Who wants woodsy Christmas card photos? Come to the Seminole town center mall on November 4th or 5th before 3pm and I’ll take your Christmas card photo for FREE! Bring your family & pets! Lower level at the mall, below the food court 🤗
Suggestions for keeping your dog safe this 4th of July with Katie Olson at Get Sunmed Lake Mary Florida!
Mia doing an excellent job with obedience at Lesson 4! Her Mom & Dad have put in a ton of awesome effort and also worked with previous trainers to fine tune her obedience. It’s so cool to watch my clients put in the effort and to coach them through the process of making daily life better because we give jobs to the dog rather than giving them the role of the boss. Way to go Mia & family!
Mia doing an excellent job with obedience at Lesson 4! Her Mom & Dad have put in a ton of awesome effort and also worked with previous trainers to fine tune her obedience. It’s so cool to watch my clients put in the effort and to coach them through the process of making daily life better because we give jobs to the dog rather than giving them the role of the boss. Way to go Mia & family!
Luna & Gena practicing the Heel with distractions like two champs!
Why do dogs jump? How are we accidentally encouraging the behavior and confusing our dogs?
How do I train dogs and their owners? I’m glad you asked!
I always start with the basics: rewarding calm manners and teaching the basic obedience for elongated periods of time such as “Sit By My Side”.
Then I show the proper household structures and exercise regimen for that specific dog.
Distractions are the dogs true test to adherence to commands. We add distractions until the dog is able to listen in all settings!
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How do I train dogs and their owners? I’m glad you asked!
I always start with the basics: rewarding calm manners and teaching the basic obedience for elongated periods of time such as “Sit By My Side”.
Then I show the proper household structures and exercise regimen for that specific dog.
Distractions are the dogs true test to adherence to commands. We add distractions until the dog is able to listen in all settings!
Sophie and Olivia learning to Heel together! Teaching owners how to walk in a relaxed, loose leash respectful heel with their dogs is just as exciting for me as teaching the dogs how to heel. Before I grew in the confidence to coach people, I used to only take the leash and show. Now I’m very confident in showing, telling, coaching, and using the learning style of the owner to inform the learning process.
Mocha enjoying an evening stroll with the Bike Tow Leash! She loves biking and picked it up immediately. I loved my time with Mocha, and she has helped me get back on the bike after a few months break.
Monty’s first bike ride about 25 minutes in! We eased him into it since he is a sweet and sensitive soul, walked a bit first and then jogged, and then we hit the sidewalk to test the Bike Tow Leash’s ability to fit the pup and bike on the sidewalk! This contraption consistently blows me away with its brilliance! I have many more videos to share both of Monty and Mocha and in the future will have even more because so many of my training clients are interested in how easy this is!
Monty’s first few steps with the bike! Bike training is something I enjoy so much, and I get to do it occasionally with clients who are so inclined and have a dog who needs that extra bit of exercise. Great job, Rachel! Thanow Bike Tow Leash!! More videos coming.
Maple showing how fun it is to learn the number one safety command, Come. Typically we allow our dogs free reign of the house off leash and then in the moment that we NEED them to come to us, they choose not to.
Why? Because we never took the time to teach them what come means, that is it always 100% positive when we call them over to us, and that we are more important than ANY distraction.
So in the progression of teaching your dog to come when called, the very first step is to play this fun “popcorn” style game with them, where they are called back and forth for a treat without other distractions. More about the continued progression of teaching come soon.
Scotty siblings Midge and Morty doing a great job at Lesson 1. Formerly they were all over the place on the walk, mostly pulling forward or backward when they wanted to stop and go home. The proper selection and fit of the correct tools and implementing consistent rewards every time your dog does the right thing is the solution to clear communication and results.
Half sister Pomskies Sophie and Olivia on their first walk together! My goal for all of my clients is to always have the owner struggling the most on the walk handling every dog while heeling by the second lesson, but I always “throw them in the deep end” by teaching them how to do it on lesson 1. Most of the time it only takes one walk together for my clients to successfully be able to walk all of their dogs together, regardless of the issues before. Great job! #dogtraining #pomskies
Last video update of Maple for now. She did so well with bike training with me over a long enough period of time that I introduced her to biking with her owner who is nine years old! He did perfectly and can definitely bike with Maple easily under supervision and on his own when his parents say so. I love working with kids and puppies and helping them succeed at a balanced and healthy life 💙
At 14 weeks old, Maple had begun stealing and chewing on things she shouldn’t. I made this video of me playing with her to help teach everyone how to back track the steps of toys allowed, including how to stop hand and and clothing item nibbling.
The first step is to limit the freedom you give to your puppy. They will earn the right to have freedom in the whole house over the course of the first few years, but there is no reason why they should have access to furniture or sensitive items to chew on when they don’t yet know the rules. For the first several months of life, the crate, a gated hallway or pen, the back yard on leash or in the house on leash is plenty of freedom and gives the ability to teach them rules and boundaries.
Next, to teach them how to play with the toys and not your hands or clothes, always shove the toy they can play with in their mouth and do a gentle tug game (for more submissive dogs) or let them play with it on their own and then teach them the five command (for more dominant dogs). Use 2-3 toys always so you can shove another toy in their mouth if they choose to nip you or once they give up the toy. If they nip you, make a loud, high pitched YIP sound like their litter mate would make if they got pinched. It needs to sound like a puppy crying. When they cease and look up at you, tell them, “Yes! Good!” And then shove another toy in their mouth. Do the same if they grab your clothing.
Over time and with consistency, this helps them learn their limits and that hands are not toys. Freedom is earned and boundaries need to be taught deliberately with puppies, otherwise they grow up to be out of control adult sized dogs with even bigger behavior problems.
At 14 weeks old, Maple had begun stealing and chewing on things she shouldn’t. I made this video of me playing with her to help teach everyone how to back track the steps of toys allowed, including how to stop hand and and clothing item nibbling.
The first step is to limit the freedom you give to your puppy. They will earn the right to have freedom in the whole house over the course of the first few years, but there is no reason why they should have access to furniture or sensitive items to chew on when they don’t yet know the rules. For the first several months of life, the crate, a gated hallway or pen, the back yard on leash or in the house on leash is plenty of freedom and gives the ability to teach them rules and boundaries.
Next, to teach them how to play with the toys and not your hands or clothes, always shove the toy they can play with in their mouth and do a gentle tug game (for more submissive dogs) or let them play with it on their own and then teach them the five command (for more dominant dogs). Use 2-3 toys always so you can shove another toy in their mouth if they choose to nip you or once they give up the toy. If they nip you, make a loud, high pitched YIP sound like their litter mate would make if they got pinched. It needs to sound like a puppy crying. When they cease and look up at you, tell them, “Yes! Good!” And then shove another toy in their mouth. Do the same if they grab your clothing.
Over time and with consistency, this helps them learn their limits and that hands are not toys. Freedom is earned and boundaries need to be taught deliberately with puppies, otherwise they grow up to be out of control adult sized dogs with even bigger behavior problems.
