Forever grateful for this journey and every pup I meet along the way 🐶❤️
VOLUME UP FOR PUPPY SNORES!
It's very cool when things go right the first time... it's not very common. Clarity and patience have become two very key parts of my training.
Dogs: Emerie, 5mos | Griffey, 2yrs | Yogi, 2yrs
2 words that changed everything. "WITH ME" & "GO AHEAD"
The most common challenge I see with dog owners is that their dogs are pulling. For me, it became absolutely necessary to develop a way to solve this problem. First, I had to think about what we were actually dealing with and addressing....figuring that out gave me a much better perspective on how to tackle the issue.
Dogs ARENT PULLING, THEYRE WALKING & WE ARE RESTRAINING THEM 😅
So that's where I started... instead of restraining my dog because they are walking much faster than me (4 legs vs 2), I decided to create a criteria for them to understand. If we are walking, then we are doing just that! Point A to Point B and we don't need to take any breaks in between. BUT every dog needs some time to do their own thing, so that's where the second part of the criteria comes into play. Giving my dog time to go do as they please, only restricted to the understanding that they must use that time smell, play, bathroom or do something productive. No reactivity, no fixating, just enjoyment.
●Method Below●
•So the first step is figuring out for myself, WHEN is it walking time and WHEN is it dog time. Well for me I do about a 70(walking)/25(dog time) split for our outside time.
•Second step is teaching that being next to me is the most positive place. I may feed their food from my hand during walking time to enforce this idea.
•Third step is communication! This is so important! I use my leash as the primary communicator to send my message and support that through body language and minimal speech. Long leash when I'm encouraging "dog time" and short leash when we are just walking.
TL;DR: COMMENT "WALK" FOR A SHORT VIDEO ON HOW TO CHANGE YOUR DOGS PULLING & WALKING HABITS.
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Location: Tascas Love Rescue | Silver Spring, MD
Dog: Emerie | 5months | Mix
*Available for adoption*
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