Peaceful Pets Pet Care

10/27/2024

Fia & Zin
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10/26/2024

Día de los Mu***os lasts more than one day. Celebrate the lives of those who shared our world. Let’s see your fur babies that changed your life.

10/25/2024

As trainers we often talk to our clients about giving their dogs agency.

As a sentient being, having choice about what to do, with your body, throughout your day is everything.

Our personal dogs are not “perfect”. However having a mentally and emotionally stable dog is more important to us. With that, they make their own choices and as long as they are good choices that don’t hurt anyone, we’re good!

10/24/2024

“Some dogs are not dog social.”

As the great Kiwi saying goes..."Yeah...Nah".✅❌
Expecting that ALL dogs need to accept and play with ALL other dogs is a very fast track to some big issues.
Dogs are allowed their own preferences and forcing dogs to interact...just because they are dogs, can be really damaging and dangerous.
Many dogs have social preferences and that needs to be respected by us. Some dogs really struggle to read other dogs body language and struggle to decipher signals when another dogs body is vastly different to what they are used to.
Pugs are a good example of a body type some dogs struggle to read.
Unfortunately there can also be pressure from others to let their dogs play with yours.... sometimes good judgement is ignored because.... "All dogs should play with other dogs".
No... they don't and they shouldn't if your dog has clear preferences.

"They just weren't socialised enough as puppies"
"They need to be more obedient"
"They just need to play more"
"They need to be more dominant when playing"
"They need to just submit"
No, nope, ...and no again.

Social preferences are also not static.
They can change, so be open to that too.

There is a bit of a myth out there that reactive dogs only belong in the "not social" category. Some reactive dogs can be really social with others, but they could be leash reactive even to dog breeds they may enjoy interacting with off lead.
Just because a dog is reactive it does NOT automatically mean they dislike all other dogs.
Even reactive dogs have (and are allowed) to have their own unique preferences.

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10/21/2024

10/21/2024

We still can’t believe this is happening! The incredible —yes, THE P!NK—reached out to us while she’s in town for her St. Paul show to foster our sweet boy, Graham Cracker! 😱

If that wasn’t amazing enough, she’s taking Graham on the adventure of a lifetime with her and her family on tour, with the goal of helping him find his forever home by the end of it! 💖

As a passionate animal rescue advocate, P!NK has done this on past tours, connecting with local rescues and helping three lucky dogs find their forever homes—and now, it’s Graham’s turn! We brought him to her show, and we can already tell she’s falling for him. (Who knows... maybe Graham’s forever home is already right there with her! 👀)

We’re beyond grateful and still pinching ourselves over here! 🙌

Stay tuned for more updates, and in the meantime, follow Graham’s journey on Instagram: 🐶

10/21/2024

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10/15/2024

I can't stress this enough.
Stop waiting for the bark with your reactive dog.💥
A bark is just an audible sign of a reaction
There is a LOT that is shown before the bark, even if it is very fast, it is still shown.
So why is it so important to know all the unique signals and changes in posture and body language your dog shows ?
So you can STOP the escalation....and yes, even stop the barking from occurring in the first place.
Barking is often at the END of a longer chain of events.
First is usually (not always) a hard stare, a fixation.....THAT is a reaction.
A change in ear position IS a reaction.
Puling harder o the lead to get closer IS a reaction.
A lengthening of the neck/leaning in IS a reaction.
A wrinkled face IS a reaction.
Use that information!

Imagine how we can help our dogs with their reactivity if we started to recognise all those other changes and escalations in their emotional states as easily as we recognise a bark.

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10/12/2024

This past week showed our city just how critical they can be✅ Crates.
Either you love them💓 or hate them❌
The past week we had an emergency event in our city and the greater Otago area. Many people evacuated their homes due to flooding either because they were told to or they made the decision to self evacuate.
With the increasing issues with our weather (and because we are a country prone to severe earthquakes) it is a very wise idea to add in a way to crate train your dog.
A well introduced crate is a very wise idea.

✅In an emergency it will reduce stress, not add to it.
✅If an Xray is needed at the vets and sedation is given, they are often put in a crate to recover.
✅Recovery from an illness or injury where a dog must be kept still and confined to help heal.

I know they are banned in some countries and that some people are vehemently opposed to them, but an emergency situation can happen and using a crate ONLY in an emergency can increase emotional distress.

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10/12/2024

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10/07/2024

Please don't 🕸🐿🕸🦉🕸

10/03/2024

10/01/2024

10/01/2024

I just saw an interesting post by another trainer about the 3 x 3 x 3 "rule".🤔
In the post it was mentioned to not delay training because of an arbitrary rule.
Which I absolutely agree with....sort of.
When I made this graphic I specifically didn't put in those numbers, because I have met too many people/clients that take everything exactly as written and EVERY dog has a different timeline and some dogs are incredibly resilient.

There are always exceptions to a general "rule".
Always.

So limiting a dogs world when they are ready and are able to handle it can cause exactly the issues you may have been trying to avoid by keeping their world small.
These general rules really do still apply but some people do take things written very, VERY seriously (social media ring a bell? 🛎️).

