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08/03/2023

This is why I always recommend to my students, try, repeat, persevere. You will have your positive results sooner.
The following post is a testimony of what I compete and Iave today. A truly wonderful and happy dog.
This was posted 6 years ago. She is now 8.5 years old.

Enjoy the story and keep in mind to be patient and persevere.

Well, I am trying to take Moka to every place I can and let dogs in, to see if she gets more confident and loses that fear at least 90 %. She is 2.5 years old. She loves her mommy. She likes agility but she is very insecure when it comes to be in a new environment. What is the formula for me to make her mind calm and enjoy the time, place, people, dogs, air, etc while in that particular place? Am I going against natural situations impossible to change? I am not discouraging myself but my mind sees all this and I question myself, am I doing it right?
I took Moka today to a dropping basic agility class to the DTCT and she was not able to calm down. We practiced with the leash on and she did all the contacts, jumps, even though some part of the weaves (very difficult to do with a leash on) you can tell she likes it. Part of her mind is telling her, yeah girl! You're great at this, you like it BUT her other part of the mind is in so much stress and fear that it does not let her to enjoy it and be a normal cute dog.
At the end of the class she was not shaking and seems to be calmer, apparently but I think is because she was so exhausted being in so much stress.
I bet she will love the place after her 3rd visit so I ask to myself: will we be able to compete one day on a real trial? Can you imagine getting in the ring and she is full of nerves wanting to flee the place because her mind is going a 100 miles per hour for a reason humans do not understand? I keep trying and trying and I will enjoy those moments where she is a real calm dog. Meanwhile, I still learning about this fearful dog and different ways to make her successful. Good night.

05/03/2023

I wrote this story about my dog Moka 6 years ago in my personal FB. Well, FB brought it up. This happened in 2017 on March 4.
This reminds me how much one has to work with our dogs to keep them happy and calm.

Anyone who knows Moka is a aware of her fear to noises and new places. Well, today we tried a new place to do agility. The ring is open, on grass, fenced. She came out the car fine but when we were approaching the field, she started getting stressed and stressed and stressed. The first two runs, we did it with the leash on so she could feel conformable in this new place. In the beginning, I took the leash off and she wanted to flee the place. I sat down on the grass under a tree against the trunk and she was all over me. She wanted to hide. I tried to distract her to calm her mind and the only thing that worked was getting next to the other calmed dogs. The first dog I approached that was next to us. her name Gracie, an Aussie. I started to pet the dog and used calm soft voice but happy. When Moka saw me doing that and the Aussie was enjoying it, she started to relax. Then, I did it with another mixed breed dog, a big one, and she got better. Her tail starting to come out and up and she was begging the handler for treats. I did the same exercise with Ben a standard poodle and our Queso. Vikki’s dog. Wow! What a change for Moka. Then, we did 2 more runs and what a difference!. We did it without a leash and she follow my commands. We did the jumps, dog walk, teeter, table, tunnel, and we tried once the weaves but yet, she is not ready for all the weaves closed. She is at 1/2 " open and unfortunately the ones they have today are anchored,can't be opened or closed. I am very happy what we did today and also very proud of her. I am trying another place next week to see how she does. The more I can expose her to different places, she will get more confident and her fear will diminish significantly. Crossing my fingers and working with my girl everyday. Feeling happy and blessed to find out what is making her conformable in unfamiliar places.

03/03/2023

A friend is fostering this 2 year old collie mixed called Nikita needs a permanent home.!She is potty trained, vaccines up to date. She needs training. A lot of energy, apparently no good with other dogs, better an only pet in the house. Needs an owner that would love to work with her and do daily training and activities with her.
If you are interested in this girl get in touch with me I will give the information of the person in charge of this girl . Please pm me via messenger or phone text if you know my phone number. Let’s find a good place for this active girl. The dog is in St Pete and it is spayed. Thanks

25/02/2023

Well, today I was at my dog Club helping with the Rally trial and saw dogs from novice to Masters competing. One thing I can assure my self, my student and potential customers how important is to connect with your dog and how calm, assertive, secure, knowledgeable you need to be about what you are doing and about your dog to be succeful but that only is conquered if you practice, practice and have fun with your dog. Essential. 👍👍👍🐩🐕🐕🐕🐩🐕🐩🐕🐩🐕🐕🐕🦮🦮🦮🦮🦮

23/02/2023

Constant training teaches a lot to understand, communicate and engage with your dog. Any activity with your dog is essential for their daily behavior to be calm and happy.
Get in touch with me. At DogXcel we teach you to understand and train your dog with positive reinforcement. An educated dog is a happy dog.

23/02/2023

As a dog trainer I do not stop competing with my Dog Moka. We are getting ready to go to the AKC Agility Nationals 2023 in Tulsa, OK next March 16-19

27/05/2022

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