Terrier play vs Collie play 🤣
2 giddy pups working on greeting without instantly playing at day school today 🥰
Well done Lola and Autumn! Autumn smashed her first day with us
We are doing a one off ‘have a go at hoopers!’ Class on Saturday 17th August!
This is the perfect opportunity to try Hoopers and see what you and your dog think, you guaranteed to have lots of fun trying something new with your dog!
Hoopers can be adapted to dogs of any age and ability meaning we can cater for puppies and senior dogs as well as bouncy and excitable ones🐾
📍Paw&Co Freedom Field, Keelby
Saturday 17th August - 10am
Book now- https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20631473&appointmentType=60414089
Yesterday at our doggy dayschool it was all about practicing our public cafe manners🐾
George, Maverick & Max all worked on-
✔️Approaching and entering the cafe calmly
✔️ Waiting inside while mimicking paying/choosing items
✔️ Settling at table & chairs around a variety of distractions which included dog walkers, off lead dogs and cyclists
✔️Loose lead walking around the cafe area
They did great, what good boys!🐕
Don’t miss our Lead Skills Class this Saturday!🐾
We want your dogs to be enjoyable to walk! It's not about them being glued to your side, it's about them maintaining a steady pace so they can enjoy exploring without dragging you along!
We’ll be covering general loose lead walking around distractions, increasing engagement and heelwork skills.
This Saturday @ 10:15am
📍Paw&Co, Keelby
Message to book🐕
If you have a reactive dog..... you'll like this video!
So often we just show you the good as we think that's what you want to see but I want you to come on this journey with me with Woody.
At the moment it's a 50% chance as to whether he will kick off as there is often no predicting it.... like in this video!
Sometimes it's clear he gets frustrated that his lead is stopping him from saying hello..... other times there is no build up he just goes!!
We are training hard to eliminate this problem.
Today I took him to an agility competition so he could start getting used to the environment. He did amazingly well and the reactivity you see in this video is the only time he did this the whole hour he was there, I couldn't have been prouder 🥰
I'm showing you this because I want you to see that it's not all perfect and quite often he behaves like this frequently. We have amazing moments as you will see in the rest of the video but he can also be a complete embarrassment.
Focus on the best bits and reward the hell out of them!! I'm over the moon with this little guys progress. Tomorrow we will practice more!
Have you ever thought about teaching your dog a ‘switch’ cue?🐾
Having your dog able to switch sides on cue can be a very helpful life skill! Allowing you to have a bit of extra space on a narrow path or walking past distractions, by teaching your dog to do it themselves it can massively reduce frustration that physically pulling the lead to move them can cause.
Here’s Maverick in the process of learning this skill at dayschool🐕
Doggy Dayschool🐾
✔️Training in different public places to work around real life distractions
✔️ Bespoke to each dog working on their own individual needs around others
✔️ Learning how to settle around other dogs and distractions
What’s not to love?!
We are having so much with our dayschool doggies 🐕
https://www.qualitycanines.co.uk/doggy-day-school
Lots of little wins with our dayschool guys yesterday.
Lola (black dog featured) walked to the van without stopping and jumped in on her own accord. She is a Rommie rescue and typically (and understandably) scared of the van.
George (cavalier in video) did some lovely loose lead walking in a new place around distractions
Murphy was able to settle when doing nothing without attention seeking barking (he will happily sit and bark for an hour non stop if you let him).
Frankie (who adores dogs) was able to do some lovely recall away from a dog walker and stayed engaged the whole time they were close by.
Atlas (who is toy obsessed) was able to drop a tug toy on first request and then able to think straight and respond appropriately to gain the toy back
Well done everyone.
All your videos will be uploaded by the end of today 🥰
Join us this Saturday for our monthly trick training club! 🐾
Trick training isn't just about teaching your dog some fancy tricks that you may feel are useless to your everyday life, its about so much more than that.
Its offers some great, all important mental stimulation for dogs that are easily bored or are excitable, it strengthens up your relationship with your dog because it is a fun shared activity and it also can make your dog more responsive and obedient in other scenarios because of this stronger relationship and you are teaching your dog that responding to different commands is fun!
There is many more benefits too, like practicing off lead control and teach your dog to be precise with their behaviour which requires a lot of focus on you. The list really does go on!
