Ruby The Hippodogomus

Ruby The Hippodogomus Through no fault of her own, Ruby the Shar Pei has currently found herself in foster and will shortl

21/05/2022

A quick update: Ruby is thriving in her forever home. We couldn't be happier with where she ended up. She was worth all the work.
Love you RubyRubyRuby!

I will soon be closing this page. Please following Rising Starts Dog Training if you wish to follow more dogs being helped through reactivity, fear and other aggression issues as well as more run of the mill obedience.

Over and out :)

Our favourite Hippodogomus met and made another new friend a couple of days ago with incredible ease (and look how gorge...
16/07/2021

Our favourite Hippodogomus met and made another new friend a couple of days ago with incredible ease (and look how gorgeous he is!)

She REALLY likes Agent Gibbs' "mum" too.

A huge thanks to Lacey the Staffy (and her brilliant owners) for being such an awesome stooge dog and allowing Ruby to e...
09/07/2021

A huge thanks to Lacey the Staffy (and her brilliant owners) for being such an awesome stooge dog and allowing Ruby to experience being in the presence of another dog in the house. 💜

She really has got the sweetest, softest little face 😭💜
05/07/2021

She really has got the sweetest, softest little face 😭💜

Beautifully done Ruby. Two reactive dogs in this photo. A great days training with most excellent people. 💪
04/07/2021

Beautifully done Ruby.
Two reactive dogs in this photo. A great days training with most excellent people. 💪

Ruby is currently away on a trip to the Welsh coast. Please excuse the lack of replies, I promise I'll get back to you a...
28/06/2021

Ruby is currently away on a trip to the Welsh coast. Please excuse the lack of replies, I promise I'll get back to you all as soon as I'm home and have reliable internet again.

Please message the page if you're interested in giving Ruby a wonderful home.

Sorry for being so utterly terrible at this social media thing recently. 🙈Ruby is absolutely fine and has made some love...
24/06/2021

Sorry for being so utterly terrible at this social media thing recently. 🙈
Ruby is absolutely fine and has made some lovely progress again recently. She even had her first trip to a very busy public space with the two boys some days back.
She coped very well, managed to handled the bustle and noise with no great concerns and was able to settle pretty quickly.
I only kept her there for about half an hour (quit whilst you're ahead!) but it was a huge achievement for her.

As you can see, I've also conditioned her to a head halter so that her future owners have another option for close control in tight public spaces. It also gave us something new to train!

Ruby and Talisker are popping by to remind everyone that it's hot hot hot today and so are pavements. And astroturf for ...
01/06/2021

Ruby and Talisker are popping by to remind everyone that it's hot hot hot today and so are pavements. And astroturf for that matter.
The weather has become beautiful very suddenly and people and dogs have had very little chance to adjust.

Don't take risks, stay cool and stay safe!

Another busy but productive day for Ruby who has successfully made another new friend, done loads of recall work and had...
30/05/2021

Another busy but productive day for Ruby who has successfully made another new friend, done loads of recall work and had a brilliant blast around her favourite place over at trainer Emma's Walkies private hire paddock.
If you're looking for a place to be able to train (or just enjoy) your dog undisturbed, I hugely recommend this place. You couldn't ask for a more picturesque place to train.

Yesterdays main training session was done at the busy parade of shops that she found a bit much last time we went.I'm pl...
30/05/2021

Yesterdays main training session was done at the busy parade of shops that she found a bit much last time we went.
I'm pleased to say that she coped MUCH better this time than last time and was able to work around strange dogs with no drama.

Could she be loving this sunshine any more if she tried? Didn't think so!
27/05/2021

Could she be loving this sunshine any more if she tried?

Didn't think so!

Sorry for the radio silence for the last few days. For some reason I've not been able to convince Facebook to post to th...
27/05/2021

Sorry for the radio silence for the last few days. For some reason I've not been able to convince Facebook to post to this page. Everything else is working just fine though 🙄

Ruby has done EXTRA well recently. She even coped with some strange dogs charging up to her yesterday. She had a bit of a bark and lunge when they got in her face but she shook it off and got over it immediately which is incredible progress.
We must have seen 15 or more dogs yesterday and apart from the two who ran right up to her, she didn't utter a peep at any of the others. She was extremely fascinated by the tennis courts.
SO.
MANY.
BALLS.

She has met another strange human too and although she decided he was a bit intimidating, He still took food from him and coped with being in his immediate vicinity.

This fuzzy snap of Ruby's delicate little self all wrapped up in her coats against the terrible cold (😂) is from yesterd...
23/05/2021

This fuzzy snap of Ruby's delicate little self all wrapped up in her coats against the terrible cold (😂) is from yesterday morning.
I'd taken her to the local crossroads where is is busy busy busy with traffic, people, noise and general bustle. It's a great place to sit and watch the world go by and learn that yes, the world exists and no, it doesn't need shouting at for caring to do so.

She did great and is getting loads better at being able to generalise the obedience we have been practicing in the house and under low distraction to busy places under high distraction.
Currently if another dog comes by, she still has a huff and a puff but no big screaming, snarling tantrums have occurred for quite a while now.

