Today we started our Saturday morning looking at enrichment. One of my favourite things is colour training and we can use it in so many ways to add enrichment into our dogs lives.
We started looking at targeting the chosen object!
Although we quickly moved onto the learning of the colours and this little fella did absolutely amazing!
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What's coming up?
So we are releasing our new dates for some exciting things in 2025!
We begin with a new puppy and beginners course starting on the 20th January but we are also taking bookings for our course starting 3rd February.
We will be running exciting enrichment classes once per month on a Saturday morning, content will vary and cover things like colour training, reading, basic Scentwork and even fun trick training!
We will also be holding a puppy party in February, a place to learn correct socialising, study play styles and build confidence.
We will also have a two week special Parkour training course, based over two locations learning the most incredible activity with your dog.
Then we move onto our monthly social walks, these will be slightly different to last year but still held at Huthwaite. We will cover a number of areas on each walk and it's a place to ask a trainer to gather that extra help and support.
For those already completed our puppy and beginners course we will also be running an intermediate training course too!
Don't forget to look out for some new courses content as we will be launching assistant dog public access training, Scentwork and some new taster session classes too!
For more information about any of our upcoming courses drop me a message!
Did you know chewing can be a form of enrichment?
It's often seen as something negative, and although it can be a problem behaviour and a sign of other underlying problems chewing is actually a natural behaviour and provides so many benefits to our dogs.
Dogs chew to explore their world, which is something learnt very early on in their lives and it's also known to release endorphins which can help a dog to feel calm and relaxed.
More often than not, young dogs also use chewing to help relieve the pain and discomfort felt during the teething period.
Tonight's evening enrichment for Dave was chewing, he has had a difficult day today so it was important to choose his enrichment correctly.
We needed something that would help relax him instead of increasing his arousal levels.
This was the perfect choice!
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So Dave's had a rough 2024 but we made it through and we are looking forward to hopefully a more positive 2025!
But something we spent alot of time researching and learning more about last year was enrichment and wow what an amazing topic to learn about!
Enrichment can help reduce with a wide variety of behavioral issues which include destruction, barking, escaping, anxiety, arousal, hyperactivity, obsessive/compulsive behaviors, and even depression but more importantly meeting your dogs enrichment needs can help towards preventing so many problems too.
Now it is true enrichment is not just about giving the dog an activity, it's so much more than that. It's more about meeting the needs of the dog we have.
For Dave our day to day struggles mean enrichment is even more important so this year we will share our enrichment journey.
Today we had Dave learning to target his dinosaur toy.
We are going to use this over the coming weeks to learn a variety of new things like finding his toy, picking his toy up, and even putting his toy away! We will look at how this can work alongside Dave's needs and also his abilities.
Training with Dave is a great form of enrichment! It's something he really enjoys, he's problem solving and using his brain which is something he loves. Rottweilers are known for being highly intelligent and confident dogs. For Dave his confidence has dropped since he became poorly so this is something we will work on during our sessions.
It's also a great way for us to build our bond too.
After just a short session this evening Dave is shattered and now snuggled with his dinosaur 🦖
I will add a picture in comments x
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Canine enrichment is hugely important in our dogs lives, from sniffaris to puzzle games, digging, chewing and relaxation.
It comes in so many forms.
Today Dave enjoyed using his nose to find the treats in his puzzle game!
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🎃 HALLOWEEN COMPETITION 🎃
For your chance to win a fantastic spooky surprise box from Toby's Doggy Deli all you have to do is post a Halloween themed picture of your dog!
This could be anything with a Halloween theme, from scary faces to costumes for those dogs comfortable with this.
One entry per dog only, winner to be picked tomorrow evening.
*Prize must be collected from my Sutton In Ashfield venue on a training day, no other alternative prize so if the winner of the prize cannot collect from the venue they will be asked to pick another winner.
Good luck! And don't forget to share the post with your friends!
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I want to say a massive thank you to everyone that took part in our name the dog competition.
I want to say a massive congratulations to our winner of the £20 Amazon voucher Melanie Robinson!
Drop me a message to claim your prize.
We have a second prize of a @croftveterinarycentre first aid kit.
To decide the winner of this a random number generator was used. The numbers 1-100 were placed in it. Each name was assigned a number, 1 being bouncer going across each line, 11 thumper etc!
The winner of the first aid kit is Ann Burton!
Yet again a massive thank you, all money made will be being donated to the Scouts group at Sutton to help keep funding the work they go with the local children.
Mental enrichment comes in so many forms and can be so much fun!
Why not join one of our brain training classes to learn more.....
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Getting excited for our puppy party!
A safe place where your puppy can come and make new friends, build confidence and at the same time give you the chance to chat with a qualified trainer.
Places are strictly limited and age limits apply to each session.
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🐾Choices🐾
Sadly today we very rarely allow our dogs to make their own choices.
We control so much of their lives, from when and where they walk, what they eat, where they sleep, who they socialise with and so many things the dog sadly very rarely gets to make its own mind up over anything in its life.
For some things we make decisions to keep them safe or to comply with laws and regulations and this is understandable but why can't our dogs have the ability to make choices over other things?
Giving your dog the chance to have choices not only can improve your dogs emotional state, reduce unwanted behaviours, it also helps with giving your dog the feeling of self control, therefore lowering stress and anxiety.
There are so many benefits of giving your dogs choice and so many ways we can do it safely and positively.
Can you think of ways you can put choice into your dogs life?
Video of my beautiful senior deciding what nighttime treat she would like!
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Are you joining us for a September Ultimutt Dog Training Walk in #huthwaite
Limited spaces so private message me to book!
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