Dog Training 121

13/04/2023

Had a great training session with 14 week old Fergus learning his sit and down stay.

28/08/2022

Another busy weekend for Dig Training 1-2-1 I was handling a Rottweiler at a clients wedding,six weeks of work and planning this 3 year old girl had no previous training and can be reactive to men, She was able to sit calmly with Her owner whilst her mum came down the isle, she sat patiently whilst the photo’s where taken and there daughter was able to hold the lead with her in a sit stay to make precious memories.

16/07/2022

16/07/2022

Please be aware of how hot the floor is outside let’s give your doggies a few days off from working it won’t kill them but the heat will!!!

26/10/2021

Brodie working off lead❤️

26/10/2021

This beautiful little Jack Russell male is very reactive to other dogs in just two sessions we have him working off lead in the park with other dogs in his vicinity

25/10/2021

I copied this article called the sniff test.

🛇 Use your Manners! 🛇
The Sniff test - Stop doing that!
The sniff test - a badly engrained habit that society has been taught, without a clear understanding of what they're actually doing.

🚩When you reach out towards a dog, you are using body pressure AT them, giving them no time to assess whether you are safe & whether they require further investigation to pick up your information. You are forcing an interaction of a relationship that hasn't had time to develop. To some dogs, this is quite rude & the reason a lot of dogs snap at or bite people. This can cause alot of behavioral issues because of layered stress due to forced interactions.

🚩If they are on lead, they have no where to go if they are sensitive to spacial pressure, so can end up shutting down, shying away or snapping at your hand so you back off. This is an example of how a dog is now using pressure to turn off pressure & make you back off so they aren't so stressed.

🚩People think by offering your hand it can give the dog time to sniff to know you're friendly... they can sniff without being forced to sniff your hand.Their noses are far more superior than ours & they don't need close contact forced upon them to smell you.

🚩Some dogs might not want to know you. You have no relationship with them and that's perfectly fine. They aren't your dog so you don't need to touch them or steal pats for your own satisfaction.

🤔 If you are meeting a dog, what should you do?
⚠Ask the owner if you can interact with their dog. Not all people want strangers touching their dogs. Especially strangers who you are unlikely to see again.
⚠Stand up straight & relaxed, with your hands at your side.
⚠Ignore the dog & talk to the owner.
⚠Don't stare at the dog & don't try to force an interaction by going in for a pat. If the dog wants to know you, it will come up to you & sniff around. Usually they will move away & then come back for a second sniffathon. Some dogs will bunt your hands & wag their tails, which are good signs that you're likely an accepted new friend. Give them a few slow pats down their back (NOT THEIR HEAD) & then stop. Is the dog happy? Has it accepted your interaction? This will determine whether you can give it more pats.

🐶This is a more stress free option for dogs & a reason why in consultations we can develop a good level of trust, especially with fearful dogs & aggressive dogs, without a bunch of negative side effects from forced interactions.

01/07/2021

Nikita is a rescue from the RSPCA and has only been with her new owners for two weeks, Nikita is really enjoying her training and working well on her recall.

16/05/2021

I’ve copied this from a friend in Denmark I think the words are very true.

21st Century Dog.

Dogs are not a right, but a choice that needs to be aware and respectful!

I'm a 21st Century dog.

I am a Malinois.
The most gifted among dogs, tipsy in all disciplines and always ready to work. Today they ask me to relax on the couch all day.

I am an Akita

My ancestors were selected for hunting wild bore and brown bears Today they ask me to be tolerant with my congeners, and they rebuke my reactivity when one of them comes near me.

I am a Beagle.
When I was chasing my prey, I gave a voice so the hunters could follow me. I did the dance. Today I wear an electric collar to keep quiet, and we'd like you to come back to the booster with a snap of your fingers.

I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in the British mines. Today they think I'm not able to use my paws and they always hold me in my arms.

I am a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back my master the duck he just pulled. Today we forgot I'm a gym dog, I'm fat and I have to be a kid s' nanny.

I'm a Jack Russell.
I can face a fox bigger than me in his den. Today I'm getting scolded for my dam temper and would like to turn me into a manicotto dog.

I am a Siberian Husky.
I got to know the great spaces in northern Russia, where I could pull sleds at impressive speed. Today I have as a horizon only the walls of the garden, and only occupation the holes I dig in the ground.

I am a border collie.
I'm made to work eight hours a day, and I'm an unmistakable artist of herd work. They're mad at me today because, due to lack of sheep, I try to control bikes, cars, kids home and everything on the move.

I'm a Dachshund.
Sadly considered living room dog.
I have high temper, I can fight against animals bigger than myself inside a dark and narrow den.
Because of my ′′ different ′′ shape I'm a lot of people's laughing stock, but they don't know how brave I am.

I am...
I'm a 21st Century dog.

I'm beautiful, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I'm in a bag... but I'm also an individual who needs to express their instincts, and I'm not fit for the sedentary life you want me to lead. Spending eight hours a day alone in the garden, seeing you a bit in the evening when you come home and being entitled to any activity just for a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy. I'll express it barking throughout the day, transforming your garden into a minefield, doing my needs inside, being unmanageable the rare times I find myself outside and sometimes spending my days sunk on my pillow. You'll think then that I'm happy to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work: I'm actually going to be exhausted, because this evil is not the human but also the 21st Century dog.

If you like me, if you dream about me forever, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athlete look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog life, a life worth living, and if not you can offer me the job my geniuses ask for... then give up on me. If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my character traits derived from strict genetic selection and think you can change them with your only good will... then give up on me. I'm a 21st Century dog, yeah. But deep down in me, the one who fought, the one who pulled sleds, the one who led a herd still sleeps. And sooner or later he'll wake up. For better or worse.

06/04/2021

Not all dogs are friends even my own Akita’s which are well trained socially would not take kindly to a dog jumping all over them,protect your own dog keep them safe and keep away from dogs on a lead,they are on a lead for a reason!.

21/03/2021

Baby Toby having some training in the park with lots of distractions.He’s just like a teddy bear!!

17/03/2021

Baby Newla having her training session.

17/03/2021

Newla 14 week old boarder collie her second lesson completed her short down stay.

14/03/2021

Please research what breed your puppy is it’s hard wired into there DNA!!