Pogie and Lupo are working on some skills that will help them during off leash training! They're learning how to get themselves into the heel position, and working on their rear end awareness. Doing this along a wall really helps to keep their butts straight, rather than sitting with the butt swung out! #offleashtraining #offleash #offleashprep #offleashprepwork #onleashtraining #onleash #prongcollar #luring #foodluring #dogtrainer #dogtraining #adwu #unleashedtrainingcenter #heelcommand #rearendawareness #autosit #heelwork #ecollar #ecollartechnologies
Let's talk about fireworks 📣 If your dog does not have the genetics to be able to handle things like fireworks without training, you have to train it! Even in dogs with good genetics, you still may have to train for it! No, not all dogs need excessive training on this.🧨When I met Johnny, he really did not mind fireworks at all. Later on with him, I screwed up. I taught him to love fireworks, in a bad way. I let him chase Roman candles. So for a while, he got into high prey drive around them. With training, we slowly chip away at him being not being overstimulated around fireworks. When I met Karma, she was living in a kennel in AR. If anyone knows the south, you know that gunshots are everywhere. She was already desensitized to it. The sport that we compete in, has gunfire in it at every level. She hears noises like that, up close, twice a week. When I got Hazzard as a puppy, I made sure he was around things like gunfire, fireworks, and loud noises. He always "had a win" around them. High value and big rewards! I never even acted like the fireworks were happening. When we train for sport, he is also around gunfire twice a week. Some of it was genetics, and some of it was training with all 3 dogs. With working dogs, we are already working with high drive, stable, and confident dogs. Not all dogs are that. Not all dogs grew up around gunfire, or anything like that. For dogs that are not genetically not the most confident, did not grow up around gunfire/fireworks, and have no training history with gunfire/fireworks, it takes time! It takes a lot of consistency, time, and reps just like anything else ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️🧨 It is never too late to start working on training for fireworks! There's so many things we can do to work on this issues. This is a good time to do it to practice for next year! For any help on how to work on this, please reach out! #dogtraining #dogtrainer #fireworks #fireworktrainingfordogs #teachyourdogs #malinois #redheeler #dutchsheph
Charlie Girl came to us needing confidence, structure, and to help her with some reactivity with other dogs. But look at her today! Today she hit Lowes Home Improvement to put her new skills to the test. She did really well. Even when she had some nervous moments, she pushed through! Taking the time to teach dogs life skills is so worth it! Buddy and Friends Animal Rescue #dogtraining #dogtrainer #buddyandfriends #buddyandfriendsanimalrescue #bfar #adoptme #charlie #placecommand #confidencebuilding #socialskills #looseleash #looseleashwalking #lowes #loweshomeimprovement