I have so many training videos, training tips, and introductory posts that I'm behind on posting, but instead here's puppy Paddington flying. 😂♥️
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I'm very happy to be back working with Tabitha and her big dog crew. She is always so funny and "extra" in everything she does (including her herding and guarding she does with the other dogs 😁). For example, here she is going to her mat from a distance 🤣 we never said she had to back up to it but why take your eye off the food source?! Tabitha is learning to go to and stay on her mat to help with her resource guarding and herding tendencies with the big girls. The mat can be used in so many awesome ways! That's Astrid on the left and Sigi on the right at the end, Astrid has my heart after recently welcoming me into her circle of trust. 🥰
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Dorrie learned the most dramatic play dead through capturing in about ten minutes! This video shows three play deads, keep watching! Capturing means marking and reinforcing (saying, "yes!" or clicking if using a clicker then giving a treat) a full behavior a dog offers. It's one of my favorite ways to teach new tricks and all kinds of other behaviors. It can also be used to teach tricks that you can't really lure, like sneezing or showing teeth. And it allows dogs to be super creative, because we are just rewarding behaviors dogs throw out and come up with themselves! I believe wholeheartedly that reinforcing a dog's creativity empowers them.
Dorrie loves this silly on her back behavior, so it was easy to start giving treats every time she offered it, and then put it on cue for a fully formed and repeatable trick. Dorrie is a super intelligent dog, but any dog out there can do trick training and learn really flashy, dramatic tricks through capturing (or other techniques like luring and shaping)!
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Last weekend I did a trick training workshop at @sfanimalshelter and Baby (who is adoptable and SUPER fun to trick train!) was very curious about the goings on outside her training zone. 🤣 She kept cracking us up doing her little prairie dog peaks. Someone go adopt Baby! She has a lot of energy but is happy and smart. She can be barely towards other dogs but who doesn't have big feelings about things sometimes? She just needs someone who can provide her with an active and fun life! Thanks @___birdie_leigh___ for this video, I'm still laughing!
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Trick training is way too much fun! Just ask Clementine, who learned to string two new tricks together, sit pretty into (her all time favorite) play dead! She is working while Gatsby practices his advanced down stay. Both dogs are learning to stay while other pets in the house train and get attention. Such wonderful pups! Trick training is GREAT for your teenage dogs. It helps you connect and engage with them while burning off some of that excessive energy adolescents have, and it primes their brain to learn new things faster int he future. And, LOOK at it!! It's flashy and fun!
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Ffion is a lovely girl who doesn't appreciate when dogs she doesn't know run up to her or get up in her business. When loose dogs run up on a walk, or dogs suddenly appear around a corner, it upsets her. We're helping her feel differently about these situations through desensitization and counter conditioning. We want her to feel safe and relaxed every step of the way, and look how fantastically wiggly she looks when Diego suddenly appears and starts approaching her around a corner! She is doing so great. I guess I never welcomed her and her brother to A Matter of Manners, so belated welcome to Ffion, Jambo, and family!
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Very convincing sleeping, Wilbur 🤣❤️ Jennifer is demonstrating how to add the verbal cue (and a fun hand signal) absolutely beautifully! We taught the "down and on your side/back" hand signal first, so Jennifer is saying, "Go to sleep!" and doing sleep hands first, then waiting a couple seconds. Then, she helps Wilbur by doing the learned hand signal. By the end of the session, Wilbur was going to sleep on just the verbal and fun signal. That's how it works! Great training here. @jennwynnephotodecor
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Practice, prep, set you and your dog up for success (which includes feeling less stressed out for a vet visit). We have some routine vet visits coming up so we spend little bits here and there running through the vet visit. Here we are from a few days ago and this morning. We use Cooperative Care at the vet, so we practice our chin rests for face exams, getting vaccines, and listening to the heart. We practice our blood draw position a LOT as this is the toughest one for my dogs (of course, I don't blame them!). Cooperative Care is something I encourage my clients to make a regular part of their lives. Not something you expect your dog to be able to do one or two times a year during a scary vet visit. It takes practice and upkeep! Even if you don't use Cooperative Care at the vet, you can and still should prep your dog for vet visits. Visit the vet for happy visits ahead of time, just to get treats, sniff around, go home. Practice any restraint your dog might need at the vet. Will you or the vet be holding them for a blood draw? Practice it!
Help your dogs and cats by preparing them ahead of time so they know what to expect. Predictably is key to confidence.
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Mochi has a new sisterrrr!!! We have been preparing and planning for Maui's big arrival from China since Mochi began his puppy package a few months ago. Maui has only been stateside about a week, and we are slowly integrating them, making sure we go slow with the inside stuff because Maui still needs time to decompress after her big flight then road trip, and Mochi can be...a pestering teen. 🫠 Mochi can't believe his luck, and Maui has already taken my heart. She's a total fetch addict and wants to shred all the toys. These are good and fun things for dogs to do. Maui is a delightful dog. Congratulations to Sally and Qing on their new little lady!
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Bode's first limp!! We've been teaching Bode to limp along with some other fun things (and other important things), and he got his first actual limp during our latest session. Way to go, Bode and Jenny! Why teach a dog to limp? Because trick training is a great way to mentally enrich your dog's life, it helps them learn new things faster, it can be great physical exercise/body conditioning, it strengthens your bond, and it can build confidence. As a nervous teenage herding breed, Bode needs as much mental and physical confidence boosters as he can get!
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Play with your dog. Chase them. Let them chase you. Let them bark at you in play. Play bitey games (it's ok to let your dog bite you softly in play!). Wrestle with them. Get on the floor with them. Let them jump on you. Do things your dog thinks is FUN. Playing is important, it's fun, and it will strengthen your bond. There are wayyyyyy too many expectations and rules for dogs. Let loose! Get silly! Relax the "rules" around biting and jumping. Here's an example of some games Myles and I play almost daily. Chase, hide and seek, catch me if you can, "aaaagh you scared me!" Another, maybe his FAVORITE game is when we get under the covers and he goes to TOWN biting our moving hands (or face lol) through the covers. Dogs bite, dogs jump, dogs bark and vocalize, dogs get excited, even completely crazy pants. Enjoy it! I love his little face when I hide and he's seeking me ❤️
*Obviously do not chase your dog or try to grab them if it scares them. Play how your dog enjoys playing.
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Continuing the Ruckus posts, here's a video from March 2022 I came across recently that made me laugh. This was Ruckus, ALWAYS. Always ready to party, always making us laugh, always being so spicy! I was just working in the office, nothing exciting going on, but Ruckus always made it exciting 😂 And I love the boy's typical reaction to her "outbursts." She was the embodiment of fun and joy!
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