It’s been a wonderful training week at Willow Ridge!!! 💚💛
Sweet Charlie learning the heel position! 🩵
It’s been a busy week so far! Here’s just a little of what we’ve been up to…
Also, please welcome Gus and Ruger to Willow Ridge!!! 💚🐾🤎🐾
Sometimes owners need help with one or two things. We tackle these in private consultations!
Meet Molly and Lily! Their owner really wants them to stop jumping and use their doggie door, which has been a no-go so far. So we came to help. I’m happy to report we did get each one through!😀
Welcome Molly & Lily!!!💚🐾🤎🐾
Meet Boone!!! This boy was a little unsure of our purpose in his home at first but warmed up and now…he realizes we’re awesome and he loves to do what we ask, lol. His engagement is amazing for a puppy under 6 months!!! That’s when you know his family is putting in the time. 😀💚🐾🤎🐾
A special congratulations going out to Cocoa and her mama!!! These two worked so hard and make an incredible team. It’s been a pleasure!!!💚🐾🤎🐾
For anyone struggling with a reactive dog, this is for you. I understand, I have one, and I know how hard it can be. But this is such wise advice!!!
~Amy💚🐾🤎🐾
Finley did so well on his first outdoor lesson with us!!! There were kids and scooters, other dogs, lots of people and even a long, bouncy bridge. Nothing phased him. He was just happy to be there, lol. Great job today!!!💚🐾🤎🐾
Cocoa walks wonderfully on a leash whether we give her some freedom or have to pull her into a regular 6 feet length. She’s ready for what we do.😀 That shows to us that her owner has been working hard teaching her what walking on the leash means with lots of walks! Great job today both of you.☺️💚🐾🤎🐾
Every fourth lesson of Basic Obedience we do a “Progress Test” to see how well the dog is learning all of their commands. Here’s a little of Cocoa’s. She did so well!!!🏆
Ivy’s family wanted a little extra time out in public so we added an extra lesson in the park.☺️ They all did awesome and Ivy is trying her best to walk well on the leash and have excellent manners out in public. Great job Ivy!!!💚🐾🤎🐾
We had so much fun doing stay and place work with Cocoa!!!💚🐾🤎🐾
Ivy’s learning to wean off treats!!!🙌🏼
We are also constantly reinforcing recall and walking on a leash because Ivy is right at the age where she likes to test her boundaries.😏 We need to make the commands like muscle memory for her so she does what she learned faster than making other choices!💚🐾🤎🐾
Finley and his family are so fun to work with!!! It makes us so happy that training Finley is a family affair.😀
It really depends on the child but many we have encountered do so well training if they’re really interested. These two are putting in work and it should really help Finley respect them, which helps with puppy nipping and jumping! Believe it or not this boy is only 5 months old so he will be getting bigger. That makes it important that he respects the kids and listens to them.
Great job family!💚🐾🤎🐾
Cocoa and her mama are absolutely nailing everything we’re throwing at them! We’re excited to start Basic Obedience next week.☺️ It’s so fun to work with a dog with this much drive for learning!⭐️
Bulldog is a very strong willed boy and his family is working hard to teach him how to be a good boy! First step, some obedience! Second step, socialization and environmental to get him used to the world around him!🌎💚🐾🤎🐾
