Reactive puppy working on loose leash walking
Working on walking on a loose leash and some difficulty with distractions with very reactive pup Beau.
Beau is surprisingly fearful, but shows some real intensity on leash in close quarters with other dogs.
Building puppy confidence
Puppy Chica is working on building her skill set in different environments. She can be nervous and put the breaks on, so this is a great opportunity to work on her confidence. When we do different and hard things, other things get easier. She is on a Micro prong with the back up to a harness because she can’t have anything flat on her neck.
Teaching leash pressure
Making following leash guidance easier for a young dog, as well as weaning off of food lure with Kash.
Yep, the baby is already helping with training! Lyric is getting more used to Evelyn and doing a really great job being calm around her now, even when she’s crying. Lyric is six months old and I’m using low-level e-collar to communicate with her. Yes, e-collar should be weaned off to verbal only, but dogs will always need some sort of back up. It’s up to you whether it’s body language or e-collar. I like to teach ecollar with body language, so I have more leverage when I need it. Even adult dogs can use tuneups with low level collar. It’s very beneficial for them.
For any Baby police on here, I totally get it! Yes, she’s an infant and too young to stay in the bouncer for long periods of time. I know it doesn’t have enough support for her hips yet and she’s only in it for very short periods of time. 😁
Working at the busy park on long lead-6 month rotti
Down stay and let’s go work outside the dog park with lyric. She’s in the last week of ecollar training.
Kash’s first walk - 6 month old reactive pup
Working with newbie KASH on his first walk today. First few days are about taking it easy and slow-teaching a foundation while getting to know the dog. Kash is very strong willed and physically a very tough guy (common for the breed) and here for some really intense reactivity that we have seen. He also warms up quickly though, so this will be interesting to see how training unfolds. I know seeing a lab be reactive from a negative place is unusual (vs excited and frustrated barking)…but they do exist! It’s just not as common with this breed.
Heel tune up with distractions - ecollar trained dog
Coda working on a training tuneup in heel. We were at the park the other day, it was her second visit. This was her first time where we brought the distraction of her packmate along. That definitely made it more difficult for her to stay in a calm mindset after we would recover from distractions.
Let’s go and heel work with two rotti’s
Coda is a little obsessed with kids, so we’re practicing off of mine. Also, lyric is here for ecollar conditioning, and to learn heel. It’s been really tough for her, but she does well here with a lot of food reinforcement.
Working with a puppy with distractions
Detailed video on leash work with a young dog, just learning to be around distractions. Prong or slip leash and dogs of any age. Food does not over-excite her in these situations or make her anxious, so it works well. Because Lyrics reactivity feels more like suspicious alerting, food works to focus her nicely. More explosive reactivity (even if it’s just frustration) or aggression often requires more space and no food at first. Add it in later if dog is calmly or nervously avoiding, or is fearful in a way that isn’t arousal based (looking at the triggers like they are just going to react again). This dog is also only 6 months old, so more body language and food work needed. Comment below if more clarity is needed with your dog.
Two types of communication here. At first, I am telling my dog what to do immediately, there’s no hesitation. Next, I am just using leash and body language to communicate and letting the dog make more choices. I fully believe letting the dog make more choices is a calmer approach to dog training, and what most dogs need. However, obedience can be really useful and is very important, but I like to target brain work first. With brain work comes more self awareness on the dogs part…leading to a less reactive dog. How to target to brain is to get the dog thinking more, asking more of the dog without so much handholding.
Puppy/Dog foundation training
Working here with Lyric in crate. She was very excited her first day. Since then she has been much calmer. When we take her packmate Coda out without her, it’s harder, but already so much better. Taking the time in these foundational moments is key to representing calm and patient leadership, making it easier for me to build expectations in other areas…at least a little easier anyway 😂 it’s because of the consistency of expectations I provide. You settle back and then you get what you want.
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Working on anxiety, confidence or just bonding with your dog can look like many things. This video shows how we use outings, our environment and ecollar to build confidence, set boundaries and have fun.
If you feel like your dog is bored or has some listening trouble, start taking them on some outings that are purely focused on working them. Dogs of any age need to be kept sharp or they will lose their listening skills.
This demos working around distractions in heel and long leash.
Some dogs are too cute to train! Warner was right on the line 😂
This video is so cute, but does have important info in it. enjoy 🥰
Sydney is working on low level ecollar conditioning. It’s his first day at the park (which was last week) and we are just fishing for low levels to condition commands with ecollar. He’s such a subtle dog that finding lowest level he’ll respond to subtly (motivational levels) has been challenging.
Working off dogs at the dog park. This video seems pretty clean…that’s because it took me 4 outings to get it. He is VERY dog driven, play driven, more then human, so it’s been challenging. Often times it’s the happy go lucky moments that are hardest to get consistent listening skills with. We just keep at it, sprinkle in a few accountability moments and just keep plucking away at the repetitions to change how he views going places with me. I need him to know it’s about being with me, not other dogs. As a result he also gets freedoms he wouldn’t normally be able to have because I can trust him and he’ll prioritize me…it’s just not happening quickly, lol and that’s okay. #huskymix #dogtrainingtips #ecollartraining
Obviously, I sped this up, trying to get in all the good information, ha ha! 😆. I hope it gives you some ideas on your walk with your dog .
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Having a dog that throws the brakes on can be confusing and frustrating. Honestly, I tell most clients that being stronger with your attitude and using purposeful movement creates believability and the dog will snap right out of it most of the time, follow your confidence and over time, stop doing it mostly. And that’s honestly true for most that I see. Then there was a dog that didn’t even believe me. 😆🤦♀️ that’s when I know I will need to re-access my approach as well as how I coach the client.
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It was never just one thing, it was tackling it from many angles to build trust through strength, accountability AND consideration. Then, just knowing when to let the dog breathe rather then work through it on my terms.
How cute is Daisy the bordercollie and Oscar the havanese?!?! #dogplaytime #dogsplaying
