🐾 Meet Kai, our star trainee, mastering new skills at @completepetcarevet ! 🩺🐕
Kai is learning essential behaviors to make vet visits stress-free and enjoyable for all our furry friends. From staying calm during check-ups to getting comfortable with the vet’s tools, Kai is setting a great example!
We noticed Kai had some concerning urination behaviors and had an unusual odor during his stay with us. The vet confirmed our suspicions with a UTI and fungal skin infection diagnosis.
Kai’s training will be delayed for a few days while he completes his course of antibiotics, his body heals, and is back to 100%.
After Kai’s Board & Train (to address some his fear around new things and leash walking skills) is complete, he will be available for adoption through @pipsrescue and will be continuing his training with his foster mom 🩷
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Kai Visits the Vet
🐾 Meet Kai, our star trainee, mastering new skills at Complete Pet Care Animal Hospital! 🩺🐕
Kai is learning essential behaviors to make vet visits stress-free and enjoyable for all our furry friends. From staying calm during check-ups to getting comfortable with the vet’s tools, Kai is setting a great example!
We noticed Kai had some concerning urination behaviors and had an unusual odor during his stay with us. The vet confirmed our suspicions with a UTI and fungal skin infection diagnosis.
Kai’s training will be delayed for a few days while he completes his course of antibiotics, his body heals, and is back to 100%.
After Kai’s Board & Train (to address some his fear around new things and leash walking skills) is complete, he will be available for adoption through Perfectly Imperfect Pups and will be continuing his training with his foster mom 🩷
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Scruffy Bear is rockin’ the basics on crate training 🙌🏼 #symbiodogtraining #freedomriderescue #rescuedog
🐾: Freedom Ride Rescue
New Year? New Sarge!!! 🤩
Sarge maintains loose leash walking around other dogs 🙌🏼
Scruffy Bear NCMA Walk
Scruffy Bear is learning how to walk nicely on a loose leash without barking or dragging his human around. 🙌🏼
Post-Grooming Happiness 🥰
Big Bowowski is floofy post-bath and blow out. He came into our program with quite a bit of matting. He didn’t really “like” to be brushed, but that’s not an optional task for a Golden Retriever. It took time to earn his trust with physical handling drills. Those matted areas were a bit sore, of course, so those were removed today. ✂️
Rescue: Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue 🐾
Big Bowowski
Even in the middle of pulling down Christmas decor, we still train! There may be a mountain of boxes but we still put in the work 💪🏼
Big Bowowski is learning that everyone isn’t out to take his things. He’s not “fixed” by any means but we are making progress on basics skills and putting better management in place for him to succeed.
🐾: Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue
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Big Bowowski Crate Games
Big Bowowski has an issue with resourcing guarding his bed, but not all the time. Sometimes he picks up the bed (especially in a new space), brings it to you, and then guards it pretty severely. We have been working on moving the bed and/or crate all over the house to work on this exact exercise. He LOVES to work and learn new things. With that in mind, if he decides to enter the crate and grab the bed, the door gets quickly closed and this game ends. Slow and steady wins the race! 🐢
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Big Bowowski is feeling better! Time to get to work 🙌🏼
This beautiful Golden Retriever came to us from Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue. He has an unfortunate habit of grabbing things that don’t belong to him and guarding them them from humans. We will be working on addressing his resource guarding over the next few weeks, but we have to start with obedience and building our relationship.
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This may seem minuscule to many, but this is a big deal for Izzy. She was very intense about jumping on the counter and scarfing down whatever she could grab, whether you were present or not. She was also extremely reactive to my pack on the opposite side of the gate. She wasn’t given any corrections, only choices in this video. This is HUGE progress for her and I’m so proud of her. 👏
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Sometimes working on the emotion behind your dog’s reactivity is just as simple as sitting in a busy park, putting your dog in a down and watching the world go by…
That does not include having every stranger walk up to say “hello” or pet your dog. We are looking for neutrality in this exercise.
Here, I’m working with Boone on looking at people, dogs, and “things” then looking back at me without a reaction. If he complies with the exercise by maintaining a down with distractions passing by, then his efforts are marked with a “yes” and he gets rewarded.
I cannot wait to show his family how much progress he’s made over the last few weeks. 🤩
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That feeling you get when you know Dad is picking you up today! 🥰 Rocco 🐾
When selecting a dog trainer for a Board & Train, make sure you ask the appropriate questions. Does your breed have a coat that requires daily grooming? When your dog is staying with a trainer, will they be cared for appropriately? Grooming is part of animal husbandry and should be the industry standard. Ruby Mae is here with us to address her recall specifically, but that doesn’t mean her coat and well being are neglected.
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If we work hard, we play hard too 🤗@lovemuttsrescue
My favorite game to play with my fearful/reactive dogs. I noticed Stella getting locked on a dog walking by and, before she reacted, I was able to call her name and create movement away from the “thing” that would typically cause a reaction from her.
Please note that we aren’t using the e-collar yet. I just want her to know what if feels like on, so it’s not odd or a surprise later. Eventually, we will condition a stim to equal “turn & look at me.” If you do, then you’ll get paid with a reward.
This guy is growing on me, now that he’s less grumbly about being handled. 💜🐾
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The reality is that you have to learn to laugh at yourself and go with the flow. Will this be allowed in the future? Absolutely not. Is this the type of dog that I’m going to correct when he’s 3 inches from my face? No. We don’t have the relationship or an understanding of expectations. That’s not fair or ethical for the dog and not a wise choice for myself.
The goal of this training session was to build a relationship, not work on obedience. Brinks was given kibble when he offered up preferred behaviors like “sit” and “down” or chose to interact with me in general. We went on a non-structured walk and just existed together.
Brinks has some behavioral issues rooted in a defensive mind set. Physical handling will be the biggest hurdle as he’s been a stray and presumably an “outdoor kennel dog” with little interaction. For 3 months, I’ve been medicating his ears almost daily to address a chronic ear infection that was left untreated. I’ve noticed that every time ear medication is applied, I taken a few steps backs with earning his trust.
Stay tuned for his progress. He will be trained to the level of Beginner Novice and then adopted out through Part of the Pack Rescue 🐾