So do or don't delay training....it depends on your new dog.
Keep their world small if they aren't coping in a brand new environment and then slowly expand it when they TELL you they are able to handle it.
Should you challenge a dog to build resilience ? 100% yes.
However there are those very fine lines and we can push them too far.

General "rules" are great.....but yes, there are always exceptions.✅

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10/01/2024

Off lead dog approaching ‼️⚠️ Think Zombie 🧟‍♂️
Lots of ways to handle this but the quickest and easiest way I have found is to head them off when you first notice they are approaching.
A lot of people leave it wayyyy too late and the off lead dog is already in your immediate area.
Sweeping statement here.... but many off lead dogs are simply attempting to engage or are curious.
However....some are NOT and I have a bit of a rule that I will not allow off lead dogs to approach when I have a dog on a lead or if I am working with a client.

Is it embarrassing to do this ? No, not for me... but I appreciate I have had ample practice with this technique.

There is no time for chit chat.
No pleasantries required either.
Head that off lead dog off NOW to avoid issues.....ESPECIALLY if you have a reactive dog.

This method works.

Does lifting up a dog work ? Well...for me, I dislike it when people lift up their small dogs or puppies in situations like these as it can cause a dog to become even more interested in both the dog and the person holding the dog up. They will often not give up as easy as they would have if they are headed off much earlier. However I really do understand why people do this as it can make people more secure and can also give their dog extra security too.

Throwing food ?
Big nope from me, some dogs will just follow and pester for more.

Last thoughts on the subject...if you have a dog (off lead) around dogs that are on a lead/leash...it is your responsibility to have CONTROL.
That may be verbal control but that is a responsibility YOU have taken on when you let your dog off leash.

If you have no control or none in distracting environments your dog should NOT be off lead around others.

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10/01/2024

Play is a skill.✅
Good play has rules.
It also has boundaries.
❌If your dog is BURSTING at the seams to immediately jump on and scramble on all over other dogs they see....that is a very big issue, a dog displaying just that can also be from a fear response that many don't know about.
This is not about having a dog that can show no excitement around others, but far too many dogs have no (or very little) social skills when it comes to interacting with other dogs.
There is nothing wrong with dogs communicating they do not like or don't appreciate another dogs play style....the BIG problems can come when a dog has such limited experience they completely ignore all the signs or is so over aroused at the sight of another dog that they are unable to read those signals given.
That is when those "it happened out of the blue" moments can occur.

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10/01/2024

🔵 There is a period of time (just a few seconds) when dogs do meet face to face which can be filled with tension💥 (you may notice dogs are excited to pull towards and then may stiffen when there)...that is a very dangerous time...and your dogs face is right beside a dogs mouth.

There is so much more I wanted to say on this subject, but it wouldn't fit on the graphic. Some other points I wanted to make about letting dogs meet by pulling towards each other.

🔵 Face to face meetings are not common when dogs are interacting off lead.
🔵 You have no idea if the other dog yours is desperate to meet is friendly...or not.
🔵 The majority of dogs are very choosy who they interact with....encouraging them to pull towards dogs doesn't allow them to take time to read the other dogs behaviour or body language.
🔵 They can learn to ALWAYS do this if this is encouraged.
🔵 Encouraging dogs to meet face to face will encourage your dog to go directly to dogs faces whether off lead or on.
🔵 Some dogs will take just a few seconds to decide if they like each other, if they are face to face (and with tension) it can end very badly.
🔵 Dogs read energy, the other dogs, the other guardian/owners and yours. If they sense an increase in respiration, heart rate or stress hormone release.... they can interpret that as danger and will react to that perceived danger. They cannot flee, they could fidget, they may freeze......but many will go straight to fight.

🔵 It can take just one negative experience for dogs to develop reactivity...and having a tense lead with no other options to escape a situation can cause a lifelong issue with lead reactivity and dog reactivity.

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10/01/2024

DON’T FORCE ME TO BE SOCIAL!
It may be really disappointing and frustrating when our dogs are not the social beings we expected them to be.

Many believe dogs should just naturally get along with other dogs, after all they’re the same species.

Some believe the “unsociable” dog has a behaviour problem that needs to be “fixed”.

Early, appropriately timed and correct socialisation is vitally important, but sometimes despite all of this, some dogs are just not that sociable.

Sometimes this can be improved, especially if the cause is from a negative experience, but genetics, breed tendencies, individual personalities, health and age all contribute to tolerance and sociability, which also change throughout life.

If we, as a human species, don’t get along with everyone we meet, how can we expect our dogs to?

Do we label every person that has an argument, doesn’t make friends with everyone they meet, doesn’t like every other person, prefers not to socialise - as having a problem that needs to be fixed?

Why is it so easy to accept that every individual person is different than to accept that every individual dog is different?

When we have done what we can to improve our dogs’ social skills, we need to accept and acknowledge our dogs for the individuals they are, allow and respect their choice of whether to be sociable or not and never force interactions that a dog is not comfortable with.