Have you wondered why your training isn’t getting real life results.
Like they can do it in the training class or a certain situation.
But take them somewhere new and they’re back to pulling. To ignoring you. To running off.
Here’s why…
Dogs are terrible at generalising (except for the things we don’t want them to generalise).
So when you teach them a behaviour (a sit, a down etc), they need to learn this and be rewarded in many different situations.
Which you can do.
But it’s tedious and your list will be as long as your arm!
And that is why you are not getting real life results.
But…
what if I told you…
there is another way…
Behaviours rely on US having to tell the dog what to do.
But when we play games, their brain changes. It reshapes. Becoming stronger with the new information. New information which encourages good choices.
And you guessed it. It means they can apply that to different situations.
Who wants that?
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There’s something for everyone.
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We’re okay! I don’t take how lucky I am with these guys for granted for a single second when it comes to fireworks.
Spud is more on edge, as you can see from him standing up.
But frozen cow hooves, tonnes of chews and a very loud film is working well.
Hope you’re all doing okay with the 🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇
I’ve put off posting this because I couldn’t give it justice
Now I have a moment to sit and write, so here goes…
This little boy loves, and I mean LOVES, to pick up everything on his walks!
He will find all of the food!
The tiniest pieces.
And it’s nasty! Let’s face it, there’s gross things out there.
We’ve been working on this alongside his reactivity but his mum was finding he just couldn’t leave food alone in the real world.
Well on our walk, focusing on reactivity, we happened across 3 of the juiciest (ok, in the dog’s eyes) pieces of fried chicken 😱🍗🍗🍗
They were huge
And no doubt smelled delicious
Let’s face it! It’s the gold standard of naughty things for our dogs to eat.
Now, we could have called him and pulled him away and completely avoided that area on the way home but instead we used this as a rea life learning opportunity.
He was more than aware they were there. I mean you couldn’t miss them! (Although the person’s whose dinner it was, may have 😂)
And his arousal levels had spiked.
Which in turn makes listening hardier.
I know his mum was looking at me like I was mad but she trusted me and I’m so pleased she did.
It was time to test the disengagement we had been growing at home.
In the video, you’ll see we throw a piece of food towards the chicken.
Now if he wants to he can pull towards the food; for a little dog, he’s strong.
He could bark at it.
He could lunge forward.
He could get frustrated and bite the lead.
But what did he do?
He looked at it and you can see his brain working ‘should I? Or is that none of my business?’
And what does he do?
He only turns away from it and goes back to his mum 😱🥳
No pulling him, no excessive nagging, no jolting the lead, no shouting 🥳
He CHOSE to come back!
Multiple times!
And this is the power of games 🤩
It really is magic.
And after this, he then walked past half a biscuit without a fuss.
I am
Flo had a new experience today. We took a little trip to Barkers K9 Hydro-Physio & K9 swimming centre - Tolworth and she had a proper swim
The first few goes she had to be carried in. Then she got brave!
Keep watching for it 😍🥰🐶🤿🏊🏽♀️
Spuds turn next week ❤️
Check this out!
I know how hard it is to have a dog that loves other dogs or people.
Pulls towards them.
Can’t focus on you.
Just wants to play.
That’s why this week’s intermediate students have been working on their dog’s disengagement skills with the game A2B
And they did so well! 👏
Even when those really tough moments happened, they refocused so quickly!
This was their warm up 🥳
Getting real life results is what our classes are all about
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Today is Odin’s 2nd birthday.
He’s been apart of the Flo family since he was about 9 weeks old.
He’s goofy, loving and a right pickle at times but we wouldn’t change him (ok maybe his mum would😂)
Here he is playing the class clown at agility 😂
Let’s all wish him a happy birthday 🥳
Crufts 🥳 I know one of these dogs 😍😍
It’s time for the walk.
You get the lead.
You get a sinking feeling.
Hoping you’ll avoid dogs. People. Cars.
But the dog has to be walked!
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Now picture that walk.
Do you enjoy it?
Does your dog enjoy it?
If either of those are a ‘no’, it’s time to do something different!
By using your dog’s brain, you can tire them out just the same as a walk, but also train at the same time!
Making you and your dog happier!
If you’re both less stressed, your dog will be in a better place to learn.
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A bit of a family training session yesterday 💪
(No idea what my camera was doing to Dolly! She was ghost like to start with!)
We added the distraction of Stan and Dolly for Gym and he just amazed us!
My uncle really is doing his homework 😂🤔😱
3 dogs, off lead, each choosing to be with their person, now that’s the dream! 💪
If you’d like this to be your reality, send the page a message and I’ll let you know how we can help
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