Canny Dog

02/04/2024

Nice review just in on a recent Separation case. I do really appreciate it when people take the time to feedback. It's not easy dealig with S.A. especially when it's a multi-dog household, hats off to them for their dedication.

01/04/2024

Spring Forward to Recovery
If you've promised yourself 2024 is going to be THE year you tackle your dog's Separation Anxiety then this is for you.

I know it can be a daunting prospect especially if you've already tried lots of things, perhaps you even began Gradual Desensitiation in the past? You got so far then it stalled or regressed?

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20/03/2024

Today is Dog's in Yellow Day. Keep your distance, it's an easy thing that means a lot and can make a hugely positive difference to our anxious friends.

If you spot a dog on the lead or wearing yellow, there is one small thing that you can do that will truly transform their day.
Give them some space - A little distance goes a long way.
Dog wearing yellow need space and it can be for a whole host of different reasons.
They might be injured or in pain, they might be scared of dogs or people, they might find children frightening.
I know you might be curious to learn more, but please don't approach.
When things that scare our come too close it makes them feel like a threat.
That's why you might see us bark, lunge or show our teeth.
We're just trying to make the scary thing go away.
When we can see these scary things at a distance our humans help us learn that they're not so scary after all.
But it takes time. And patience.
And my humans are trying really hard to show me how safe the world is.
Will you help and keep your distance?
Thank you 💛

14/02/2024

Happy Valentine's Day! Seems apro love and patience.

09/02/2024

ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʟᴀɴᴋɪᴇ!

Hello peeps, I was chatting to a freind recently who was telling me about meeting a new puppy in their neighbourhood. Nice. She also mentioned that although puppy had been with them since Xmas time they were only now getting out and about. Up until now it's been garden time only.

I think a lot of people find this aspect of early socialisation and habitutation really confusing. It's understandable. You're warned about all the nasties little pups can pick up in the environment before their complete set of vaccinations provides some cover. And that's a fair point. BUT-

You could be missing out on some important early exposure. By taking some sensible precautions and making sure you make outings and encounters with new experience positive and listen to how your puppy is feeling you CAN get puppy out and about.
In doing so you'll be opening up the world for them in a gentle way.

They're less likely to really freak out when you start their little walks proper. Simply carry them around your immediate neighbourhood.
So here's a few more ideas:
Take them to a park bench - and just sit for a little while watching the world go by. Take a blanket.

Take them to a pet shop - pop them in a trolley making a cosy donut with their blanket wheel them around slowly.

Do the same at a garden centre.

Go to the supermarket (you'll need two of you), while one of you nips in for a few groceries the other can sit with puppy on their lap, held towards the window and watch the comings and goings.

Take them to a dog friendly pub or cafe - don't forget the blankie!

Keep all exposures short and sweet.
Pick quiter times.
Allow people to greet puppy sparingly. Not everyone gets to touch them, advocate for your puppy and make sure they're 1. not uncomfortable or afraid. 2. becoming over stimulated.

Keep it all low key and smooth.
Oh and put them in their walking gear, harness, collar and lead on these outings too. So they're getting used to wearing these well before the first walk. Pop collar and harness on and off ad how at home too.

That's it I shall stop nagging, but if you have a new puppy or making plans for one. Get Them Out there!
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31/01/2024

A short blog post for anyone experiencing the ups and downs of Separation Anxiety in their dog(s). Just in case you need to hear this today. LINK IN THE COMMENTS

28/01/2024

Sunday sunshine calls for a lakeside amble. It almost felt like Spring out there! Well once we'd waded through the muddy bits it's was lush - hope you're all having a lovely Sunday too.

27/01/2024

This is what a successful Separation Anxiety Training Session looks like.
Exciting hey?
She's not asleep here, but she is very relaxed and that's exactly what we want.
It may not seem very exciting or dynamic-but for me it is. I'm really, really happy when I'm viewing scenes like these.
This little sweetie is naturally very alert, active and vigilent. She's very atuned to monitoring her peoples movements around the home and super aware of any activity outside too.
She wants to be in on ANY action.
But here we see her able to let go and chill while her person is going through the exercises.
So while this might look a bit boring, we say boring is good! It's very, very good.

09/01/2024

Hellooo everyone. A belated Happy New Year to all! I know January can be a tough old, long month for some, (though it HAS finally stopped raining so that's good at least).
But I thought I'd share a link to an app I've been using for a couple of months. Not only does it keep track of your dog walking routes and times, but also rewards you for your efforts. Every little helps! Only available for UK people.

24/12/2023

𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬.

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐭?

12/12/2023

𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬
'𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞''. W𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐫𝐬 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐨𝐧.

𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬!

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩.

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦.