Puppy graduates September 2024 🥇 well done to Flynn, Rolo, Petal and Penny for attending puppy socialisation classes. 😀🐕
I’ve been quieter on here lately but keeping busy and have something very excited being announced soon 😱🥳
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Is your dog a nuisance around other dogs? 🐕
If so, here’s some info for you that might help: ℹ️
🧍♂️ - finding the right dog and owner to stand at a distance and have a chat with can be really helpful.
👃 - whilst you’re standing chatting, scatter some treats on the floor for your dog to find. This will give them a distraction and will reduce the tense awkwardness that makes them want to greet.
👀 - notice these dogs looking around instead of at each-other?
This is called displacement behaviour and is a nice communication to each-other that they are no bother and are not a threat.
- practising this regularly can help your dog learn to sniff and distract themselves for next time!
If you’d like to work with me to learn how to help your dog, click the link in my bio to book a FREE CALL 📞
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🚨 Many of you will have heard the rule of “you can walk your puppy for 5 minutes per month of age” meaning if they 4 months old, they can walk for 20 minutes.
⏰ while this is there to protect growing joints from over-exercise, it can cause more harm than good.
🙋♀️ the problem with it is it’s too restrictive. It sounds like you can only have your puppy out for 20 minutes, but this is generally not enough time!
👀 whilst walking on a short lead on concrete for longer than this wouldn’t be good, being out and about watching, listening, stopping, or running freely could be done for much longer than 20 minutes in total!
🏃 it’s good for your puppy to be able to run about to build up muscles and strength and flexibility, so allowing them to explore the garden, play with friends or play in the field or on the beach with you is fine, and actually good for them!
🛑 just make sure the exercise is Puppy-led and you are stopping if they are slowing down or wanting to stop!
🕰️ And build up the time gradually!
🐶 TIP: drive your puppy to different places so they are getting used to new environments without getting tired before they get there!
(If you’re worrying about over-exercising your puppy, there’s a chance you are “under-exercising” them and “under-exposing” them. Puppies don’t need long walks but they do need regular movement. More harm will be done from your SLIPPY FLOORS and spending too long couped up in a CRATE!)
Be mindful, be careful & speak to a trainer, a vet and a vet physio if you’re not confident on what’s okay for your individual puppy!
🐶 they are all different with different needs!
Message me if you have a puppy and would like help with their socialisation and exposure! 🐕 #puppy #puppytraining #puppyexercise #5minuterule #dogtraining #toptips #spaniel #dogdiving #cocker # sprocker#swimming #fetch
❌ I often hear people call their dogs naughty for destroying their toys, but it’s worth remembering that dogs are designed to dissect animals! This is a fun and fulfilling part of their life and many pet dogs don’t get to practise this! 🙅♀️
💪 Giving them cheap toys, blankets, safe recyclables, paper etc can be good ways to help them feel good and get that need met
🦷 In some cases, dogs will want to destroy things excessively which often leads to you taking everything away from them, but there’s usually an underlying cause for this (tummy issues, mouth issues, pain or discomfort, muscles tension, boredom, wrong circulating hormones, wrong diet etc).
🚶 TOP TIP: make sure walks aren’t the only good part of your dogs day. Let them do things like this to feel stimulated and fulfilled throughout the day, not just being in the routine of being bored at home, waiting all day for that one exciting walk.
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Here’s a few things you’re not doing which could be the reason your dog doesn’t pay attention on walks:
❗️Engaging with your dog. If you don’t pay attention to them, they won’t pay attention to you. Don’t teach them that a walk is time for you to just walk and ignore eachother.
🍱 you haven’t built value in food or toys. Maybe you leave food down all day for it to become boring. Or maybe all your dogs fun in life comes from other dogs and squirrels instead of you? Take out treats or toys on a walk and have some fun!
🎤 you’re not following-through with verbal cues. You ask your dog to do something, but you let them ignore you and carry on doing what they were doing.
