Spencer picks a toy!
I love watching the selection process when dogs are given a pile of toys to pick from. *cue tushy sniffing!* Toys need a good sniff too, don’t ya know?
Dog walking with a stroller.
This is my amazing client, Sophia with her two boys, Beowulf and Berto, with her sweet toddler in the stroller. Sophia is also 38 weeks pregnant and is able to help her dogs adjust to her needs by walking on each side of the stroller. She is using food to help keep them happy to be on each side. Soon, she will be pushing a double stroller and the boys will adjust easier since she is setting them up to succeed now.
How to help your shy dog with visitors.
Shy Dogs
This is my version of giving all the dog owners grace if they cannot walk their dog or their dog just doesn’t want to go.
“When in doubt, scatter feed!”
My boys have been eating The Farmer’s Dog and My Ollie over the last year or so but they stopped liking it. It was always a stress to get them to eat. Why? 🤷♀️It makes no sense, this is the best food that I thought I could offer them.
So, I went on a hunt to go back to dry food. I wasn’t able to find a kibble that I liked so I went to @onlynaturalpet air dried real meat dog food.
They liked it but they still weren’t eating as much as we thought they would. So, I sat down and hand fed them together. They ate with gusto. As I was feeding them, I clicked into “dog trainer” mode and remembered my mantra with me clients “When in doubt, scatter feed!”
I brought down my scatter mats and did my thing!
Moist (ew, that word!) food is hard to scatter but now that we are back to dry food the scatter feeding will be back in their lives.
It’s like they were asking for more mind work.
Do you scatter feed you for your dogs? Consider “ditching the bowl “ to give your pups some mental exercise.
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Pro Tip: If you go on a hunt for food for your dogs. My advice is to avoid the following:
All legumes 🥜
garbanzo beans
corn 🌽
soy
potato 🥔
pea
pea protein…to name a few.
“Just Listen” with Waddles!
Working on “Just Listen” with Waddles! ❤️ @malissama
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The adventures of Bucky and Cleo becoming friends. It’s a slow dance.
Part 2: Puppy Socialization to sound
Part 1: Puppy Socialization during Covid