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Wise K9 is a games based approach to training your dog. We believe training can be fun & kind 😍 You might not have heard of Concept Trainers before.
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Hi - this is Lisa at Wise K9 Dog training and I am excited that you've landed on my page! I am a certified Concept Dog Trainer with a passion for dog training and getting real life results for you and your dog. Before I got into my training journey neither had I. But I absolutely love the ethos and I hope you will too. Let me tell you a little about it - Concept Trainers love working in the realm

of force free and postively rewarding our dogs. However, our training goes beyond this and this is an important step! We reshape our dogs brains and grow the skills (concepts) needed to live their best lives in our very complicate world. Training is completed FOR the situation and not IN the situation, until the concepts have been grown. This means the dog and owner have the best relationship and training is fun! I'll give you an example of concept training, close to my heart. My girl Penny. She's a beautiful soul rescued from Romania and I love her with all my heart - but unfortunately she came to us with a few struggles: separation anxiety, dog reactivity, challenges with visitors, pulling on lead, no recall - and that was to name but a few! If we focus on the dog reactivity, through concept training I identified a few conepts she was lacking; disengagement (she struggles to disengage from other dogs), optimism (she would always assume a dog interaction would be a bad one) and finally her stress bucket was a little full and little things would tip her over the edge to a reaction. All of these contributed to her barking and lunging at dogs well over 100m away - we have got to the stage where we can walk with some dogs now through this training! And a lot of this was completed AWAY from her triggers. We set up a training programme so we would be succeed, it was atainable and fun! If you would like to hear more, please get back in touch!

26/11/2024

Hi all 👋

The 4 week course Contents has been uploaded !

Week 1: confident canine
Week 2: Disengagement from distractions
Week 3: Recall rescue
Week 4: Household manners

Sign up starting on Friday 😍

Course starts Thursday 3rd January 2025. Online and you can complete in your own time. 🤩
Course check in dates 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th Jan 2025.
6 to 7pm, online meeting.

26/11/2024

24/11/2024

Excuse the unedited photos, and from my phone !

But had to share a few little snaps from Lee Osborne and Walk Of Tail photo booth at Carr Gate Garden centre (retail park) NOW!

They are here for a few more hours if you want some cute snaps 🤩

24/11/2024

Last few spaces! 🎅❄️🎄

Sunday, 15th December, 11-12 pm
Group class, 1 space left

Sunday, 15th December, 1.45-2.45 pm
121 session, Final slot available

Tuesday, 17th December, 5.30-6.30pm
Online class, no limit on attendees !

Saturday, 21st December, 11:30-12:30 pm
Group class, 1 space left

Saturday, 21st December, 1-2 pm
Group class, 2 spaces left

Hope to see you there ! ❤️

23/11/2024

Hi lovely followers!

I know it's early, but honestly it is just around the corner ! 😜

I am booking in new clients for the new year now, doing final 121s and class bookings before the merriment starts 🥰🎄🎅

I'll still be on the socials now and then, but training will be on hold for the holibobs starting 23rd December 2024 to 2nd January 2025. 🎉

23/11/2024

Who wants a 4 week jump start to your dog owning dream?

Well, we've got you covered !

Starting in January, the New Year, New Start challenge!

Focusing on common struggles such as loose lead walking, recall and household manners!

All run online so anyone can join ! And you can work through at your own pace.
With 5 new videos a week, and a weekly online catch up. This is an amazing opportunity to start your New Year dog training goals 😍

More details coming soon!

Feel free to message, to register your interest !

22/11/2024

Hackles refers to the line of hair that runs along the spine of the dog, from the back of the neck to the top of the tail. In certain situations, these hackles will be raised, also known as piloer****on (pilo meaning hair and er****on meaning raised).

It is commonly thought of as a sign of aggression. While raised hackles can be a warning sign that the dog is bothered by something and may resort to aggression, hackles can raise for a number of reasons. The real definition of why raised hackles occur is a rise in arousal levels.

