Happi Dawgs Professional Dog Training and Behavior Consulting

08/27/2024

Bodhi, the Ridgeback, and Remi, the doodle, are our newest graduates 🥰🐕🎓❤️🐾

08/27/2024

Doodle Izzy and terrier Sherlock graduate!!🐶🐾🎓❤️

07/16/2024

Newest Graduates!!❤️🐾🎓

Great work, especially since the month of July was so darn hot. 🐾

06/11/2024

Monday's graduates 🎓🐾❤️

There is nothing more rewarding than celebrating improved relationships and the positive behavior advances of both human and dog. The changes are fantastic especially when you reflect back from the first day of class. Celebrating the successes and the improvements is so rewarding. Many times we lose track of how far we've come because in our minds we always want to be farther.
Great job everyone, 🐾🐾❤️❤️

06/04/2024

Earl and Black lab, Luna, graduated last night 🎓❤️

Just love the commitment, dedication and time that Earl's and Luna's parents put into raising a well-behaved pup. 🐾❤️

05/23/2024

Mr. Maverick Graduated Tuesday 🎓❤️🐾

05/14/2024

Nothing better than fun exercises like tug, fetch, squeaky toy fetch or anything that really invigorates your dog and helps your dog have fun after a nice training session! 🐾🐕

Maverick did amazing in Happi Dawgs 2, intermediate class today.

He worked on wait, leave it, walking nicely on his leash and come when called 🐶

He deserved a break with this fun big squeaky bone. 😄

Training should be fun for both you and your dog.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/09/2024

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DOG MOM'S!!

For the month of May, utilize the coupon code HAPPI20 for any private lesson or group class

05/09/2024

Cruelty to animals must stop!

Another dog trainer has stepped up to make a difference.

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05/08/2024

So proud of Dakota and her dad.

Dakota is very fearful pup. Specially with people.

She does better when her brother Duke is with her.

Her dad's been coming for lessons for a few weeks and she can now do a Sit Stay and down stay.

We open the door to the closet so she can't see all the action in the store.

Just love seeing her look at her dad and trust him and settle down.

Building that relationship and that confidence is so important.

Both Dakota and her dad worked very hard. 🐾❤️

05/08/2024

Great sit and down stays! Just love how Bo, the havanese, and Guinness, the boxer, gaze at their humans 🐾❤️🐕

05/08/2024

Bo and Guinness worked hard with their moms for 4 weeks and graduated today!🎓❤️🐾

05/07/2024

Cooking in the kitchen and you would like your dogs (and cat) to respect your space and not be underfoot?

Private lessons or group classes can give you the tools to have a nice, calm and happy household.

Sign up for a May class or private lesson!

05/06/2024

Start your puppy off on the right paw! 🐾

Puppies are most receptive to learning and forming habits prior to 16 weeks of age.

The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior AND the American Veterinary Medical Association support early puppy socialization.

While veterinarians are appropriately concerned about infectious disease in young puppies, the fact is that behavioral issues—not infectious diseases—are the number one cause of death for dogs under 3 years of age, according to the AVSAB.

Join Happi Dawgs Puppy Playtime Class on Mondays at 11:00 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. and get your puppy the safe socialization and training it needs.

Register for class at www.happidawgs.com

05/02/2024

Fun exercises with Foster dog Hank!❤️🐶😄

Hank is looking for his forever home.

If you or someone you know is looking for an extremely athletic, smart, energetic, and fun dog, Hank is your dog!

Hank is bulldog and rottweiler with a little bit of border collie. He has strong tendencies of all those three breeds. So I'm recommending an experienced dog person only.

Contact me and make an arrangement to meet Hank! 🐾❤️


Hank's Story:

These exercises were done near his crate and then in his crate, always ending up on a positive.

You can see how enthusiastic and confident Hank has become.

It has been a long journey which has included a lot of patience.

It's so important to realize you need to train for the dog's ability and their mental state. Build their confidence and trust.

In my over 25 years of dog training, Hank has been the longest Foster and the most difficult and interesting one. And I fostered a lot of aggressive and difficult dogs over the years.

His issue wasn't only about training but he was showing some signs of PTSD especially at night time around his crate and if there was a bone in his crate. It has taken a while to figure out all of this triggers and then to do exercises prior to him being triggered to build his confidence and a new set of skills.

I had Hank for a couple months last year. As a puppy but only 14 weeks he had shown resource guarding and had scared the young children in his first home.

The family was afraid of him so I fostered him and trained him not to be possessive of his toys, have some good manners, walk nice on leash and I found him a new home.

7 weeks later he came back to me a fearful and extremely aggressive dog. Especially at night. Behaviors he didn't have when he was adopted.

Much of the training that I had done with him prior was ineffective in his aggression toward his crate and his toys and bones when he was returned.

