Playtime!
Capturing the last minute of a giddy run around! I realised Molly hasn’t done this for a while as usually takes herself off to find a branch and have a good chew. Watching her slowly come back is just 😍😍😍 #kickcancersbutt
Playing in the long grass 😍
I forgot the little video from yesterday. This one makes me smile so much!
Little Daphne jumping through the grass to play with Bronte, Bronte & Oreo playing, Vinnie taking himself off to sniff, Bailey & Bartie having a mooch.
I love seeing how happy the pups are and I’m so blessed that this is my job 🥰
12/6/24
A little video of our silliness in the woods. I was trying to capture little Rory chasing and ‘killing’ his piece of hot dog but the bigger boys were too fast and had to try distract them so Rory’s hot dog didn’t get pinched 😂😂
Wednesday afternoon
Some super giddy pups this afternoon 🥰
Today I asked the pups to sit, for their paws (in whichever way they felt comfortable as some don’t like their paws touching) and paused a little while before they got their treat. My aim was for them to sit a little while longer and offer me another behaviour before giving a treat. Pups aim….to get that treat as quickly as they could 😂😂😂
Bronte and Ralphie
Just look at these 😍 I decided to video Bronte and Ralphie playing after watching them for a good while! Every now and then Daphne or Thea would join in too 😍
I honestly couldn’t be happier watching pups play together. There’s something about them running and playing so freely that makes you smile from the inside 🥰🐶🐾
Bailey bum chops
Oooftt I was a cross Aunty Carrie when Bailey took himself off to the bog….I saw him head off, called him back, he gave me the side eye and kept going! I could see him the whole time loving life and filmed his return 😂
Such a bad influence taking Oreo and Waffle with him too 😂😂
The boggy puddle!
The mucky pups in action…and me rambling on about being too hot in a hat…we’re all mad ‘ere 😂
Friday playtime
I forgot to pop this video on of our playtime on Friday…there’s a lot going off…a mud scooting Labrador, a butt scooting Eddy, a very shouty Eddy, a mole hill diggin’ Baffi, a game of chase and surrender, some seriously mucky pups and poor little Tilly getting her fluff stood on by one of the boisterous boys!
It was a crazy play but the pups loved it, as you can see 🥰🐶🐾
1/2/24
Happy little puppers on our second walk yesterday 😍
Bartie Training
I very rarely post videos about what I do on my training sessions and after chatting with Bartie’s mum yesterday, where she told me I’m not ‘selling myself’ I thought I’d upload a video, a lengthy one, that I took last Friday.
Maybe it’s lack of confidence in myself or maybe I just don’t like to blow my own trumpet but you can see how well Bartie works and that my methods (scientifically backed with no ‘bullying’ tactics used) work!
Bartie had come such a long way and these sessions are about 40 mins to 1 hour dependant on his attention span - we never work longer than 10/20 minutes at a time on one behaviour but constantly flip what we want to learn.
We go out at various times of the day, different places and he’s now progressed to a long line.
Bartie’s had a real issue with bolting, no recall and pulling on the lead.
Along with being neutered which has calmed him down considerably, we’ve worked on the above issues.
Recall is a lifesaver - it’s a must for all dogs as is a firm SIT. A STOP is also up there as if they do decide to go too far, knowing you can stop them in their tracks is a really useful tool!
We’ve worked really hard on:
- behind - having pup behind you before going through a door/gate/narrow passage.
- wait
- come
- stop
‘Come’ and ‘stop’ using voice, hand and whistle signals.
Interspersed in these basic commands we’ve worked on sit, stay, luring, leg weaves and middle. I would work on a ‘down’ but Bartie doesn’t seem to like this so a sit will suffice and will periodically try a ‘down’ and gauge his level of comfort.
I’ve also started introducing ‘this way’ with hand gesture for direction and whistle cues.
We’re by no means perfect, I’m not an obedience trainer, but the progress Bartie’s made astounds me 😍
The Secret Garden
Last week we visited The Secret Garden for a play. Don’t do what I did and try kick the big red ball 😂😂😂
Loki loved playing with the squeaky Santa. Thea and Bronte were literally all over each other bombing about and into me! Daphne found a ball and guarded that things with every part of her dwarf Doberman being (my little nickname for sausages….they all think they’re mini dobermans 😂)
I love just watching them all play and be happy little souls 🥰🐶🐾
Playtime!
A fallen tree provided some lovely chew spots. The crazy cockerpoos were, well, cray cray 😂😂
Been a while since I posted a video of our playtimes ☺️🐶🐾
Bailey ❤️ 🧀😂
Bailey ❤️’s 🧀
His little excited hops 😍
A snippet from the afternoon!
One mighty floof and a small puppy/reindeer to watch over meant Aunty Carrie didn’t realise this was the only video she took 🤦🏼♀️
Some morning silliness 🎅🏻🎄🥰
And another from this afternoon 😂
Afternoon party playtime 😍🎅🏻🎄
