Letโs check out some great dog training treats and dog food at the Tractor Supply Store.
Also we have a free event coming up at the Burton Library on Sat Jan 25th at 10:30 AM. Positive Methods to Calm Your Hyper Dog.
Here is a link to register: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ah4xPJnJS/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Also we have our Group Elementary Basic Obedience Course at the Geauga YMCA. The next course starts on Thursday Feb 20th from 5-6 PM. Write โgroup classโ below and I will give you the link to register.
๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ: ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐พ
Maisy has a bit of anxiety, which sometimes causes her to lose interest in foodโmaking training a little trickier. Doug, her owner, reached out to me for help and together we found a way to motivate Maisy through her anxiety. Instead of using food as a reward, we introduced a favorite toy to capture her attention and bring her out of her anxious state.
We used the toy as a lure to help Maisy focus. By backing up and encouraging her to follow the toy, we created a positive and engaging experience. Over time, Maisy learned to associate the toy with fun and reward, making her more confident and motivated to participate. As a result, she was more eager to come when called, helping her build trust and focus during training.
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ!
๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐-๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ . ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐-๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐
๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฒโ๐ฌ โ๐๐จ ๐
๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญโ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐พ
Meet Maisy, a dog who loves to play outside but doesnโt always want to come inside when itโs time. Doug, her owner, reached out to me for help with this challenge. Every time heโd try to get Maisy to go inside, sheโd resist and want to stay outdoors.
To make this transition more fun for Maisy, we introduced the โGo Find Itโ game. Doug would lead her toward the door and say, โGo find it!โโgiving her the chance to search for treats or toys near the entrance. After Maisy had a little fun, Doug would release her to continue playing outside. This gave her the freedom she wanted, while also reinforcing the idea that going inside was just part of the fun.
Over time, Maisy began to understand that going towards the door didnโt mean the end of her playtime. Instead, she was rewarded with treats and the opportunity to go back out and play afterward. Eventually, she eagerly did โGo Find Itโ and walked into the house without hesitation, happy and relaxed.
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐
If Maisyโs story shows you the power of positive reinforcement and fun, our Elementary Obedience Class starting tomorrow, Thursday, January 9th at the Geauga YMCA from 5-6 PM might be the perfect next step for you and your dog! This five-week class will help you build strong foundations of training and strengthen your connection with your dog, all while keeping things fun and engaging.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ฒ! ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐? ๐พ
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ!
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆฎ
โช๏ธTakes place at the Geauga YMCA
โช๏ธStarts on January 7th
โช๏ธEnds on February 4th
โช๏ธEach Tuesday (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4)
โช๏ธ11 am - 12 pm
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ + ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!
If you havenโt heardโฆ๐พ
๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ!
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆฎ
โช๏ธTakes place at the Geauga YMCA
โช๏ธStarts on January 7th
โช๏ธEnds on February 4th
โช๏ธEach Tuesday (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4)
โช๏ธ11 am - 12 pm
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ + ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!
๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐พ
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ("๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ")
โช๏ธIf your dog is barking at someone, you can use "target" to encourage your dog to move away from them.
โช๏ธAsk your dog to "target" away from the trigger.
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ?
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ + ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐โ๐ฆบ
Do you like spending lunch with your dog during the week? ๐พ
๐๐๐๐โฆ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ!
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆฎ
โช๏ธTakes place at the Geauga YMCA
โช๏ธStarts on January 7th
โช๏ธEnds on February 4th
โช๏ธEach Tuesday (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4)
โช๏ธ11 am - 12 pm
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ + ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!
๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: ๐ก๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฌ://๐๐ข๐ญ.๐ฅ๐ฒ/๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ก๐
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Are you home all day with your dog and they need a little training + exercise? ๐พ
Join us for our newly added Elementary Obedience Courseโdonโt miss out ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆฎ
โช๏ธTakes place at the Geauga YMCA
โช๏ธStarts on January 7th
โช๏ธEnds on February 4th
โช๏ธEach Tuesday (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4)
โช๏ธ11 am - 12 pm
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ + ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!
If you havenโt heardโฆ๐พ
๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ!
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆฎ
โช๏ธTakes place at the Geauga YMCA
โช๏ธStarts on January 7th
โช๏ธEnds on February 4th
โช๏ธEach Tuesday (1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4)
โช๏ธ11 am - 12 pm
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ + ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ!
๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://bit.ly/Jan7thFB
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๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ ๐พ
Diego was initially terrified of approaching the car, let alone jumping in. We started with small stepsโrewarding him with treats just for getting close, then playing a โgo find itโ game around the car to make it fun and positive. Gradually, he became comfortable enough to sniff around and eventually hop in! With patience and positive reinforcement, Diego is now ready for any road trip ๐
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฆฎ
Four Legged Scholars Dog Training - Listening to Your Dog
๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฆฎ
However, that is crucial component.
As we are rewarding dogs for behavior that we like and redirect or ignore behavior that we donโt like, we run into obstacles.
Want to learn more about these Positive Training methods for your puppy or dog in a group setting?
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐พ
๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐จ! Leo is learning to follow and pay attention to his owner on the leash. ๐ฆฎ
Notice how the owner clicks and treats when Leo looks and/or follows his owner.
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก?
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ โ๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐. ๐พ