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@gundogsupply buckle collars - secure and waterproof
@whistlelabs GPS trackers - extra protection in case your pet ever gets lost
@atlaspetcompany leashes - we like the 5’ length and the secure lobster clasp
@hwfeed for slip leads and they also carry lots of great feed, training treats and other pet supplies including the @kongcompany squeaker balls!!
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Spend lots of time teaching your dog how to win — at the level they can do so.
Teach them how to successfully navigate something that challenges them just 1-5% and get lots of reps in before increasing the difficulty of the situation.
When you do increase the difficulty, try to only increase it by 1-5%. Then practice until you and your dog can do that with minimal effort. Repeat.
Stay at each level for weeks or months if you want - there is no rush.
This is simply and absolutely the best way to build your dog’s confidence and trust in you as well as set you both up for long term success! #dreamteam
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One of the most important and helpful things you can teach your dog is how to automatically pause before going through a gate or door. Moose picked this up in just a few minutes and it will become a solid habit over time with consistently walking out every door and gate this way. Notice I am not saying a verbal command. The door opening is the command to wait.
I have clients tell me all the time how this has been a game changer! Their dog checks in with them more and it has prevented many dogs from running out into the street.
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Are you ready to level up your foster game?!Consider stepping up to foster a dog that “needs slow intros.”
Dogs that need slow intros have usually been in a situation where they have met another dog and been overwhelmed. They are usually not dog aggressive. Because of their past experiences, they are defensive and stressed when first meeting new dogs. Here’s where you can help as a foster: Give them consistent experiences where NOTHING BAD HAPPENS.
That’s it. When nothing bad happens, these dogs start to relax. They start to trust you and your direction. They relax around your dog. They relax around other dogs.
How to create this experience and environment? Don’t introduce them to your dog for several days, sometimes weeks. Progress to them going for walks together without interacting. Peaceful coexistence is never overrated! Eventually, these dogs usually warm up quite well to your dog when this protocol is followed. The confidence and trust that they gain is so valuable! At this point, usually over serval weeks, you can branch out and start expanding their world, still setting up situations where they feel advocated for and where nothing bad happens.
It’s not glamorous but it is rewarding! And it is so helpful to building up these dogs. I am always available as a resource if you have any questions. Let’s help more dogs!
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Look at 5 month old Pearl learning to walk on a leash without pulling! Her awesome family has been putting in the homework with her and it shows!! 🤩 These clips are from her first 3 lessons over the past 15 days. From starting in the backyard with her wanting to pull against the leash, to simply marking and reinforcing the moments she followed the leash direction, to now walking in the neighborhood, learning to navigate all the things. Super proud of this pup and her dedicated owners who adopted Pearl through @angelas_ark 🩷 #workequalsresults #youcantrainyourdog
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Shy, under socialized, anxious, nervous, feral dogs are some of my favorites to work with. It is amazing to see their progression and help them learn to be brave!
If you have a dog like this, here are 2 main things to keep in mind:
1. Establish a means of reliable communication in a more familiar environment before trying to navigate new things. This is where basic commands and leash skills can be very helpful when introduced correctly.
2. When you do start navigating new environments with your dog, aim for the tiniest of baby steps towards the end goal! For example, the first few times with your dog in a new place, you may aim to be there for only 1-2 minutes. If your dog is relaxed, then leave! That equals a super successful outing for them and that is money in their confidence bank! The next time, aim to stay just a bit longer.
Short, frequent sessions ending on a good note are the best way to accelerate your dogs confidence.
As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions! #qbk9 #quarterbackk9training
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Here are 3 tips that will help you set your dog up for success this holiday season!
1 - exercise them early in the day to help them be more relaxed the rest of the day! More than a walk, go for a run with them, play fetch, something higher intensity that will give them a great endorphin boost!
2 - if traveling, consider getting them a GPS tracker for safety (love @whistlelabs) and be sure to secure them in your vehicle with a travel crate or travel harness (@kurgo makes a great one).
3 - if people are coming to your place and your dog tends to get excited when people walk in the door, put your dog on a leash and walk outside to meet your guests. Then everyone can walk in calmly together - it really diffuses the excitement and helps set your dog up for success!
