Proof that positive reinforcement training WORKS !
Day 2 leash walking with Sam during his board and train at Silver Trails. We went from pulling me all over the place (yesterday) to minimal leash tension today. Good leash skills lead to a happier pup AND an stress-free owner! 🐾 Good boy Sam! #boardandtrain #dogtrainingtips
Board & Train with Sam at @silver.trails.kennel ! 🐾
Sam is 8 years young and is working on some leash walking, focus and energy control around distractions, some confidence boosting, and some basic behavior training over the next few days.
Today’s training we focused entirely on leash-walking and eliminating that pulling you’ll see in the first clip here.
Sam did wonderfully even without being entirely treat motivated. By the end of our training he was walking very nicely and keeping that leash slack. Good job Sam!
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Struggling with leaving your pup home alone and need to utilize the crate? Let’s chat. 🩶
Cookies Board & Train Single Session 🍪
Sometimes one or two days of training is all it takes! Leashwalking is the number one thing clients reach out for help with, book a session today!
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Working on leash-walking and energy control with puppies is SO important! Loved working with this smart little doodle today. She and her mom work so great together🐾🐾🐾
Nikki’s Day Board & Train at Silver Trails Animal Inn
This girl is showing huge improvements - she is so happy and wiggly, and so fun to train!
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Impulse controll!
So so important- and so fun to work on!
Miss Bella is back to work on some more obedience - Look at that recall!!
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What a good morning for some search & rescue work with my human remains detection dog.
Motley and I haven’t worked in over a year due to the birth of my daughter so I was very happy with todays session. It felt great to get out there and have some fun with him! My good boy. 🖤
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Impulse Control, let’s talk about it.
You’re in your kitchen reaching for a bottle of Advil. The bottle drops and pills fall all over your kitchen floor. Your dogs rush into the kitchen because well… you’re in the kitchen and something fell. Usually when this happens it’s something delicious so they try to slurp of every pill they can find thinking it’s a tasty treat. Now you’re headed to an emergency vet because your pup just inhaled an entire bottle of Advil.
Let’s rewind, you’re reaching for a bottle of Advil and the bottle drops and spills all over the floor. Your dogs come rushing in and before they can get to the medicine all over the floor you shout “wait”. Your dogs immediately freeze in their tracks and lie down, while you pick up the spilled medicine. You then use your release word and they come running over to you for a (safe) treat.
Teaching your pups impulse control can save their lives. Whether they’re running for a busy road, spilled medicine, or any dangerous situation.
How can you teach your dogs impulse control? It’s simple. Play with them!
In this video from a few years ago, I was teaching my Chocolate Lab, Moose, impulse control. It started simply by making him wait his turn during a game of Fetch. Take a look!
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