Day 3 for the big boy yesterday on his Intensive Course (Titan)
Day 3 for the big boy yesterday (Titan)
He done SO SO well yesterday, very chuffed with him, we passed several dogs on our walk (couldnt record some clips due to children being with the parents) but as you can see, he done really well!
Took Titan around Blunsdon yesterday (so just up the road from our visit around Tadpole yesterday - he absolutely aced it!
Focused on closing the gap more, communication and utilising myself to advocate for his emotions!
Sad it’s our last day together for the intensive course (today) but looking forward to seeing what footage we can get and how he gets on!
Day 2 of Titans Intensive Course!!
Day 2 of Titans Intensive Course - what a crackerrr!!
Its a shame we didnt get many videos but we got a good clip from the middle of our walk!
Today we welcomed Titan to Tadpole, can say he was definitely a very popular chap, everyone was full of compliments for him and he done extremely well considering he’s never in the area!
Today we focused on bringing him out of his shell more, socialising him around other dogs in a new area and becoming more confident!
We walked, we distracted, we trusted, and we had a lot of fun with it - no reactions.. he almost looked unbothered by the dogs!!🤓 amazing walk - looking forward to pushing him that step further on tomorrows adventure!
Residential Training Day 2 with Luca (this was from yesterday) 📸
Residential Training Day 2 with Luca (this was from yesterday)
Yesterday we covered more engagement work, and strengthened Luca’s patience thresholds outside, but also focused on the side door (that leads to the front of the house)
Of course Luca absolutely bossed it - the aim for desensiting the door was the principle of ‘hearing outside noise’ and being patient with them, but also to give Luca the guidance of, just because that door is open, it doesnt mean were going out unless i provided our cue.
He done really well yesterday - smashed it like a pro!
Residential Training Day 2 with Nyx! Nyx you are one beautiful girl!
The feeling of being proud doesn’t even cut it - Residential Training Day 2 with Nyx!
Nyx you are one beautiful girl!
Today we were working on turning over a new leaf, desensitising people and improving on Nyxs’ confidence around other dogs too - and she held her head high and done it effortlessly.
We working on a few components today but first things first - the engagement, the trust between Nyx and I, and for her to feel content. This morning was all about relationship building and engagement - just like every morning will be within our Residential Training Programme, and that’s to maximise the chances of seeing such great results when we put her to work in the evening walks.
It’s important to remember that in this video, you have a nervous dog (she’s still nervous at times of course) but felt so emotionally stressed with the outside world when walking out of her comfort zone just under a couple days ago… was reactive to dogs vocally based only on her anxiety (not aggressive but appreciates her space) and is very anxious with new people (including myself at the start of our programme and especially on our first visit saying hello)
I think this video speaks for itself with how she’s getting on - Do you see lunging? Do you see fixation? Do you see reactivity?? The answer is no…
This girl is amazing!
We’re here to support!💙
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This 4 week plan will only be tailored to your specific dog and the areas you wish to improve with them.
Once signed up to the coaching, you’ll receive support all around the clock from myself when ever you need it.. we’ll be there to support! Whether it’s to look and review a video you send into us asking about a specific behaviour, or any questions you may have!
We’ll pop you in a chat along with the others who wish to sign up, to maybe arrange walks with yourselves to help support each other, to overcome some hurdles but to mainly have fun with your training and to just connect!
We as a community, need to support each other more, and I understand the prices for 1:1s and dog training in general can be a struggle.. and this is why we’re doing it!
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Jordan Hale
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Group Dog Training Availability this weekend… secure your slot now! Only £15 per dog 🐾💙 Pop us a message to find out more - Saturday and Sunday classes available 🐾💗
DECEMBER GROUP DOG TRAINING AVAILABILITY 🐾💙
Our December Group Dog Training Availability - with December prices dropping to £15 per dog / per session!
Message us quick to get booked in 😃.. spaces fill up quickly 😃
Saturday 2nd December
Sunday 3rd December
… both sessions are at 11am - Focusing on Patience Thresholds and Socialisation🐾
Saturday 9th December
Sunday 10 December
… both sessions are at 11am - Focusing on Loose Lead Walking, Socialisation and Confidence Building🐾
Saturday 16 December
Saturday 17 December
… both sessions are at 11am - Focusing on Distraction Training and Patience Thresholds🐾
Saturday 23 December
… session is at 11am - Focusing on Loose Lead Walking and Distraction Training🐾
Saturday 30 December
… session is at 11am - Focusing on Patience Thresholds, Socialisation and Confidence Building🐾
1:1 support always available even within a group setting - everyone smashed it this week, enjoy a little clip of Leah and Ceaser earlier today 🐾💙
Best regards
Jordan Hale
Hales Dogs 🐾
Meet Enzo
Enzo came to our group training session today as his owner wanted to improve his social skills around other dogs and people - because as you can imagine, a big dog barking may put others RIGHT off.
