Give a Sit Dog Training

11/03/2024

Let’s hear it for Bear, congratulations on graduating Give a Sit’s Puppy Prep 👏👏👏! I’m beyond proud. You and your family are the reason I love being a dog trainer. A story of a dog abandoned in a box, now with a family full of love and lots of patience. You picked up on cues so fast and have play drive for days. Bravo Bear!

10/31/2024

My 90s themed Halloween Doggo Photoshoot 🤣

10/29/2024

Saving for myself to read later. I would love to hear your feedback as well.

A study led by a canine scientist at Nottingham Trent University looked at the potential impact of pulling on the lead and the related pressure on the neck, using a variety of of collar-types and styles.

10/28/2024

Gosh I never thought about what the shock fence collars do when the dog tries to return. Just awful! A string of events that lead to this dog almost dying.

This is one of the reasons why we do not like invisible fences for our adoptions:

This little guy got out of his invisible fence...no doubt chasing a squirrel that was outside the boundary. He managed to fight off the coyotes that tried to kill him.
The shock collar around his neck had prevented his return to his home and yard, so he went back into the woods to lay down to die. His owner was determined to find him. When he was found he was pretty torn up with a temp of 94°F.
Invisible fencing is Not going to keep animals, or other threats out of your yard.
If your dog runs through the barrier in pursuit of a critter, he's going to get corrected by that collar if he tries to get back home.... Please reconsider invisible fencing. People may say that they have been using them for years without issue.
However, it only takes once

10/21/2024

.a_ranchandrescue a local rescue near where I work has a mama dog and her 3 puppies up for adoption now. Mama is a beautiful golden pitbull, house trained and knows some cues already, is looking for her forever home. The puppies available are 11 weeks old, two females and one male. Please ether reach out to the rescue or myself if you are interested in rescuing one of these amazing dogs.

10/15/2024

Wanted to share a success story. A client of mine, who had a dog who was getting into fights with the other two household dogs.

Why? Resource guarding his own space after being picked on. Resource guarding while he was getting attention from a human and another dog came into his space. Past experience of the dogs taking his toys away and his sleeping spots away.

Solution:
-Giving the dog his own room while the pet parents were done. In that room he had his own toys. He could practice chewing with out the toy being taken by another dog. He could also get good sleep where the other dogs couldn’t get into his bed or disturb him.
-Situational awareness and observing body language so the pet parents could use environmental management to prevent a fight in the first place.
-Walks with the dogs together so they could enjoy an activity together without the pressure of resources.

10/15/2024

Lucy’s first one on one BAT session with heavy use of engage disengage DOGS ONLY (we have done a ton of work CC to humans). Her mom has had some training as well, so she’s in good hands having both mom give her these opportunities and her trainer 😊

10/06/2024

Holy cow! We did it guys! 1k followers and hitting it on my birthday of all days! What a honor and gift to have 1k watching my content! Thank you thank you soooooo much! I promise to keep putting out sciences based, canine educational content to continue nurturing viewers love of learning, advocating for humane training methods and help dog guardians through all stages of life and behaviors!

10/06/2024

The best gifts in life is watching my dogs be happy. Thank you Olive and Bandit for this birthday gift of pure joy!

10/06/2024

It’s my birthday and I’m 6 follows away from 1k followers! Anyone want to give the birthday gift of a follow? You won’t regret it, I share all kinds of interesting and valuable dog content.

10/04/2024

Let’s help the UK avoid this shock jock holding classes across the pond. A simple sign, I think we only need 20 more signatures. 😃

Deny Entry to the UK for Ivan Balabanov due to Animal Cruelty Practices

10/04/2024

My mentor put together an amazing recap of the APDT 2024 conference. Give it a watch, so many PAWsome things happened.

10/03/2024

Let’s hear it for Aksel for graduating Give a Sit’s Puppy Prep! What a confident and adventurous pup you are. Your pet parents made sure to set you up to enjoy life at its finest… and funniest. With many camping trips, social outings and lots of best friends, your life is off to a fantastic start.

10/02/2024

Adolescence Fact: often an increase in approaching behavior combined with a decrease of avoidance behavior.

This can get your dog in trouble.
Video coming soon!

09/20/2024

It’s not every day you meet someone with the same name when your name is Elle, let alone another certified professional dog trainer! 😃😮 It was soooooo awesome to meet you Elle at the APDT 2024 dog training conference. What an absolute blast it was!

09/20/2024

Thank you FitPaws, my oldest and youngest are both enjoying the benefits of the Balance Disk. It’s was so nice to meet you at the 2024 APDT Conference. I never thought to use it for building muscle strength around joints for my older dogs whom have arthritis.