and I, until 2024 ๐. A little reminder to everyone that just because fireworks are legal tonight from 6pm, doesnโt mean everyone adheres to this. Best to get your dogs out early and/or away from the town & spend some time in the evening doing some brain games to tide them over. Our 2024 Sale went live yesterday and will stay available until the 8th of January, this is pinned to the top of my page for anyone who hasnโt seen it! On behalf of Kina and I, Have a Happy New Year & lang may yer lum reek ๐
Wishing all our clients- past and present- a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We hope you are all spoiled by Santa ๐ and will see you all in 2024! I am now signing off until January 8th when 1:1 clients, group walks and classes will return as normal. If you are looking to get booked in the new year please message me over the festives with โ2024 bookingโ at the start of your message and I will get back to you as quickly as I can. Merry Christmas! Ashleigh & Kina
๐พ Monty ๐พ Tried & failed to post this earlier today. Today was the second session with Monty to see how his lead manners were going. Though we still have a ways to go until we have a solid behaviour, his pulling has decreased massively and his owners will get to enjoy Christmas with both arms ๐
๐CHARITY RAFFLE ๐ Couldnโt get it to work live so here is the recording for the raffle draw, congratulations Diane Schoolar! Please pop me a message and weโll organise delivering your prize box ๐ Thank you to everyone who entered and every business who donated a service/product to the raffle, we were able to raise a total of ยฃ205.00 for D.A.W.G.S (Dog Action Working Group Scotland)SCIO which is being transferred now ๐
We train all ages and breeds at think pawsitive dog training classes - even Meerkats๐คฃ
S O L D O U T ๐ฑ Iโve tried to be fair and sold these on a first to message basis, if anyone changes their mind the box would be offered to the next person who messaged โบ๏ธ ๐พ Christmas Snack Treat Boxes ๐พ I had a lot of little boxes to make use of and thought what better way than little ยฃ5.00 snack boxes for owners to buy their furry family members this Christmas! ๐๐ gift wrapped for your convenience ๐! The items inside are randomised per box but inside you may find; pigs ears, basa skins, duck feet, beef tails, pork snouts or pork sausages ๐ Only 11 available! ๐
Nearly stole this lovely little lad ๐ ๐ก โฌ๏ธ Working line pointer puppy! With this breed you have to be willing to put the effort into meeting his breed needs and teaching how how to use his natural pointing ability ๐
On Friday I noticed that Kina was a little twitchy in her back muscles during a massage and wasnโt keen to have her right rear hip stretched. Since then weโve been doing lots of extra massage and stretching with particular focus on that area. On top of this we can do positional exercises to encourage free movement, rear end awareness and self-stretching. A pivot box or step can help with this as you can encourage the dog to find the position using rear legs only. This video is after doing some normal pivot work where I noticed she always swings in from the right, so I set us up where she couldnโt go in from the right. She needed a bit of a pressure guide to work her legs round initially but from the first attempt to the last attempt that session you can see a physical difference in her willingness and ability to shuffle round from the left โบ๏ธ Youโll only notice differences in your dogs movements if you are frequently doing something with them to have a normal comparison ๐ *excuse the floor, itโs molting season๐*
๐พ Exploration Social Walk ๐พ Another good walk for the group today, all males with the exception of Kina. We introduced older manny Oscar to the group and he did even better than expected, everyone was very respectful while interacting and we had a couple of learning moments for the dogs that will benefit them in social settings going forward ๐
๐พ Friday Classes ๐พ Todayโs classes learned about the benefits of massage and teaching heelwork with their dogs. Unfortunately as the classes were very hands on I wasnโt able to get many videos (none of the massage group) but everyone did super! ๐คฉ๐ *apologise if this is a duplicate post, canโt find the one I tried to post earlier*
๐พ Meet Roo ๐พ This little guy has only been with his owners a little over a month and is doing well. He does need some help learning how to walk on a lead and how to recall, both of which we started today. Looking forward to seeing how he gets on ๐
๐พ Ozzy & Lenny ๐พ Been a few weeks since I saw these two so we had a bit of work to catch up on. Lenny has recently decided to refuse to walk on most leads so we restarted getting him to move while on the lead, which he did no bother with and after a few days of consistent work should be a thing of the past. With Ozzy we were getting him used to a figure of 8 to help calm him on walks as usually itโs back legs and lots of barking๐ what a difference today just getting him focused and calmer. Not a peep from him ๐
๐พ Friday classes ๐พ Today was the first of the Friday classes, starting our 1.30pm group off with some simple following. Some of these dogs have attended training with me either in other classes or have never attended training so we start with simple engagement and build on the dogs skills from here. Everyone did really well for the first time together ๐คฉ๐ - still a couple spaces in my Friday 2pm class, starting next week!
๐พ Bailey ๐พ Final puppy session with Bailey today (just me and her), and another win for the Wild Piccolo collars!๐คฉ Todays session we were working a little more on lead work and recall to the whistle, as Bailey doesnโt have her own collar yet I put one of my demo collars on her to continue training. WELL, turns out little Bailey still has some work to do around loud noises and big trucks. Just as we were starting to head back the bin lorry came up behind us and gave Bailey a scare, had she been on a normal flat collar or even a harness there are no doubts in my mind she would have gotten free of her lead. BUT with the safety of the martingale collar, she was unable to slip her collar meaning I was able to get Bailey home safely ๐ฅฐ Bailey did super well with the lead work and whistle pre-bin lorry though & now I know what more work needs done ๐
๐พ Heidi ๐พ Sometimes training looks a little weird, especially when we are working with things that many dogs donโt worry about. Heidi gets very stressed in winter from fireworks (making great progress on this!) and what we thought was twinkly lights. Our session today has proven that lights arenโt a big problem for her but we did the fun conditioning none the less. Next stop, tackling the tree ๐๐
๐พ Meet Artie ๐พ Little Artie took part in my classes last year and has turned into a lovely little lad with very dedicated owners. He does have typical terrier impulse issues around good scents and other dogs so we introduced a little help today that will make communicating easier while offlead and keep him safe โบ๏ธ He absolutely smashed it and was super enthusiastic for some beef ๐ฅฉ ๐
๐พ Exploration Walk ๐พ New location for our walk today walking the Spey viaduct. This was a different game for the dogs as it was busier and we had to stop and get their attention more often, they got to spend some time in the water and duck hunting in the woods near the spay (no ducks were hurt ๐ฆ). Well matched group again! ๐
๐พ Bailey ๐พ Second session with puppy Bailey, today we were working with granny so we chose something that we could work on but that could also be videoed and sent to her owner for practice. Leave and wait are important for dogs to learn young and especially dogs with Baileys impulse problems (quite normal for pups), she caught on quite quickly to what I was looking for and even started physically shuffling back away from the item with both โwaitโ and โleaveโ. Clever girl Bailey! ๐
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