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Merry Christmas to all! 🎄🎅🏼
25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all! 🎄🎅🏼

Does your dog start their walk by pulling on the lead, barking at stuff, or generally forgetting that you exist as soon ...
11/12/2024

Does your dog start their walk by pulling on the lead, barking at stuff, or generally forgetting that you exist as soon as you step out of the door? If so, you’re not alone! Many owners of young, high-energy dogs experience this. The good news is, there are a few simple steps we can take to improve things. Read more in my blog post:

https://www.dognerd.uk/stop-the-chaos-the-power-of-a-calm-start-to-your-dogs-walks/

If you own a Border Collie (or other intense breed!) you probably know that they can have big feelings about their “acti...
05/12/2024

If you own a Border Collie (or other intense breed!) you probably know that they can have big feelings about their “activities”. Anticipation of these activities can lead to unexpected and challenging behaviours! Read more in this blog!

https://www.dognerd.uk/on-border-collies-anticipation/

How many times have you been told that training your reactive dog with food will only reward the reactivity??Most reacti...
06/11/2024

How many times have you been told that training your reactive dog with food will only reward the reactivity??

Most reactivity stems from a place of intense emotion. Often, a dog may bark-lunge to make a trigger go away, or because they want to get to the trigger. They don’t tend to bark-lunge at stuff because they want to be fed!

If food was reinforcing their reactive behaviour, we’d expect to see *more* of this behaviour with time. But this doesn't tend to happen!

So, why use food at all?

🍪 To build & reward behaviours that don’t involve barking and lunging at triggers

🍪 To help a dog calm down, and lower arousal (we may do this through pattern feeding, or encouraging our dogs to snuffle for food)

🍪 Damage control - we might choose to interrupt a reaction using food - this is sometimes necessary!

Of course, in order to get the most out of reactivity training, our training setups need careful consideration: it’s not just about feeding the dog for looking at triggers.

If you’re struggling with your dog’s reactivity, let’s chat! I can help!

Walk & Train service available in Southampton, Wi******er, and surrounding areas!
02/11/2024

Walk & Train service available in Southampton, Wi******er, and surrounding areas!

Free, pre-recorded webinar to help you support your dog this firework season? Comment below, or email info@dognerd.uk an...
29/10/2024

Free, pre-recorded webinar to help you support your dog this firework season?

Comment below, or email [email protected] and I'll send you the link!

Reminder! 👀If your dog barks & lunges at people/dogs/cars/etc., know that this can get better! Get in touch to find out ...
23/10/2024

Reminder! 👀

If your dog barks & lunges at people/dogs/cars/etc., know that this can get better!

Get in touch to find out how I can help!

Environmentally sensitive dog? Here are some tips!
21/10/2024

Environmentally sensitive dog? Here are some tips!

16/10/2024
GROUP TRAINING CLASSES 🐶 Does your dog forget that you exist as soon as you unclip the lead?🐶 Are they desperate to visi...
21/07/2024

GROUP TRAINING CLASSES

🐶 Does your dog forget that you exist as soon as you unclip the lead?
🐶 Are they desperate to visit every person they see?
🐶 Do they run up to and pester other dogs?

✨ I will be running some group training classes to help with these very issues!

There will be 4 x weekly training classes, packed with exercises to help your dog learn to listen to you, even around distractions!

There will only be a limited number of spaces to make sure that everyone gets the most out of these classes. I’ve got some exciting stuff planned, that will be useful, fun, and a little different!

Drop me a message for more info!

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If your young border collie is staring, leaping, and lunging at traffic, and you’re at your wits end, I’m here to say it can change!! Want your dog to go from a jackal on a lead, to calm and relaxed by roads? ⬇️ Book a call in my bio 🫶🏼 #dogtraining #dogtips #reactivedog #bordercollie #bordercollieproblems #bordercolliesareweird

Is your dog trained to wear a muzzle? They can be a valuable tool to keep some dogs and members of the public safe… …and also… don’t underestimate how much more comfortable and relaxed *you* might feel, knowing that with the muzzle, everyone is safe! I often help clients introduce the muzzle as part of a well-rounded behaviour plan. And so often we see their dog’s world (and their world) open up 🥹 Do you agree? Tell me about it in the comments 💬 👇🏼 #dogtraining #dogtips #reactivedog #muzzletraining

Rewarding offered attention: easy and impactful! Do you do this with your dog?? #dogtraining #dogtips #bordercollie #engagement

Budweis says you can never have too many funtivities 😎 Who agrees? 😂💙 #bordercolliesareweird #dogtraining #dogtips

Have you trained so hard at home, only for your dog to go completely deaf around distractions? It’s frustrating, I know! Imagine that practising something in your living room when nothing else is going on is like a primary school level skill. Now, asking for that same behaviour with really intense distractions is like a university level skill. There are a good few school years between primary school and university, aren’t there?! Different dogs will find different distractions difficult. You need to look at your dog as an individual. Make a list of distractions from easiest to most difficult, and start layering some of them into your training! Start with the easier ones first! My dog’s biggest challenges are probably chaos & fast-moving things (#bordercollieproblems). What is the most difficult distraction for your dog?? #dogtraining #dogtips #canineadolescence #reactivedog #bordercolliesareweird

Don’t be waiting for your border collie to grow out of wanting to chase and stalk, because you’ll probably be waiting a very long time 😅 We can make efforts to work with what they want to do, instead of working against it. Need a hand with this stuff? Drop me a message! Let’s talk about it! #dogtraining #dogtips #bordercolliesareweird

Healing reactivity isn’t just about hard work (although working hard can help). So much more goes into it than just training around triggers. Not all barky-lungy dogs are painful, of course. But skills still need to be learned. We need to make sure we’re meeting the dog’s needs. We need to learn coping skills for tricky situations. We may need to change routines/activities. We need to track data to see what’s working! True, effective behaviour change is no quick fix. #dogtraining #dogtips #reactivedog

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