Testing out our canicross kit today 🙂🏃🏻♀️🐾
Anyone else run with their dog?
Different day different chew…
I’ve been very busy working and writing my assignment for my BSc in canine behaviour management this week, not only does a good chew keep their teeth and gums healthy but it keeps them busy while I get stuck into my learning 👩🏻🎓🦴 #whippet #colliecross #behaviourmanagement #lifelonglearning #behaviourist
Finding the heel position and building value with being at your side is an important part of teaching your dog to walk at your side. #puppytraining #labradorpuppy #northdevondogtrainer #puppytrainingtips
Stop door dashing!
Teaching Jinx 9 month old Doberman door manners. I used her sit behaviour and added in all these pieces: hand moving toward door handle, moving door handle, opening door slightly, wide door opening and moving through on a release cue. We also practiced moving through the front doors together. Not her dragging me out 🙂 lots of treats made her patience very worth while, with practice the release cue will become the reward for staying still while the door opens ☺️ #teenagedog #adolescentdog #doberman #dobermantraining #northdevondogtrainer #bigdog
Our absolute favourite treats atm! So easy to prep! Super healthy and high value 🤩🥩 and very cost effective 💷 food rewards are a great way to pay for and shape behaviour in your pet! I like to ensure they also have high nutritional value too 😀
What do I mean by cooperative care and why invest in it?
Bob was a big baby when it came to grooming and vet checks. He’d pee himself run away or freeze. 😔
He had to undergo urgent treatment in rescue and it was all a bit scary and probably painful. I didn’t want to damage our relationship by restraining him for nails teeth and ear cleaning nor did I want to put any professionals in a dangerous position with a large dog snapping at them out of fear. (The only time he showed me his teeth was on an occasion I tried to get him in the shower!)
So I used my husbandry training experience from working with large carnivores in the zoo to teach him to be able to say no, and to feel confident and calm and cooperate in his own care! Guess what? Bob enjoys the training game much like my lions and sea lions did back in my zoo days.
🦁 🦭 🦔 🦉🦙🦨🦝
Here’s some benefits:
👩⚕️happier vets and groomers
🧠 brain game for bob!
🏥 healthier dog!
💰 saved money on vet bills!!
😌 less stress for me
🐕 less stress for Bob
😬 I didn’t get bitten, big bonus 😅
🧩 The training was fun 🤩
If you’d like to help your dog with grooming or care related behaviours like:
👁️ eye drops
💅 nail care
🛁 bathing
🪮 brushing
🐶 ear care/drops and washes
💉 Injections
✂️ hair cuts
It really does make life so much easier for everyone 😀
Dogs that ‘misbehave’ at the vets or groomers and NOT naughty or defiant. They are scared or possibly even in pain.
These sessions can be taught via video call too 💻
#cooperativecare #husbandrytraining #animalwelfare #dogwelfare #rescuedog #doggrooming #vetcheck #dentist #canines
Why I use a harness
In this video I am walking Bodhi a mixed breed large dog on a Y shaped two clip harness. I explain why this set up was recommended for B. Bodhi has seen the vet about his gait btw! His lead pulling has improved vastly over the last few months and barking and lungeing at traffic occurs much less frequently and with massively lowered intensity and with a faster recovery period now!
Here’s why I think the harness has helped us both walk better and safer.
1. Two points of contact on roadside walking just in case a big lorry or a cat triggers a lungeing episode, I can put on the breaks and keep us both safe!
2. Comfort! Free shoulders and no tightening round his neck = one less thing to feel grumpy or irritated by so he’s better able to deal with environmental stressors or excitement like cats or vehicles.
3. I have the option to lengthen his lead to offer more freedom to move and access sniffs when we are away from traffic and cats. More freedom feels = less frustration feels.
This is why it’s great to film your training session! Xena has early stage arthritis in her knee so I’m starting to work on some physio and exercises for her. I hadn’t realised during the session that she was leaning into the sofa, now I can make some wee changes to the set up positioning etc to shape the desired behaviour of walking backwards “back up” also a handy behaviour for when I want to get through the gate past her 🤣
#husky #malamute #northdevondogtrainer #dogtraining #clickertraining
Having a wee weekend in Cornwall with Dougie and T ☺️
#trainingtreats #foodrewards #dogtraining #dogtrainingtips #northdevondogtrainer
