Encouraging your puppy to come to you with stolen items, then where appropriate, playing with them, puts value on the interaction with you rather than the item.
This builds trust, helps train a better retrieve and avoids guarding behaviour. Swap that toy for some food at the end of the game, then scatter some more food on the ground so you can remove the item without conflict.
What is a dog toy? Whatever the dog chooses to play with.
All puppies steal stuff. That’s a fact. My tone of voice when Bright finds something that isn’t technically a toy is exactly the same as my tone of voice when she’s playing with balls, tuggies etc.
Why? You CANNOT have a dog who retrieves & one who guards objects at the same time! Look at the next video for proof.
If you’re raising a puppy now, there is lots you can do to help avoid object guarding and aggression from your dog in the future. If your dog is already guarding stolen items, you can turn it around.
Get in touch to find out how @muttamorphosis_ can help you & your dog have a better relationship.
#gettraining #germanshepherd #puppytraining #thief #resourceguarding #lovedogs #muttamorphosis
Bright’s first trip to the beach!
It really important to balance life experience and social skills without over doing exercise during this period.
✋ what does force free handling look like?
👀 JB has an eye infection which requires drops 6 times a day. 🤦🏼♀️ We aim for cooperative & restraint free handling. When it’s predicable & the dog feels they have control, they are far more likely to cooperate.
🐶 This means prepping them for certain situations, asking them if it’s ok to continue & stopping when they say so.
🛑 Watch his body language from 1.29-1.34 when I step into his space. Look at the lip lick at 1.30 & 1.33. If you don’t know what your dog is trying to tell you, how can your relationship be 100%?
🙋♀️ we mark ‘ok’ and feed for effort. Once it becomes easy on the dog, we stop feeding for that stage & ask for more effort. It’s ok to remind the dog what’s on offer & it’s also ok for the dog to move away at any point. It’s his choice!
🚦watch at 2.52! I can feel him leaning away, so I stop. Next attempt he lifts his paw as he leans away, I stop again. My next attempt at 3mins, he clearly asks me to back off. LISTEN TO YOUR DOG!
👍🏽 if you’d like to learn more about force free & cooperative care for your dog, don’t wait until he needs medical treatment. You both need to prepare. They need to learn handling foundation skills & food refusal. They need to trust you’ll listen to them. You need to learn their ‘keep going’ & ‘back off’ signals. Communication is key!
#jellybean #forcefree #jackrussell #listen #trust #lovedogs #muttamorphosis
For dogs who have good frustration tolerance but manage to extract food from other dispensers way to quickly-that’s you #jellybean-the Trixie Dog Activity Turnaround is the ideal meal time project. #gettraining #foodproject #boredombusters #lovedogs #muttamorphosis
Look who survived the ‘I ate 500grms of dried duck breast’ challenge!
🐕 Strutting his stuff today like he hasn’t a care in the world despite loading the calorific equivalent of a week’s worth of meals into one grand larceny event.
And not a 🤢 or 💩 to be seen. Cocky little monster. #jellybean #jackrussell #overeating #indulge #toomuch #muttamorphosis
Free tracking with JB today. Without his mum to cock up, I have never seen him so accurate or so fast. I could barely keep up. Another great tracking weekend. #tracking #gettraining #dogtraining #lovedogs #muttamorphosis
Does anyone know what time it is? #dinner #guinness #blackandwhite #bordercollie
❓What does your dog’s name mean to them? We chatted at class on Saturday about what we would like our dogs to do when they hear their name
🐶so many people over-use their dog’s name until it becomes white noise to the dog. Humans desperately hope it will get their dog’s attention or stop them doing something they shouldn’t.
🐾the reality is if you want a positive reaction to their name, you have to train it! In this video, Jellybean & Guinness wait for their turn to play, the game signaled by me saying their name. @beaker_the_ginge is learning this too!
🐕 so long as your dog’s tail wags & the fun begins when they hear their name you’re onto a good start. Whether that’s play with toys, food circuits or greetings, you’ll get a far better response if their name means something positive & worthwhile to the dog.
#gettraining #lovedogs #jellybean #guinness #beaker #gingertabby #bordercollie #jackrussellterrier #muttamorphosis
Collaborative recycling! This guys are on board with the green agenda for sure. #jellybean #whiskey #jackrussellterrier #vizsla #lovedogs #muttamorphosis
🏖☀️you only need two trained behaviours for your dog to have the best reward you can ever give them-freedom. Those behaviours are recall & wait (stop what you’re doing & pay attention).
⚽️🦴 all behaviours have a signal to begin, the response by the dog & the signal to finish. If you want a well trained dog, you need to focus on all elements of this sequence.
💻lesson 4 of our online course lays out the foundations for training a great recall & wait! Using videos & helpful games you can give your dog the best reward of all, freedom to be off leash. Link in bio to sign up now!
#gettraining #puppy #dogs #recall #beach #ball #lovedogs #muttamorphosis
@ziwi_uk why don’t we give our cats chews? Seems they would enjoy chomping on a natural bone just as much, if not more so given their hunting instinct, as our dog friends. Here’s @beaker_the_ginge getting stuck into one of your wonderful oral healthcare chews with his brother #jellybean the #jackrussell terrier also loving your delicious snacks. #natural #bones #rawfeddog #kitten #lovecats #muttamorphosis
Playtime with this fabulous @kongcompany kitty toy!