This morning, she has practiced her usual obedience stuff and I have started to increase the duration of her "leave" to improve her impulse control around food which previously didn't exist at all.
She was SO enthusiastic about her training sessions this morning that it's put me in an even better mood than I got up in. 💜

She isn't quite ready yet but it's about time to start talking about looking for Ruby's forever home. Ruby's Best Side:✅...
22/05/2021

She isn't quite ready yet but it's about time to start talking about looking for Ruby's forever home.

Ruby's Best Side:

✅ Absolute cuddle monster. Perfect for people that love velcro dogs that want to spend most of their time as close to them as possible.

✅ She is bright as a button. Whilst she is by no means biddable in the way of a shepherd, collie or retriever, she IS trainable and far from stupid.
She is getting better at learning, especially now that she can think like a dog that understands training as a concept

✅ Food is life. She will work for her dinner more than willingly. So every meal is a training opportunity.

✅ Crate trained. Sleeps soundly through the night.

✅ Impeccably house trained.

✅ Has been trained to walk politely on lead, kennel up on cue, wait at thresholds/doorways/before charging out of her crate door, sit, down, has a pretty good foundation in recall work, is learning to heel (more formal than just a loose lead), go to her bed.

✅ Has proven that she IS capable of integrating with other dogs.

✅ Is constantly improving every week. This is a dog you train to do all sort of fun things with this if you're looking for more than a house pet.

✅ Is SO much fun! She has the best personality and really has been a joy to have here.

✅ Relatively low energy (just enough drive to make her fun to train though). Happy to chill. Especially if cuddles are involved.

Ruby's More Complicated Side:

☑ Rather neophobic - new things unsettle her. New Home will need to be patient and considerate of this.

☑ Nervous of strangers but has improved enormously and warms up to them much faster and with much less barking in the house and with no barking at all out of the house now.

☑ Strange Dog Reactive. She is muzzle trained now and I highly recommend she wear one for all new dog introductions. She needs continued work on her socialisation skills and given that her breed has a known genetic propensity towards being unhappy around strange dogs, the chances are that she will never be a true social butterfly. She is already FAR less reactive than she was though and this is something that you will need to be prepared to continue working on.

☑ Fairly minor resource guarding of high value chews and food from other dogs.

☑She is a bit of a bull in a china shop. I'd be very unlikely to rehome her to a family with small children.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
💜 Experienced dog owners with GENUINE experience living and working with reactive dogs.

💜 Would prefer someone Shar pei experienced but this isn't the be all and end all.

💜 No sound children. She is a small, dog shapes wrecking ball of chaos at times and could easily send a toddler flying by accident. There is also that mild resource guarding to consider.
💜 Will be able to continue her training and will give her mental and physical stimulation.

💜 Will be prepared to return Ruby to us should anything go wrong. She is NOT to winter the shelter system.

Always make sure you have a buddy to lick your ear-boggies for you.🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢
21/05/2021

Always make sure you have a buddy to lick your ear-boggies for you.
🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

Ruby has met a bunch of different people this week and is doing great. Really chuffed with her progress. As is grandma, ...
20/05/2021

Ruby has met a bunch of different people this week and is doing great. Really chuffed with her progress.
As is grandma, who has been desperate to make friends with her but is quite frail so I've been waiting until Ruby has enough manners to be polite about a meeting to really introduce them properly.

✅ Practiced our doorway manners, lead walking skills/heel work. ✅ Practiced very basic obedience out and about. This is ...
18/05/2021

✅ Practiced our doorway manners, lead walking skills/heel work.

✅ Practiced very basic obedience out and about. This is still something she finds hard because everything is intimidating/overwhelming but today was MUCH better.

✅ Didn't kick off at any of the dogs we passed on our walk.

✅ Only got rained on twice.

✅ Melted into a puddle to sleep it off.

Oh. I guess the Talisker fur moustache will explain why he yelped and stopped playing for a minute. 🤦‍♀️Gently Ruby, gen...
17/05/2021

Oh.
I guess the Talisker fur moustache will explain why he yelped and stopped playing for a minute. 🤦‍♀️

Gently Ruby, gently!

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A super quick video of Ruby's progress coming into heel position from the front. :) Her manners are starting to improve. My dog training voice? Rather less so 🤦‍♀️

Ruby hadn't previously been off lead and has certainly needed quite extensive work on her recall over the last two weeks but I'm making some nice progress with her in that department.

I can't remember what day this was. About 6 or 7 I think? Apologies for the awful quality of my recording. I'm rubbish at juggling a phone, a lead, not falling off the floor by tripping over my own feet...😂 It's hardly tidy heeling (that will come much later down the line) but considering a few days ago this little dog couldn't walk on a lead without choking herself out, dragging me around, constantly chopping and changing sides, nearly tripping me up, blowing up at random things like carrier bags blowing past her, this is massive progress. She is walking reasonably politely on her (now properly adjusted!) collar and her garish orange bandana reads "NO DOGS". Good Hippodogomus. You're the best House-Hippo there is.

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