Building engagement in an area of distractions is massively important in teaching the dog that being with us is far more fun that anything out in the distance. Doing this will help the dog’s behaviour in busy environments along with helping your dogs recall if every time they come to you it’s met with fun and reinforcement. Reinforcement doesn’t always have to be treats it can be their favourite toy or some good old affection. Find out what motivates your dog and use it to your advantage 🐾
We are now taking on chickens for our chicken residential training programs. Taylor each program to suit any Hen 😂😂😂
Milo was absolutely petrified of stairs and steps so we have been working with him whilst he’s with us to combat this fear. He loves water so we took him to a place where he had to go down steps to get to the water which helped him push himself to get the reward. Look at him now 🩵 Autumn came along to help him get used to being a round dogs in a controlled way 🐾
Yesterday gorgeous Sky went on a structured walk to work on her loose lead walking skills. Along the way we stopped and allowed her to practice being calm and take in her surroundings whilst rewarding her every time she disengaged and looked back at us. She is still very young but we have to teach her these new habits now to make life easier as she starts to grow and get stronger.
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Confidence building with nervous Milo 🐶
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Zelda and Jess came in to work on a number of issues including reactivity and lead manners. We have worked these dogs separately until we started having consistency and eventually brought them together in a low distraction environment. Today they have walked around pets at home and B&Q together. They have walked by people, dogs and cats in very close proximity and look a lot more relaxed doing so. It’s great to see the progress these guys have made.
If you want to communicate better with your dog you need to use markers. A marker is a certain word or sound that communicates to the dog that they have carried out a behaviour correctly.
If you’re using verbal markers you need to make sure you use the same words every time and be consistent.
The conditioning process needs to be carried out first to make sure the dog understands what a marker is. This is called charging the marker.
Check out my video and go and practice with your dogs 🐾
Dev is settling nicely…….. We are starting to get some nice engagement from Dev and you can see he is starting to love his training sessions. A little more work on site and we can start to put this into practice in all environments. Good boy Dev 🐶🩵
