Very sad day at Imanje HQ. Our best boy Enzo crossed the bridge today.
You may know that we have walked Enzo since we pretty much started IPS, but we have known him since the day he was born as he was from our amazing Imanje Detectives litter in 2013. That makes him Mika's brother, from our girl Sifa.
He was last born and had waited a long time to appear, and from that moment on, he proved to be a fighter, choosing to stay with us.
He met his forever family at just a few weeks old, and together they have had the best time learning from each other.
He has been an amazing friend to Amanda, Chris and their kiddies, and after a pretty rough time of late, he had to give in and his family walked him to Rainbow Bridge this morning.
Avril was blessed to be able to have a last cuddle....
Thank you Poirot (his Detective name) for being everything you were..your spirit and memories will live on in all our hearts 💕
Some fun and frolicks for a couple of our Thursday groups..new members settling right in!
Happy birthday Imanje PS! Thanks to our gang for being amazing over the years!
Happy New Year everyone!
As we draw a close to the holidays, looking forward to seeing the Imanje PS gangs tomorrow!
Waterproofs at the ready
Our failed attempt at building a snowman (thanks Mika)!
Some catch and a cuddle, and back in under the duvet.
What have you been up to today with your dog(s)?
A great day mantrailing with our Imanje Mantrailing Club teams.
Here are a few of them showing off their hard work and indicating on walking trail layers.
This takes confidence and commitment from the dogs, and a huge dose of trust from their hoomans..
Well done to Gus, Oscar and Morse (and their hoomans) - who totally nailed it - even with distractions 👏
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Play is important for dogs who like to play, but proper social skills don't come without guidance.
Mika our old lass (at 10yrs) loves a play, but hates rudeness. Here is her first meeting with one of our walking clients, who is in the throws of adolescence.
Watch how they take natural breaks away from each other, mirror each other, have a chase and a play, then break again. Mika doesn't need to escalate her request for space and calmness, as Kylo is reading her very well!
Wee Cara at the end is another older lady, who just likes to snuffle and do her own thing.
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When Kylo met Mika... the movie!
...and they all lived happily ever after.
Loose lead walking..puppy style!
And the steps we take for older dogs too!
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One of our puppies showing off their homework. Bhodi is a bit of a jumping bean, so stationary skills have been hard for him. But over the weeks, and with lots of repetition of foundation skills, he rocked his stay, his take it/drop it (with his favourite toy) and his hand target.
Before we can add distractions, we need a solid reinforcement history in an easy environment. Bhodi has stepped into his 'Kevin' stage, so things are a little more difficult for him to take in.. we just need to lower our expectations and make things easy for him to process.
Great team work from this family 💪🦴
One of our puppies showing off their homework. Bhodi is a bit of a jumping bean, so stationary skills have been hard for him. But over the weeks, and with lots of repetition of foundation skills, he rocked his stay, his take it/drop it (with his favourite toy) and his hand target.
Before we can add distractions, we need a solid reinforcement history in an easy environment. Bhodi has stepped into his 'Kevin' stage, so things are a little more difficult for him to take in.. we just need to lower our expectations and make things easy for him to process.
Great team work from this family 💪🦴
Our reactive/nervous teams showing just how brilliant mantrailing is to boost confidence!
Here's another enrichment game to keep your dogs amused in the winter weather (or even sumny weather)!
The Imanje gang loved helping with the recycling!
With the festive season just around the corner, I am sure there will be lots of boxes and tubes of all shapes and sizes to turn into enrichment games.
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Great day with the Scentwork teams. Our focus today was on handler influence and how to not get in the dogs way, and building duration on those indications.
And the rain stopped for our outside searches!
Well done Teams 👏
A game of 'find it' to calm things down...
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