Pull Together K9

Nala (and Jamie, too) have been diligently working on the homework of loose leash walking and greeting people. Today, we got to see that pay off!

Over the weekend, we had our 2nd lesson with Ellie & Humphrey. They are making huge progress on their obedience when separated, and we tackled a huge new distraction... seeing another dog

Are you getting in your #WorkoutWednesday ?

This weeks #TrainingTipTuesday

#TrainingTipTuesday Last week, we built the "FOCUS" cue, and today, we are introducing a controlled distraction to proof the cue. Proofing is using a competing motivator to your dog that you have planned to ensure that even when distracted, your instructions work. The Airplane Sit game uses food (or toys) in our hands to see if the dog can look away from the reward to us in close proximity ————————— Pull Together K9 Woodland, WA Owned & Operated Confidence Building 💙 No Age Cap 🎂 No Breed Restrictions❗️ #PNWdogs #insafehands #canineprofessionals #lewisrivervalley #PERSIST 🐺 Building Trust 👀 Creating Engagement 🐾 Achieve Solid Foundations, Problem Solve existing behaviors and set New Goals ❤️ Motivation for work with ALL dog breeds! Especially #rescuedogs and #purposebreddogs

#TrainingTipTuesday (redo, sorry the video didnt attach yesterday) Teach your dog to make a connection for active listening on purpose. Like small kids (or grown adults of 30something), if your dog is looking at something else thats what they are thinking about. Using "FOCUS" to get attention limits errors on the next instruction and reduces conflict in training and execution ————————— Pull Together K9 Woodland, WA Owned & Operated Confidence Building 💙 No Age Cap 🎂 No Breed Restrictions❗️ #PNWdogs #insafehands #canineprofessionals #Woodland #WA #PERSIST 🐺 Building Trust 👀 Creating Engagement 🐾 Achieve Solid Foundations, Problem Solve existing behaviors and set New Goals ❤️ Motivation for work with ALL dog breeds! Especially #rescuedogs and #purposebreddogs

#TrainingTipTuesday (redo. Sorry the video didnt post yesterday) Teach your dog to make a connection for active listening on purpose. Like small kids (or grown adults of 30something), if your dog is looking at something else thats what they are thinking about. Using "FOCUS" to get attention limits errors on the next instruction and reduces conflict in training and execution ————————— Pull Together K9 Woodland, WA Owned & Operated Confidence Building 💙 No Age Cap 🎂 No Breed Restrictions❗️ #PNWdogs #insafehands #canineprofessionals #Woodland #WA #PERSIST 🐺 Building Trust 👀 Creating Engagement 🐾 Achieve Solid Foundations, Problem Solve existing behaviors and set New Goals ❤️ Motivation for work with ALL dog breeds! Especially #rescuedogs and #purposebreddogs

#TrainingTipTuesday Teach your dog to make a connection for active listening on purpose. Like small kids (or grown adults of 30something), if your dog is looking at something else thats what they are thinking about. Using "FOCUS" to get attention limits errors on the next instruction and reduces conflict in training and execution ————————— Pull Together K9 Woodland, WA Owned & Operated Confidence Building 💙 No Age Cap 🎂 No Breed Restrictions❗️ #PNWdogs #insafehands #canineprofessionals #Woodland #WA #PERSIST 🐺 Building Trust 👀 Creating Engagement 🐾 Achieve Solid Foundations, Problem Solve existing behaviors and set New Goals ❤️ Motivation for work with ALL dog breeds! Especially #rescuedogs and #purposebreddogs

As promised, here is our submission example for our February training challenge: Send to place at 4 paces and hold 30 seconds Drop your submissions in the comments ————————— Pull Together K9 Woodland, WA Owned & Operated Confidence Building 💙 No Age Cap 🎂 No Breed Restrictions❗️ Intact dogs welcome 🫶 #PNWdogs #insafehands #canineprofessionals #lewisrivervalley #PERSIST #ThursdayThoughts 🐺 Building Trust 👀 Creating Engagement 🐾 Achieve Solid Foundations, Problem Solve existing behaviors and set New Goals ❤️ Motivation for work with ALL dog breeds! Especially #rescuedogs and #purposebreddogs

#TrainingTipTuesday Sticking with our challenge from yesterday, here's how to add distance to "bed" 1 - provide a couple warm up tries directly bext to your station or walking over with your dog so they clue into the game we're playing 2 - make it easy, only add a single pace of distance. When they achieve the standard, hold for 3 seconds and release (we will work duration separately) 3 - add another pace when you get back to back success. If your dog is confused, its ok to returb to no distance or 1 pace. 4 - end on a win. This should be a short and fun game. 3 to 5 minutes is plenty of practice. * If your dog is struggling, dont practice 10 bad attempts to end on a win of this behavior. Switch to a reliable cue, get the win and tomorrow is a new day to try again