Next, we worked on being stationary while I shopped for graduation certificates. Those of you who will be attending classes soon will see these! ;) Scout did amazing at holding his down with distractions while I was shopping.
Please know that Dave and I were both standing right there in case Scout got goofy. I would never drop the leash without knowing that the dog is under control by one of us. If you are working your dog solo, just stand on the leash. ❤️
Greetings have been difficult for Scout, but here... he rocked it!!! All four on the floor for a win! Fantastic job, my friend. Not to mention, he made that man's day! ❤️
After acclimation in the parking lot, I move Scout to the sidewalk in front of the building, then eventually inside.
He does well sticking with me and checking in with eye contact every once in a while.
NICE JOB, SCOUT!!!❤️
This is Scout acclimating to a new environment. We are at Office Max, and this is Scout's second outing to a store.
We always start with acclimation to a new space by allowing the dog to take in the environment (sniffing, exploring, listening, etc.) before asking the dog to work.
This only took about 5 minutes before we were getting him to follow on a loose leash and offer other behaviors, and we were ready to move closer to the entrance to the store.
Since FB is not cooperating with multiple videos in the same post, I will explain each video separately, so follow along. 😉
Sterling was having a little trouble understanding his recall, so today we focused on recall games.
This is a restrained recall. The goal here is to build anticipation and speed. Normally, we would use a toy for this but he's not really interested in toys. Hot dogs; yes please!!! Work the dog in front of you with whatever reward works for them.
Terry is the target and I will hold Sterling to build a little frustration as Terry gets him excited. Once Sterling is so excited that he just can't contain himself (and only then), Terry will call him (Sterling, here!), and I will release him to bolt to Terry for the reward.
This is a fun and easy game to help work on a quick recall! Make it fun for your pup, as well as the humans! With this game, you can be as silly as you want, as long as it gets your dog excited!
Good luck, and Happy Training! ❤️
If you know how difficult it has been to get Sterling to come out of his shell, you will know how amazing this video of him is.
He's playing!!! He's engaging!!! And he's loving it!!!
Patience, my friends. We have to have patience. AND play where the dog feels comfortable. I'm down low, and going slow. That's where he's confident and comfortable, and that's where we will play for now. This is a huge step for him and we had an amazing training session after this breakthrough! ❤️
Crazies playing like crazies! 🤣🤣🤣🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
We had a fun outing with Phoenix and a client dog, Cheyenne. This was her last session, at least until after the new year.
This dog has come so far! Her owner has done an amazing job training her, but the problem was reactivity and constant vocalization in new environments or with new stimuli (mostly other dogs). We had to give them some new tools to help them work through those issues.
Our very first session, she barked...a lot! And she was also very vocal and somewhat reactive to any other dog, even from across a two acre field.
Today, this is where we are. She did vocalize a couple of times when people walked past with dogs, but it was easily corrected. We started with Phoenix in the dog park with Dave (no other dogs), while we worked Cheyenne outside the fence. We slowly worked our way closer as she became calmer. Eventually we switched positions where Cheyenne was inside the fence and Phoenix was outside. Once they were both able to focus on their handlers, we brought Phoenix back into the park with Cheyenne and we were able to let them off-leash for some very nice play. Both dogs were respectful and had a blast!!! ❤️
Meet Mocha. She's one of our newest board and train pups. She's already gone through our Basic Obedience group classes and did fantastic. So why is she back?
Well, she is an incredibly energetic puppy. She is a Husky/Rottweiler mix, and has soooo much energy and intelligence wound up like a spring in that little body.
She is here for E-collar training to layer on another method of communication to the skills she already knows. Her family also needs to know how to give her appropriate outlets for her energy, both mentally and physically.
In this video, I'm introducing her to the E-collar. I'm just teaching her that when she feels the stimulation, she should return to the handler. This is the very first step to teaching the dog that this is a fun game!
You will notice that I'm allowing her to get ahead of me, then I'm communicating with the remote before she gets to the end of the leash. If I need to add additional information, like moving backwards or maybe making a sound to get her to turn towards me, I do. If she turns and moves towards me, I praise and reward.
She is such a fun puppy, and learns so quickly. She just needs guidance. Show us what ya got, Mocha!!! ❤️❤️❤️
This is Zerah. Zerah never gets tired. This is Zerah's absolute favorite toy to give herself a good massage with. We LOVE Zerah!!! Always my comic relief. ♥️ 🤣🤣🤣
Ryman is also with us for a visit, and Beau got to meet her and play!
This video shows a lot of really nice body language from both dogs.
Beau is being very respectful in his approach. He licks her mouth to show submission and she turns her head as a calming signal. They both do the sniffing circle, which is how dogs should get to know one another. Then Beau begins to offer play bows to entice her to play.
Ryman had already had a play session with Phoenix (who was not as polite as Beau 🤦♀️), so she was pretty exhausted, but very tolerant with the puppy.
Very nice play session from both dogs! ❤️