As always please let me know if you have any questions and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
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Is your dog ready for: holiday travel ✨family visiting ✨holiday parties ✨cookies ✨other family dogs ✨children ✨tree decorations ✨more family visiting.. 😅
It’s not too late to help your dog be on their best behavior this year like Chubs and Leo!
The QBK9 Holiday Prep Package can help:
2 private lessons at your home customized to your dog’s needs. Various lesson times available including weekends!
+ 2 group calls (without the dogs!) to answer all your questions in between lessons, learn helpful tips, review video and get all the support you need! Calls are Wednesdays at 5:30pm.
DM for more details or to sign up! 15% discount for current and past QBK9 clients.
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Loved being back in one of our favorite places.. missed Callie and Edgar so much but it was beautiful to see Lemon discovering life. 🌊🐾🐬🌸🩷 #hiltonheadisland #seapines #oceanpups #waterdogs
Just a few of the pups we’ve been working with this week plus cameos from Lemon, Durango and our friend Banks! Super proud of the work our clients are putting in with their dogs!
Baby steps plus consistency builds a foundation from which you can do anything.
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Training for real life. In addition to teaching obedience, we regularly set up real life scenarios for you and your dog to practice and build confidence! Super proud of Diggs and his family for all the work they are putting in! @acald11 @becsom119 #quarterbackk9training #qbk9 #charlottedogtraining #charlottedogtrainer #youcantrainyourdog #soproud
How do you get your dog to actually stay on place once you teach it to them? Many people run into this issue - the dog will readily go up on place but once they get the food reward they are out of there! Here I am working with Sadie and her family showing them how to get her to comfortably stay on place longer and eventually just hang out and relax there!
The key is timing and consistency of your marker words and also knowing when to let your dog off of place to reinforce that they are doing the right thing. The split second they offer a bit more progress, as Sadie does at the end of the video, reward to reinforce that behavior and then let them take a break!
They need the break to process what just happened and then when you go to practice again, they will happily pick back up right where you left off. Resist the urge to keep adding more difficulty in one session. Short frequent sessions, always ending when the dog has been successful, are the best way to teach them new things. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions!
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I love helping dogs build their confidence and develop more trust in their humans!
This simple exercise of slowly progressing the length of the tunnel as Smokey goes through it is not only teaching him to eventually navigate the full 20 feet of it.
He is also learning, through repetition, that when his people direct him to do something, nothing bad happens! This is a huge factor in our dogs developing trust in us - especially when we direct them to do something a little challenging.
You can see at the beginning Smokey was super hesitant to simple walk through the tunnel as a hoop. He was getting low to the ground and his body language was unsure. By the end of this mini session, the tunnel was stretched out further (not the full length yet) and ended on a good note when he started getting comfortable with it.
This is also a huge factor — wrap things up for that session when it’s going well! We are all tempted to do one more rep! It’s important to stop when the dog has stretched a bit and is confident. You can do another session later that day and I promise you it will be more productive than if you had pushed and done a long session to start!
By keeping sessions short and successful, our dogs develop solid confidence and also have time inbetween sessions to process what happened.
Super proud of Smokey and his family! @lindy.barcellona @sean_barcellona
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The key ingredient that’s often missing in reactive dog rehab: Practice being successful!
In addition to other components like making sure your dog has a balanced day with regular exercise, implementing everyday moments of leadership and structure at home, knowing how and when to correct and redirect the beginning signs of reactivity, it is so important to get walks in where there is zero hint of reactivity.
These success walks do not have to be long. Frequent success > long struggles. These walks can be 2 minutes long, back and front in front of your place and they count. What you are aiming for is a relaxed dog. By doing these short, frequent successful relaxing walks, your dog will start to relax more and understand that most of their walks are going to be stress free!
On the other hand, if every time you walk your dog struggles with reactivity, it will often make the reactivity worse because they will think that reactivity is a normal part of their walks. They will remain tense and on guard.
Try it and see what happens after 7 days of short stress free walks. It’s important to keep up the rest of the daily routine, including regular exercise like fetch so that your dog can experience a healthy endorphin boost and have a well balanced day.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
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After almost 3 weeks of hanging out, Lemon and Durango decided to play! 💛
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When Lemon first arrived a little over a week ago, she was very afraid of the horses and barked at them! Every day we have gone out 2-3 times and worked on getting her comfortable walking past them.
