I don’t leave toys around to be ripped up. Toys are kept away until we play together to keep their value. In order to satisfy my dog’s need to kill and dissect, he gets a cardboard box to shred. For his birthday I saved this cardboard tube that he could destroy. Ralph will spit the cardboard out but I advise supervising this kind of activity incase your dog is likely to ingest any. Helps me out with the recycling too lol #staffordshirebullterrier #preydrive #staffy
Great session with this English Toy Terrier today. His owners were dreading walks due to his barking and lunging at other dogs, trying to chase squirrels and flying here there and everywhere. He is a terrier and we can’t change those genetics but we can manage them.
Since his first session two weeks ago he is already less reactive.
Now we have given this little dog a job to do on his walks and teaching him how to control himself. Alongside proper breed fulfilling play.
With some direction and structure I was able to have Ralph out around him and he was choosing to check in with his owner instead.
He will be joining the PMK9 group walks soon to start expanding this picture.
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#englishtoyterrier #staffordshirebullterrier #dogtraining #reactivedog
How we get down on fireworks night. Ralph doesn’t like them (used to be fine but recently they are causing him some stress). So as they were being let off so close to the house we went outside and had a good game of tug. I didn’t manage to film it but ideally you want to mark the bang with a yes and then reward immediately so they start to build a positive association. There is a lot more to building resilience and desensitisation training but the good news is you can help your dog feel better about fireworks without the classical music, thunder shirts and need for medication.
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#fireworks #dogtraining
When I’m helping clients with training and behaviour, it is important that I can use my own dog in various ways. This was a first for Ralph, he came into the home of another dog, the exercise being both dogs co-existing. Not getting in each other’s space. Ralph understood the assignment. Loki who has some aggression towards dogs coming into the home, also smashed it. To be honest both dogs were more interested in the dinner being plated up in the kitchen! Loki’s owner is going to be doing this exercise with friends and family’s dogs over the next few weeks. #cockerspaniel #staffordshirebullterrier #dogtraining
Cookie! Quick look at where he remembered seeing a cat but then he’s back ⭐️
Loki & Nala smashing it at last nights training session.
Ralph’s first bite work session at Viggo K9, his second ever bite work session. 11 years old still going strong 💪🏼⭐️
When the cone was upright yesterday, that was fine. But today the cone had fallen over, and Cookie wasn’t happy about that, he really couldn’t switch off from the fallen over cone.So up for a challenge, I placed him a few metres away in a down. At a distance where he was still taking an interest in the cone, but able to take direction. You can see in the video he is looking at the cone ahead. Then he looks round at a dog running about. He also had a few dogs running around to deal with. Honestly I did think he might break the down a couple of times. But it’s good to always work at that level. Then I put him in a heel position and we walked straight past the cone. After that the cone was forgotten about. What I didn’t do was take him to cone and show him the cone and tell him it was nothing to be worried about see it’s just a cone you’re fine! Because that almost certainly would have made him dislike the cone even more and definitely not have helped him switch off from it. I love working with this dog he’s brilliant 🥰.......#dogtraining #patterdaleterrier #lakelandterrier
Nala’s journey so far. #xlbully #bully #dogtraining
My client and her dog Nala working on her out command and some impulse control, going to move her onto some other toys that are of higher value to up the challenge.. lol she had to have a look at herself in the camera 😂. Regardless of the ban and exemption I still have my XL clients work on everything that any other dog would, because they are still very useful skills and important for achieving a well behaved dog at home and in public.
This is one of my favourite things to do with the dogs. Coming across something random in your environment and thinking how you can use it to your advantage. Today we use these old fence posts to practice a challenging heel position, a sit and a down, holding the down position until released.
15 week old Ruby.
Has recently been adopted. Today we worked on loose lead walking, exposure, release commands, stop and sits, and how to teach a desired behaviour in real life situations. Such as if someone stops to talk to her adopter, teaching Ruby where the most rewarding place to be is.
We also covered the importance of advocating for her, as well as bit of work in the home with respecting the space of the other dog, and building value in toys.
Ruby is a cracking girl and a lot of the session was really about building the confidence of the adopter, managing a multi-dog home and making sure Ruby stays on a good path as she gets bigger. ⭐️
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