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Show us your favourite dog photos or the last photo you took of your dog 🐕
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Great day at DogFest today 🐶
Highlight for me was watching Nicci Hindson demonstrating healwork to music with both Elsa, the dog she won 🏆 at Crufts with and her younger dog who is in this video.
This is the perfect example of a great working relationship 🥰
If you think you and your furry friend might benefit from growing together as a team, building your relationship, building your dogs skills for life and most importantly, having fun? 😍
If yes, contact Mel on 077 9346 5533 🐾
I am starting dog training classes from 11th March at the Scout building at Dudlows Green, Appleton 🥳
I am a local dog trainer, and my training is based on totally positive reinforcement, games for engagement and building a team. Understanding how your dog's brain works and reshaping the brain to help them cope with our modern world.
I train dogs of all ages, from 12 weeks old onwards, and have experience with many different breeds 🤩
6 weekly lessons - with homework 😆
Access to a private student support Facebook group 🥳
Free downloadable ebooks 😃
And much much more 🤩
There are very limited places, so book your spot now by calling Mel on 077 9346 5533 or clicking on the WhatsApp button below 🐶
www.bakersbarkers.co.uk
dog training classes
Calling all dog owners 🐶
I am starting dog training classes from 11th March at the Scout building at Dudlows Green, Appleton 🥳
I am a local dog trainer, and my training is based on totally positive reinforcement, games for engagement, building a team, and understanding how your dog's brain works and reshaping the brain to help them cope with our modern world.
I train dogs of all ages, from 12 weeks old onwards, and have experience with many different breeds 🤩
If you think you and your furry friend might benefit from coming to our class, to grow together as a team, build your relationship and build their skills for life, contact Mel on 077 9346 5533 🐾
www.bakersbarkers.co.uk
Today we were looking at a potential venue for group classes..... I'm going to say this one is a "no" given the amount of mud 😮
Teddy did one lap and wanted to get back in the car 🤣🤣🤣
But at least George had fun 🤩
Follow this page for updates about future group classes 😍
Is your dog over excited before you even start your walk?
Do you find your dogs brain is already at the park 🐿🐕🥎🐈 as you leave the front door?
Bringing your dog's brain back to the here and now can help lower the excitement level and make your walk a much calmer, pleasant experience 😍
Here you can see George playing "2 paws on" a great game for brining your dog back to the present and engaging with you rather than predicting what's going to happen on the walk the walk 🤩🐈🐿🥎🐕🐾
For more information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
Middle is a great game for building value in Proximity as well as Focus on you.
We call this type game a conversation starter and this is the type of game I will use to start training sessions and walks, to make sure my dogs are fully engaged with me 🤩😍
Here you can see Teddy showing you how to play Middle and you can see how focused he is on me, even when the neighbours dog starts barking 🥳🤩😍
Would you like your dog to be focused on you when you are on walks. Especially when there are other dogs 🐕, cats 🐈 or that pesky squirrel 🐿 makes an appearance 🤩
Have a go at playing this game and post pictures of your dog in Middle 🤩🐕🐾
For more information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
Happy International Dogs day 🐶
The boys have settled in to the new house and Teddy loves to roll around on the lawn 🤣
Hoping to get some filming done this weekend, now I've unpacked and found the tripod!!
For more information about Concept based Dog Training and to book sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐶
middle
Building your relationship with your dog gives you a trusting bond where your dog is happy to work with you 😊
Here you can see George showing off his favourite game, Middle 🐶
Not only does George find this game very rewarding, its also great for building Optimism and when on walks it's the perfect position to keep him out of trouble 🤩
For more information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your dog training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
keep on learining
Learning new skills is important for dogs of all ages but is particularly important for older dogs to keep their brain and body active and flexible.
George is 7 years old next month and will be officially classed as a senior dog!!!
