Muzzle training!
Even if you think your dog will never need one it’s an important skill to teach your dog- because you don’t want to be unprepared if you do need it!
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It’s been exciting to start working with this new little Teddy graham 🐻 🐶!
His mom was doing an awesome job working on shaping him to his bed. This is a skill that’s going to allow him to greet guests much more calmly, and also give him confidence. With this skill, we will be able to create some predictability.
Predictability is so important for dogs to help them feel safe and confident. When they know what is going to happen next, and they know what to do next everything gets so much easier for them and for their humans! ❤️
Often when dogs get really worked up when company comes over it’s because at some level they are insecure about what’s going to happen, and are unsure what to do next or how to handle their emotions. We can help them with this and make the experience so much better for everyone involved!❤️
Nice job Teddy & mom! ⭐️
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One of the biggest mistakes I see people make is not setting up training to help their dog be successful, but instead setting their dog up to fail. It’s ok … everyone does it, but now you know 😉🤣
If you can remember that your dog needs to succeed at least 80% of the time you will get much better results, and your dog will enjoy training with you so much more! 🐾
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Save your spot & start your puppy off on the right paw for 2025! 🐾🐶
Classes at VRCCE Cape Elizabeth ME
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New blog post for a frequently asked question 🐾
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What a smarty paws!!🐾😍
It was so fun to meet baby Augustus and his new family today! ❤️
This guy is so smart and could train & play all day- but don’t let your puppy fool you! They need more rest than people often realize. Being over tired and not having enough structures are the 2 biggest factors in controlling your puppies energy level, mouthing, & house training. If you’d like a pdf of a sample puppy schedule to help control your puppies house training, mouthing, and energy level comment puppy below!👇
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This game is so great because it’s so simple & you can teach your dog so much with it! It’s also a great way to help regain focus or confidence from your dog if they become distracted or nervous.
Build it up inside- meaning make sure your dog is well versed and loving this game inside then you can bring it outside and use it to teach all kinds of things!
Getting your dog to listen to you is so much easier when training feels like a game!❤️🐾
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Get good at using markers and timing for better communication -it will make a world of difference! Linked in my bio is the full video if you want to learn more about how to train for a calmer dog by Christmas using a marker word !🐾🎄
Let’s try to impress the family with your good dog!
Does your dog struggle when company comes over ?
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I’m raising both my hands 🙌 !
Training dogs sure does keep you humble. There is always more to learn, which requires the utmost humility 🙏
We all want to reach goals with our dogs, but remembering they are sentient, and intelligent beings with their OWN agendas requires humility and compassion if we want to reach a shared goal and maintain a positive relationship ❤️
Sometimes we lose sight of this when we get too wrapped in our very human ego, which is very concerned with left brained dominant thinking, and problems. The fascinating thing is dogs tend to operate more from their right brain, meaning they feel more intuitively into things, and don’t have a conceptual identity of themselves like we do. They can simply be. It’s a part of ourselves we still have, but struggle to connect to. Dogs remind us that this intuitive way of feeling the world is still alive in us. It is, in fact, actually the deeper truth of who we are and something we all share as living beings❤️🐾
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Just started working with Miss Amica today! She’s a rescue girl and so excited to do training! Excited to get to know her and her people, she’s a super smarty paws! ❤️🐕🐾
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Can you guess who was the shyest kid in the class when we started?
It’s been so fun to watch these pups come out of their shells, learn new skills, and make some new friends!😍
Every week we can see their improvements, nice work, everyone!!!❤️❤️
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