This is in 2 wheel drive to give you an idea what it's like in a normal car (though some people couldn't even get into the car park so could be even worse).
Look forward to Monday when we can welcome everyone back and the ice has hopefully cleared 🤞
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The park is looking glorious in the snow but it also means Skelton has had a lot of snow and it's snowing now, and the back roads of the villages won't be gritted.
I've blocked out tomorrow as it's due to freeze overnight and it's much worse when it's frozen over the snow.
We'll assess as the days go on.
Please check the weather and cancel/rearrange on your booking confirmation if you're booked in over the next few days and don't want to come. For example, we'd drive on it today, but it depends on your car and where you're coming from.
I've messaged this afternoons people in case you want to rearrange 🙏
Stay snowy, Penrith!
Visitors tomorrow will notice a new addition to the dog park - we've added a scent wall!
It's our own unique design, whilst incorporating common Scentwork activities and tools.
There are six holes to hide treats or items in and four pipe bends for hiding things such as scented items (gloves, cloth with scents on, your keys!). Don't put treats in the floor pipe bends as your dog won't be able to reach them - instead this is for helping them learn to indicate on a scent and get a treat after they find the item.
You can then lift the pipe bends board to retrieve your item!
I might put together a mini course on how to search in this way and use the board / train indications if there's interest!
But just get started hiding treats in the wall holes to get your dog keen to search!
Have fun 😊
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If you have one reactive dog, it's likely you'll make your other dogs reactive to some extent.
The other dogs may not start having the same feelings or ever develop those scary feelings of the things they're barking at, but they're probably going to join in with this fun barking game that every seems to be doing.
Imagine I'm stood on a path with you in a forest, and i stop midway through talking, looking into the middle distance along the path between the trees, say "Oh sh£t!" and then run off in the opposite direction screaming.
Are you likely to follow or stay stood there going, "I dunno what she's on about, I'm fine".
It's the same with our dogs.
Barking is also very reinforcing, it's quite enjoyable. I can imagine if I were allowed to I'd quite like to scream at the top of my voice and yodel when some of my neighbours go past. Thankfully, I do try to restrain myself from that most mornings.
So once your nonreactive dogs get into barking alongside your reactive dog, the behaviour becomes self-fulfilling.
Instead, I'd recommend you COUNTER CONDITION your nonreactive dog to your reactive dog's barking.
So your reactive dog barks, drop a treat party for your other dog (or feed to mouth where there's chance of guarding or aggression around food).
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Ladies, we all need "Spaniel Confidence" 😂
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Can you spot the resource guarding in this video?
Who is doing it?
Can you spot the moment the communication is happening?
This is the thing about dog behaviour, it can be very subtle movements, not so much a growl. I'll put in the comments about who is doing it and what they're doing so that you have chance to have a good look at the video.
For some dogs, this subtle behaviour alone would be enough to start a fight. Would you think the fight had come out of nowhere?
Now, my other dog here has no idea it's happening so nothing more happens, and the dog resource guarding doesn't snap at her.
They all have different relationships in a multi dog household.
With my spaniel, the resource guarding dog would do a no contact little snap as well.
With Rudy, my problem dog, he would have escalated to a fight if the resource guarding dog did this to him.
So to prevent fights, I moderate MY behaviour in different situations.
📌 No food around dogs who would react to this behaviour or would guard
📌 No resources such as toys down if they're likely to react
📌 Vary the controls if the resource guarding stays at a low level or escalates to full on fights or aggressive behaviour
Resource guarding BETWEEN dogs is hard to treat. To some extent, it's a very NORMAL animal behaviour.
"That is mine, you're not having it."
I don't tolerate resource guarding to humans and train it out, but I do tolerate a small amount of resource guarding between the dogs as long as they're managing and moderating it themselves sensibly without it turning into stress or a fight.
But this is why having multiple dogs isn't simple. You have to watch them and know them and know what they're prepared to do and how far they will take it.
#dogbehaviour #dogbehavior #dogtraining #imdt #dogtrainer #resourceguarding #behaviourmodification #collie
Hope you're all coping ok out there tonight 🤞
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Now available for lions to hire also! 🦁
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Credit to @king_kyko_the_fox_red_labrador
You don't see the results of your work until you're faced with a challenge.
We saw a dog at the top of the field we were walking in today. Solo wanted to run to investigate, but although he was very interested, he managed to keep his head because of all the foundations we've worked on.
The boring heel work, eye contact, focus training each day. The taking his breakfast out on walks to earn for sticking around me.
All for moments like this.
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Multi dog household? ✅
Play sometimes gets "too much" and descends into aggression? ✅
Maybe you need a muzzle.
Now don't be a plonker and stick a muzzle on a dog who is going to show aggression and then get beaten up by other dogs.
I'm putting a muzzle on one of my dogs who sometimes misreads signals, starts a fight when play gets too arousing for him, but the other dogs won't retaliate or can be called off immediately.
Everyone needs to be kept safe, including the dog wearing the muzzle.
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Bitework workshop in Penrith, Cumbria with TT Canines
Coming soon....
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