Pawsitive Influence Dog Training

Fear-reactivity can look like a lot of things. 🐾 Excessive barking 🐾 Difficulty settling down 🐾 Velcro-dog behavior 🐾 Separation anxiety 🐾 Destructive behavior 🐾 Hiding, skittish behavior 🐾 Resource guarding Helping a reactive dog become a calm dog is possible! It starts with examining YOUR behavior, and learning how your influence keeps your pup in over-stimulated state, instead of a calm state. 🐶 Do you have a puppy or adolescent dog? 🐶 Are you trying your best to give them a great life, but you’re encountering some struggles? Please consider registering for our puppy class! Classes start this Saturday, June 8th. And we’ll help you get started on your journey to build a calm dog that can make great choices. Link for more information: https://form.jotform.com/230030579816152 Giving your dog space to learn how to interface with new things is essential as a calm, confident and consistent pack leader. Oberon used to be *offensively* reactive to most new things in his environment. It took time and consistent leadership for him to learn how to trust that his human would handle things and lead their pack. If this looks like something you’re missing in your pack, reach out to us. We’d love to see if we’re a good fit to help! ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Building a calm dog starts with managing the high-value resources in your household. This is a long video, filled with boring stuff 😅 But we say this all the time: shaping behavior looks boring, folks. 🙌 🐶 Do you have a puppy or adolescent dog? 🐶 Are you trying your best to give them a great life, but you’re encountering some struggles? Please consider registering for our puppy class! Classes start this Saturday, June 8th. And we’ll help you get started on your journey to build a calm dog that can make great choices. Link for more information: https://form.jotform.com/230030579816152 Food and feeding times are an important resource to manage as a calm, confident and consistent pack leader. Two of the pups in this pack (Dresden and Roxie) came from a free-feeding background. Although the transition from free-feeding had a few moments of struggle, both dogs now love the cadence and reliability of pack meal times. If this looks like something you’re missing in your pack, reach out to us. We’d love to see if we’re a good fit to help your pack! ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Semi-structured two-stick fetch and recall building. Hey folks! Our intermediate and advanced puppy classes have been working on recall this week, and the question came up, “What should I do if my puppy wants to zoom around in the yard and not come back to me?”. This week Christina’s pack had their first-ever interaction with a woodpecker in the yard. SUPER high value distraction. Very difficult to recall off of a woodpecker attacking your favorite tree. Sigrun, especially, thought the woodpecker was WAY more interesting than her human. Here’s what we do: Practice. Then practice some more. Practice when pups are calm, especially. If you wait to practice recall when they're already fixated on something more exciting than you (woodpeckers, haha), you've lost the battle. Practice. Then practice some more. Please notice that we’re not asking for extra stuff (sit, wait, etc.)., We’re rewarding the actual moment of RECALL with more fun movement. As always, reach out with any questions! ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Hidden Training Opportunities

Hey folks! Several of you contacted us with a ton of great questions and observations about the "Find It!" video that Christina posted of Oberon earlier this week. One of the themes we noticed in many of your comments and questions was an underlying concern that you don't have enough time to train your pup to that level of skill. That lit a fire over here at Pawsitive Influence, because you know that Willie is the master of integrating everyday tasks into training opportunities. So he's taken a video for us of his dinner routine with Cash and Cheehoo. And, this is actually their abbreviated meal time routine. Usually the pups have to engage in much more waiting and patience-building, but for the sake of the length of this video we only captured the basics. Meal times are an AWESOME opportunity for you to leverage into training and shaping behavior. They're one of our favorite hidden training opportunities. You and your pup already have a meal time ritual. What if you leveraged it to shape the behavior(s) you want your pup to develop? If that sounds like something you'd love to learn more about, shoot us a DM to discuss your pup's training needs. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Pack Walks with Pawsitive Influence Dog Training

📣 Pack Walk this Sunday (Feb 11) at 9:30am Look at all these great pups! Several of the pups pictured here are not "normally" calm. Every wound-up pup has a calm dog hidden inside, waiting for the opportunity to shine. Join us at Valley River Center this Sunday (2/11) at 9:30am for another great pack walk. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS. We're serious! This is a great way for folks to dip their toe into the behavior shaping process. Who: pups of all ages, breeds, sizes and training levels are welcome. Cost: $50 per pup Timeline: approximately 1 to 1.5 hours Meeting location: screenshot in comments Follow our page, and join our Facebook group to stay up to date on our activities schedule. Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

When Dad's got covid and can't play, but we gotta play, but also I'm tired from being a guard dog, but also I can't lose. Aaahhhhhhh the suspense is killing me. Also does anyone else think I need a new growler on my 2021 Rottweiler?#picsoritdidnthappen #Rottweiler #dogtrainersdogs

Remote Collars are like Calculators!

