✨️✨️ 121 Success Story ✨️✨️
Lottie is a gorgeous springer spaniel who loves life, and loves exploring!
However, she was loving it so much, she would switch off her listening ears and ignore recalls, especially where there was the option of running off after people, dogs, or rummaging through discarded food or rubbish left in the park! 😲 (Please tidy up after yourselves humans!!)!
So we made some changes!
✅️ We taught Lottie some fun engagement games to bring her focus and attention back to her family.
✅️ We played some impulse control games, teaching Lottie calmness and patience.
✅️ We introduced a muzzle to restrict the opportunity for her to pick up and eat gross stuff whilst she was in training.
✅️ We taught a 'Stop' cue to ask Lottie to stop where she was instead of trotting off in her own little world when distracted
As you can see, Lottie's family really did their homework, and we were soon able to progress to the busy park where Lottie had previously struggled to maintain any focus!
And here she is, with wonderful attention on her family, ignoring other people and dogs, and beautiful responses to her family's cues!
✨️ Remember, putting the fun into your training will always make a positive difference! ✨️
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🌟 Congratulations to Maggie for graduating Puppy School! 🌟🎓
Here are some of her Puppy School Highlights!
Very well done to all of you! 😊👏
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🌟 Congratulations to Riley for graduating Puppy School! 🌟🎓
Here are some of his Puppy School Highlights!
Very well done to all of you! 😊👏
#puppyschooluk #puppytraining #puppyschoolgraduation #looseleadwalking #recalltraining
I can't believe it's been a whole week since the Puppy School conference! What an amazing weekend!
Here's a little summary of all the wonderful things we got up to!
#puppyschoolconference #puppyschoolconference2024
#puppyschooluk #deanwoodholidays #puppytraining #dogtraining #mantrailing #lostdogtracking #antipoachingdog #anastasiajobson #brandingphotography #selfcare #wildswim #flowarts
🐾 Having fun with some tricks at the #puppyschoolconference 2024! 🐾
Next up, Mantrailing!!😀
🐾 I'm excited to be here in the beautiful Forest of Dean with the Floof, ready for an action packed weekend of learning and adventure at the Puppy School Conference 2024! 🐾
🎵🐦🎶 🐦⬛ And for once I am camping, and didn't sleep through the dawn chorus, which I absolutely love hearing. There's just something magical about being tucked up all cosy in a tent, listening to the world waking up! 🎵🐦⬛🎶🐦
#puppyschooluk #puppyschoolconference #campingwithdogs #dogtraining #puppytraining #dawnchorus
✨️🎓 Puppy Graduation - Part 2 🎓✨️
As part of our Week 6 Puppy School class, we always ask families to show off a trick they have taught their puppy at home.
We have some amazing tricks to share, and the video is so long it has to be shared in two posts!
Here's the second part, with a lovely 'Paw' and 'Spin' from Kenzo, a 'Touch' and "Spin' from Plum, and a 'Paws Up' and 'Hide' from Rio!
Some brilliant tricks, very well done!
#puppyschooluk #tricktraining #puppytraining #dogtraining
✨️🎓 Puppy Graduation - Part 1 🎓✨️
As part of our Week 6 Puppy School class, we always ask families to show off a trick they have taught their puppy at home.
We have some amazing tricks to share, and the video is so long it has to be shared in two posts!
Here's the first part, with a fabulous 'Leave It' from Jasmine, leaving a whole load of tempting toys, and also some very tempting food!
A brilliant life skill, very well done!
#puppyschooluk #tricktraining #puppytraining #dogtraining
🐾 Investigating Weird Stuff!! 🐾
In case you haven't noticed, us humans are pretty weird...
The things we wear, ride around on play with, and create are all quite strange really... 🤔
In this little video we have puppies investigating an elizabethan collar, a ball pit, rattley hula hoops and a long fabric tunnel. We also had a skeleton mask, a fake beard, hi-viz jacket, an umbrella, a big plastic table cloth and a few other random bits and bobs.
Its helpful to allow your puppy to explore different things they may encounter in life, in a calm, gentle and fun way.
Always watch for the unsure body language, such as that displayed by Jasmine when she first saw the hula hoop. Her ears were held slightly back, her tail low, there was a close of her mouth (was it a tiny lip lick?), and she stepped backwards away from the hoop and sat at a distance.
She had a little break, and the hoop was then placed on the ground instead, and Jasmine felt more comfortable to go and check it out. Her body is much less tense, her ears forward, tail held higher and with a bit of a wag, and she is happier to step over and around the hoop, rewarded with some tasty treats of course!
Well done Jasmine Rio, Kenzo and Plum!
🐾 Don't rush, take it slow and steady, take breaks as needed, and always watch what your puppy is communicating through their body language 🐾
#puppyschooluk #puppyconfidence #puppyplaytime #puppyhabituation #puppysocialisation #Crawley #Horsham #dogtraining #pupytraining
🐾 Reward those check-ins! 🐾
When out with your dog, make a point of rewarding when they look at you or come closer - a check-in.
You can reward with a treat, a toy, by prancing about like a lunatic with your dog, or simply by fussing and praising them. Whatever your dog enjoys and finds rewarding!
The more you do it, the more your dog will keep voluntarily checking in, the better your relationship will be, and the quicker the recalls and general responsiveness.
🐾 Above all, have fun with your dog! 🐾
#checkin #dogtraining #puppytraining #PayAttention #rewardbaseddogtraining #puppyschooluk #Crawley #horsham #crawleydogs #horshamdogs
🐾 Some lovely loose lead walking practice from Plum, Rio, Jasmine and Kenzo! 🐾
Loose lead walking is probably one of the hardest things for a young puppy to learn as they absolutely love zig-zagging here, there and everywhere catching all the interesting scents and exploring this wonderful world we live in, and generally at a considerably faster speed than the average human will walk.
In comparison, we are pretty boring walking in our straight lines, completely ignoring all those fantastic smells because our noses are absolute rubbish compared to our pup's so we are oblivious to a fascinating chunk of the environment around us.
Much like how birds and many other creatures, can see in ultraviolet so things which may appear plain black to us humans, are actually a proper rainbow of colours! Fascinating stuff! We humans miss out on so much of the world around us simply due to our biology. How we became the dominant species on this planet when we are so oblivious to so much of it amazes me!
Anyway...
We've been practicing lead walking skills, learning how to manage those moments when pups get distracted by exciting things and want to go and investigate. By rewarding well when pups choose to move away from a distraction and continue walking with us, that excellent choice will be made again and again, because we make it very worthwhile!
Once the skills have been learned, the frequency and type of reward can be tweaked according to the individual puppy's progress. It doesn't always have to be food rewards, it can also be the opportunity to go sniff a thing, or to be allowed off lead for a run around, or have a game with a favourite toy.
#puppyschooluk #puppytraining #looseleadwalking #leadwalking #dogtraining #Crawley #Horsham #horley
