19/01/2025
Meet Elvis💙
Elvis is a 20month old Chihuahua who lives with his older sister chewi.
Over the last 6 weeks we have been helping Elvis and his owners manage some behavioural issues that they are dealing with inside and outside of their family home.
When there are stresses happening inside the home it is very easy for those behaviours to continue or sometimes worsen when out and about, which makes walking your dog a very miserable experience.
Here are a few things we have been doing to help give Elvis and his household a happier life:
- Giving him his own safe space (A safe space is a great thing to have, it allows your dog to escape when things get too much. It also gives him a very comfy place to chill out without annoying his big sister chewi)
- Muzzle training (Elvis can be reactive to other dogs, muzzling him allows the owners to be able to relax abit more. It also helps to keep him and other dogs safe when we start to interact with other dogs)
- Desensitising him to the noise of the door knocker (The door knocker is something that causes Elvis a lot of stress and anxiety which can sometimes push him over his threshold meaning he is already heighten before he leaves the house)
- General obedience and trick training (Teaching Elvis some general obedience and tricks helps with keeping his mind occupied and focused on his owners when needed)
Elvis’s behaviour has started to improve which is absolutely amazing!!!
We are so happy to be apart of Elvis journey and we look forward to seeing him again soon😊
TopNotch Dogs Dorset🐾