At first we stayed far away, at the top of the driveway and walked back and forth about 10’ each way. I had her out there maybe 2 minutes. I rewarded her being relaxed with food and I didn’t try to do too much the first few days. Just go out there; she can still see them from a distance but I’m showing her she is safe with me by setting her up for success - not going too close to them too soon. I also ended our practice sessions on a good note, before she got worried. Multiple short positive experiences like this are like money in your relationship bank with your dog, even if they are just a minute or two long at first. I promise you this is the best way to get your dog used to new things!
Each practice session we would walk maybe 10’ closer. I would always let her move away to the other side of me to be further away from them if she wanted. And I would retreat back to get her comfortable and relaxed again if we went too far. Again, always ending each session when she is relaxed and confident. I also kept my energy super even and matter of fact. No over the top baby talk, no smothering soothing, just having an attitude of hey, we can do this!
These last few days she hasn’t minded the horses at all - even when they are closer to the fence! Super proud of her - she is so smart and so much fun to work with!
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Lemon is settling in so well! She is such a sweet dog and very smart. 💛 She is picking up her basic commands quickly and we are spending a lot of time outside playing and walking together. Full hearts here. 💛🍋🐾✨ @billies_buddies @emily.vangarderen
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Does your dog drop the ball far away from you or even refuse to bring it back?! Or do you have to wrestle the ball out of his mouth while he leaps around snapping like a shark?! 🦈 🎾
Here are some easy ways to start training your dog to being the ball back to you and also drop it cleanly when you ask:
1. Play with at least 2 or 3 balls.
2. Throw one ball and then encourage him to come all the way back to you by getting low and opening your arms, even running backwards a few steps.
3. Mark and reinforce your dog coming to you by saying “good boy or good girl!” In your best high pitched puppy voice! You always want them to feel that coming back to you is the most awesome thing!! I use the word “good” as a duration marker, meaning we say it to let the dog know that they’re doing the right thing and to keep doing it!
4. When your dog gets to you, resist the urge to pull the ball from their mouth. Instead, start tossing or squeaking the second ball to make it more interesting than the one they are holding. The split second they drop the ball in their mouth, focusing on the ball you have in your hands, say “yes” and throw them that second ball. “Yes” is a terminal marker meaning the dog has done the whole thing - I will often use it as a milestone marker too when learning a new command meaning the dog had a breakthrough or learned something new! So here we are marking that the dog dropped the ball and we immediately throw the second ball to reward them for dropping it. Super important to say “yes” the split second the dog drops the ball so they understand what you are rewarding.
5. Eventually you can layer in the command “drop it” right before they drop the ball; continue with marking and rewarding. Eventually you will be able to say drop it without having to squeak the second ball.
6. Don’t rush it! Be happy with small steps towards the end goal. Always end your sessions on a good note when the dog has been successful in some way -
Winter training with the ponies! 🤩 The first few clips are of Delight (white saddle pad and black quarter sheet); the following ones are of Fancy pants. 🐎 Just a little reminder to myself and anyone else it might resonate with.. the work we put in every day adds up! Thank you @dana.cooke and @tarragak for all your awesome coaching and support and we continue to work towards our goals! 💙🐎 @kfpequestrian
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Holiday Dog Prep! 3 things that will help your dog be more relaxed this holiday season..
1. Exercise them early in the day. This needs to be more than a walk - go for a run with them or play fetch - the higher intensity gives them a healthy endorphin boost that will help them be more relaxed the rest of the day.
2. Crate them if you can’t supervise them. Especially when people are coming in and out of the door or when everyone is eating dinner. This helps to minimize them running out the door, jumping on grandma or eating turkey off the counter, etc..
3. Advocate for their space! This is a big one. Pay attention to their body language and do not let people pet them or get in their face if your dog is uncomfortable. If you can successfully do this, your dog’s trust in you and their confidence in new situations will absolutely be strengthened.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions! Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!! ❄️🌲🐾❤️✨
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