Client Love ❤️
Clive, a Jack Russell cross, was finding life difficult and scary.
After seeing previous trainers with whom things didn't work out, his parents Molly and Tom, sought out our help.
They worked so hard on making sure Clive felt as safe and happy as possible when new people came into his life, and when being in public places.
They learnt about how they can give Clive opportunities to just be a dog, how to enrich his life, and how to show Clive they understand his needs and wants.
Clive is now thriving and happy! Having more predictability and choice in his life has allowed him to embrace the human-set world he lives in, and knows his pawrents always have his back.
GO TEAM CLIVE! 🙌🏻🥰
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A femme presenting person and male presenting person (Molly & Tom) are talking about their experience working with World of Woof. They're in a bedroom and Clive, their Jack Russell terrier cross is on Molly's lap as they speak.
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Lexi and her sniffy box ❤️
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ID: A box full of shredded paper, toilet paper rolls, and cardboard is being loaded with treats. It also includes a small white and grey snuffle mat. The box is placed on the floor and a brown & white cocker spaniel forages through the items inside the box for treats. The cocker spaniel's collar is taken off. The cocker spaniel takes the cardboard and paper items out, then ripping them using her paws and teeth. She removes the snuffle mat upside down so throws it around until it's right side up again.
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Help! My dog is aggressive around food!
Let's talk about dogs who don't want to share, and what that means!
😞 When I first took this video, I felt an extreme amount of shame around what I said and how I said it.
😓 I heard my voice as this nasty, mean, threatening moment towards Quila. I thought I had taken a huge withdrawl from our trust account, and that I was setting us back, all because I was having a really sh*t morning.
😖 I felt like I was an awful dog parent and an even worse trainer. I had failed my dog.
🤷🏻♀️ I was throwing all the advice I give to my clients when they make mistakes out the window because "I'm a dog trainer, I should know better".
❤️ What I forgot is that above all else, I am human. I will always make mistakes, what truly helps me learn from them is what I do after them.
🤯 Normally I would have let myself obsess over this moment in time for DAYS on end. I would have been critical of myself, shaming myself, saying I am not good enough, deepening my imposter syndrome, and not getting any new information in my brain therefore going round the same things over and over again.
💪🏻 So what did I do this time to set myself up to succeed? I reached out for help.
😭 I reached out to some dog trainer friends, and was vulnerable around the shame I felt. I held nothing back and asked for support, sh*tting my pants the entire time. Yes, reaching out to people you trust can still be terrifying.
😲 Speaking to them changed everything. They didn't hear anger in my voice, but instead worry and desperation - words that are more akin to how I felt in the moment.
💵 They told me that the withdrawl I made in that moment is so much smaller than the deposits I put in EVERYDAY.
🤔 I didn't yell at her, I didn't threaten her, I didn't scar her emotionally. I scolded her a little but those moments happen so rarely, and her learning history is so far detached from that moment, that 10 seconds later she was back to galloping around and demanding treats.
❌ Now don't get me wrong, I'm not going to start saying "no" t
I love feeding Boo her breakfast and dinner. These are some of the times she gets food without being asked to do anything, and she absolutely loves it.
When we first rescued Boo she was, what we thought, very fussy and picky with her food.
1. She is a husky - they are able to self regulate their metabolisms so they'll eat when they're hungry and won't if they're not 🤯
2. She didn't like the food we used to give her. She was on kibble and wet food. Not a fan of the kibble, and the wet food got less interesting over time. She's now on @butternutbox and ADORES IT. 🤤
3. When we first got her, we thought she wasn't eating because she was just handed her food and didn't work for it. WRONG. We now place a food she LOVES on the floor and she just gets it (you can see this is relatively new because she still looks up to make sure it's okay for her to go 😢 I'm always learning!).
4. She now gets a choice! We will open 2-3 packets and place them in front of her to see which one she gravitates to more for that meal. It means she's always getting what she prefers in that moment, which is empowering for her!
5. Just like everyone else, she has things she loves and things she doesn't! I now spend a lot of time finding what each of those things are for her through games and enrichment, classifying what she loves as high value and what she doesn't as low value. Your dog decides what those are, not you! 🐾
6. I now give Boo lots of rewards without her having to do anything, because we shouldn't have to work for everything - how would you feel if you couldn't eat or drink without completing a task beforehand... everytime?
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I love feeding Boo her breakfast and dinner. These are some of the times she gets food without being asked to do anything, and she absolutely loves it.
When we first rescued Boo she was, what we thought, very fussy and picky with her food.
1. She is a husky - they are able to self regulate their metabolisms so they'll eat when they're hungry and won't if they're not 🤯
2. She didn't like the food we used to give her. She was on kibble and wet food. Not a fan of the kibble, and the wet food got less interesting over time. She's now on @butternutbox and ADORES IT. 🤤
3. When we first got her, we thought she wasn't eating because she was just handed her food and didn't work for it. WRONG. We now place a food she LOVES on the floor and she just gets it (you can see this is relatively new because she still looks up to make sure it's okay for her to go 😢 I'm always learning!).
4. She now gets a choice! We will open 2-3 packets and place them in front of her to see which one she gravitates to more for that meal. It means she's always getting what she prefers in that moment, which is empowering for her!
5. Just like everyone else, she has things she loves and things she doesn't! I now spend a lot of time finding what each of those things are for her through games and enrichment, classifying what she loves as high value and what she doesn't as low value. Your dog decides what those are, not you! 🐾
6. I now give Boo lots of rewards without her having to do anything, because we shouldn't have to work for everything - how would you feel if you couldn't eat or drink without completing a task beforehand... everytime?
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#worldofwoof #food #choice #freefood #husky #huskiesofinstagram #huskylife #happyhusky #excited #positivetraining #victoriastilwell #victoriastilwellacademy #positivereinforcement #forcefree #fearfree #forcefreetraining #fearfreetraining #dogsoflondon #dogsofengland #dogsoftheuk
I often hear "you can't teach a high prey drive dog to loose leash walk with only positive reinforcement, especially with a harness!" - that's so far from the truth it hurts.
Boo is a husky, very high prey drive, slightly obsessed with other dogs, and is a rescue whose past we know nothing about. Yet this is how she walks on the short lead, and it's fitted to her collar and front hooped harness. I wanted to take a video to show how well she does, and has only been taught through praise & reward with us.
Harnesses DON'T make dogs pull...case in point, she's a sled dog, don't you think she'd be the first to pull if that were true?
Ill fitted collars or prong/shock/ecollars however can be detrimental to the vital organs located in their throat like their trachea, oesophagus, and thyroid gland.
As you can see, Boo is not constantly checking in, and that's okay! It's probably not very comfortable always having to crane your neck to look at your hooman, and for me as long as she's happy and walking next to us, then I'm happy.
Boo's needs are met everyday, through letting her sniff when she wants to (real life rewards), enrichment and training throughout the day in various forms, water and food accessible without having to work for it (breakfast and dinner are always given without asking anything of her), and lots of playtime or cuddles when she wants them!
Meet your individual dogs needs, learn how to read their body language, understand what they're trying to tell you, and you'll have the happiest dog ever ❤️🐾
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