Sit Stay Train & Play, LLC

12/18/2024

Today we lost a beloved family member, Miss Bella F. Bella has been with us since before Sue started up the company. She was a friend to many and brought a smile to everyone's face with her loving personality and silly antics. She was always up for a game of fetch as long as it was followed by a well-deserved belly rub. She helped many dogs learn to socialize and play in daycare, hiked with us for many years in many of our best spots, and absolutely lived life to the fullest!

Bella, you will always be in our hearts ❤️

Can you spot your pup in any of these old Bella photos?

12/12/2024

Sergeant Pepper 🐾

12/12/2024

Rocky 🐾

12/12/2024

Another fun-filled week at camp 🐕 🌲 🐾

We ❤️ daycare!!!

12/10/2024

Auntie Janelle bought us some new daycare toys! Jolly Balls are a favorite around here ⚽️

12/09/2024

Not all licking is (or should be labelled) appeasement licking.✅❓❌
I appreciate this can be a very divisive subject, and yes, dogs can lick from affection (and for many other reasons)....but if there are other signals shown that your dog is uncomfortable, they can help you determine what is actually occurring and why.
This is ALL great information !
This can help you both!
There is a video linked in the comments that goes into this subject in more details.
Dog training posters available abcdogsnz.com

12/05/2024

Our campers were loving the snow this weekend! ⛄️ ❄️

11/30/2024

These campers all enjoyed some fresh cooked turkey Kongs for Thanksgiving 🦃

11/26/2024

11/26/2024

Not every dog loves to be social and not every dog loves the dog park.

Just like other mammals you have some that love to be social butterflies and others are very selective when it comes to friends.

It is normal to be friend selective. It’s unusual to enjoy and be friendly with every single dog.
Thank you Every Dog Behavior and Training and Doggie Drawings by Lili Chin for this brilliant infographic

11/20/2024

I am so tempted!

11/18/2024

Beau 🐾

11/18/2024

Pip 🐾

11/16/2024

🐾 AVSAB Position Statement on Puppy Socialization 🐾

11/15/2024

A fun-filled day of hiking and playing topped off by a relaxing snooze by the fire makes Hamilton one happy little guy ❤️

Thinking of traveling? Sign your dog up for a dream vacation of their own at the Waggin' Cabin, instead of dropping them off at the kennel!

We are booking for 2025 🐾

11/09/2024

Miss Charlie made a star appearance at Mom & Dad's wedding photo shoot today 💒 💗

11/05/2024

11/03/2024

Differential reinforcement (DR) is a process where a desirable behavior is reinforced and an undesirable behavior is extinguished by withholding reinforcement. Using the principles of operant conditioning, the desirable behavior will therefore be more likely to occur in the future while the undesirable behavior will be less likely to occur in the future. Slowly, the undesirable behavior will become extinct as the reinforcement has been removed. There are 5 types of DR. I will briefly cover two types: differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) and differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors (DRA). When doing DRO, the animal is reinforced for doing any behavior other than the undesirable or target behavior. For example, the target behavior is a dog showing interest in a guinea pig cage. If we were to do DRO for this behavior, we would reinforce the dog for doing anything other than paying attention to the guinea pig cage. This could include laying down, chewing on a bone, playing with their toy, etc. For DRA, the animal is only reinforced when doing an appropriate alternative behavior. In this case, the alternative behavior must have the same function as the target behavior. If the target behavior is a dog chewing on shoes. We will only reinforce the dog when they are chewing on their bones, an appropriate alternative behavior.