Hey folks, we've got some #TuesdayThoughts for you today! Nearly all training tools can work, when they're used humanely and for the correct purpose. Sadly, we often hear about folks using remote collars in a way that our team wouldn't consider humane. Our mission is centered around empowering humans with the skills and training they need to build healthy, happy packs. If you've invested in some tools, but they don't seem to be effective for you, it could be that there's a teaching or learning gap for you and your pup. Send us a DM or an email if you're ready to learn how to leverage better tools and strategies to build the dog you want. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Come to Group Class! Sunday 11/12 at 1pm

Hey folks, checking in with an invitation to join us at our drop-in group class this Sunday (11/12) at 1pm. Class will be held at the W.O.E. Fairgrounds 2000 N Douglas Ave Cottage Grove, OR Time: 1:00pm Cost: $20 per pup (no registration needed!) Reactive dogs are welcome. Check us out and see if we're the right fit for you and your pup. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

We’ve got some #wednesdaythoughts for you today! Send us a DM or send us an email if you’re ready to let go of old methods that aren’t working and try something new with your dog’s training. [email protected] ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Environmental, Behavioral, or Genetic Reactivity

Register for our Reactive Dog Group Classes! Link: https://form.jotform.com/232921036270145 The next series starts on Tuesday, 11/7 for beginners and Wednesday, 11/8 for intermediate. Is your dog's reactivity caused by something environmental, behavioral, or genetic? Often it’s all three. If you're thinking, "I could never take my dog to a class like that," then this is exactly the class for you. We WANT to help the dogs that are out of control. We WANT to help the dogs that use their teeth (bite) to solve their problems. We WANT to help the dogs who are great at home, but who can't go anywhere else due to their out of control behavior. Get registered for this class, folks. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Register for our Reactive Dog Group Class, November 2023

📣 Get your pup registered for our Reactive Dog Group Classes! Classes start this week. Would you like to have people over this holiday season without your pup being a maniac? Would you like to travel and take your pup with you? Or would you like something even more basic, like feeling safe taking your dog for a walk? Get registered for our reactive dog group classes: https://form.jotform.com/232921036270145 We'd really love to have you (and your reactive pup) join us. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Dispersal! 🤔 Dispersal is a fascinating biological behavior protocol for our pups. It’s meant to drive them away (disperse) from their den/pack to start their own family. Your pup’s capacity to manage themselves will likely be reduced this time of year, because the very act of being alive will be over stimulating. Autumn is a great time of year to practice being the most consistent leader you can be. Your pup needs it now more than ever. If you’d like help learning how to lead your pack, reach out to us! We can help. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

🐶 What’s more important? Getting your dog to stop digging, or building recall in the face of really high-value experiences? ‌ For Christina’s pack, it’s actually both. But at this stage in her pack’s development, she’s focusing on building the value of recall first. ‌ No matter the stimulus, no matter the “bad” behavior, Christina’s answer is: recall first. ‌ Take some time today to think about the things you argue with your pups about. ‌ What if you built the value of recalling off of those things? What if you built the value of recall as the best possible response for your dog? ‌ ***** ‌ Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. ‌ Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! ‌ Send us a DM to get started on private sessions, or keep an eye open for class announcements. ‌ #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

📣 Wondering if your dog is reactive? Unsure about how to handle it? We’re happy to share that we’re offering a NEW class for humans with reactive dogs. 🐾 REACTIVE DOG GROUP CLASS 🐾 When: Wednesdays at 6pm, starting September 20, 2023 Who: Dogs of all breeds, sizes, ages and training levels are welcome. Registration is required, please use this link: https://form.jotform.com/232506045617149 This new class is intended to help you work on addressing the reactivity cycle, practicing techniques to address your dog's reactive triggers and allowing a space for humans with reactive dogs to receive targeted help. This class is for dogs with all types of reactivity. Leash reactivity, dog reactivity, human reactivity, prey reactivity, as well as reactivity toward vehicles, bikes, etc. ***** If you have a reactive dog, please register for this group class. Space is limited, so snag your spot. Managing it all by yourself can be overwhelming. Working with a team to help you is a decision that will also help your dog. Hope we see you at our new group class! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

