A rare space has become available on our life skills class starting Sunday 3rd November at 10.15am in West maldon community centre. This course is open for dogs aged 6 months plus to work on life skills including recall and lead walking around other dogs, not jumping up, table and food manners, skills to help grooming and medical checks plus much more.
To take the last space click on the link below
https://www.littleolivertwists.co.uk/kennel-club/life-skills-level-1-2/
1-1 success story for a wet Tuesday well done Chester 😊If you would like some help with your dogs recall training send us a message and find out more about our in person or online services and join all our successful students #dogtraining #dogtrainer #dogrecall #dogrecalltraining #puppytraining #maldon #essex #successstory #qualifieddogtrainer #puppyrecalltraining
So proud of you Freya 🥰 l
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We had some visitors to our good citizens class today The lovely Becky & Sam from at penny’s pals dog walking came to meet our pupils so they could practice 1. Keeping their feet on the floor to meet a stranger 2. Show your teeth to a stranger for vet visit practice 3. Allow a stranger to handle the dog for vet and grooming practice The dogs were brilliant and thank you Becky and Sam for coming to meet them
Weight management is a crucial part of a dogs welfare
Dogs that are overweight are at higher risk from
🐶 diabetes
🐶cardiovascular disease
🐶skeletal problems associated with excess weight
🐶mobility and joint issues
🐶pancreatic disease
🐶heat intolerance
🐶 Digestive disorders
🐶 reduced life expectancy ☹️
There are many factors that can cause obesity but a common one is over feeding.
An extra 10 grams per feed for a dog fed twice per day
= an extra 20 grams a day
= an extra 150 grams per week
= an extra 600 grams per month
= an extra 7200 grams per year !!!!!
Weighing out your dogs daily food to the gram can help prevent weight issues that could have long term effects on the dog
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Day 3 walk with us and it’s Priory fields in Bickenacre
🐶 beautiful walk of large fields
🐶lots of free parking
🐶big wide spaces with lots of routes for those detours if needed for our space needing dogs
🐶 lots of and bins dotted around the paths
🐶 long grass areas for those that love to sniff
🐶lots of different routes so with long and short options
Walk with us day 2
Todays walk is in Cold Norton. Park up at the church on St Stephens road and follow the foot path. There are a few routes but we tend to turn left down towards North Fambridge. We very rarely see any dogs on this walk and if there are we see them with loads of time. I love how this walk changes in the seasons . The only down side is it can get very muddy in the Winter
Let me know what you think
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Come walkies with us today !!!Here is my first dog walk idea in our local areaYou can start at any point at this circuit. I tend to start from battle rise in Heybridge as I can walk there but limited parking but you can park at heybridge basin and join the walk from there 🐶 Nice wide track for passing people and dogs🐶 choice of walking on higher river wall or lower track 🐶 very open so can see long distances who is coming 🐶exit options available with a few side paths 🐶swimming options for the dogs (just be careful certain times of year of dangerous algae )Pub, cafe and kiosk stop options with doggy menus🐶 quiet during the week can get busy weekends🐶this is a private fishing area in places so be careful not to disturb fisherman 🐶 lovely views this is my favourite walk 🐶 the canal path from@Heybridge basin can get narrow and might need avoiding but you don’t have to do that part of the walk and double back on yourself when you reach Heybridge basin. 🐶 this time of year easy walk with a push chair too Let me know what you think 🧐 #dogwalksessex #maldon #essex
Dogs walking is one of the pleasures of having a dog yet for some it can quickly become a nightmare.
Dogs that are nervous of other dogs, older dogs that no longer enjoy interacting with other dogs through fear of pain or injury or dogs that are early in their training and may not be able to cope with the level of distraction that other dogs or people present are all example of dogs that need certain environments in order to have happy safe walks without resorting to a boring pavement march around the block.
The key to an enjoyable walk are :
1. Choose locations that have wide walkways so that you can give your dog enough space to pass if needed.
2. Choose visually open spaces so that you can see when people or dogs are approaching with enough time to take action and move out the way and put the dog on lead.
3. Choose places with exit options so if you are presented with a situation you know your dog cannot cope with you can go a different way.
4. Don’t be afraid to communicate with people and explain that your dog needs space and not allow their dog to approach yours.
5. Don’t leave it too late !!!!! Call your dog back way before you need to so you ensure success and don’t cause issues for your dog or other dog walkers that could have been avoided
Each day for the next 5 days I will post some great walking options in our area that are some of our favourites
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It’s too hot for my original training plan this morning so instead we getting some reps in on our start line for Eider and Hudson. They still get to work but won’t get too hot 🥵
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Is this what your walk looks like?
Is your dog constantly sniffing and pulling on your walks ?
Here are my top tips …..
1. Sniffing is a vital part of your dogs day. This is how they explore the world socially. It is the equivalent of us humans scrolling through social media. Embrace that they need to sniff and build that into your walk and stop and give them time to smell a lamppost or a piece of grass.
2. Use your reinforcements for when they are not sniffing. Take some rewards or toys out and the moments the dog is not sniffing engage with the dog with a tasty treat or game. This increases your value when out and about and they will begin to see engaging with you as rewarding as sniffing.
3. Put the behaviour of sniffing on cue teach a cue to sniff and a cue to stop then use this to create sniff moments on a walk and non sniff times.
4. Once you have sniffing as a cued behaviour you can then use it as a reward for walk on a loose lead. For example you have walked nice down this road now go sniff that lamp post as a reward
In summary understand why they do it, embrace and allow them them time to sniff, put the behaviour on cue and then finally once you cue you have another reward option that your dog will love ❤️
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Do you have a dog that barks at other dogs on walks ??????
Here’s a tip for everyday walking
Need help with this drop me a message
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