Cooperative care!
Cooperative care involves training an animal to not only tolerate handling and husbandry procedures, but also to be an active, willing participant in these experiences.
Technically I should have taught Revel to offer her nose through my hands, rather than me grabbing her nose to start, but her appointment is Saturday 🙃.
Revel has an upcoming OFA Eye exam and if it is the same vet as last year, he likes to get the dogs done quickly. Revel is a dog, like most, that if you hold her still or try and correct her, she fusses a lot more.
We have spent (not nearly enough time) but 3 or 4 training sessions to get ready for this eye exam. Yesterday our trainer, Michelle, helped do a mock exam with a flashlight.
Just like any training session I introduce what we are looking for at a level it's pretty impossible to fail at, then work my way up to the goals of that session. We also included some breaks for her to move around.
Behaviors always break down in new environments, and I know this is no exception. Ideally she could stay still for twice the duration I think the exam will take at home so when it's only half as long at a new spot with a new person, she will still have a decent chance at success.
Update: eye appointment was Saturday and she did amazing! We even had to switch it up and I had to stand behind her and hold her nose. It generalized really well and was stress free for me, the vet, and most of all, Revel!
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Cinnamon is the queen of *demure*.
Very cutesy, she's not like the other dogs.
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Our first time seeing SiCA in 2021, to July 2022. Sometimes seeing where you've been helps remind you how far you've come!
A new driveway, heating and air conditioning, new floors, new paint, new doors, two new play yards, multiple new rooms divided, more upgrades than we can count!
Thank you so much to the Scholars in Collars Community, none of this could have happened without you. We will never stop providing the best care and training for you and your furry family.
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Hendrix is available through Because You Care, Inc.
He has a lot of puppy energy and can be pushy with humans and dogs, but we know all that energy can be put to good use! Revel thinks he's the most fun playmate ever!
Please visit https://www.becauseyoucare.org/ for more information on Hendrix and their adoptable dogs!
A visual of what it is like training a dog, even for professionals.
Go over it a thousand times. What you want something to look like and have a clear plan so that by the time you add your dog it will be flawless.. or maybe you should try this way instead.. no that won't work..
And your dog judging you through it all 😂.
Neither of us understand how to play, so don't ask who won 😂.
Revel has now earned her Do More With Your Dog novice through champion masters, we have submitted and passed 101 tricks with various criteria for the titles!
While she often wows people with her trick skills, I like to remind everyone that she learns tricks because she's a very busy puppy. The Do More With Your Dog titles online have been such a wonderful inspiration of the many things you can teach your dog to do, even when you run out of ideas!
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What's your favorite rainy day activity with your dog?
Our Day Training kids enjoyed an afternoon enrichment ball pit game! They could use their nose to find treats, build confidence exploring a new object, and most of all use their brain for some fun!
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Another spotlight post for our private lessons!
Timmy & his mom have been working very hard for months on leash reactivity through recalls, heel position and having freedom to make good choices.
Today he proved that their work has been paying off by being neutral to my dog! Although Timmy seemed more interested in the food around the garbage at first, he ensured us that he work through any distraction!
In the future these small lessons will make a bigger picture when they are passing strange dogs on trails, through the neighborhood or just about anywhere they encounter new dogs. Very proud of their progress!
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Just horsin' around with Krieger!
Have a specific goal in mind? Need a flexible schedule? Want to have someone work with your dog at home or in public? Private sessions might be the perfect answer!
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The sad reality of whatever this sickness that is going around Erie is.
Scholars in Collars is one of multiple daycares to get hit by this illness. Luckily almost all of our dogs have made full recoveries.
My own pup, Revel has not. She has weeks of normalcy and then pneumonia pops up within 24 hours and requires immediate treatment. This video is at an emergency vet in Ohio just last night.
This has reinforced that our previous decision to close our off leash programs for a few weeks was the correct one to make. The day we care more about our business than our clients is the day we don't deserve either.
That being said, some facilities have gone a few weeks without transmission and seem to have moved past it. Some have been lucky enough to keep it out. We also have not seen any transmission in group classes. This is affecting a lot of our favorite pet businesses in Erie. There is no national loan coming out to help businesses that rely on off leash play to weather this.
Revels case is an outlier, even from dogs affected at the same time, but it is unfortunately our current reality.
Thank you again to all our clients understanding why we have closed certain programs. Safety is always our priority. Our hearts go out to all the pets and parents affected by this.
