A quiet Monday advanced class but some incredible work 🥺😍
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Bootiful Enid 😍 we've been working with this girl for the last couple of months aiding in counter conditioning her response to moving stimuli.
She's coming along beautifully, here's a snippet of one of her more recent sessions 🐾🎉
STOP 🛑
Just one of many skills we teach in our advanced classes. Part of our IMDT grades is teaching a stop at 10 metres! It's further than you think, and Delilah smashed it 😍
The things we do in the name of training 🙈🤣
Counter-conditioning is a training technique used to change a dog’s emotional response to something they currently find scary, stressful, or overly exciting. It works by pairing the trigger (like wheels or other dogs) with something positive, like food, play, or praise, to create a new association.
In Mia's case we're dealing primarily with cars, but as behaviour is generalised we can begin with a smaller (cooler in my opinion) set of wheels 🛞🛞
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I LOVE stooge work, why? Well, we always have a giggle like this video but...
Using a stuffed stooge dog in training is a safe and controlled way to introduce a dog to social situations, especially when working with reactivity, fear, or aggression. It allows me to gauge a dog's initial response without the unpredictability of a real dog's reactions.
A stuffed dog removes the risk of fights or negative experiences, making the process safer for both dogs and handlers. Many reactive or fearful dogs feel less threatened by a non-moving, scent-free "dog," helping them build confidence gradually.
It also provides an opportunity to work on engagement, obedience, and desensitization in a controlled setting. We can teach a dog to focus and remain calm around what appears to be another dog before introducing real-life scenarios.
Once the dog is responding well, the next step is usually introducing a calm, well-trained stooge dog that can provide appropriate social feedback, helping the dog continue to learn in a structured way.
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PERFECT loose lead walking from Sooty 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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I just think this is what true love looks like 💕