Bracken’s recall skills
Bracken showing off his recall skills coming away from 🐄 💩 practice and patience are the key to perfecting a good recall! Also notice how at the beginning I reward his check in 👀 This is not something I have trained but rather something I have encouraged through rewarding every check in. Check ins are really beneficial as they encourage engagement and also encourage the dog to stick to a safe distance 🐾
Bracken doing some super walking! Chicken is the way forward!🍗
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Habituation to roads and loud noises
Here we have 16 week old cocker spaniel Bracken. We are working on getting him used to being near busy roads and the loud sounds. This is important to avoid any future car chasing or fear near the road.
We started off at a further distance and then gradually made our way closer. It’s important to watch your dog’s body language when you are doing this to make sure that you are not moving forward too fast and causing any fear.
As you can see Bracken is calm and is focused on me. I reward him and when he looks away and looks back I reward again.
