Slurp! A refreshing reward for a good teenage boy, learning how to navigate real life scenarios and settle at an outdoor cafe.Tips:☕️ Short and sweet sessions are best to start with and gradually increase length.☕️ Consider the traffic and location based on your dogs readiness around strangers, dogs, crowds, location.☕️ Practice settle down/relaxation techniques at home first, e.g. on a leash, with a chair, table with food to ensure your dogs understands what is expected...#dogs #cafecanines #dogtraining #labrador #retriever #drink #starbucks #waterbaby #youngdogs #learning #behavior #dogtrainer #privatesessions #manners #publicskills
Giovanna 6.15.2013-8.31.2023Vanna, my ethereal, celestial, courages, golden, one of a kind soul and earth angel. A decade was not enough with you, but so very grateful to have been your human.So many memories, thankful for the lessons, healing, comfort, laughter, love and the pure joy that you always radiated. Selfless and kind, you gave me and so many animals and people guidance, healing and love. Your happy and pure heart always had good intentions.My shadow and brave guardian, never more than two steps away from me, always willing to have fun, participate, help, connect, forgive, smile, try again and give kisses.Over the years you raised and mentored so many puppies, help ease so many worried dogs, and gave confidence and comfort to shy and fearful. You knew what to do before I asked and you always tried your hardest.A more loyal friend I could not have asked for. You gracefully and willingly was the glue to our pack, the matriarch of our family, the calm and steady teacher, friend and influence to other animals, always with kindness, patience and grace. You were magic.Finding the words to describe our connection will not be enough, it had to be felt to be understood. My connection to you will always be alive and strong, my love for you always bigger than life itself, half of me is missing, gone, in limbo until we meet again.Just like that you were gone…unexpectedly and suddenly, your vibrant, happy, playful, patient, goofy floofy self never wanted to complain, be a burden, selfless. I know you tried so hard to be brave and strong and convincing me that all was well up until your last hours. You took care of me until the very end and will look for you in every place, listen for you and wait and feel for your love wherever I go..🐕🦺 if you have any stories and memories of Vanna please share them 🐾💓
This is a reward for this girl, mental enrichment, also a break in training, a chance to decompress, practice natural behaviors, be a dog, have a choice. A few weeks ago she was not relaxed enough to investigate even the most interesting gopher hole, because she was too nervous. It’s ok to give your dogs choices, follow their interest, healthy to allow natural behaviors such as sniffing, digging, tracking, exploring. Be interested in your dogs choices and motivation, see the dog, see where they take you….....#explore #dog #dig #holes #enrichment #walking #rewards #drives #motivation #livingwithdogs #naturalbehaviors #behavior #dogtraining #canines #scent #sniff #track #relax #relationshipgoals
Jazzy goes to puppy school: Everyday care, grooming, vet visits can be overwhelming for a dog, not understanding why we poke, prod, pull on the fur with brushes, opening their mouth and messing with various body parts. To avoid puppy frustrations and accidentally creating negative experiences, start early by preparing them for this in small doses and rewarding their tolerance.
Jazzy goes to puppy school: introducing wait, food bowl exercises, self control and the foundation to a stay.
Look at this little teenager flying to her people during ‘come’ and showing off her ‘stay’ skills during a distracting trip to the park. Tips for success: 🐾 Bring super high value treats, that can still be motivating and competing with all the temptations and distractions at the place you are at.🐾 Know your dogs limitations, current skill level and comfortable distance to triggers-work at that level first and get success, then increase the difficulty small steps at the time.🐾 Observe your dog’s body language and adjust activities, distance and time accordingly.🐾 Use a long line for safety, respect other park goers space, passing with plenty of space, following rules, keeping your dog from disturbing others, or approaching without consent.🐾 Have a good time, but your dog should be your focus and priority- be aware of the length of time and difficulty of the place to keep your dog from getting overtired and overwhelmed.🐾 Praise yourself for sharing a joy filled moment with your friend, and investing time, training and effort for you and your dog 🏅......#dogs #canines #puppies #recall #come #stay #focus #longline #funinthesun #dogtraining #dogtrainer #cali #doodle #dogschool #publicskills #manners #cgc #obedience #livingwithdogs
Lil miss sunshine reminding us to stay hydrated this weekend. Keep paws of the hot ground, exercise early morning, late evening. Dogs overheat easily, be cool, stay safe everyone.......#dogs #hotdogs #water #golden #retriever #bath #drinking #heatwave #overheat #puppies #dogtraining #santanarow #waterbaby #cute #sunshine #summer #behavior #livingwithdogs
When was the last time you followed your dog silently in nature? Dedicated an outdoor adventure walk to where your dog could sniff uninterrupted, without lots of talking, demanding behaviors, asking to hurry up or for commands, controlling the route, speed, time for the dog…
The world can be a stressful and overwhelming scene for our dogs as well. I love to let dogs just be dogs. Here, we did a morning frolic discovering last nights mysteries with a special Sherlock Holmes nose. I use a long line to be safe, so even if you don’t have a perfect recall this activity is possible and simulates an off leash experience, but also because it’s important to be respectful of wildlife, dogs, people and property. With a long line you can provide more space to cover and freedom for your dog to roam at their own pace. It’s a wonderful activity for dogs to practice natural behaviors, make their choices and follow that instinct. This usually leads to a more relaxed and calm, mentally and physically content dog, ready for a long nap…
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Chief complaint: only chases balls-does not bring it back or let us take the ball. Also, has tons of energy in the late evenings and not always time to go for a walk/go to park.