However, we quickly noticed that his reactivity towards other dogs, was fear based and he was lacking confidence within his walk.
We put some confidence building drills, some engagement work and some HV treats together and got to work.
Shortly, we went ahead and put some socialisation aspects together and Enzo shown us the magic.
What went from lunging and barking at a few dogs, went from walking nicely around them with no reactivity whatsoever.
Advocacy training is important and if you have a dog that is going through some reactivity issues - please get in touch.
Just because dogs bark excessively.. it doesn’t mean to say they’re aggressive - they may just be scared.
The owners of Enzo should be real proud today, and Thankyou all that shown up for your dogs in our group session as you all were AMAZING!
Best regards
Jordan Hale
Hales Dogs 🐾
#halesdogs #fearbased #reactivity #knowingtherightapproach
Patience Thresholds.
This weekend just gone I had the pleasure of catching up with a previous client to run over a new area within their training journey.
Teaching her little boy Barney to be calm in busy environments (such as an outside cafe)
By implementing the basic obedience she had already pre taught Barney and combining that with a positive understanding of what comes to one when they’re patient… brings out clear instruction of what you’re expectations are in that moment, and what you expect from your dog whenever your in a similar environment.
Everytime Barney was to look at a distraction (person or dog) then again check in on the owner without him moving, we marked that good behaviour with a reward (tasty treat), and repeated the process over and over.
Now as you can see Barneys mum is rewarding very calmly, because rewarding too excessively may have actually given little Barney the wrong message.
His engagement, his focus, his understanding was absolutely brilliant on our first session considering the amount of people / dogs that were in passing and around us.
A common mistake people tend to make is overdoing the praise, because depending on the area you’re working on… will determine on the level of praise and enthusiasm to be appropriate for that specific area within training.
If you’re working on your dogs patience in an environment with plenty of distractions as we were doing in this video, then it’s important you slow things down and reward calmly and frequently.
Treat …. Verbal Praise …. Treat …. Verbal Praise,
.. it’s important to ensure your dogs engagement with you doesn’t depend on food, because if you run out of food on your walks, you then run into your next issue. However, when training in a new area, it’s important you use the high valued treats to create a solid foundation of what your expectations are and to build your dogs understanding in the area.
Lovely to catch up with Rach and to see the little Bar
Group Training Session this Saturday 5 August 2023
Primarily focusing on socialisation, loose lead heel walking, distraction training and patience training!
£25. per dog attending and at 10am Saturday sharp!!
For more information such as location details please message us directly..
Kind regards
Jordan Hale
Hales Dogs 🐾
Group Training Workshop … NEXT WEEKEND 🥳
We’re hosting a group training workshop on Saturday 29 July.. with 10 spaces at 10am and another 10 spaces at 11:30am.
Both of these sessions will run for 60 minutes and it’s a time for those that need training but haven’t got the funds to maybe book a 1:1 session with ourselves / another trainer.
The costs are £20. per dog (if you wanted to bring two from one household, please ask the question and we can arrange a further discount)
Areas we’ll focus on…
* Loose Lead Walking
* Advocacy and Confidence Training
* Preventing and Working with Aggression
* Patience Thresholds
* Socialisation Exposure
* Basic Obedience Training
* Impulse Training
* Distraction Training
If you’re reading this now and you feel you might be too embraced about your dog reactivity or behaving during the session… please pop me a message and we can have a chat about the issues and some things to practise before arriving at the workshop.
The workshop will not be a structured lesson as everyone who wishes to attend will have a different issue they need to work on.. if more than one person has the same issue as the next (depending on the issue) we can form a little group session for those that wish to take this approach within the workshop.
Ask the question, get the answer!
Pop us a message and get booked in for either the 10am slot or the 11:30 slot. 10 spaces available in each workshop.
Kind regards
Jordan Hale
Hales Dogs
Rocco - Malinois x Staff
Rocco is currently undergoing some training due to his excitement around other dogs. By understanding his breed/specific needs and underlying how Rocco reacts through his excitement.. we were able to make a HUGE STEP in the right direction with his training just by incorporating some calm walking, some patience thresholds and some fun and play for engagement purposes.
Training your dog doesnt have to be stressful, but understanding what your dog wants from a walk and the specific approach that works for them… is KEY to getting the most out of every training opportunity you give them.
First session went very well! Well done guys!! 🐾
