Dog Training Singapore

28/07/2024

06/07/2024

This is SO easy.✅
Some people find the concept difficult as it seems too easy. So what is this super duper easy peasy trick to a calm dog ?🤔
Reward the calm.
Reward often and reward the "nothing".
So why on earth would you want to reward "nothing" ?
Because that is exactly how you will have a dog that shows you calm behaviour.
Behaviour that is rewarded IS repeated.

Make sure they ARE actually calm though and not "bursting out of their skin excited"....which dogs certainly can be and their bodies can be still but they are about to explode with energy at any second.
Don't equate stillness with calmness.
You can have a dog moving and being calm. Reward that too !

Carry rewards on you and capture that calm...often.
In a week or two (or even in a day or two for some) watch what happens !

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01/07/2024

Some easy things you can add in now with your reactive dog.✅ Changing a dogs emotions takes time and effort. There are lots of steps (and EASY steps) you can take to help your dog with how they view triggers. ✅
If you have a reactive dog, I know just how much effort you are already putting in.✅ There may be something in this graphic which you may have never thought about.
It can be a frustrating process, stressful and sometimes a slow process too, but when you first see those improvements it is a great feeling.
A feeling of "WOW, I CAN actually do this"...and you can ! ✅
When your dog starts to understand too....that is another reason to celebrate.

There are tough day ahead too though, and that is absolutely OK.
Nothing is perfect.
Something that isn't talked about much with reactive dogs is how our own emotional state can either help or hinder a dogs progress.
Our clients are encouraged to breathe, relax, and drop those shoulders when doing this work and it helps enormously.
After 3 deep slow breaths their dogs own stress level has reduced.
Dogs sense our emotions.
They can sense how stressed we are....and walking a reactive dog can be stressful.

Breathe....Relax and trust that you CAN do this.✅

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22/05/2024

19/05/2024

This is one exercise of leave. Archie, 4mths old, learns to leave and not take it without permission. This is very important as we do not want Archie to pick up items and also eventually not to chase after birds, cats etc

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17/05/2024

Forest learns to sit to get what he wants. He used to jump to gain attention, to get food etc. Now he learns that sitting is more rewarding.

10/09/2023

Join our dog agility tryout session !!

Great for:
1) dogs with lots of energy
2) timid dogs to build confidence
3) fun activity for your dog to build bonding with you

Special rates for 23 sept only.

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Register at:
https://www.supernova.com.sg/courses/agility-progressive/

12/08/2023

4 seats left for August intake. Need help in training your puppy? Leave the training to us and you reinforce at home.

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https://www.supernova.com.sg/services/train4me/

25/06/2023

Upcoming Good Canine Citizen class Venues / Dates: 1) Siglap — Sat 11am 2) Bishan — Sun 6 Aug 10am 3) West Coast Drive — Sun 6 Aug 12noon 8 weekly 1hr sessions * also for Project Adore ( special rate ) Register at: Scroll down n click on sign up now https://www.supernova.com.sg/courses/dog-obedience-training/good-canine-citizen/

20/06/2023

SINGAPORE: Every few hours while overseas, Mrs Chan would look at her home’s internet surveillance camera to check on her beloved “furkid” Coco Bean - only to find the brown bundle of fur waiting by the main door. It was a hard sight to bear, and she could not stop thinking about her pet t

04/04/2023

Using meal time to train is ok but Never starving the dog to deprive of his basic needs in the name of training. That’s cruelty NOT trainings.

TW: Mentions of aversive and abusive “training”.

There is NEVER a situation or a behavioural issue where starvation, or the withholding of any basic need for that matter, should be part of the plan.

Starving a dog with the idea that it will build “food motivation / drive” is never ok.

Starving a dog to coerce them into doing what we want is never ok.

Starving a dog to make them “less picky” about food is never ok.

Starving a dog to punish them is never ok.

Even if we have a dog in our care that may perhaps be too fearful to eat their meal, we can try different ways of making food more appetising to them like mixing in some cooked meats, or we can try to help them feel safe eating by giving them space and ensure the environment they’re in is comfortable. We should also consider whether they are in pain or discomfort, making eating uncomfortable. Withholding food to make a dog so hungry that they have no choice but to eat in an uncomfortable, scary environment is never ok.

If you’ve ever had someone try to convince you that starving a dog, just put yourself in a dog’s shoes for a moment and think how you might feel not getting food or other basic needs met, while bearing in mind that a dog will not ever be able to understand the reason why food has been withheld from them.

Starvation makes learning hard. Even being quite hungry makes remembering things more difficult and creates so much frustration. So along with how abusive it is, it isn’t even effective and teaches a dog absolutely nothing.

If you’ve ever had a “dog trainer” try to tell you that starvation is part of the process or that you need hunger to build motivation, know that this isn’t true, and please run as fast as you can in the other direction.

Our dogs deserve to have their basic needs met and they deserve to feel safe and at peace while they eat.

For a paper about how dogs perform better with a memory task after they’ve eaten compared to when they are more hungry, see: Miller, H. C., & Bender, C. (2012). The breakfast effect: Dogs (Canis familiaris) search more accurately when they are less hungry. Behavioural Processes, 91(3), 313–317. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2012.09.012


ID: The text says “It shouldn’t need to be said, but starvation is not training”. The word “not” is circled in dark red. Under this is a cropped out photo of a white dog with brown patches on their head eating from a transparent bowl on a blue stand. The text under this says “Let dogs eat in peace!”

07/03/2023

Still can’t decide whether to register for our Train4me program?

Here’s a short feedback from our current intake. With both trainers and owner’s effort, puppy’s behaviour is improving day after day.

We train the basic for you and you just need to reinforce the trainings at home.

DM us or WhatsApp 82686489 for more details on Train4Me.

Last 3 seats available for March intake

Still can’t decide whether to register for our Train4me program?

Here’s a short feedback from our current intake. With both trainers and owner’s effort, puppy’s behaviour is improving day after day.

We train the basic for you and you just need to reinforce the trainings at home.

DM us or WhatsApp 82686489 for more details on Train4Me.

Last 3 seats available for March intake

28/02/2023

Train4Me March Intake — 3 seats left