Some of his favourite games are Middle, Magic Hand and Paws On, these games are great for building the concepts of Optimism, Confidence and Focus which are some of the key skills needed to develop loose lead walking 🤩
In this video we are continuing his learning by combining all 3 games to teach Middle with paws on my feet before we start learning to walk with his paws on my feet 🤩🥳🌟
These games and more are in the Stop Pulling Mini Course available for just £27 available on this link 🤩
https://game.absolute-dogs.com/stoppulling-pdp?prod=stop-pulling-mini-course&ref=1098
For further information about Games based dog training and to book your 121 training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
National Pet Day
National Pet Day 🐶🐱🐴🐭🐰🦎🦜
What pets do you have?
We would live to see your favourite pet photos 😃😍🤩
#nationalpetday
Loose Lead Walking
Does your dog pull like a train when you go for a walk?
Dogs pull on lead for a number of reasons, including:
☆ they naturally walk faster than us 🐕
☆ they are excited about going for a walk 🥳
☆ they are thinking about being in the park as soon as you leave the front door, or even as soon as they see the lead 🐿 🌳
☆ they naturally pull against the pressure of the lead 🐕🦺
Some of the ways concept training helps to overcome pulling are:
♡ build value in being close to you 😍
♡ make you more exciting than the enviroment, bye bye squirrel 🐿
♡ teach concepts to keep your dogs brain in the here and now with you, rather than already in the park playing with their pals 🥳
♡ teach them when they feel pressure on the lead to orient back to you 🥰
In the video George is showing off his loose lead walking skills 🐶 🐾 😍
For further information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
Best way to learn
Concept training uses games to teach your dog the skills they need to deal with everything life throws at them 🤩
In this video George is practising the skill of thinking when excited.... Teddy decided it was far too much running around and just sat and watched 🤣🤣🤣
For further information about Concept training based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
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Thinking when excited and disengagement
Can your dog think when they are excited?
For the 3rd video in this series, we start to add in some disengagement skills as well as the ability to think when excited 🤪🥳🤯
George struggled a bit with this level and definitly needs to practice more disengagement games 🤩
For further information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
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building real world ability to think when excited
Can your dog still think when excited?
Following on from yesterday's video, here you can see we are really building the excitement level in the game.
Practicing at this level of excitement means that the skill is more "real life" ready. That squirrel is amazingly exciting - flashing his tail 🐿 so we need to teach our dogs to think when they are at that level of excitement so that when they hear you call them, the instruction actually gets through to their brain 🤪🤯
For further information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
fetch and thinking when excited
Can your dog still think when they get excited? 🥳🤯
Or are the lights on but no-one's home 🤪🤯🙄
If you struggle to get your dog to listen and follow direction when they are over excited, teaching them to think when their arousal level is higher is the key 🔑
Here you can see George practicing this skill with his favourite toys, tennis balls 🥎😍🐶
For more information about Concept based Dog Training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
Sharing is good 😍
It helps so very much if everyone can like and share our posts when you see them 🤩
George and Teddy love to share too 😍 apart from food of course 🤣🤣🤣
For further information about Concept training and to book your dog training sessions, visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
training session 3
Building on the value for proximity is a great way to make you a better deal than the enviroment 🤩🥳
In the 3rd of the series of videos of George's training session, George is showing off his love of being in Middle 😍
For further information about Concept training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
training session 2
Teaching your dog that the best deal is always with you rather than the enviroment is the first step to loose lead walking and off lead freedom 🥳
Here is the 2nd in a series of videos showing a training session with George and we are playing Orientation Game 🤩
Marking the point he turns back to me and rewarding by throwing a piece of food in the opposite direction. Even throwing towards the road, George knows I always give the best deal so he orients back to me everytime 🤩😍
For further information about Concept training and to book your training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
training session 1
When you first start training your dog, it's in your home with few distractions.
To progress to real life ready you need to move to a slightly more distracting environment but still make sure to set your dog up for success 🥳
Here's the 1st of a series of videos of a training session with George on my driveway.
Game 1: Boundary games
You can see the value George has for being on his boundary (bed) and this value can be transferred to anything you find in your enviroment. Such as a tree stump, a park bench, a man hole cover, or even a cloth or towel you carry, the options are only limited by your imagination 🤩
For further information about Concept training and to book training sessions visit www.bakersbarkers.co.uk or contact Mel directly on 077 9346 5533 🐾