We found a solution to both issues. Now we can play fetch and have an alternative activity for exercise and it’s more fun to play together. This smart dog did not take long to figure out what we wanted. Look how well they do, puppy went from withholding ball from handler to speedy spit outs in no time.
Hope, playing a bit with “chin hold”, “hand target”, “dance”, “spin”, high5”. There are many benefits to keeping your senior dog mentally active with learning, tricks, enrichment. At almost 15, some behaviors are less sharp, but we are having fun together and she looked so proud and happy, that is what matters, and what I am holding onto so dearly.
Training tips for seniors:
-keep physical limitations in mind.
-be patient and reward for effort not perfection.
-keep it short, fun and light, be mindful of cognitive decline, slower responses, memory loss- even with skills that they used to know super well.
-Don’t push behaviors, eg. Hope used to do “sit” easily and happily, nowadays when I ask she often don’t. That is ok. I assume her joints are achy, less comfortable, usually dogs have very good reasons to why they don’t do something. Don’t be afraid to adjust your expectations and behaviors.
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#dogs #senior #chihuahua #parsonrussellterrier #rescue #myfriend #bff #cognitive #mindexercises #tricks #mentalenrichment #postivereinforcement #stayactive #hope #livingwithdogs #dogtraining
Back chaining a “run home” behavior from a walk. Currently, we are also working on proofing a reliable “come” around distractions, making sure we are building a consistent reinforcement history, even in situations where the dog is highly tempted by something. Remember you can use what the dog is originally distracted/motivated by as a reward (when appropriate) for coming and being attentive to you. That way you are the ultimate source to fun and not the person that is always taking your dog away from cool stuff.
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#poodle #maltese #puppytraining #dogtraining #behavior #recall #come #positivereinforcement #dogtrainer #smalldogs #pooch #puppy #fun
This little magical friend gets so happy when it’s time for her training session. Learning should feel good and safe on both ends.
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Goal: to play retrieve with dog, for exercise, fun, bonding, preventing boredom and destruction.
Issue: dog will not share toys, bring back and plays hard to get.
We fixed this by repairing the last part of a retrieve, then gradually adding more distance between handler and dog. Reinforcing approach, share space, letting go off toy, shaping the dog making good decisions. During this process I did not command anything, nor take any object from the dog- the idea is to create a dog that wants to share it with us, because it’s fun, rewarding and leads to more engagement. Many times people get way too serious when the dog continues to hold onto toy or failing to know “the rules”.
Spend the time to strengthen the bond around toys, encouragement when they choose to be near you and avoid rushing the process of mouth letting go of toy. Work on small steps towards the end goal, clear communication and keep it light.
Let’s see if we succeed at the end?
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#westie #westhighland #retrieve #troubleshooting #dogs #dogtraining #balls #play #learning #behavior #animals #pets #livingwithdogs #bringitback #drop #fun #postivereinforcement #clicker #fearfree #forcefree #lovedog #puppy #share #animalscoaching #gooddog #happydogs #hopeforcanines
Come when called tips:
Always provide safe, positive and rewarding consequences for this behavior.
Build in rewards when the dog makes good decisions such as catching up, paying attention to where you go, change direction …
Keep rewards surprising and use a variety.
Have fun!
Practice with a long line to keep your dog safe and respect others.
Choose the setting that is right for your dogs current level of experience and skill.
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#jindo #shiba #rescue #come #vacation #dogtraining #fearful #dogtrainer #dogs #happydogs #come #recall #fun #animalwelfare #postivereinforcement #r+ #freedom #shaping #longline #livingwithdogs #tewards #safety #bonding #relationships #humananimalbond #behavior #hopeforcanines
Success in behavior modification for a reactive rover using reward based training.
Before I met this dog she was punished for lunging, pulling & barking at dogs and the behavior still continued (increased the unwanted behaviors actually). With most behaviors there are usually reasons/a function to why the behavior occurs. We found out why and worked on building a stronger connection to the handler, stress reduction and building in more relaxation in general. At the start of the video you can see her tense up as she spots a dog walking by (ordinarily this would spark an explosive lunge, bark) but as you can see, she turned to her person instead just like she has learned and then they played. Play can help redirect excess energy and refocus something negative to a feel good positive consequence.
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#reactiverover #reactivedog #play #dogs #amstaff #pitbull #terrier #rescue #secondchances #bully #behavior #behaviormodification #livingwithdogs #canines #leashaggression #frustratedfido #dooverdogs
Boundary training, doorway impulse control, desensitization to family members coming and going…
If you have a door dasher- in need of safety protocols, or wish to teach this as a preventive pattern or self control for basic manners-this is easy and helpful to practice at home at any door. In this case we are also using stay to desensitize departure cues for dogs that get worried when we start to leave. Quick “come and go” repetitions, only raising the criteria with small steps when the dog is calm, can help with confidence and reduce anxiety associated by us leaving.
