Forest & Field Dogs, Adventures & Training

Lots of training, lots of socialisation and lots of fun on our adventure hikes this week 🙏🙌🐾 #adventurehikes #dogtrainer #dogwalker #selondon

Ways to create interesting activities for your dog to do 🐶🐾🏠 Add dry treats or their kibble to: - A twisted towel - A knotted towel - Underneath a tea towel - A Kong - A puzzle game Spread onto a Likki mat: - Their wet food - Dog safe peanut butter - Yoghurt - Mashed banana Don’t be afraid to use different heights and even try hiding objects under and behind things! Activities like these are fantastic for our dogs and their well-being 🙌♥️ #dogtrainingtips #dogtraininghacks

How to 🙌 This is the Up/Down game and can be used in any situation your dog finds scary or stressful 😖 1) place a treat between your dog’s front paws 🐾 2) when they look back at you, place another between their paws 3) repeat! 4) overtime you will notice a shift in your dog’s response to the stimuli Notes: - start in east locations where your dog isn’t stressed so they learn the game 👩‍🎓 - make sure there’s enough space between them and the scary thing so that they can do it 🤝 - overtime decrease your distance to the stimuli ➡️ #dogtrainingtips #dogtraininghack #lesliemcdevittpatterngames

In moderation fetch can be a fun game to play with our dogs 🐕 🥎 But over do it and we risk damaging joints 😖 and sending our dogs into an over excited emotional state 🤪 leading to behaviour issues 😟 Try find it instead, by hiding their ball or toy somewhere they need to find 🧐 It’s less stress on their body and keeps emotional stress levels low and happiness feelings high because they’re using their nose 👃 👏✨ #gamestoplaywithyourdog #dogtraininghack #dogtrainingtips

✨ ANSWERS ✨ Simba’s just discovered something he’s probably never seen before - the skeleton of a deer carcass that died here a few weeks ago 😨 As a fella who can be a little unsure and anxious about the unknown he’s exhibiting body language I’ve seen many times before from him… ✨ His weight is firmly in his back legs and he’s stretching to smell the carcass. This means if he needs to run quickly, he can! ✨ His body is stiff and he is laser focused on his new discovery ✨ His ears are back and flat against his head ✨ His tail is low Can you see anything else that I haven’t noticed?? 🧐🤔 #anxiousdog #unsuredog #dogbodylanguage