📣 NEW class for humans with reactive dogs. 🐾 REACTIVE DOG GROUP CLASS 🐾 When: Wednesdays at 6pm, starting September 20, 2023 Who: Dogs of all breeds, sizes, ages and training levels are welcome. Registration is required, please use this link: https://form.jotform.com/232506045617149 This new class is intended to help you work on addressing the reactivity cycle, practicing techniques to address your dog's reactive triggers and allowing a space for humans with reactive dogs to receive targeted help. This class is for dogs with all types of reactivity. Leash reactivity, dog reactivity, human reactivity, prey reactivity, as well as reactivity toward vehicles, bikes, etc. ***** All dogs are reactive. It's just that some types of reactivity are pack-approved, and some are not. The most identifiable forms of reactivity are expressed through excessive barking, lunging, biting, growling, and/or behavior that causes property damage. But what about the pup who chases cats, squirrels and anything else that moves? That's reactivity. What about the pup who greets every visitor with a full-body jump-shove? That's reactivity, too. What about the pup who nips their humans when they're excited? You guessed it; reactivity. ***** If you have a reactive dog, please register for this group class. Space is limited, so snag your spot. Managing it all by yourself can be overwhelming. Working with a team to help you is a decision that will also help your dog. Hope we see you at our new group class! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

NEW! Reactive Dog Group Class

📣 NEW class for humans with reactive dogs. 🐾 REACTIVE DOG GROUP CLASS 🐾 When: Wednesdays at 6pm, starting September 20, 2023 Who: Dogs of all breeds, sizes, ages and training levels are welcome. Registration is required, please use this link: https://form.jotform.com/232506045617149 This new class is intended to work more deeply on addressing the reactivity cycle, practicing techniques to address your dog's reactive triggers and allowing a space for humans with reactive dogs to receive targeted help. This class is for humans with anxiety. This class is for humans who find themselves losing patience with their dog a lot. This class is for humans who find themselves yelling a lot at their dog. This class is for humans who have tried (and tried) to do expose and socialize their dog to normal dog stuff, but their dog is still reactive. If you have started to lose hope about a breakthrough, this class is for you. This class is for dogs with all types of reactivity. Leash reactivity, dog reactivity, human reactivity, prey reactivity, as well as reactivity toward vehicles, bikes, etc. This class is also for dogs with fear reactivity. ***** If you have a reactive dog, please register for this group class. Space is limited, so snag your spot. Managing it all by yourself can be overwhelming. Working with a team to help you is a decision that will also help your dog. Hope we see you at our new group class! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Petrichor. 🤔 We took this video a few days ago, and we’re just getting it up on the page. So we’ve had a few rainy days since then. But the guidance is still sound: if your dog acts “extra” after a fresh rain, there’s a reason! Doesn’t mean they should get a pass for behavior you don’t like - it means that they need extra awesome, engaged leadership from you! Work your dog in the rain this week! (Or immediately after a downpour.) Also, bonus footage of our lead trainer identifying an out-of-balance interaction in her pack and stopping her “task” (video) in order to address the behavior in her dogs. Building a balanced pack can be challenging. If you’d like to bring more healthy interactions and less conflict to your household, we can help. Reach out to us. ***** Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Find It! But make it advanced. 😬😁 There are so many ways to play Find It! and this pup strives to be a pro at all of them. Offering our dogs a way to engage their primary drives *collaboratively* with us helps build our leadership into something with extremely high value. And a dog that values our calm, confident, clear leadership will be much more likely to make good choices. Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

Another example of “Try Again!” And a bonus example of managing pack interactions. Sigrun is still learning how to self-soothe and self-manage. Sometimes she wants her brothers to entertain her, or satisfy her play drive. She’s learning two things: 1) out of control behavior isn’t tolerated or encouraged by her leader, and 2) if she wants her play drive satisfied, she needs to be calm and under control first. And, in this pack, we don’t ever assume that the dogs will “figure it out on their own.” The dominant dog (that’s YOU!), should help pack members respect boundaries, especially when one of the dogs has shown us that they will not stand up for themselves. Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs

“Try Again” is a keyword phrase we build, and one that we use regularly. Note: The counting you’ll hear is in reference to a video we posted several days ago, in which Roxie needed more time than the other pup to agree with the pack leader. The important thing for Roxie, though, is that we gave her time. Time to think, time to align herself with the pack’s goals. If you’d like help identifying how build tools like this in your pack, please reach out to us. Training starts the moment your pup enters your house. Building a good pup takes time, and patience, and maybe a little help from the Pawsitive Influence Dog Training team! #dogs #calmdogs #goodchoices #buildcalmdogs #calmdogsmakegoodchoices #pawsitive #pawsitiveinfluence #dogtraining #pawsitiveinfluencedogtraining #dogtrainingsessions #behaviormatters #mustlovedogs #healthyhappypacks #balancedpacks #balancedtraining #balanceddogtraining #hikingdogs #ranchdogs #familydogs #citydogs #adventuredogs #naturedogs #oregondogs #pacificnorthwestdogs