Met with Pearl and her owner again this morning and got a fantastic report on how she did over the past week! Learning to become more confident has been an easier than expected challenge! Today we went on her first big girl walk at Lake Park. We didn’t make her do anything fancy, just wanted her to walk and enjoy herself and encouraged her to stop and sniff! She did well!
Her owner told me that she really struggles getting in the car and if I could get her in the car, it’d be “earth shattering”!
Challenge accepted!!
They will now be walking out and about a bunch so if you see them make sure you say hi!!
Great job today guys! 💜🐶
You’re not just a number to me and my crew. We are invested in your pups the moment they walk through the door and will do everything we can to make sure they succeed!
Mo has been having a hard time lately and his owner has been frustrated. This happens from time to time. We have to remember that we are not perfect and our dogs are not either. Today after the CB class, we took some time to work on not only Mo but his owner as well. We practiced staying calm, slowing down our speed, communicating, and our timing.
Great job today Gigi and Mo!! 💙🐶
“These are the good days!” 🐶🍂🥰
Let’s talk about reactivity!
When I first met Rocky, it was when he and his owners got to level 1 group class. Previously I had spoke with his owners on the phone about him and suggested group class because he was a new rescue for them! When he got to class, he was clearly telling everyone that this was his bubble and to please stay out of it. (I often see this with dogs who are very insecure.) After working him a little bit, we decided he needed some 1:1 work before coming to a group class and we got started the following Monday!
What we quickly learned at his first session:
1. Leash reactive- too much pressure on the leash made him feel like something was wrong and would react! And too many corrections would just flat out piss him off.
2. Not sure about other dogs! Barked until they would turn in the opposite direction.
3. Nervous of people.
Next session we decided to not use the prong collar for corrections and use the e collar instead while on leash! The biggest personal struggle I faced with him was that he barked and barked and barked and I couldn’t even get his attention to redirect him. (Not many know this but when you have a dog that constantly barks, when you yell while they are barking you are essentially just barking with them! 🤦🏼♀️ wait until they take a breath and then recall them to you! Dogs have a really hard time focusing on 2 things at once. If you can shift their focus, you can break lots of bad habits!! 🤩) I decided to use the e collar to help me do this because I was having a hard time redirecting his focus. It took 3 times but after that he was walking past my dog and letting him walk past him and even beside him at the same time! BIG WIN!
Yesterday we decided to do some recall work while using the long line and e collar because a big goal for the owner is for him to be offleash at their home!
We also worked on confidence building BECAUSE a huge percentage of dogs are reactive because they are not confident dogs!! Somethin
Bandit was less than thrilled about his new task when someone knocks on the door! 😂 he’s gotta be thinking, “every time this frickin trainer lady shows up…” 😂😂😂 sorry, not sorry bud!
Pupdate on Ruby!
Week 6!!
When Anne first called about getting some training for Ruby she told me that me that one of her big goals was to be able to have a better vet visit. Last year at this time she was running loose in the middle of 83 after slipping her harness. Ever since then Anne has been traumatized at the idea of something bad happening to Ruby and that’s made her anxiety so much worse and making her yard her only form of socializing . 😞
We’ve been working so hard at leash walking, socializing, and getting in and out of the car so that they can go out and about together! Well ladies and gents we had another great session! What used to take several minutes getting into the car and me lifting her in now took about 2 seconds and she hopped right in and she walked into A-1 Vet Care like a pro! I am so proud of Ruby but can’t even begin to explain how proud I am of Anne for putting a smile on her face and trusting me while working through some of her biggest fears with Ruby!! Can’t wait to see what all the accomplish in group classes!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nova had a fantastic session this morning!!! She’s quite the lunatic when it comes to the door so we worked on desensitizing her to the sound of the knocking and made it part of her new place command! 😀🐾💜
At the end all we had to do was tell her to place and she automatically sat and stayed until rewarded!! 🤩
Great job today!! 💜
Boundary and Long line recall work with Bandit!! Next week we will start e collar training!! 🤩🤩
Remember, your dog trainer was once just a regular dog owner too! With that being said, enjoy a video of us catching Waylon teaching himself to get his own ice cubes 5 years ago! 🤦🏼♀️😳😂
What is something “impressive”😂🤦🏼♀️ your dog has taught themself?!
A little recall work this evening!! 🐶🐾
Meet Mila, my newest 1:1!! 🤩💜
