Mr Gomez is fun to work with, working on the basic and foundation that will lead to life time of enjoyment with his family.
Winston’s field trip to Lowes.
Working on long down stays with all our board & trains is an important part of our regiment. Learned this long ago from @vanessk9 for my working dog and use it all the time for our pet client. Max is doing wonderful 30 min in.
From @vanessk9 earlier: “The power of doing nothing. Many of you k9 guys out there are struggling more than you even know. Your dogs never settle in the car or pace in the kennel when not at work. Long periods of down stay on a dog bed can clear up so many mental issues with your dog. Working dogs are good at doing a lot of things but they suck at doing nothing. So on your off time don’t think you need to “burn off” his energy with fetch non stop. Instead making him lay in a down for hours doing nothing. He will learn to self regulate. We call place the “behavior savior.” Remember guys; dogs are like men. Feed us and tell us where to be and it’s a great life.”
Tonight we worked Max and Winston together on down stays/place with a lot of distractions. Both boys did phenomenal.
One request that Winston’s parents asked was that we work on brushing with with all that fur, he didn’t liked to be pampered much. We as you can see he got over that and enjoys it.
Winston is doing awesome. After 2 days we are working on no leash. Max is in background as a distraction with no worries from Winston. This foundation will lead to the recall for Winston’s owners.
Feeding time is a time for Charlie to work. High drive dogs love to work and can be fun and simple. You can see how much fun Charlie is having. Take the littlest things and and turn it into an opportunity to train your fur baby.
Charlie is able to go for walks completely off lead with eCollar recall only. It’s amazing to see this little guy gain confidence while still having the ability to communicate with him at a distance.
Did we just become best friends? Ozzie went home last night but was a tremendous help with Charlie who had little to no socialization and low confidence. The importance to socialization cannot be underestimated.
Who just became best friends?
Ozzie and Charlie, did we just become best friends?
Charlie is picking up quickly with basic healing and sit with little to no leash pressure. Feeding time is work time, dogs learn much better if they know they have to work.
