🐕👶🏼 Preparing my dog for baby arrival 🐕👶🏼
Desensitising my dog to baby noises.
With a new baby comes new sounds for your dog and these can be distressing for them. To help prepare my dog (and myself) I am playing sounds of a baby crying to desensitise him to them.
At first the volume will be low and I will gradually build the volume up as long as he shows no signs of stress. If signs of stress are shown the volume is too high.
These can easily be found of Spotify or YouTube.
If you would like support with preparing your dog for the arrival of a new baby please get in touch! 🐶😀
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🐕👶🏼 Preparing my dog for baby arrival 🐕👶🏼
Loose lead walking next to a pushchair.
If your dog does not walk well on a lead you will want to address this with training before practicing with a pushchair.
Let your dog acclimate to the unfolded and folded pushchair before starting walking with it. Get them used to the pushchair moving and create positive associations with it using treats.
If possible, start with two people - one to push the pushchair and one to walk the dog. Reward your dog for walking calmly next to the pushchair.
Next try holding the lead and pushchair at the same time. Initially move slowly and reward your dog for walking by your side next to the pushchair.
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🐶 One of the best and easiest enrichment activities you can do for your dog, is to simply throw their meal onto the grass for them to find. 🐶
❓ Did you know that 20 minutes of sniffing is equivalent to an hours walk in terms of enrichment for dogs? ❓
Some of the benefits of sniffing are:
🔹Sniffing out food will slow down fast eaters.
🔹Sniffing decreases stress and calms dogs.
🔹Sniffing is mentally and physically stimulating so can decrease boredom.
🔹Sniffing out and ‘working’ for their food can make feeding time more interesting for your dog so may help if you struggle to get them to eat.
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Two new toys, which one will he pick? 🐶☀️
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🐕 Out of sight recall 🐕
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If you want your dog walk to on a loose lead it’s important reinforce that walking next to you is a rewarding and positive thing to do.
A ball launcher with either spreadable cheese or meat paste inside for your dog to lick as they walk next to you can be an alternative or accompaniment to treats.
Some benefits of doing this are:
It can reduce the need for you to bend down to treat to your dog, which can be especially helpful if you have a smaller dog or physical health issues.
You can hold your dog’s attention for an extended period of time while they lick whatever you have chosen to put inside the end of the launcher - perfect if there are distractions around!
Using the ball launcher in this way can also support target training.
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🐶💡Recall Tip💡🐶
The key to recall is making a word more valuable than the environment and other distractions. However, if we constantly need to recall our dogs the value of that word can decrease.
Therefore, if we make ourselves more valuable than the environment and distractions, we can reduce the need to have to recall our dogs regularly as they will naturally want to come back to us without being asked. This can also make it more likely our dogs will recall when we really need them to.
This video is one example of this; it’s the desire to play tug that makes me better than the environment and keeps my boy coming back to me without me asking.
To encourage him to explore the environment when it’s safe, I use a cue (seen at the end of the video) that tells him tugging is finished for a few minutes and he can explore.
❓Would you like help with making you more valuable than the environment?❓
If so, please get in touch! 😀🐶
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⭐️🐶Tuesday Tip🐶⭐️
If you feed your dog raw, wet or cooked food, this video demonstrates how you could turn meal time into an enrichment activity!
Simply split the food into plastic pots and hide them so your dog needs to search for their food. Depending on how quickly/easily your dog finds the food, you can increase or decrease the difficulty by making the pots easier or harder to find.
Benefits of this are:
🐾 It slows down fast eaters.
🐾 It encourages your dog to work for their food which many dogs naturally prefer to do.
🐾 Sniffing is mentally and physically stimulating for your dog.
🐾 Enrichment can reduce stress levels and improve behaviour.
🐾 You could get involved by helping your dog to find the food which can help strengthen your relationship.
🐾 It can be fun for both of you!
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🐶❓Have you ever noticed your dog making these mouth movements and wondered why they’re doing it?❓🐶
This is called the Flehmen response and it occurs after a dog smells or licks an intense scent source (usually urine).