Arousal in behaviour terms relates to the level of interest, excitement, or reaction that the dog is experiencing. An over-excited dog who is bouncing around, jumping up at people, maybe mouthing their hand is over-aroused. The dog who is trying to run away from something that scares them is over-aroused. The dog who displays aggressive behaviours towards something that they feel is too close to them is over-aroused.

Hackles are a good sign to look for to judge how relaxed your dog is in a situation, together with the rest of the signs and signals they are showing at the same time. You can find more information in this article from my blog: https://www.goodguardianship.com/post/can-you-tell-how-your-dog-is-feeling

It's so important to take time to familiarise yourself with canine body language and, in particular, how your dog's body language appears.

22/11/2024

How much does your dog sleep? 😴

I think Penny enjoys a nap as much as do 😜 it is one our favourite pastimes !

But how long should a dog sleep? 🤔

Typically it's around 18hrs a day.
Now, this will depend on a range of factors such as; age, size, breed, whether your dog is a working dog or not.

Also whether a dog potentially is over stimulated, has anxieties, pain / itchiness issues.

So what can we do to promote sleep, or even better REM sleep in our dogs?
✅ Balance the exercise for your dogs, yes some dogs need a run out to help with the chill out.
But how do you know if too much is causing lack of sleep? Easy, keep a diary of daily events Vs hours slept this will help you correlate any pinch points and adjust where you need to.
✅ Make sure they have an environment to sleep in. Now I could sleep pretty much anywhere, but a noisy house, full of exciting things going on and kids running around, the possibility of FOMO...... Your dog might be the same!
Give them a space that is away from the hustle and bustle of family life to get that sleep.
✅ Use mental enrichment and passive calming activities to help tire them out, so lickimats, kongs, natural chews, scent games.
✅ Think about what potentially stressful events add to their stress levels and how can you minimise or help them out. Imagine getting worked up every day over something, it's bound to impact your quality of sleep!
✅ Look at underlying causes, and this may need a vets guidance. But if your dog has allergies, a dodgy tummy, this will likely impact their quality and perhaps the duration of sleep.

Sleep is so important for our dogs to make the best decisions and choices.

When you are tired, do you make the best decisions ? Can certain tasks be harder? Maybe take longer to complete, if you can do them at all?!?

I bet the answer is; No, sometimes I don't make the best decisions when tired, and yes some tasks are harder to complete too!

Same for our dogs, and more reason to make sure they get in those zzzz's 🥱

21/11/2024

Penny and I went to the amazing Jolly Barks and Play this afternoon as we've had quite a stretching day.

So some 121 time with my girl, in a safe, warm environment playing some confidence, parkour and scent games was just the ticket for us today ❤️

Make sure you check out JBP ! Better than freezing on a walk outside 🥶

I'll post a few videos of Penny below playing in the tyres. 🥰

20/11/2024

Eeeeeekkk look what arrived for the Christmas event! 🎄

Big thank you to for the lovely bandanas 🥰

20/11/2024

Eeeeeekkk look what arrived for the Christmas event! 🎄

Big thank you to Bodhi's Boutique for the lovely bandanas 🥰

19/11/2024

Let's see those snowy photos and dogs having fun !

I'll post a few games we've been playing in the snow soon ❤️

18/11/2024

Look at these cuties 🥰

Just 2 of the gorgeous pups joining me for Puppy Training! Hosted at Little Legs Dog Grooming School

This week was all about foundation work!
✅ We discussed Concept and positive reward training
✅ The relationship bank account
✅ Food following and luring behaviours
✅ Marker words
✅ Sits and downs
✅ Puppy biting and toilet training

Everyone did fabulous 🤩

18/11/2024

Who's seen this before?

What's your favourite thing to pop in kongs and on lickimats for your dogs?

Penny was having an afternoon eggy snack 😋

But there are loads of dog safe things you can use, and it doesn't need to be limited to store bought !
Here are some of Penny's favourites:
✅ Raw
✅ Mince from the grocery shop
✅ Carrot and swede (with some meat as she's not a rabbit, so she says 😅)
✅ Sweet potato (with meat)
✅ Egg
✅ Yogurt
✅ Tinned fish in spring water
✅ If I have some leftovers from a roast which aren't covered in herbs/spices (I do little portions for Penny 😅). I will blitz up the meat and veggies with a little water and spread that on a lickimat / in a Kong.

