One of my awesome clients sent me this reel. Please learn about your dog's body language and their boundaries. Learn where you need to step in to advocate for you dog and what's appropriate to them and you and what's not, even in play!
Really the only way to avoid issues and fights.
"In ASTRONOMY; a variable binary star which emits strongly polarized light, one component being a strongly magnetic white dwarf." ~ Polar
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My sweet little Polar Bear ⭐️🐻❄️
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?? Do you think we can train it with treats??? 😆🦁🤣🥩
Reminds me a lot of a video a while back of @taketheleadtraining lobbing a fillet steak at a dog while in drive with it completely ignoring the steak to pursue pray.
Made me laugh a little. But seriously, guys, if you haven't already, go follow Jamie and SHARE the heck out of his recent post regarding the proposed ecollar ban and follow the link to the letter to send to your MP to oppose the ban.
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If you haven’t already done so, here is a link to a letter to send to your MP. https://tinyurl.com/524h4duy
This is a massive animal welfare issue, not just for our dogs but for our wildlife and livestock animals. Even for those who use ecollars just as an off leash safety back up to give their dogs more freedom and increase their welfare.
Our politicians think it is OK to use ecollars to stop our dogs from barking or ruining our flower beds, or even on goats! Livestock electric fencing is ok, too?! Therese Coffey was an ecollar user for her own pet dog, yet is backing this ban. If you are an ecollar user or supporter and want to see this ban overturned. Share your own post, make the relevant tags, and get contacting your MP.
Share your own post and tag @taketheleadtraining @rishisunakmp
@10downingstreet @conservatives @theresecoffey
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Reeva is a happy, confident, lovely little dog! She is fantastic with people and very friendly. She is however, still learning to control her excitement, and does sometimes still jump up. She loves attention and is very affectionate. She is brilliant with people and everyone loves her. She loves being on the sofa and will snuggle with you for hours.
Like most rescues, she will need someone who is going to be committed to continue her training and socialisation.
Reeva was previously quite reactive to other dogs, I believe this escalated due to being unsettled in kennels/frustrated and a lack of positive socialisation.
Since being with me and my other 2 dogs, she has been great with them after proper introductions. She has been numerous walks daily with lots of other dogs both in passing and on our walks. She has also been to a training class and pack walk with me and did amazing and didnt react back to other dogs. She does need someone who knows what they're doing to continue giving her positive experiences. She is a very confident girl and needs someone to provide leadership as she learns.
Her lead training is coming along great but needs someone to keep it up. She is crate trained and will happily sleep overnight in the crate. She is quiet and non-destructive. She will happily relax in the crate/place after a walk during the day too. She is also happy in the crate in the car and will just lie down and relax. She is ok to be left on her own for a short period, she will just need this gradually increased in a new home to get her fully comfortable. She hasn't shown any issues or aggression around food while with me and happily takes treats with the other dogs. She has started muzzle training and won't be long until she is comfortable to wear one if required.
I believe she is mostly staffie type crossed with terrier (Jack Russel type?) And is very strong and stocky. She is a small (short legged!) dog but is very powerful! In terms of around othe
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Lola ecollar conditioning 🩷
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To be able to have Lola experience more off leash in different environments. With the added security of being able to remotely communicate with her from a distance. ✨️
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Client just over here enjoying their new found freedom with little Nelson after just a few days of training 🐾🩵
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𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 🐶
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Nelson's owners got in touch describing him as having very bad reactivity to dogs and people, becoming anxious, barky and shaking with frustration. They were worried about his increasingly difficult behaviour outside and worried about how he reacts to new people in the home with the risk of him nipping.
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Here's some before and during videos of our 1st session.
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We covered implementing loads of new structure and promoting calmness in the home. Helping him to be able to relax and letting his owners trust him in his own space so we could then address how to bring in a new person, allowing Nelson to meet them when safe to do so. Implementing this will also help reduce separation anxiety.
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Look at the tools being used in each of these clips, then look at the body language and behaviour of the dog. From harness, collar, slip lead (he also has a halti which he hates and pulls off), to prong collar. Which tools do you think are adding to that frustration and causing miscommunication between dog and handler?
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The tool itself doesn't teach the dog anything, but we owe it to our dogs to use the best tools that will achieve the best results - quickest, safest and with as little physical force or confusion as possible when training. While gaining the best physiological communication. Bridging that gap between dog and owner.
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Nelson's owners have very responsibly muzzle trained him which meant we could use this as a precaution in the session, however was only used for 5 minutes.
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Nelson to begin with was anxious, LOUD and reactive, by the end he was unmuzzled, "off-leash" having some long line freedom while PLAYING with my 2 dogs and passing others in the park. I wish I had remembered to video this! Lots of work to do, of course, over time with practise in different scenarios.
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Looking forward to seeing their progress next session.
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❗️𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔❗️
Some clients come with reservations about certain tools or are worried how their dog will react or maybe what other people think.
This is an unedited video of the first time I handed over the leash to my client and her dog, who have both never seen or used a prong collar before.
She would usually pull quite badly at times when excited and would choke herself. Her owner couldn't get engagement even when freely offering treats for attention. This is a sensitive working breed that can be anxious by nature, yet these tools can be so beneficial when used the right way through clear communication and can actually help build confidence.
The stigma surrounding certain tools (sadly some of the best tools) generally come from people who have never used them or don't know how to correctly. Or, for a prong collar, purely judging the way they look.
In the video you can hear Bambi's owner say she usually doesn't take food outside when training, or if she gets worried/anxious. You can see her here walking calmly and taking treats. Tools can help to make it very clear, very quickly, what is wanted, so we are actually able to create more opportunities for positive reinforcement. Still work to do, of course! This is only day 1❗️.
Tools like prong and e collars, when introduced to the dog correctly, should not cause stress or concern. These are fabulous tools to allow us to bridge the gap between human and dog in our physical and psychological communication.
Bambi's owner is happy with the progress so far!
"Thank you so much for today! I was left feeling such relief and like everything is going to be ok. Prong is ordered, I’m a complete convert! I’m honestly so shocked at the difference just one session with you has made, all the stuff in the house definitely helps ❤️
Was lovely to meet you and your fab doggies! 🐶 🐶"
Update over the weekend was that walks are now "stress-free and a co
Bambi 🦌
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This girl is a working pointer. We met to work on her engagement with her owner and to stop pulling/excitable jumping on leash. Working dogs need an on/off switch too and we need to make it clear to them when we'd like them to be a calm pet dog versus when we're working that drive.
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She is extremely fussy with her food, which makes it difficult to build her food drive and reward her for good choices. This is also partly to do with her being an anxious dog naturally and being quite needy in the house. We discussed in depth how to help her become more confident and settled.
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We also worked on some obedience when she's out on the land working, and she did great. Consistency is key.
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Bambi was quite happy to choke herself on the lead at times, so I conditioned her to a prong (literally within minutes) and passed her onto her owner, which is shown in the video.
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Her owner said she usually gets quite anxious and won't take food when training or outside. You can see her with clear direction and marking she's happily taking treats being in a better mindset.
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She also happily ate her dinner from her bowl after the session, which she would never usually do! Working that 🧠 is key!
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Some nice free time for her to socialise out with my guys at the end of the session too. They tried their best helping her get confident going in the water!
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Eddie doing much better with his reactivity towards dogs so moving onto getting him more off leash freedom via ecollar! 🎉
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1 session on ecollar = non verbal recall every time even around other dogs in the park.
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Using games to create some distance and distraction and showing him what we would like him to do with the ecollar sensation. Good boy 👏
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