Robin's Lifestyle Dog Training and Boarding

12/04/2024

Avoid bloat. How many of us have done this?

12/04/2024

What the tail tells!!!

12/02/2024

This is balcan rally!!! They made a 15 min movie of
Absolutely best vacation/Adveture ever.

I was training street dogs as well as driving a silver E46 through 4 countries.

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12/01/2024

Facts!!! If your good dog trainer you have never had stitches. Also means you have never dealt with sport dogs. 😂🤷‍♀️

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11/28/2024

I give all my boarding dogs nick names. Welcome Optimus aka Optimus Prime. Such a sweet boy.

11/27/2024

Behavior > obedience

Flashy obedience means nothing if your dog doesn’t know how to stop biting people and/or lunging at them.

And if you need help with your reactive dog—
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11/27/2024

His new name is Sir Squeal a lot. Cute as a button.

Day 1 he has a busy schedule so he can sleep soundly. Re crate training.

11/26/2024

1. Please do not buy someone else a dog for Christmas. That should be there choice to pick out the breed, s*x, temperament.

2. Do your research on the breed, do not buy because you saw it on a movie or someone else had one that was completely trained. They put the work in and developed that relationship through training.

3. Budget before adopting or buying. Do you have enough money for medical needs, possibly including emergency surgeries, shots, basic care and needs (food) training, dog boarding. Etc.

4. If your not sure what you want, or if you want a dog. A dog is a decade responsibility. You could Foster a dog first to help you make the right choice for you and dog.

5. Many people make these decisions spontaneously. This is what leads to rehoming, shelters, or recycled back through fosters and rescues.

11/26/2024

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11/25/2024

Well look at this cutie patootie!!! Bootsie cutesy aka boots now.
In One lesson he learned…..

1. Not flopping on the ground doing alligator rolls, to walking on leash. He would only walk so far and flip down and refuse to walk any further, resulting in owner having to carry him! Walking nicely on leash now.

2. Knowledge for owner for no more accidents in home! The dog that is. 🤪

3. Built up toy drive with owner instead of by self! Just another way to mentally and physically drain puppy as well as build up a more meaningful relationship. Play with your dog with toys, otherwise you are irrelevant!

4. Impulse control, no longer biting owners ankles.

Now that we conquered the minor behavioral quarks. We can move on to obedience and other fun games for owner and dog. We went over a lot more information. To much to list!

She signed up for 3 lesson Program/plan. Can’t wait to work with this little guy again. 🥰( he would only walk so far and flip down and refuse to walk. Owner wanted to walk mo

11/25/2024

Bringing a new baby home?

A truly tragic and horrific case to read.
A seven month old baby girl killed by the family pet in a hideous incident in their home.
The little one leant on to the dog as she was toddling and was bitten on the neck and very sadly died. A stark reminder of how fast dogs can turn, How quickly something can escalate and how fatal one bite can be.

A dog will correct other dog’s behaviour with a snap or bite and in an agitated state of mind will lash out before investigating the situation. The Malinois was fixated on a bag when the baby touched him, both parents were in the vicinity and present when the dog bit.

Owners who have asked for advice with young babies around dogs know I am incredibly strict and have a 0 tolerance for babies/toddlers/young children being next to, touching, climbing on, leaning on, sitting with or “petting” a dog and this is the worst case example of exactly why I am so adamant about it!
Dogs shouldn’t have any access to young children who are crawling for exactly this reason! It’s so fast!! And in this case the dog had been seen by behaviourists for “dominating” behaviour in the months before the incident.
I would have absolutely tied the owner down to ensuring the dog and baby were never in the room together whether or not the parents were present for exactly this reason so maybe some owners out there who think I’ve been too harsh with rules around babies will understand why now!!
“Oh we never leave them alone together” is absolutely NOT good enough!!!! The parents were right next to the dog and baby!! Please remember this!!

Everyone thinks being a dog behaviourist is a dream job working with dogs but I have to deal with child bites and injuries every week and it’s always upsetting and highly emotional!! The only way to deal with this is to PREVENT!
And if you need to hear it here’s your reminder!
Dogs are NOT a furbaby
Dogs are NOT thrilled for the arrival of your baby
Dogs are NOT protecting your baby
Dogs are NOT “kissing” your child
Dogs are an ANIMAL
Dogs are an apex predator in your home!

Please no hate or comments about the parents in this case they have suffered enough and I hope this post may just save another child from injury!

11/25/2024

Instead of having to rehome your pet, let’s keep the dog with their original family. In 1 Lesson, mission accomplished…. Watching owners realize it’s possible and easy to do, gives them the confidence to keep working with their dog.

Kudos to this family for trying and succeeding.

If more people would invest in training, instead of giving up on themselves & their dog. Instead of recycling dogs through rescues and shelters. Let’s give them the help they need.

11/24/2024

WHATS YOUR THOUGHTS? I could think of a 100 things that could go wrong. Imo create one cruise for dogs only. Definitely have to sign contracts. At your own risk situation.

People are fuming 😡

11/23/2024

A truly tragic and horrific case to read.
A seven month old baby girl killed by the family pet in a hideous incident in their home.
The little one leant on to the dog as she was toddling and was bitten on the neck and very sadly died. A stark reminder of how fast dogs can turn, How quickly something can escalate and how fatal one bite can be.

A dog will correct other dog’s behaviour with a snap or bite and in an agitated state of mind will lash out before investigating the situation. The Malinois was fixated on a bag when the baby touched him, both parents were in the vicinity and present when the dog bit.

Owners who have asked for advice with young babies around dogs know I am incredibly strict and have a 0 tolerance for babies/toddlers/young children being next to, touching, climbing on, leaning on, sitting with or “petting” a dog and this is the worst case example of exactly why I am so adamant about it!
Dogs shouldn’t have any access to young children who are crawling for exactly this reason! It’s so fast!! And in this case the dog had been seen by behaviourists for “dominating” behaviour in the months before the incident.
I would have absolutely tied the owner down to ensuring the dog and baby were never in the room together whether or not the parents were present for exactly this reason so maybe some owners out there who think I’ve been too harsh with rules around babies will understand why now!!
“Oh we never leave them alone together” is absolutely NOT good enough!!!! The parents were right next to the dog and baby!! Please remember this!!

Everyone thinks being a dog behaviourist is a dream job working with dogs but I have to deal with child bites and injuries every week and it’s always upsetting and highly emotional!! The only way to deal with this is to PREVENT!
And if you need to hear it here’s your reminder!
Dogs are NOT a furbaby
Dogs are NOT thrilled for the arrival of your baby
Dogs are NOT protecting your baby
Dogs are NOT “kissing” your child
Dogs are an ANIMAL
Dogs are an apex predator in your home!

Please no hate or comments about the parents in this case they have suffered enough and I hope this post may just save another child from injury!