Learn how to trim your dog's nails! It's a very important thing that every dog needs to learn and it's a great bonding experience with your dog if you can learn how to do it yourself.
What we'll cover:
✅ The quick and how to find it
✅ Different tools you can use
✅ Different ways to hold your dog through it
✅ How often you should be trimming your dog's nails
You don't want to miss this important information! Bring your dog, bring your own tools if you like, their dinner or tasty treats, and lots and lots and lots of patience!
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PROTECTION DOG VS. FAMILY DOG
How do you know which type to get??
Do you have a family but want the security that a dog will provide? Here's my thoughts on which one to get!
Don't forget about our first drop in obedience class tonight at 6:30!
Duration plus distractions.
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Hey y'all!
I've been asked before why I prefer the balanced training style of dog training so let me explain. ❤️
If you've been scared off by the title, don't be! Despite what my sweatshirt says, I'm quite friendly. 😉
I love dogs, I love helping people, and putting those two things together makes me so happy. It's not all harsh corrections, everything is very fair, and there's tons of food rewards! Yes, we do still reward dogs with goodies lol I just prefer that they earn it and don't get it just for looking cute. 😉
If you want to check out my list of classes coming up, go to my website www.k9handlerdynamics.com and register for Basic Obedience so you can see all that's available!
You know how hard it is to try to get your dog to stay focused on you. Having to keep those treats at the ready to keep feeding them to keep their attention but the distractions are just too high they keep getting pulled away to watch what's going on.
It's ok! Let them watch!
It's how they process and learn to let things go. Watch what's going on, you can't do anything about it, but you can look. Then the next time you see it it'll be less exciting, less scary, and you'll be able to look and let it go easier.
Food comes as a reward for a job well done, not as a bribe. Make a good choice and get rewarded for it. Make a poor choice and you'll get corrected for it. Simple as that. Watch your dog start making much better choices on their own. ❤️
Can your dog just lay around while you do projects? While you bring in a heavy metal crate and bang the crap out of it to get all the bugs out of it? While the kids blow bubbles, practice scooter tricks, kick balls around, and generally just be loud and crazy?
If not, it's time to work on it.
Your dog doesn't need to be exercised for hours on end just to wear them out. You need to teach them how to shut their brain off.
Otto has been working hard to let things go for the last long while and he's been doing great. ❤️ He's still interested in what is going on but he's doing great just watching and hanging out. ❤️
Puppy social tomorrow is at 5:00 instead of the usual 5:30!!!
I have a speaking engagement at 6:30 so we're bumping things up for the night. 😁
Please note that there will be NO CLASSES next Thursday as it is Halloween and I'll be following my kiddos around bumming candy off of them. 😎
There's Garfield! 😆
Haven't seen him for almost a week and we started to get a little worried about him! But nope, he pops up when I decided to take Otto for an easy pack walk today.
Otto came extremely reactive to strangers, kids, dogs, and cats. He struggles with anxiety and territorial behaviors which kick his reactivity into high gear. His reactivity towards kids and cats were the hardest thing for him on my property, he figured out the dog thing pretty quick on my property but struggled with it out and about.
Check out his awesome choices he made when we finally found Garfield! ❤️ Those choices are really starting to carry over to his field trips which is amazing. ❤️
Keep up the good work Otto!
Training ends the day your dog dies. Facts.
You will forever be working on things. Maybe it's major, maybe you worked through all the major stuff and you're into smaller things, maybe you're just working on maintaining how awesome your dog is.
Maybe your dog does great when they know that you're training them but they suck when you just want to go for a regular walk. Why is that? Because they know you're not in training mode. Every single interaction with your dog tells them what kind of leader you are. Consistent. Inconsistent. Soft. Hard ass. Every interaction tells your dog something about you.
So what are you trying to tell your dog?
Otto update!
Making strides and good choices out at the park today! 🙌🏼😎
We had one hard truth, and many little gentle reminders. I had thought in the beginning that it might just be a really easy time at the park since there didn't seem to be too many distractions around, and then they all came at once. 😅 But that was the fastest time Otto has gone from thinking this is hard and I need to do something about it to chill and coachable. 🙌🏼❤️
Slowly but surely we're going to take this guy from extremely reactive to calm and coachable. ❤️
If you have a shy dog, or know of someone with a shy dog, the worst thing you can do is smother them with affection they don't want.
BACK OFF.
You'll get further with a shy dog when you ignore it. When they feel curious enough to check you out you can tease them a tiny bit with some affection or treats but then BACK OFF. Let them come searching for more if they want it. If you keep pushing, petting, staying in their space, smothering them with affection they'll hit a breaking point for their tolerance and let you know big time. Then they won't let you, or anyone else get close and just give you those warning signs to back off well before you can even think about petting that dog.
Take it slow. Play hard to get. Tease them a little, and you'll see where you stand with the dog. Maybe you just made a new best friend by giving them the space they needed to get to know you better, maybe you're not their type. 😉😅
NO CLASSES TODAY!
It's soccer tournament day!
Go out and enjoy the sunshine with your family and your pups. ❤️
