Recall training - how to progress
How and when to progress your recall training responses
Our pups have all been having a great time learning that staying close by and engaged with their owner while on a lead is a super fun and rewarding thing to do! 🐾🧡
Lead walking is a team activity! When both owner and puppy have the right skills in place, walks can be much more enjoyable and comfortable for all 🐕
If you would like to learn more about our classes or put your pup’s name down for our first classes of 2025, email us at [email protected] 😊🧡
🧡🐶 Calm interactions 🐶🧡
Here is a video from the early days of when Rogue came home. Tyke chose to be close to her 🧡
❗️What body language signs do you notice about Tyke (the border terrier) though which suggests he isn't 100% comfortable with this situation at first?
This video shows steps in the right direction of calm interactions between a new puppy and existing dog 🧡
🧡🐶 Puppy Training Essentials - Positive Associations at the Vets Continued 🐶🧡
It is ideal for puppies to have positive associations in the veterinary consultation room 🧡
This is especially important to buffer for times when something not so nice might happen in this room.
👍This video shows puppy Rogue on a table in a vets' consultation room being fed tasty cheese paste to help build a positive association with the sights, sounds, scents and being at height.
🧡🐶 Puppy Training Essentials - Positive Associations at the Vets 🐶🧡
It is ideal for puppies to have positive associations with going to the vets 🧡
This is especially important to buffer for times when something not so nice might happen there.
👍This video shows puppy Rogue in a vets waiting room getting fed tasty treats to help build a positive association with the sights, sounds and scents.
How is your dog when they go to the vets?
🧡🐶 Puppy Training Essentials - Positive Associations 🐶🧡
It is ideal for puppies to to be exposed to other animals of all shapes and sizes in a calm and positive way 🧡
👍This video shows puppy Rogue experiencing horses passing her slowly for the first time.
👍Rogue is calm whilst watching the horses and fed tasty treats to help her create a positive association with these new sights, sounds and smells.
Did your dog meet horses or other animals when they were a puppy? Tell us about it in the comments ☺🔽
🧡🐶 On Lead Greetings - Puppies Meeting Calm Adult Dogs 🐶🧡
Did you know that it is great for puppies to meet calm adult dogs who are good with puppies?
👍Note how the leads are kept loose in this video which is ideal to minimise tension caused by equipment.
👍The interaction is kept short to minimise the potential for things going wrong.
Did your dog meet a calm adult dog when they were a puppy? Or do you have a calm adult dog who is great with puppies? Tell us about them in the comments ☺️🔽
🧡🐶 On Lead Greetings 🐶🧡
Did you know that on-lead greetings aren't always ideal?
😵💫On-lead greetings mean that leads can get tangled and dogs can feel tension on their lead which may result in them not feeling comfortable.
😲However, we don't want to avoid on-lead greetings completely (because they happen!), so here's what we want to teach:
👍Greet with loose lead
👍Teach a way out / move away (foor lure initially
👍Allow dogs to go back to each other if both are happy
❗️Please note, if your dog (or the other dog) has food guarding issues, avoid putting food between each dog.
❤🐶Enrichment Essentials!🐶❤
🌟Sniffing!🌟
❓Did you know that dogs "see" the world through their nose?
Dogs' sense of smell is up to 100,000 times more sensitive than ours 😲
Providing sniffing opportunities for our dogs not only allows them to "be a dog" which is so important for their wellbeing, but also enriches their lives too.
✅ One way to provide this for your dog is by simply scatter feeding on grass (nature's snuffle mat!)
👍This is super useful for times when you cannot take them out for their usual walk because the weather is too hot.
❤This helps them become mentally tired and satisfied.
Ensure your dog has fresh water available as sniffing is thirsty work!
#dogbehaviour #dogenrichment #dogenrichmentfun #dogsniffing
😍😍😍Puppy Recall - First Stage😍😍😍
In keeping with our recall theme, check out wonderful Winston learning the first stage of recall in our Puppy Beginner class 😍
🧡What a STAR he is! 🤩
Keep an eye on our page for more recall tips and upcoming posts to help when there are tricky recall distractions 😲
Want to give your puppy the best start in your training journey? Check out our next puppy beginner class here:
https://www.petbehaviourcompany.co.uk/puppy-beginner
👍👍👍👍👍👍 Practising Recall with an Adult Dog 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Here, Rogue recalls on cue ("Rogue, Come!") despite lots of things she's distracted by! 😇
👀Notice how her lead is loose so she is choosing to respond to the verbal recall cue rather than any lead pressure.
Recall is such an important behaviour to continue practising with our dogs, and it's especially important to make it a positive experience for them to come back to us 😍
😲Did you Know we Run Group Sessions for "Reactive" Dogs?😲
🧡Our Gnashurr Club is like the real world, but less random!🧡
👍Gnashurr Club offers support to owners of "reactive" dogs that show aggressive or noisy behaviour directed at other dogs - whatever their motivation - and to give them the opportunity to work with and around other dogs under safe and controlled conditions.
❗️These sessions are not suitable for every dog, and prior to attending each dog will need to have had an assessment first.
🔽Find out more details here🔽
https://www.petbehaviourcompany.co.uk/gnashurr-club
Training and behaviour support for pet dogs and cats. Training classes cater for puppies to adults and are run in person in Lincoln, UK.