It happens because dogs have a scent organ located above the roof of their mouths and curling their upper lip (the Flehmen response) helps the scent molecules to reach this organ.
This scent organ detects pheromones and scents (information) from other dogs and is connected to the brain by nerves.
You’re also likely to see your dog lick scent sources. This is because they are using their tongue to manoeuvre the scent molecules towards this scent organ.
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🐾🐶⭐️ Tuesday Tip! ⭐️🐶🐾
❓Did you know that 20 minutes of sniffing is equivalent to an hours walk in terms of enrichment for dogs?❓
So if you don’t already have one, I highly recommend getting a snuffle mat! 😀🐶
Snuffle mats, like the one in the video, are a great way to encourage your dog’s natural foraging instinct by getting their nose working. Simply scatter your dog’s food or their favourite treats inside and leave them to sniff it out!
Some of the benefits of sniffing are:
🔹Sniffing out food will slow down fast eaters.
🔹Sniffing decreases stress and calms dogs.
🔹Sniffing is mentally and physically stimulating so can decrease boredom.
🔹Sniffing out and ‘working’ for their food can make feeding time more interesting for your dog so may help if you struggle to get them to eat.
Snuffle mats are widely available to buy in different shapes and sizes or if you fancy getting creative you can find instructions to make your own!
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🐾🐶💭 Thursday Thoughts! 💭🐶🐾
❓Have you ever wondered why dogs kick their back legs like in this video?❓
Dogs have scent glands on the bottom of their feet that release pheromones. They kick their back legs to spread these pheromones and communicate their presence to other dogs.
The scent of these pheromones last longer than those of urine or faeces, making them a more effective way to for dogs to communicate with each other.
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Really nice update video and message from Meelo’s owners. The video is of a walk a few hours after our session. As you can see they are doing great keeping Meelo engaged and on a nice loose lead!
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🎉Ralphie’s latest Tug-E-Nuff order has arrived!🎉
And here he is choosing which toy he wants to play with first. I really cannot recommend these toys more highly for dogs that love tugging and getting dogs to love the game of tug.
❓Why is playing tug with your dog such a good idea? What are the benefits of playing tug?❓
🐶 A game of tug taps into your dog’s natural urges. Mouthing and tugging is part of a dog’s instinctive prey-drive. Regularly engaging in an interactive game of tug helps to avoid your dog seeking other ways to satisfy that urge with items they shouldn’t.
🐶 Playing tug strengthens the bond between you and your dog. When you play, you give your dog your undivided attention while engaging in an activity they love.
🐶 Many dog’s enjoy tug so much that a game of tug can be used as a high-value reward to reinforce wanted behaviours and encourage a good recall.
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Head to https://tug-e-nuff.co.uk/?ref=wagsandwisdom to browse the range and let us know which toys you choose!
Please feel free to get in touch for specific recommendations! 😀🐶
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❗️Jumping is a common unwanted behaviour.❗️
It can be dangerous for young children, people with disabilities and the elderly but the good news is there are strategies that are simple to implement.
With some training, the lovely Ruby has gone from greeting me with lots of jumping up to offering me a calm sit upon greeting - a safer and more ‘polite’ alternative to jumping up! 🐶
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Today is World Animal Road Accident Awareness Day 🌎 🚘
Sadly, every year thousands of animals, including dogs, are injured or killed by vehicles on the road.
One of the main causes of road traffic collisions involving dogs is dogs escaping out of the front door and running into the road. To a dog opening of the front door brings exciting new sights, sounds and smells, so naturally as soon as the front door opens they want to rush out.
❗️PREVENTION IS KEY❗️
To keep your dog safe when you open the front door, it’s a good idea to teach them to wait and only venture out of the front door when given a signal they can do so.
This video shows the progress of the lovely Bella who has gone from rushing out of the front door and running away, to waiting for her cue to calmly and safely walk out of the door together.
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Some nice progress with the lovely Bella. From pulling and reactive, to a loose lead and engagement around other dogs.
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