Lol this cover photo is not indicative of how happy these boys were hahaha
Round Peg, Square Hole - listen to the dog. What are they telling you?
GROUP CLASS NASHVILLE SUNDAY MORNING 10 AM
Attention all Nashville clients and surrounding areas! We are doing a $19 group class at the Parthenon in Nashville Sunday morning at 10 AM.
Anyone who has finished an immersion program or been through. Private lessons is welcome! It’s going to be an absolute blast and we will be hosting none other than Vinnie Somme from Say It Once Dog Training in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania!
@asbolnick @jonjulian1655 @jennyfedick @jennaefolk @cfomarie @marita.earle @sagarpat13 @luckshmicharms @courtney.b.g @courtney.cochran @larrygast @megatronrhino @lexie.koziel @anie.hall @mirandagraham27 @replenish.her @xjhaley @rarerescue @a.freedom.journey @littlebutterfly_tay @pearl.the.golden.girl @eahf5 @emma_sandall @kaiti.monroe @kinzi.top @zaydaortiz @liza1589 @patricia_raposofox #dogtraining #groupclass #nashvilletn #nashvilleparthenon #centennialpark #centennialparknashville
https://www.sayitoncedogtraining.com/nashvillesayitoncedogtraining.html
Just wanted to brag on Troy & Kelley for making training a priority, taking ownership by not delegating all training to the trainer or their kids, and for taking every piece of advice seriously.
Whiskey is an Aussie doodle. He has the genes of ancient bulletproof herding dogs that can take anything…mixed with one of the most vigorous, tenacious, enduring hunting breeds - the poodle.
There are a lot of these -oodles going around. I’m not sure that breeders are 100% prepared for what they’re creating, but this one has all the genes 🧬 and his parents are making training the center of his world.
When you orient a dog toward training instead of unearned freedom and codependency, this is what you get - a dog that is happy to offer all the things and love doing it!
These are the 7 milestones that I am looking for puppies to achieve to move on to intermediate / off leash:
🐩 7 PUPPY MILESTONES 🐶
1. Off Leash Recall, Name Recognition
2. Doorway Control
3. Potty/Crate/House Trained
4. Language of Play, Socialization
5. Positional Obedience
6. On Leash Excellence
7. General Manners
Ps, if you haven’t noticed, I like the number 7. If you can teach all these things by 7 months, you will be an a very unique position to set yourself up for excellent obedience and behavior for a lifetime. BUY A LONG LEAD! They’re literally $8 on Amazon.
#doodle #aussiedoodle #doodlesofinstagram #puppytraining #puppiesofinstag ram
Important, potentially lifesaving, blog post coming soon! I’ll post the link in stories.
If you have nothing else to do today and want to start working to speak dog, start with markers. Yes means release to handler. Break means release from handler away. Good means keep doing what you’re doing. Several videos on our YouTube and Instagram channels on how to program these Bindi with @rarerescue has excellent recall, just on the marker. #heelermix #heelersofinstagram #rescuedogsofinstagram #adoptdontshop #recallpractice
⚡️SAY WHAT?! DOG PARKS💥
There’s an issue with dog parks. They’re always going to be imperfect because you have two species of falable animals - humans and canines.
I’ve seen it done right, and I’ve seen it become an absolute disaster. There was one year where two dogs got killed within a two week period, in the same county.
In fact, every single time that I went, someone would make a mistake, misread a situation, misinterpret some body language, etc, with horrific results.
If you are not willing to train, supervise, and read your dog correctly, avoid them. It is not a place for socialization but for exposure. Not every dog is meant for another, just like you cannot artificially force people together.
That said, it’s one of Mila’s favorite places, and if our county implemented a members only dog park where everyone kept vaccinations on file and abided properly by the rules, I’d be down to try it at least.
#dogparks #dogsofinstagram #exposure #socialization #joerogan #podcast
💧 GOOD GREIF - THE RAIN! ☔️
Here are four things that you can do in a torrential downpour! #dogtraining #raindropskeepfallingonmyhead #singingintherain #rain #dogtraining101 #weekendvibes
This is several months worth of consistency and a few days worth of catch up practice coming together. Betsy and Adonis have been so amazing to work with. A couple sessions more to maximize engagement and build trust, and they’ll be ready for off leash adventures when and where it’s safe!
#rescuedogsofinstagram #adoptdontshop #offleashtraining #dogtraining #columbiatn #dogsoflowes @loweshomeimprovement @dogtraofficial @sprengerusa_canine @foamdogballs @viperk9
❓Ignore it OR Correct it ⁉️
I have heard trainers (with zero experience actually training dogs) say that you should just ignore bad behaviors, and they would go away.
Now, don’t get me wrong…maybe if the behavior is not reinforcing in and of itself, it will die on its own. If this is possible, it takes a long long time. And there are many ways that we inadvertently reinforce behaviors that may have gone away on their own.
As some of you know, I have been really digging deep over the past six months to get to the clear truth of things.
It does matter why behavior is happening. It does matter if it’s just the symptom. We need to figure out where the lack is. Where the void is. It does. And we need to fill that hole with training.
What is training? It is building behaviors thru motivation. The building that I wanted to do in this moment was giving Mali time to calm on her own. I ignored her when she was whiny and jumping on me, and I gave her a marker and some calming pets when she was seated, quiet, and giving nice eye contact.
It takes time, but it doesn’t have to take forever. Today we are such an impatient society. Everyone wants a fix or a solution. They don’t want to trust and follow a program.
So it’s my job as a dog trainer to paint the picture and to show results early on, make a game plan, and to give them a mental picture of what they’ll see and experience along the way.
#separationanxiety #dogtraining #diy #germanshepherd #belgianmalinois #rescuedog
