Meet Trixie, she is a Mudi (a breed I had never heard of before I met her) and she a pretty anxious girl who shares those feelings by barking at strangers and having a hard time settling down in unfamiliar places. Trixie has been coming to work with me weekly since I became a trainer with Petsuites in August. We do a lot of rewarding calm behaviors and moving around the resort to help Trixie learn to help herself when she is feeling unsure. This was the first time, since I started working with her in August, that she has offered this behavior while secured in my office, with people talking near her. She isn’t allowed to be be near the gate if she is pacing or trying to jump out. She laid calmly like this for over 5 minutes, just listening to everything. Proud of this little lady!
This Beagle puppy is changing my mind about Beagle’s every single day. Three months old and will hold that Place with people and pets walking around for about 2 minutes! Plus we are working on some fun bonus tricks. #dogtrainer #beaglesofinstagram #beagletraining
Thor and his mom work really hard at home on his obedience. He is working with me to do some refreshing and work on his reactivity on leash with strangers. Here is working on his down stay with extra distractions. Look how good he is doing!!
Look at Lola go! Loose leash walking with toys EVERYWHERE! This girl lives for toys and some of her favorites are in here. It’s amazing what we can accomplish with positive reinforcement! #dogtraining #petsuitesmissouricity
Perks of a bioactive enclosure #isopods #cleanupcrew #bioactive
This handsome boy’s name is Gryffin, he boarded with us at @petsuitesmissouricity over the holiday weekend. His parents asked me to work with him in his loose leash walking, he had training when he was younger but needed a touch up. Look at that focus and the handsome face.
Channing here is your typical high energy, food obsessed, zero focus lab. She has to work REALLY hard to 1. Listen and look at me for any period of time. 2. Go lay down and be relatively still. 3. And the absolute hardest is not get off her bed until I free her. Even if yummy snacks are being thrown on the floor near her. You can see she does make a small break for them and really takes time to decide if she is going to continue to try and get the food OR go back to her bed. #dogtraining #petsuitesmissouricity
Sometimes you just train the fun stuff. Gigi has learned sit, stay, down, place, recall and she is working on loose leash walking. Today we worked on something fun ❤️ #dogtraining #petsuites #dogtrainersofinstagram #yorkiesofinstagram
Gigi is just the cutest “dead” dog ❤️ #petsuitesdogtrainer #dogtrainer #htxdogtrainer
It’s very new but Taco is working on her Halloween trick #catscanlearntoo #dogtrainer #animaltrainer
The video is sloppy and we were working on loose leash walking and toy drive. But my manager walked in with her puppy so I changed modes. This is Lola and she is EXTREMELY dog reactive. But her mom puts in WORK and she brings her to me 4 days week. This is the result of ALL of that. We are far from perfect, but damn it, we are getting better by the day! #dogtraining #petsuites #petsuitesmissouricity #dogtrainer #htxdogs
Enrichment is training for the brain!! It’s important to exercise the mind as well as the body. This treat tumbler is a fun way to give your pet their breakfast or dinner without that boring bowl. If you have a pup that scarfs their food, this is a fun way to slow them down! #dogenrichmenttoys #petsuitesmissouricity
No matter your pup’s size, loose leash walking possible!!! #petsuitesmissouricity #dogtrainer