Ryder aka “LowRyder” had a big issue with pulling. A few zigzags and a martingale collar later…we are perfect. Love this little man.
Confidence, self awareness and a bond should come before any commands.
In sport prospect puppies, like Mimick, we focus on building a confident puppy who wants to do things with their owner over nothing else. We allow them to develop and explore the world fearlessly safe without a ton of commands or rules.
While a lot of owners what to start teaching commands before 5 months old….we believe that confidence, potty training, crate training, social skills (different than socialization), learning to be neutral around people/ dogs and your relationship should come before obedience. Obedience can be learned at any time. But you only get a short time to mold a puppy.
It’s something pet owners can take away from sport dog trainers.
Training tool of any kind have NO meaning to the dog till you give it meaning. So why not teach dogs it means getting to do fun things, it activates energy, great attitude and desire as well as encourages engagement?
This 10 month old Newfie almost pulled down his owner and us coming in today. Just no way to physically hold him back from going where he wanted and he didn’t care how you felt about it. Plus…he would chew on you hard when he didn’t get his way. So this needed to be fixed before someone got hurt.
We ethically and clearly introduced a Herm Springer collar today to him and this was the result after some heel training. A bubbly prancing heel that’s not typical of this breed. All that puppy energy formed into an amazing heel with no biting. Even if he gets tried after 3 minutes. lol. We won’t ask this of him as his normal heel, but he sure gave it all he had.
Last week we started Joker on his social behaviors. He’s extremely pushy and dominant. So introducing him to our stable demo dogs helped him understand that his behaviors resulted in nothing and that it wasn’t necessary. He got no rise out of Mace, even though he literally punched him in the face with the muzzle while growling at him. So Joker didn’t escalate further. Mace is extremely stable so it doesn’t even bother him. Mace was NOT told to down and could leave at any moment.
When Joker got snotty over Mace trying to interact with him by sniffing an ear, he reacted. He then considered guarding the ball to which we told him “NO” about. Mace just walked away.
This was Wednesday.
Today we received a video of Joker with the family’s new puppy, Ivy. He is muzzled, but is showing perfect play behaviors and communication.
Nothing teaches a dog better than a good dog.
New video on the comments.
The art of “doing nothing” is something that many dog owners never teach. Which then result in their dogs demanding attention, demanding play, demanding to go outside and demanding to be interacted with when it’s not always a convenient time. While our dogs do need these things, they become addicted to getting them on their own terms. Teaching your dog to do nothing when asked is an extremely important skill. This is what allows your dog to enjoy outdoor patios, be calm when people visit and be able to self regulate their energy levels in environments.
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This is absolutely unacceptable. If you cannot control your dog off leash, do not take it off leash.
This poor trainer was out training her dog in tracking for a very high-level sport that requires thousands of hours of practice. Some guy with an off leash dog completely ruined and interrupted her training session. It was only after she said her dog is not friendly (as a way to get him to hurry up and grab his dog), did he take any immediate action.
So now, all of the effort of getting up early, laying a track down and getting her dog prepared to work completely went out the door for the day. She’s going to have to find another location,relay a track and restart her dog.
If you don’t have control of your dog, don’t take it off leash!
Ruby’s Mom might be the intimate rockstar! Playing and training all with her little cutie in tow.
More with Uhtred. Some confidence building things and more movement. Great day over all.
He will be coming to stay with us for 4 full days to really start increasing his progress.
He was super scared of the A-frame at first. But because we previously taught him leash pressure, we could guide him over the first few times. Was he a little stressed? Sure. But not more than he could recover from. Small amounts of stress are ok….and even necessary. If he can’t learn in small ways to handle stress and recover, he won’t be able to in larger ways later. Gentle pushing of limits helps some dogs to get over the hump and continue to progress.
Manners are NOT commands. Manners are how a dogs acts when not in a command.
There are lots of trainers out there, some even locally, that will tell you your dog should be in command all the time to prevent problematic behaviors. Who does that? Who gets a dog to have to micromanage every move their dog makes? What kind of life is it for a dog who never gets to leave command or sits on a place cot all the time?
Mimick is 21 weeks old. He can be out while Kate is eating and not be jumping up on the couch to get food and is not being a pest. This is thanks to back tying when he was younger. He learned to settle on his own. He was NOT told to lay down. She went home sick today so Mimick didn’t get a ton of exercise…..still no excuse for proper manners. Tiring out a dog to get better behaviors is a bandaid.
Uthred gaining confidence and beginning to work. Even when she takes a tumble, she recovered well.
Slowly we are changing her mindset about how people play roles in her life.
After some desensitizing with the bite glove, we can finally touch him today without reactive biting.
This is Uhtred, he is 7 months old. He came from a rescue specific to his breed from someone who “just wanted a puppy from his dog” and dumped the rest. (That’s a fight for another day since this breed is close to our hearts)
He is full of fear and anxiety, not having seen any part of the world until joining his new family recently. Just getting the safety leash on invoked five different attempts to severely bite out of fear. There’s a lot of trust building that needs to happen before any training can take place.
This video shows a time lapse of almost 20 minutes just sitting and not interacting.
Whenever he would come closer to investigate, we would take up the slack. Eventually, we got to the point where we could handle the leash within inches of him to help him untangle himself without an issue. He eventually laid down and relaxed at Kate’s feet. He will for sure be a work in progress as time progresses. Patience is the key here.
Demo dog, Malick, took 1st today in the fasted retrieve contest. Off to finals tomorrow.
18 week old Mimick is now fully launching into the pool and fetching all on his own. Building confidence in daily life can lead to confidence in all aspects.
Khloe had her first field trip on day 2 of her board and train today. Previously she would bark a lot at random things. Today she was perfect and even got compliments.
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Who says big boys can’t move fast? Dylan is showing everybody that even at his extra large size, he can still pull out some fast obedience while having fun!!
