Canine Companion Training California

12/11/2024

🌟Here is little Axl, a 14wk old Boxer mix puppy and he is completely deaf. During his first couple of Training Lessons he is already learning to sit, lay down and go to his bed. His focus is amazing and he learns very quickly with hand signals and quick delivery of food rewards! 💯Obedience Training using positive reinforcement methods R+is not only essential for all dogs but is so engaging and enjoyable for both the human and the dog! 🐾❤️ Deaf dogs are not difficult to train, there are just some specific priorities and for a deaf dog to be able to predict outcomes with behavior… now that must be a relief! 💕🛹⭐️

27/02/2023

CANINE COMPANION TRAINING Student Highlights!

Meet Cocker Spaniels ⭐️’s Poppy, Paisley and Oliver!

1. Here they are practicing impulse control and ‘Sit’ at the front door with mom who is being consistent with expecting this behavior!
2. Using high value food rewards selectively and with good timing is the key to successful repetitions.
3. The front door can then become an Environment Cue for the dogs which will prompt them to offer the Sit behavior for the real life reward of leaving for the walk!

15/01/2023

Are you familiar with the Canine ‘Ladder of Aggression’? This is a useful tool to help you become more aware of a dog’s body language and how a dog is feeling emotionally.
“The Ladder of Aggression is a depiction of the gestures that any dog will give in response to an escalation of perceived stress and threat, from very mild social interaction and pressure, to which blinking and nose licking are appropriate responses, to severe, when overt aggression may well selected.”
Learning first to recognize, then how to help your dog feel better about a situation or, at the very least, how to diffuse the situation will prevent aggressive behaviors from escalating. Some dogs skip a step and escalate more quickly as they have been punished previously for a particular behavior (e.g. growling).
“Contrary to persistent misinformation, the gestures identified are nothing to do with a purported dominant or submissive state relative to companions. In all dogs, inappropriate social responses to appeasement behaviour will result in its devaluing and the necessity, from a dog’s perspective, to move up the ladder.”
To learn more about the ‘Ladder of Aggression’ (Shepherd, K 2009. BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behaviour, 2nd edition.pages 13 - 16. Editors Debra F. Horwitz and Daniel S. Mills) click link in bio ~

26/12/2022

Happy Holidays! Here’s superstar puppy training student Teddy working on Sit, Stay, Loose Leash Training and all important Socialization. Did you know that multiple survey studies have shown higher obedience in dogs trained with reward based methods? For resources on the most up to date dog training methods and supporting research see links in Bio! ❤️
                   

06/09/2021

Great information!

This is the first time a study has specifically investigated whether early puppy training ( less than three months of age) presents clear advantages over training at a later age, in terms of the subsequent development of adult behavior problems.

The study involved 641 owners and 1,023 dogs that had enrolled in a training program. Most all of the dogs included were reported to have exhibited at least one type of behavior problem.

The researchers found:

🐶No significant difference in the age of puppy training and the subsequent development of behavior problems
🐶Aggression, compulsive behaviour, destructive behaviour, and excessive barking were all reduced in dogs that had formal puppy training before six months of age
🐶Puppy training based on reward-based methods substantially reduced the odds of aggression in adult dogs
🐶Punishment-based methods increased the odds of aggression.
🐶More frequent use of punishment is associated with increased aggression and excitability.
🐶The use of punishment when training dogs is related to an increase in both fear and aggression.

REFERENCE:
DINWOODIE, I.R.; ZOTTOLA, V.; DODMAN, N.H. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF PRE-ADOLESCENT TRAINING ON CANINE BEHAVIOR. ANIMALS 2021, 11, 1298. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.3390/ANI11051298

26/08/2021

💕Happy International Dog Day!!!Adopt if you can 🐾

20/01/2021

...And these are some of my favorite toys 🎾 Meet Bernedoodle puppy Bolt! She is 5 months old, very smart and highly sociable 💕 Bolt is learning all kinds of ways to engage with toys of different shapes and sizes. It is so important to teach a dog training games and provide interactive play. This is for many reasons including redirection of puppy biting, building the human canine bond and for self entertainment purposes as seen here ;) 🐾

18/01/2021

Let me introduce you to Newman! ❤️🐾 He is a 16month old English Bulldog and a current training student. His mom was told that he was ‘untrainable’ but now Newman is getting professional help to build his confidence around new people and loud noises outside as well learning all the foundational obedience training exercises. Newman moves very quickly when he is motivated and will run to his bed (Place Training), Sit, Down and will even perform a Recall with a Hand Targeting exercise! Awesome job Newman & Family! 🌟

03/03/2019

Puppy Training Essentials🐾Chew toys for chewing, Toys for interactive play with people and teaching training games, Toys for distraction and self entertainment purposes! 🐶🐾

25/01/2019

Let's start with...Meta signals! Here is a great video to better understand Dog Dog Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEgrLcxtUQ&t=22s

Dog-dog play is often misunderstood. It can be noisy and vigorous and sometimes it is difficult to tell if the dogs are playing or fighting. Fortunately, dog...

20/10/2018

Excited to have presented today at the APDT 2018 Conference here in Memphis-lots of positive feedback and great questions!

13/12/2017

This video is informative and easy to watch and canine body language signaling the 4f's...Fidget/Fret, Freeze, Flight, Fight are so very important for every dog owner to know!

Animals speak all of the time, as spoken through their body language, but many times their messages are misunderstood or go unheard. As a result, a dog may b...

19/09/2017

Effective humane training methods, trust and building a relationship...Amazing!

19/09/2017

10/08/2017

Some typical canine body language shown in real life situations, great video!

Dogs are communicating all the time. It's up to us to learn their language. Enjoy!

30/03/2017

Here's a great new Educational Resource for all dog owners! This story about Puppy Biting is a good example of what so easily happens when outdated training advice is applied...http://www.ispeakdog.org/puppy-biting.html

20/11/2016

Fascinating. Love the wagging tail out of the MRI machine... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9QQxa6eLPc

The first study to investigate how dog brains process speech shows that our best friends in the animal kingdom care about both what we say and how we say it....

18/11/2016

Too cute. Most dogs would love that kind of a wake up!