Has this got you thinking? 🤔 if it sounds familiar, book a call with me to discuss how I can help 😃🐾
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I often advise against the use of retractable leads but here are some tips for using a flexi safely:
1. Buy a tape one not a corded one! This will result in less burns and will allow others to see your dog is on-lead! 🤚
2. Do NOT use on pavements or alongside roads. Use in open spaces where you’re dog could have some freedom but can’t be off-lead safely🚗
3. Attach to a harness not a collar and absolutely not a head-collar. Whiplash is a thing! ⚡️
4. Be careful using on beaches as the sand can cause malfunction 🏖️
5. Do not play fletch on a flexi as they will end up running full pelt to the end of it and you will be pulled off your feet at the same time! 🪁
6. Teach your dog a cue for walking close to you and a cue for a release to go ahead 🐕
7. Don’t let your dog pull at the end of the lead. Use voice cues rather than relying fully on the lead 🛑
8. Practise recall while using the flexi. 💯
9. Don’t allow them to play with dogs while on a flexi-lead as they can get tangled up. 🥊
10. Never have 2 dogs attached to one lead! 🐶
If you are stuck using a retractable lead and want to be able to let your dog off their lead, message me for some one to one recall training 🐕
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Improving enagagement on walks will improve your dogs recall. 💨
Here are 3 tips you can use to get more engagement from your dog:
1. Before letting your dog off the lead, check they have their listening ears on! 👂
2. When out walking, change direction without telling your dog. They may be suprised that youre not following! 🏃
3. Reward your dog for checking in. When they look at you, chuck them a treat, a toy or even just tell them how wonderful they are, or run with them! 👀
And remember that allowing your dogs off their leads without a reliable recall will worsen their recall skills! So if youd like more advice on getting a better recall, send me a message or like this video for me to do more! 🐕
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Is picking up your puppy going to make them scared of everything.. Answer: NO! ❌ While it’s partly true that if you never let your puppy walk around and experience things from ground level, they may become unfamiliar with how to cope with some scenarios, picking up your puppy can be really helpful and sometimes essential when socialising/exposing them.
Picking up your puppy may help to:
- 🐶make them feel safe in an overwhelming situation
- 💩Get them out of a situation that they don’t feel confident enough to leave themselves.
- 🥰Improve your bond and let your puppy know you are their safety net and will provide security
- 🐕Avoid them becoming scared of a certain event/noise/dog
- 🐒Give them time to calm down
Puppies need positive experiences! Just be careful not to pick them up all the time because of YOUR own anxiety 😄 #puppy #puppytraining#socialisation #puppysocialization #oswestry #shropshire #northwales #daschundpuppy
I couldn’t seem to teach him to say ‘no’ to this question! 😆🤔#blacklab #labrador #dogtraining#tricks #cantsayno
Playing fetch on repeat can be damaging to your dog; here are a few reasons why:
- 😮 over arousing: can cause hyperactivity and inability to settle
- ⛔️ becomes an addiction or obsession
- 😢 catching the ball becomes primary focus, pain will be secondary (basically, they will carry on despite feeling injury or pain, causing potentially serious damage)
- 🙆♂️over stretching without warming up
- 🏃🏻♀️repetitive strain injuries
- ⛑️massive wear and tear on soft tissue and joints
- 🤕choking risk
- 😱inappropriate objects (sticks) impale the back of their throat (first hand experience here 🖐️)
- 👃reduces the dogs likelihood of investigating the environment
- 🐩stops them sniffing which is important for well-being
- ❌can cause inappropriate barking
- 😴the stop/start nature is not good for the dogs endocrine system. That level of internal stress is unhealthy on their body, and long term effects can be impaired immune systems etc.
- 👊over compensation will cause an imbalance of muscle development
Do you play fetch a lot? Hopefully this video will give you some alternatives games you can teach your dog instead, which will be much better for their health! #oswestry #fetch #dogtrainingmemes #tennisballaddict #ballgames #dogsofinstagram #dogtraining #tip
The benefits of having a “place” or “go to your bed” cue are: 🐾
1. Something that’s fun for the dog to learn
2. Can get them out of the way when needed
3. Gives your dog a place to call their own which will enforce calmness and a sense of safety
4. Can be used as an alternative behaviour to help your dog in situations where they may be doing unwanted behaviour, for example if your dog is jumping on visitors, you can ask them to go and lie on their mat instead.
It could also be used when you’re eating, to teach your dog to keep away from the table.
Send a message if you’d like some one to one support with your dogs behaviour! 🐕🦺
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💨 Many dogs struggle with impulse control in distracting environments! Is your dog perfect at training in the house, but forgets it all when on walks? 👣
Follow these tips to help
🥱 Always teach a new behaviour around minimal distraction
🐦 Then you need to start adding distractions and gradually start making the training harder
🥎 Change up what you’re training with. Here I’m using dry food, so next we would use something more exciting like a toy, or a ball.
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