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Deep touch pressure decreases “fight or flight” sympathetic activity and decreases the level of cortisol (stress hormone) which is hugely impactful for people who experience stress, anxiety, or fear on a regular basis (anxiety, PTSD, dementia, ASD). https://comfycritterspetservices.com/service-dog-available #servicedogtask #deeppressuretherapy #servicedog #servicedogintraining #standardpoodle #dogtraining #puremichigan #therapysession #ilovedogs

Play training with service dog in training, August. August is an almost two year old neutered male standard poodle. He has a low to medium calm energy. He has learned basic and advanced obedience skills from force free, reward based training and is looking for his perfect partner. August resides in Michigan currently. Are you the one? Check out more about August here: https://comfycritterspetservices.com/service-dog-available. #mobilitydog #servicedogintraining #servicedog #clickertraining #puremichigan #dogtraining #standardpoodle #proactcanines

🐶A Snuffle Mat is an interactive feeding mat and scent game in which you can hide your dog or cat's favourite treats. Made with strategically placed strips of upcycled felt, this creative enrichment game will help provide stimulation and will keep your dog entertained. 🐾Comfy Critters will be hosting a Snuffle mat workshop on Thursday evening from 6pm-8pm, December 5th. All proceeds goes towards our Service Dog project program. Come out for this owner only workshop and enjoy making a fun enrichment game for your furry friend! The link for this event is in the comments. Who will be joining us? 🙋🏼‍♀️Here is SDit, August, enjoying a fun enrichment game of sniffing out treats and kibble from a snuffle mat. #servicedog #dogtraining #mobilityservicedog #standardpoodle #dogenrichmentactivities #puremichigan #christinscomfy

Learning to back into small spaces. August is an almost two year old neutered male standard poodle. He is public access trained, basic and advanced obedience trained, mobility assistant trained and is ready for his forever partner. Are you that person? You can find out more information about August here: https://comfycritterspetservices.com/service-dog-available. #servicedog #mobilityservicedog #standardpoodle #clickertraining #puremichigan #proactcanines #dogtraining

It is not easy to learn which way to pull a zipper, but August did an amazing job figuring it out today. We will shape this task and do it with more precision but I am pretty proud of how well he did today. He is always willing to try something new. https://comfycritterspetservices.com/service-dog-available. #servicedogtraining #standardpoodle #clickertraining #dogtraining #mobilitydog

August Standard Poodle almost two years old neutered male. Mobility trained, basic and advanced obedience trained, public access trained. Low to medium sweet energy. Looking for his Service dog placement. Looking for more information? Go here: https://comfycritterspetservices.com/service-dog-available. #standardpoodle #servicedog #mobilitytraining #mobilityservicedog #puremichigan #clickertraining #proactcanines

It’s National “take a hike” Day! Winston ChurchHound,Prim and I went for a walk around our countryside. Anyone else taking their dogs for a hike? 😁🐾

Winston ChurchHound’s sense of humor 😁🐾

🇺🇸We have many Veterans that we serve whether for their dog training needs or boarding needs. We truly want to take a minute to tell you… Thank you for your service to our country. If you are comfortable, can you comment below so we can give you honor? 🇺🇸 Basset hound, Winston ChurchHound, holds a flag in his mouth to honor veterans. #VeteransDay #rewardbaseddogtraining #puremichigan #dogtrainer #GodBlessTheUSA #bassethoundsofinstagram #christinscomfy

Six month old, Service dog in training, Shiloh, joins Christin for a few days of training and fun. Here is a glimpse in a three day week of training. If you are looking for coaching or training for Service dog work. Located in Union City,Michigan. Check out our website here https://comfycritterspetservices.com/service-dog-coaching. #servicedog #servicedogintraining #clickertraining #ilovelabs #puremichigan #dogtrainer #rewardbaseddogtraining

🏃‍♀️ Fido! Come! Come! Come! Fido, come here! Come! Come! Dang dog! Fido come here right now! Fiiiiddddoooooo! COME!!! 👂 Does that sound familiar? Often times we call our dogs and it seems to fall on deaf ears!”But my dog knows what “come” means”, I hear so many times. But yet, you call their name and 🦗….Nothing. I have been dealing with this a little bit with Margaret. She has a wonderful recall until….🐿🦨🐇🍁. You get the idea. That wonderful nose of hers sometimes can get the best of her. So I went back to playing games with just her alone. She loves having one on one time with Momma! For families with more than one dog, it is so important to spend one on one time with each dog. Here is some fun ideas to work with on having your dog running to you just like mine are in this video…🐾 Teaching your dog that their name is a wonderful thing is the best thing you can do. How do we do that? Call their name and reward them with a yummy treat, call their name and make eye contact with a soft eye, call their name and give them loving warm pets down their chest and back, you get the idea… make a connection with your dog with their name and don’t use it to nag or yell at them.🐾 Load your pockets up with some yummy doggy jerky pieces and let your pup out in a yard. Stay pretty close and when they are out sniffing something, call your pup and take a few steps AWAY from your pup, when their head goes up and they look at you,make eye contact and act like you are leaving, as soon as they come up to you, greet them like they are your long lost friend (often you will hear me giggle when they start running towards me,I just love watching them come running!) keep that connection with them and then give them a piece of that yummy jerky after they have come racing to you and then… send them back to go do what they were doing. Repeat this 4 or 5 times.🐾Play hide and seek in the house with your pup. This game is so fun and causes me