Andi's Dog Training (2024)

27/03/2024

Reactivity Post!
I experienced an incident with my own dog yesterday. Having recovered from a bout of illness my own dog was finally able to take in a lovely off lead field walk for the first time in ages. On lead walking home she was viciously attacked multiple times by a small dog that slipped its lead, ran full pelt across a road to get at her.

The owner of the dog was shouting at the dog as soon as it had started kicking off before it slipped its lead. Whilst he was very apologetic the incident should not have happened. He stated that he could not find the dog's harness before going for a walk. I shared that I was a qualified trainer and specialise in reactivity. He said the dog was a rescue and he had seen many trainers. Now my message is this. If you have a reactive dog your first port of call must be control and management every day of the week. If you can't find the appropriate equipment don't walk the dog in public until you have said equipment. Secondly I suspect either the training given was incorrect or the owner had not listened or fully taken it on board. This conclusion was drawn because of the initial shouting at his dog. To the dog he was merely joining in and effectively egging on the attack although clearly to us humans this was not his attention. Fortunately no lasting harm appears to have been done to my dog although she will miss a walk today in order to allow her fight/flight hormone levels to subside and reduce the risk of trigger stacking and becoming reactive herself. His dog will have been set back in any training and the whole incident was quite traumatic yet completely avoidable. Please ensure you enlist the help only from qualified trainers and take pains to listen to what they teach you. After all if you are paying good money it makes no sense to take short cuts that will not just halt but at very least set back your dog's training protocol. I think the owner in question won't make the same mistake again and he was quite upset about his mistake.

CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT enough said 👍

18/02/2024

Every Day is a training opportunity!
So what can you do when you're just not feeling it?

If you have places where your dog is safe off lead this is an idea you may wish to try.

Simply shut up and keep quite as you walk. Observe what your dog does. Filming is good if you can manage it so ghat you can watch back later to see anything you may have missed.

This is a useful tool to find out what you may need to work on, what is going well and a good time to health assess for injury or anything that you may not have noticed while you were absorbed in actively training.

Try not to distract your dog in any way when safe to let them just do their own thing.

Simply observe and evaluate.

I this clip I had a nasty cold (excuse the sniffing,) and would really rather have stayed in bed. I was looking for how many times my dog chooses to 'check in.

She was showing lameness in her gait (rest assured we are on top of this with regular vet checks and hydrotherapy). She is an older dog now with various issues but it was a good opportunity to assess. It was a particularly bad day and I am pleased to report is much improved.

You can clearly see the 'check ins' and especially as she asks permission to go into the stream. Although trying to stay quiet you should not miss opportunity to give responses to clear communication like this so she gets the release que to go in the stream.

This is just a short clip but hopefully will give sombody some insight into how you can make the best of a walk that could have felt like a miserable chore.

Happy walking 🙂

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Every Day is a training opportunity! So what can you do when you're just not feeling it? If you have places where your dog is safe off lead this is an idea you may wish to try. Simply shut up and keep quite as you walk. Observe what your dog does. Filming is good if you can manage it so ghat you can watch back later to see anything you may have missed. This is a useful tool to find out what you may need to work on, what is going well and a good time to health assess for injury or anything that you may not have noticed while you were absorbed in actively training. Try not to distract your dog in any way when safe to let them just do their own thing. Simply observe and evaluate. I this clip I had a nasty cold (excuse the sniffing,) and would really rather have stayed in bed. I was looking for how many times my dog chooses to 'check in. She was showing lameness in her gait (rest assured we are on top of this with regular vet checks and hydrotherapy). She is an older dog now with various issues but it was a good opportunity to assess. It was a particularly bad day and I am pleased to report is much improved. You can clearly see the 'check ins' and especially as she asks permission to go into the stream. Although trying to stay quiet you should not miss opportunity to give responses to clear communication like this so she gets the release que to go in the stream. This is just a short clip but hopefully will give sombody some insight into how you can make the best of a walk that could have felt like a miserable chore. Happy walking 🙂

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