It was shocking to me because he was so darn awesome at those exercises and had great behavior prior.

I couldn't get locked into that training anymore because obviously it wasn't working.

So I started doing completely different exercises that he had never done before.

One was introducing the shake.

I knew that wasn't a trained exercise that he knew or had done I also did a lot of clicker training with him. So we got started on teaching shake and giving him a click every time he was calm near his crate.

And when I first started doing that exercise you could see the fear start to subside.

So we practiced the shake thousands of times in different locations and then started doing it inside his crate.

I also did thousands of repetitions of clicker training of him being calm and checking in with me while he sat outside the crate, then inside the crate and then when I was touching the crate door. That was a huge trigger for him

He was in his crate, and he was in his scared state or he had a valuable toy or bone in the crate with him, and you touched the door he would go berserk and go after your hand.

Inside his crate at night was when he was the worst.

And sure enough, we've done the shake exercise and the counter conditioning clicker exercises so many times, he feels secure about it, and not only offers the shake in his crate but he also is much more calm.

It's fun, that at this point in his life, even if he's scared, in his crate and growls I can have him do a shake and he settles down and feels safe. And you can see the fear pop out of his face.

One of the greatest tips that I can give any person for dog training is to remember your dog is learning from you 24/7.

Be consistent the entire day.

Make observations of your dog. Notice when their bodies get tense, notice when they get too excited, notice when their eyes start to dilate. When this happens they are telling you a story with their body. And you want to pay attention and come up with exercises that help them not to get to the state.

You don't want to train in those moments. You really want to train your dog when they're in a calm state, get successes and then add distractions. Get successful at that level and then keep increasing the intensity of the exercise that will bring the distraction or trigger. But only baby steps at a time!

Your dog will show you with their body and their performance if you're in the right zone of training.

Utilize their meal times as training times instead of just having them do one thing and giving them a whole bowl of food.

Hank has never gotten a bowl of food on the ground, it's all been from my hand and it's all for some form of exercise.

This is building not only his skills but also our bond. 20 little exercises each meal time, is not uncommon for me and Hank.

And you can tell from this video not only does it go by fast but it's fun.

When you start adding those meal time exercises to the exercises you are already doing, through the day, you start to get into the numbers that you need to really have excellent results.

Simple math, if you're feeding your dog 10 little kibbles or 10 teaspoons or 10 handfuls each meal and you feed your dog twice a day you are getting 20 extra exercises a day which equates to 140 a week.

That's way more than having your dog sit stay for a bowl of food and give it to them. Even though they're doing great on their Sit Stay you're not getting enough repetitions in.

04/30/2024

Happy DJ this morning!
His vet increase his phenobarbital, and prednisone this weekend, which has helped his poor swollen brain calm down a little bit.

The last 2 days, he has got up in the morning and played with his favorite squeaky ball in the world without having a seizure. ❤️🐾🐶

Cherishing the happy moments!🙏

04/30/2024

A fun promotion that has some great prizes. Check it out! 🐾🐶

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04/25/2024

This morning's first visitor ❤️

This AI bird feeder is so fun! Just seeing all the little friends who come by every day.

04/17/2024

Happi Dawgs 2, Monday Graduates!! 🎓🐾🥰
Building confidence and a great relationship with their pups. I just love to see all the dedication and improvement.🐾💕

04/17/2024

Way to go Izzy and Benny!!Great Loose Leash walking, wonderful sit stays and down stays.
Very proud of how hard you have practiced. Magnificent improvement.😄🎓🐾

04/17/2024

Cute, little, Izzy, and Handsome Benny, celebrate all their hard work by graduating today!!🎓❤️🐾

04/12/2024

Group classes starting next week! 🐾🐕😀

Learn how to teach your dog to have a nice attention walk in Happi Dawgs 1-basic obedience class or private lessons.

Private lessons will be for the dog that is reactive to other dogs or people on their leash. Or for people who just prefer a private setting.

The Happi Dawgs 1 class is set for more basic dog training not behavioral modification.

Classes are on Mondays or Tuesdays at pet food Express in Roseville.

In a group setting, it's too hard for reactive dogs to be able to learn how to connect with their person and learn the strategies to become non-reactive on their leashes.

Go to www.happidawgs.com to find out more information on our group classes and our private lessons.

04/11/2024

National pet Day!!!❤️❤️🐾🐾

04/09/2024

Adorable photos of Maverick with his graduation hat on 🐾❤️🎓

04/09/2024

Maverick Graduated today❤️🐾🎓

03/13/2024

This week's graduates 🐾🐾🥰🥰🎓🎓

From first class to last class the improvement was amazing. So proud of everybody working on building such a great relationship with their dogs. ❤️

03/13/2024

Look at these cutest little graduation photos 🎓🐶❤️