Aunty Sues Dog Walking

19/02/2025

19/02/2025

Pretty special moment today... we have been waiting patiently for this young chap to find his feet in his forever home.. now we are super happy to get started on somemore traveling. Out and about socilising safely with others.
Super cool dude... welcome Jake your so awesome.! 🙏🏻

30/01/2025

Thanks team good idea double check your vaccinations everyone!

VACCINATION REMINDER 💉🐾

DOGS DAY OUT GIZZY Fam, Its that time again to check your records! make sure your puppets are up-to-date with ALL their vaccinations.. Make sure Flea & worm 🪱 treatments are also up-to-date.

✅️ Vanguard plus5 (Parvo)
✅️ Leptoguard
✅️ Nobivac (Kennel Cough)

PLEASE check in with your vets if you are unsure and don't forget to message us your records 😀

Your Dogs Day Out Gizzy Team 😎

29/01/2025

This girl just loves the water!

19/11/2024

19/11/2024

TUESDAY catchup with Bentley!

03/10/2024

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01/10/2024

Yes, dogs can help train each other! Did you know that you can use a calm, confident and well-behaved dog to help train your own dog? It’s called social facilitation and is brilliant for training puppies as well as treating older dogs with behavioural challenges!

01/10/2024

I will be CLOSED Monday 28th of October, Monday packs out on Friday 1st November instead. Have an awesome long weekend!

Monday 2nd December CLOSED 6th December reschedule date.

CLOSED 25TH December to 14th January 2025

29/09/2024

You’re at the beach or the dog park, and your dog is meeting and playing happily off lead with other dogs…but when you’re walking them on lead, suddenly they have a tendency to get fierce. Frustrating, but surprisingly common!

So why is your dog only reactive on lead?! 🦮😫

It can stem from a variety of factors, here are a few possible contributors:

1️⃣ Hinders a natural greeting: The “doggy handshake” is when each dog sniff’s the others groin and behind, this the natural way for dogs to greet in a sociable manner, and there are appeasing pheromones in this area which help the interaction go smoothly. When dogs meet on lead, they tend to be brought into the interaction face to face rather than bottom to face, which can increase reactive responses. This forces them into a more dominant gesture.

2️⃣ Impacts Communication: Dogs primarily use body language and subtle cues to communicate with each other. When they're on a leash, their ability to engage in natural communication is limited, which can lead to frustration and reactive responses.

3️⃣ Creates vulnerability: Being on a lead can make a dog feel vulnerable, as they understand they are contained and unable to escape or properly defend themselves should the need arise. They respond to this perceived potential threat by using “offence as the best defence”.

4️⃣Protective instincts: Some dogs have a strong protective instinct towards their owners or territory. When they're on a leash, they might feel the need to defend their space or their humans, leading to reactive behaviours.

5️⃣Traumatic incident: If your dog was attacked by another dog while on lead, this can heavily contribute to future reactivity in this context.

However, your dog can be taught to relax when meeting other dogs on lead! And if they’re otherwise sociable, that certainly makes the job easier. It is a matter of coordinating positive meet and greets with other dogs while on lead, in a controlled way, using positive reinforcement to shape the responses you want to see.

We cover this training in our Virtual Training Schools. In particular look at the dog meet and greet videos, you will be watching me work with a similar dog with this issue as I transform it - and you can follow along and do that too.

Check out our website if you’re keen to help your dog feel more relaxed in this scenario!

🔗https://www.dogzen.com/virtual-courses