Licking is a great passive calming activity to set up for your dog. You can use throughout the day for mental stimulation and promote calmness, or use during times when you need some calm 😌 e.g. during work or visitors arriving.

16/11/2024

My gosh !

This the bookings have been flying out quicker than Santa on his Sleigh 🎅🛷

There are only a few spaces left for the in person sessions, so make sure you book before the slots are gone 😳

14/11/2024

The next in person subscription class is Saturday 7th December!

I am having a rare weekend off next weekend 😱
So the next class is a few weeks away!

You asked and I will deliver!

Topic = Fitness !

Bob me a message to book 🥰

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Last snowy game from me today! 1,2,3 recall! I've placed a few treats at the top of the hill. I counted them out (I did 5 to give Penny a good search). I've then slowly mooched away but watched her eating, and counted down how many treats she has left. You can see her looking around for me, but I didn't recall and left her to search. The point of this game is not to recall them from the treats but wait until they finish. So on her last treat I call her in and pay her heavily with a higher value snuffle near me. Repeat again as you want to power up that recall ! You could pair with food out and then toy in if your dog preferred! Or as per the previous games you can use toys as opposed to food! Penny is just a big foodie 😋

Tracking in the snow! Please excuse that Penny used her eyes on this one rather than her nose 🙈😅 But it is all a little fun, so I don't really care if she didn't play by the rules 😘 The idea of laying a track by shuffling in the snow, you can drop bits of food so they follow the track and then have a big jackpot at the end of the track. I didn't lay the food in the track, which I should have! Or laid a more challenging track for Penny! Here we are working on some impulse control as Penny waits while I set the track ❤️

Sniff and search, snow style ❄️ I am throwing one piece of food out for Penny to find. When she orients back to me she gets another one chucked out in another direction. Repeat as many times as you like ! This is an awesome game to power up your dogs proximity ❤️ Tip: big, smelly food will help with this to ensure they find the food quicker and aren't searching too much! You may want that for a more advanced dog, but those starting out and with the added challenge of snow you might want to use something like fish cubes for example.

No I don't wanna write this post 😭🤣😅 Happy Puppy Graduation little trio ❤️ These gorgeous puppies; Otis, Oscar and Poppy are graduating from their 6 week crash course! And boy has it flown. They have been such a pleasure and their owners are fabulous taking on three gorgeous Goldies and taking on board all the training. Now is the time to put everything in to practise. They are growing up to big boys and girl ! And I hope we get to see them again soon 🥰 #dogtrainer #gamesbaseddogtrainer #gamesbasedtraining #dogtrainingwakefield #doglover #positivedogtraining #dogtrainerwakefield #dogtrainingclasses #puppylove #puppyclasswakefield

Christmas event ☃️🎄⭐ Get yourself (and dog) booked for some festive fun ! We will be playing some games based fun with a Christmas twist! But also you'll get some Christmas dog treat baking tips and tips to ensure you have a calm rather than crazy Christmas 🎄 Well from a dog training point of a view anyway 😉😂 Choice of 2 classes in persons and 1 online 😍

Hi guys! Who wants to teach their dog the 'sleepy' position? 😪😴🥱

Does your dog jump between calm / excited states? 😆 Are they quite often over aroused? Or do they pick high arousal, when you need some calmness? 😌 Can they think in high arousal? 🤯 Really important for things like recall and listening when excited / anxious. The bookings for the next subscription class are open and as always places are limited! This session is all about arousal levels! 🩵 Saturday, 9th November, 11:00 - 12:00 pm (in person) 💜 Tuesday 19th November, 5 - 6 pm (online) Please drop me a message to secure your place ❤️

That's the last bit of admin done tonight, before my holiday ❤️ If you bob me a message, please note my response time may be longer than usual. Please be patient 😘 A little reel of just some of the cuties from this year ! To help you through the week 🥰