🌟 Super proud of Barney tonight 🙌 this is only our 2nd session on loose lead walking and he is smashing it!
✨ I really couldn’t ask for more in session 2, especially as the first session we don’t even work on lead work, it’s all about engagement and focus, just look at Barney focusing on his guardian 🥳
💫 Now that Barney understands what we expect from him, he is voluntarily checking in and walking nicely - making for a more enjoyable walk. As Barney now gets the game, it’s about pushing the 3 D’s, Distance, Duration and most importantly Distraction!
⏩ As Barney was doing so well on a quieter side street, we decided to up the distractions by moving to a busier road. At this point I’m not looking for perfection, just that Barney can still focus on his guardian and still understands what is expected - video in the comments.
Be proud tonight team - you absolutely smashed it 👏👏👏👏
#teamwaggytails #TeamBarney #IMDT #positivereinforcement #bethechange
✨ During Wilson’s session we started working on him focusing on his owner 🫶
✨ We’ve put the foundations in place at home, but it’s now time to work outside in the real world. Starting off with some basic focus on the move to help with loose lead walking as Wilson pulls like a freight train 🚆
✨ Wilson also finds it hard to deal with certain triggers when on the lead, so we are now starting to counter condition Wilson’s responses at a distance Wilson can cope with.
✨ To some this video may not seem much but if I think back to a couple of weeks ago, there wasn’t a chance that Wilson’s lead would be this loose and his focus on his owner rather than constantly scanning the area 🫶
#teamwilson #teamwaggtails #bethechange #youvegotthis #labrador #dogtraining
⭐️✨Proofing at its finest 🙌👏
When training, wether it be in classes or 1-2-1’s, I always talk about our dogs learning by association - just because they may successfully complete a behaviour in class or at home 🏠 doesn’t mean they’ll do it in a different situation or environment.
Proofing is the art of practising in different areas with different distractions, once our dogs can successfully do this, then you know the behaviour is embedded 🐶🤩
Here’s a clip of Reggie doing just that, out on a walk, spending a few minutes practicing a cue that he knows inside out. It is also giving him a few moments to take it easy and think about something different 🐶💙🐾
✨ Super proud of Dennis 🖤⭐️ look at him strutting his stuff while walking nicely beside his human 🙌
✨ Dennis is a 9 month old Cane Corso weighing in at 53Kg so roughly 8.5 stone, we haven’t used anything other than a normal harness with a double ended lead, Dennis is so strong he could easily pull his human over!
✨ This is what hard work, commitment and consistency has earned ⭐️ still some fine tuning but this boy is smashing it 🙌
Massive well done, be proud of what you’ve achieved so far - you’ve got this 💪🐶🐾
#bethechange #teamdennis #positvereinforcement #teamwaggytails #canecorso
🎓🐶📚🐾 Classes/Workshops 🐾📚🐶🎓
Dates for the diary 📔🗓️📚
Below ⬇️ are all the classes and workshops available for booking - limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment as they sell out ⭐️🤩🐶🐾
⭐️ Workshops ⭐️
Recall Master Class - Saturday 14th Sept 10:15 - 11:45 at Goyt Hall Dog Paddock.
Neutrality Master Class - Sunday 29th Sept 11:00 - 12:30 at The Dogs Paddocks Longendale.
Loose Lead Master Class - Sunday 13th Oct
11:00 - 12:30 at The Dogs Paddocks Longendale.
Recall Master Class - Saturday 19th Oct 11:15 - 12:45 at The Dogs Paddocks Romiley.
⭐️ Group Classes - 6 weeks ⭐️
Puppies start 5th Sept 18:15 - 19:00
Older dogs start 5th Sept 19:15 - 20:00
Puppies start 17th Oct 18:15 - 19:00
Older dogs start 17th Oct 19:15 - 20:00
Held at The Together Centre, Birch Lane, Dukinfield SK6 5AU
☎️📧 Message for more details 📧☎️
🐶🙌🤩🐾 Getting it done! 🐾🤩🙌🐶
I absolutely love getting sent videos of how well past or present students are doing 😍
I first met Bessie when she attended my puppy classes with her humans 💖 Bessie is a little bundle of energy, a real bum wiggling full of beans kind of girl 😂
Now that she has hit the adolescence stage of her life, she came along to my loose lead walking master class a couple of weeks ago - as you can see from the video, she is absolutely smashing it 🙌 A massive well done to TeamBessie ⭐️💖🙌
I always talk about consistency and taking small baby steps to get to your goal. If you start of thinking about perfection, you’ll be setting yourself and your dog up for failure, as perfection doesn’t really exist. In training like with everything in life, there will be good days and bad….. but it’s remembering that you’ve come along from the start of your journey. Celebrate the wins 🥳💪🤗
A wise person once said “To change something you have to change” now let that sink in for a minute 🤔💡💭
If you’re sat reading this and it resonates, get in touch and let’s be that change together ⭐️🐶🐾
#TeamBessie #teamwaggytails #bethechange
Happy Waggytailers 🐶🐾 #dogs #dogstagram #happydogs #dog
Dennis 6 month old Cane Corso working on his recall #teamwaggytails
Love getting videos of my training clients doing their homework 📚
Dennis is a 6 month old Cane Corso who is the sweetest boy, practising his recall 💙🐶
Well done 👏
A lovely example of Louis loose lead walking with automatic check-ins. If you’d like your dog to walk calmly by your side, drop me a message ☎️📧
Waggytails 2023
Some highlights of walks & visits from 2023 🐶💖😸💙🐾
