Benson 🧡
The very beginnings of teaching Benson what we would like him to do when visitors arrive.
A lot of the time we’d like our dogs to relax in a certain spot when people arrive. But the excitement takes over and they can’t contain themselves - and often without realising our visitors add to their excitement. Before we can begin to expect our dogs to make these choices they often don’t have ‘go to bed’ or ‘place’ on cue without the distractions of friends arriving.
We’re breaking things down and stripping things back to basics with Benson, helping him learn that the bed is a good place to hang out and also teaching him to go and lay there when asked. He’s so clever, they usually are, almost too clever for their own good and that’s why they end up doing the behaviours they choose to do (because they work and give our dogs what they want).
Bensons owners are working now to build a strong reinforcement history behind him laying on his ‘place’ and even in their first session introduced being able to move away from him whilst he was there 💪
Nice work team!
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@bigsnoofdoggear & @naturesdeli_uk Squeezy peanut butter = a match made in heaven!
When it comes to training a dog to wear a muzzle easy treat delivery is paramount! These squeezable treats are fabulous.
And @bigsnoofdoggear are making elite muzzles 💖🐾
Is your dog trained to wear a muzzle?
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A lovely evening @tiggys_paw_park so lovely to be able to finally schedule in the last couple of sessions for my lastest Scentwork group and use this secure field!
It really changed things up for the dogs being in a different space, and taught the handlers to take their time with the dogs in new environments. Before we knew it they were adjusting to their surroundings and realising that they were at ‘sniff school’ 🐾
The hot weather has really challenged running classes at times so I was very pleased to see this trio back together working their noses.
Looking forward to next week and introducing a vehicle search to round off this set 🐶
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You sit for me, so I’ll stand for you 🧡
Benson the XL Bully and his owner working through their luggage and box search 🐾
Benson doesn’t let his muzzle get in the way of his super sniffing powers 🧡 and him and his owner get to do lots of in muzzled searching at home!
Every breed is welcomed by me and my clients at Lauren Holland Dog Training 🧡
Scentwork is for every dog 🐾
Every breed! Old, Young, excitable, relaxed, fit and healthy, health restricted, hyperactive or nervous, muzzle wearers… 🙂
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Sunshine’s arriving again ☀️
Iced treats always go down well in this house 🐾🤍🐶
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Did you see that?
Yep I’m a dog trainer and I have a ‘reactive dog’…
Guess what? Most of us do 😂
Dots reactivity stems from pain, she was our little social butterfly until her pain began.
Underlying health issues effect behaviour MASSIVELY and sometimes we have to dig deep to find out what’s going on. Even I was dismissed by vets and told that there was nothing wrong with Dot.
Thankfully I had the support from @annas_animal_physiotherapy who assured me that I wasn’t going mad and I needed to continue pushing to find out what was going on. A couple of specialists later and Dots now on the road of recovery which I do believe will be life long. I guess it’s the same for many humans after large surgeries too 💖
Dot isn’t totally & may not ever be entirely pain free but we can manage it. Another thing that has to be managed in these kind of situations are my expectations. What do I expect of Dot?
We don’t go to highly populated dog parks with off lead dogs.
We don’t spend our weekends in pubs or pub gardens. (We do occasionally but only if I’m confident Dot will be comfortable and not be approached by off lead dogs).
We work through coping mechanisms with Dot for when situations arise that she might not like.
Etc. Etc.
It’s not easy having a reactive dog, but imagine how they might feel and why they are reacting… if there’s a health issue involved it might help us see it from a different perspective rather than it just feeling like an inconvenience.
If you see a change in behaviour in your dogs, always seek advice from a vet, but please don’t be afraid to ask for a second opinion whether that be from another vet or physio etc. Pain in dogs can be HARD to detect.
Behavioural support is very important too and your trainer or behaviourist of choice should be able to help in detecting discomfort.
If you’re local to Kent I cannot recommend @annas_animal_physiotherapy highly enough. She really is Dots Angel in disgui
Rounding off their classes with a big recall and peakaboo!
Peakaboo is ultimately a trick (aren’t all the behaviours we teach them) but this is one of my absolute faves. A great position to add on to your recall, get your pups out of the way, keep them close, make them feel safe and more!
My next puppy course starts next week - pop me a message if you’re interested in a spot! 🐾
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Please.
If you’re training your dog please get yourself a treat pouch.
And make it one that’s easy to get your treats out of 👍
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