🎉🎉 FANTASTIC FREDDIE 🎉🎉
I am so proud of Freddie and his progress in our movement puzzles class.
Freddie can often become very anxious and overwhelmed when around other dogs. He has worked so hard over the last four weeks and yesterday was working on the big puzzle, off lead with two other dogs in the hall.
Over the past four weeks we have:
🐾 Found out what treats are really valued by him (sprats for the win 🙂)
🐾 Taught him to work between two bowls and gradually added more obstacles
🐾 Worked on identifying his emotional needs and how best to support him when he finds it difficult
I am so, so proud of this wee man and all the work that his fantastic owners have been doing with him 🥰
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🐾🐾 MUZZLE PRACTICE MONDAY 🐾🐾
Our Puppy Plus group were working hard on their muzzle skills last night.
This is a useful skill to teach all dogs as you never know when they might need to wear a muzzle.
We started by playing the cone game, where we encourage the dog to put their nose into the cone and then reward. This builds confidence and desensitises your dog to putting their nose into something.
You can try this at home with any object or container - we use a large yoghurt pot 🙂
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Spud had a great time playing the ‘Through the Arches’ game with me yesterday when I popped in to see him.
This game is great for:
🐾 Developing the foundation of focus
🐾 Building confidence in your dog
🐾 Builds value in proximity and being close to you
Well done Spud - you little star ⭐️
We’ve got some new products in the Natural Dog Treat Shop!!!
Whether you’re looking for training treats / pate, novel proteins or longer lasting chews, we keep a range of stock of things that dogs love. Including……..
🐾 Rabbit ears
🐾 JR pure pate
🐾 JR pure training treats
🐾 Hairy goats ears
🐾 Sprats
🐾 Beef and Buffalo slices (75cm long)
🐾 Buffalo rolls
🐾 Ostrich bones
🐾 Lambs ears
Local delivery available or collection from Eaglesfield.
Also available to purchase at training classes and 1:1 sessions.
All set up and ready in Lockerbie Town Hall for the Dumfriesshire and Cumbria Greyhound Rescue Fun Show and Craft Fair 🙂🐾
🐾 LITTLE STEPS OF PROGRESS 🐾
What little steps of progress have you and your dog made this week?
I am so pleased with Teg this week.
We’ve been working on him learning how to potter and play without needing me providing him with an activity all the time. He loves things being thrown into water, but he really struggled to do anything else. This then led to him running back and forth, and jumping up frequently.
We’ve spent some time working on not jumping up, and also us recognising when it happens more frequently, and him not relying on being occupied all the time.
It was lovely to see him running around in the sea this afternoon. He checks back in frequently which is fabulous but he’s not needing to come and jump at me anymore 🙂
Post about your little steps of progress in the comment below 🥰
We’re all set up at Mossburn Community Farm for their Craft and Produce fair.
We’ll be here from 10am - 3pm and there’s loads of great stalls here 🙂
Our Adolescent Class have been working hard on their recall, middle and break behaviours over the past few weeks.
We’ve now started to put it together. Having your dog do something like middle when they come back to you helps them to learn that recall isn’t just about coming back and whizzing off again!!
Adolescent is a time when dogs can feel more confident, more independent and want to push the boundaries more. Our games-based, positive reinforcement approach works to keep improving their skills and developing the dog / handler relationship.
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Here’s something I try to do most days that makes a huge difference to our dogs
⭐️ Pattern Games ⭐️
Teaching pattern games to your dog is not only a great way to help strengthen your relationship, they can also give extra structure to help your dog process what is going on around them.
Here’s a quick game you can try today with your dog…
1. Have your dog facing you and drop a treat on the ground in front of them.
2. Let them eat it and watch closely to see if they look up a you.
3. If they do, say YES and pop another treat on the ground.
4. Keep repeating the pattern of waiting for them to look up at you, saying YES when they do and dropping a treat to the floor.
We love using pattern games, both at home and when we are out and about, to help dogs process situations that they may be apprehensive of and to help them with their waiting skills 🙌
I love planning our walks and activities to set the dogs up for success when training across different environments. Planning doesn’t need to be time consuming - my planning here was taking 2 dogs rather than 3 at once, making sure I had suitable treats for the Find it Game and choosing a quiet location #kindethicaldogtraining #dogtrainingscotland #dogtrainingdumfries #positivereinforcementtraining #dogtraining #maketrainingfun
🐾🐾 SCENT HURDLING 🐾🐾
This new sport combines the skills of hurdling, scent work and retrieve skills. Over the 4 week beginners course, dogs get an introduction to all three elements and begin to combine skills.
Barkley worked incredibly well over his recent beginners course and built up the skills and confidence to go over the hurdles to retrieve his toy before going back to his owner.
Scent hurdling is great for
🐾 Building confidence and independence
🐾 Learning to work around other dogs in a structured environment
🐾 Recall skills
🐾 Mental workout for the brain
🐾 Developing engagement and disengagement skills
🐾 Having fun with your dog ❤️
We will be running another beginners course in July to give more dogs the opportunity for sniffing, hurdling, thinking, problem solving, retrieving, and most of all, having fun 🙂