Our trick training club is open to everyone, all ages & breeds- it doesn’t matter if your dog doesn’t know any trick or if they’re a pro! We can adapt activities to all😊
Saturday 27th, 10:15am @ Paw&Co Freedom Field, Keelby
Book now- https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20631473&appointmentType=60414556
#doggydayschool
We have 2 spaces left on our day school for this Tuesday and Thursday.
Here is a little snippet of 2 dogs that joined us for the first time today. They both struggle with on lead walking so we used each other as a distraction and built this up to a polite greeting.
They smashed their first day!!
Let's us do the hardwork ✨️
What you get from us when you send your dog to Day School!
Not only are we caring for your dog and training them for you.... we are also sharing with you what we do so you can practice at home to get better results 😀
A few little snippets from day school this week (our first week!).
We've had a huge range of dogs that have worked on a huge range of things!
We have helped them with calmness in distracting environments, reactivity towards traffic, meeting and greeting dogs, ignoring other dogs, recall, loose lead walking and much more!!
There is still the odd space available this week if you'd like your dog to have some professional hands on training whilst you are at work or simply enjoying a day off :)
Start your day off with a smile 🤣😂🤣
Katie's Nala likes to start hers off with one too!
Recall practice down a temptation alley with our guys for demo purposes.......
All but one of these dogs recalled perfectly first time!
Just for fun
Who do you think had to have another go because they stole toys instead of recalling 😂🤣?
#dogtraining
#recallpracticewithdogs
#foundationdogtraining
So proud of this little munchkin.
This may look simple but this is a long way away from where we first started.
He is starting to be happier working away from me and is listening to cues well.
He is also very settled when watching the other class members have their turn with minimal meltdowns.
This little boy is tricky to train at times but he tries! He can often switch in to full blown terrier mode which we are learning to channel. I will try and get a video of him when he is at his worse as I do think it's important you see both sides but for now I'm sharing the moment I was very proud of him.
We've not owned him long and taking on a dog that has zero concept of training with a high prey drive can be very tricky!
Meet Chria 🤍
Some of you may know that India very sadly lost one of her dogs a few weeks ago, a really heartbreaking time and although no where near ready to add another permanent family member she has welcomed her home to Chria as a foster.
Chira came to Mayflower Animal Sanctuary when she was just 6 months old, a year later she’s now 18 months old and has still not found her forever home! Before arriving at Mayflower she was in Romania so this girl has never set paw inside a home until yesterday.
As you can see she is scared and overwhelmed but India is determined to help her feel safe and work on building her confidence so she can find her forever home.
Here’s some things India will be doing with Chira over the next week:
• Pretending she’s invisible for 80% of the time! This might sound strange but Chria is terrified and she needs time to feel safe in her new surroundings, the best way she can do that is watch and take it all in without pressure to interact, this will also help her predict routine.
• Providing plenty of hidden beds and covered crates so she can hide away if she wishes
• Hand feeding, this doesn’t necessarily mean taking food from India’s hand but India will be giving Chria most of her meals by throwing treats to her to help build her relationship and positive feelings towards new people.
If you have any questions about Chria or adopting/fostering nervous dogs in general pop them below and we’ll be happy to answer- we might even make it into a live!
First day of day school complete ✔️
All the dogs did so much better than expected 🥰
Videos are being uploaded to your files. Annoyingly mine will only upload via WiFi and I haven't been hole long enough for them to load so keep checking your personal Canine Cam files. I'm at agility until half 8 so they will upload after that.
But for now, here is a little clip of Bentley practicing being calm and not reactive whilst puppy Nala practices her loose lead walking
Lead Skills Class on Saturday
What's it about?
We want your dogs to be enjoyable to walk! It's not about them being glued to your side, it's about them maintaining a steady pace so they can enjoy exploring without dragging you along!
This boy can literally run at the end of his lead, he may be tiny but that is not enjoyable in the slightest! So we are working hard on teaching him to walk sensibly in public places and he is coming along nicely..... so nicely I've started to slowly ditch the harness.
This Saturday we have a class at put training field in keelby that will go through a variety of exercises to help you achieve this!
It's at 10:15am, message us to book on :)
