Having little training session with Scooby while on his walk 🐾🚶♀️🐶
Adding little 5 minute sessions into your walk can help improve their relationship with you and proof their behaviours in different places 📍
It also will tire them out in a more stable way more than if you were to throw a ball about 🎾
It’s all very messy but that’s what happens when you’ve got a giddy all paws teenage Dobermann 🤣🐾
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Let’s talk about fetch!
Some dogs really love a good ball throw 🐶🎾 but did you know constantly throwing a ball back and forwards constantly daily is actually doing more harm to your pup than you think?
📌First the constant running and suddenly stopping for the ball, throwing themselves around can really cause some long term injuries to their joints and muscles. It’s not natural for a dog to be chasing something and for the ball to suddenly come to a stop and the dogs body and neck curve in ways it normally shouldn’t. This can usually cause arthritis down the line.
📌By throwing a ball with a ball chucker constantly we’re actually interrupting dogs natural “prey sequence” and causing a build up of cortisol in the body which dogs can really struggle to come down from.
Their natural “prey sequence” would be; •hunt •chase •catch •kill •eat.
When dogs do chase their prey their adrenaline kicks in, once they catch and kill the prey they will then spend a good while eating, chewing, ripping and licking their meal which helps them bring their stress levels down.
But when using a ball chucker constantly we just create a “Chase & Catch” sequence over and over, never allowing the dog to come down from it.
📌Some dogs can struggle to “switch off” when going out on a walk and obsess over when the ball is coming out and not actually slow down to think about sniffing and taking in the world.
📌By throwing a ball daily to try and get your dog to be tired you are actually building up an athlete of a dog who you will struggle to tire out as time goes on. Which you might end up throwing the ball even more which can cause more damage physically and mentally.
So let’s rethink how we can use the ball instead. It would be silly of me to say stop throwing it all together! Especially when some dogs enjoy a ball and it can be a brilliant bonding game.
➡️Instead we can work on our dogs impulse control.
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🐶Do you have a reactive dog and want to work on reducing their reactions to their triggers? 🌌space is what you need to give your dog when you see their trigger! 👀You want to be far enough away so they aren’t reacting but still close enough that the trigger is in sight. 🌾Using long grass is perfect for anxious dogs, it’s natures snuffle mat! No need to fork out one 💷 Throw a bunch of treats in the long grass when they see the trigger and tell them to “go find”. Get them to really use their nose to find those treats! Some dogs need a little help and guidance until they fully understand how to use their nose to find all the treats. As they get better finding the treats, space them out more 🍗 👃Using their nose will also help bring their anxious energy down if they are quite overstimulated. This can also be used if the trigger has come a bit too close by throwing more and more treats into the grass continually. If they do react just create more space! 🌌 #eakdogs #eakdogwalkingandtraining #dogtrainer #dogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogsofmanchester #dogtrainingtips #scatterfeeding #mentalstimulation #anxiousdogs #anxietytipsandtricks #lurcher #reactive #postivereinforcement
Happy Tuesday 😄🐾 #eakdogs #eakdogwalkingandtraining #dogwalker #dogtrainer #dogwalk #groupwalk #packwalk
Some lovely walks in this gorgeous weather listening to the birds and nature 🥰🐾 #eakdogs #eakdogwalkingandtraining #dogtrainer #dogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogsofmanchester #manchesterdogs #professionaldogwalker #chorlton #whippet #levenshulme #blueheelerxpoodle #whippetsofinstagram #romanianrescuedog #labxamericanbulldog #jackapoo
Happy dogs today ready for another 3 day weekend! 🥳 #eakdogs #eakdogwalkingandtraining #dogtrainer #dogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogsofmanchester #manchesterdogs #dogwalk #groupwalk #packwalk #lurcher #whippet #jackapoo #cockapoo #labxamericanbully
💅🐶 Dog nails! It’s so important to keep your dogs nail short so it doesn’t impact their natural paw position and potentially cause long term injury.
But if your dog is anything like Lady and no matter how many times you’ve tried to counter condition them to tolerate having their nails done, they still find it extremely stressful. It’s better to teach them to scratch their nails on a scratch board!
I made this one myself by using a chopping board, sandpaper and glue!
This is her very first session with the scratch board once I put it altogether. Using a clicker to mark the behaviour I wanted, which was her paw going onto the board. I didn’t have a high criteria because this was her first session, I simply wanted her to pop her paw on the scratch board. Once she did I would click and reward her by throwing a treat away so I could reset her positioning and she could come back and offer that behaviour. After a few repetitions she started to stick her nails out which is exactly what I wanted and then only started to click and reward her when she scratched her nails down.
Then later out of the video I started to wait and see if she would use both paws, but that was a little too hard for her and she got a bit frustrated so I just went back to rewarding her for one paw.
I will be doing this a few times a week so I can get her nails down to a length I prefer and till she’s trained to do this with both nails 💅
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Teaching Lily to target an object with her nose. Just a little brain game for her ☺️ she picked it up so quickly! Go Lily! #keelersdogtraining #dogtraining #postivereinforcement #positivereinforcementdogtraining #targettraining #staffyxwhippet #cutie
Gizmos clear round today as well. Slow and steady always wins the race… kinda 🤣 nearly 9 years old and it being a bit toasty today (but thankfully so much cooler inside) she was a lot slower than normal but it’s still a clear. Go Piggy! 👏
Lady’s clear run from Dig it Dogs Virtual Agility Show today. Her first time entering a show too! So proud 🙌
Poppy showing some great impulse control, she loves her walks so much she wants to dash out (and I don’t blame her 😂) but to get her mind thinking so she doesn’t start barking and spin around out of excitement, we practise this on the way to the Wagtales van. I don’t verbally ask her to sit, me reaching for the handle is a cue for her to sit and wait. Now her reward is to go through the doors to the van. Good job Poppy! 👏👏😍 #keelersdogtraining #dogtraining #dogsofmanchester #positivedogtraining #pomeranian #manchester #manchesterdogtrainer #dogsofinstagram
Throwback to having a mess around at Agility Antics and Trick Training with Lady. She’s full of beans and coming on a lot with Hoopers! So much so she likes to do her own thing a lot 😂 #agilityantics #keelersdogtraining #dogtraining #hoopers #crazydog #sausagestaffy
Throwback to a training session to help my mums dog, Marley the #dobermann with his dislike towards bikes!
We did a training session and started to change how he felt about bikes. Enough so that he managed to walk next to it!
We need to do more work and keep him feeling happier about the bike and bikes in general. This is only the start of his bike training to make him feel happier to be next to one and to ignore them out and about.
He’s pulling in this clip cause he sees his mum waiting so proud! He wasn’t before, but next time I’ll definitely be getting his harness on for this!
Good Job Marley! 👏
