Rikke B Dog Training

12/16/2024

🎁The most thoughtful gift to a dog lover friends you know and love. Perhaps that someone is yourself and your dog?

12/11/2024

Stop by Dyrenes Butik in Rudkøbing this Sunday if you can. Free behavior advice from me , dog photography by Sandra Musine, and awesome dog physical therapist Vibeke Revald Christoffersen will be there. The store will be open from 11-15, and we’ll be there from 11-13. See you there 🤗

11/15/2024

I have availability for virtual behavior training clients. Send an email to Rikke@rikkeBdog to book, or to schedule discovery call.

07/13/2024

Client dog Ulva struggled during vet visits to the extent that several vets excused themselves after she tried to bite them. When the guardian contacted me, Ulva was past due for her vaccinations and was at risk of being kicked out of the dog training club and training space they used several times a week. Not being able to keep up with her vet checks and shots was potentially jeopardizing both her health and her quality of life.
Despite being well-trained and well-mannered, Ulva had limited experience with autonomy and decision-making in handling situations. My strategy started with building trust and interest in collaboration through choice-based games like this simple shaping exercise. This opened the door for more hands-on exercises and led to our success.
I'm happy to report that Ulva just got both her vaccinations and booster shots, and the vet visits were completely drama-free. Follow, like, and share. Stay tuned for a post and videos from Ulva’s vet visits showing how voluntary handling and cooperative care protocols were a game changer.
Are there any interactions your dog doesn’t enjoy? Can you easily cut your dog’s nails? Can you groom them or apply ear drops without issue? Are they enjoying it, or just tolerating it? Comment or DM me if you want to learn more about how I can help improve the experience for everyone, regardless of your location. ,

05/16/2024

Off all the things I’ve read, heard and watched over the past few days, the familiar playful looks between these two old friends was the one that got me. I’ve witnessed it so many times.
Here come the tears. 😭

Eric Clapton & Friends

05/08/2024

Spring is here. If you’re in Denmark and looking for dog boarding during spring/ summer, let me know. I’m taking a few lucky campers on a first come, first served basis. Pm of interested.

05/08/2024

There is so much more to changing behavior than meets the eye if you are working towards truly changing the learner’s emotional state. Shutting down behaviors is the easy- and unfair- way out. If you’re anxious and I I yell at you for telling me about it, did your anxiety go away? Or did you just stop feeling safe talking to me about it? If I wanted to help you feel less anxious, it’s a entirely different journey. That is what we aim to do, and we can only do it if the learner feels safe.

12/12/2023

Morning admin work view. I soak in those moments when she is able to relax, and they fuel me when we see a trigger outside, because they remind me how long it took us to get to this point, even indoors when I’m right next to her.
Working on her isolation distress is still a struggle, and we’ve made very tiny progress with her reaction to seeing dogs at distance. It’s a huge stress factor for me, as my ability to socialize, go anywhere, or take dogs for training or retreats, is severely limited. 😔

09/14/2023

Cracking me up all day.