Easy Go

26/08/2024

Happy international Doggies Day 💛🐾
Too many pics to choose from ☺️
Feel free to share your favourites in the comments 🤩

13/08/2024

At Easy Go we are delighted to be member of one of the Founder Organisations of the UK Dog Charter.
We strive for progress and continuous development in order to provide kind, empathetic, science and evidence based support to our clients.

At its heart, the UK Dog Behaviour & Training Charter™ is a code of conduct, ethics and methodology. More than that however, the Charter is a collaboration of many of the UK’s leading behaviour and training membership organisations who for the first time have come together cooperatively under th...

29/07/2024

Ethology,Neuroscience,Applied Animal Behaviour,Sentient,Sentient beings,Emotions,Animal Welfare,Dog,Cat,Training,Dog behaviour,Cat behaviour,Animal behaviour,Animal rights,Enrichment,Agility,Dog agility,Cat toys,Dog toys,Animals,Behaviour courses,Behaviour problems,Naughty dog,Naughty cat

17/07/2024

Most behaviour difficulties guardians experience may be only the tip of iceberg.
Here is a good explanation as to why it's so important to use a holistic approach to treatment and training, tailored to individual clients needs.

02/06/2024

Ethology,Neuroscience,Applied Animal Behaviour,Sentient,Sentient beings,Emotions,Animal Welfare,Dog,Cat,Training,Dog behaviour,Cat behaviour,Animal behaviour,Animal rights,Enrichment,Agility,Dog agility,Cat toys,Dog toys,Animals,Behaviour courses,Behaviour problems,Naughty dog,Naughty cat

29/05/2024

Help Us Provide The Antidote to Harmful, Aversive Training & Pet Care – Learn About Celebrating Life Together
Come and join us—you are welcome—to learn about our August 2024 Advocacy Event and how you can get involved.
⏰June 4, 2024, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (ET)
Register for Free here: https://www.petprofessionalguild.com/webinars-events/webinars/help-us-provide-the-antidote-to-harmful-aversive-training-pet-care-learn-about-celebrating-life-together/

21/05/2024

THE LOOK AWAY
Looking away is one of the calming signals in dog body language.

Just like a hard stare or prolonged eye contact may be a sign that a dog’s about to react, looking away is meant to calm a situation down.

The head position when looking away will vary – from side to side, holding in one position or subtle quick turns are all common variations, all while avoiding direct eye contact.

I have often watched in fascination when one of my dogs uses this form of communication with an insect! Her favourite thing to do is to hunt, catch and then play with a Parktown Prawn (King Cricket).

She means them no harm (I think) and just wants to engage in a game of how high can you jump before I can catch you.

She will carefully carry the cricket in her mouth without hurting it to the middle of the garden where there are no bushes where it may escape to.

After a quick play bow (from her, not the cricket!) the games begin. The game can go on for some time and when the cricket gets tired or plays dead, she will stop playing, sit quietly, avoid eye contact and keep looking away before starting the game again.

By this time, I usually feel really sorry for the cricket, will rescue it and put it out of reach, but I think this is a good example of how she uses the body language of looking away to try to calm the situation down, even if her intentions are completely selfish! I have no idea if the cricket understands what she is trying to communicate.

Body language can be subtle and fleeting, but with careful observation and knowing what to look for most of us can learn to recognize and interpret what our dogs are saying.

It’s always important to look at the context, the situation and especially what the rest of the body is doing when deciphering this amazing language.

Being able to understand a dog’s emotional state through their body language helps us to predict behaviour, prevent potential problems or allows us to just enjoy observing their language.

14/05/2024

Welcome to Easy Go 🐾 - Animal Behaviour Therapy & Training!

I am a COAPE Certified Animal Behaviourist (Dip CABT) C.C.A.B. and a member of CABTi (COAPE Association of Behaviourists and Trainers International) and The UK Dog Behaviour and Training Charter.

I am passionate about finding creative and empathetic solutions tailored to each unique individual needs for both - animals and their guardians aiming at helping them overcome their behavioural struggles, reconnect and restore their relationships, promote animal wellbeing and welfare.

I use holistic approach and most up to date science and reward based methods only.

I offer Behaviour Consultation Programmes and one to one training packages.

I am based in East Anglia at the Norfolk Suffolk border near Lakenheath, but I do travel further afield if required.
I offer both online and in person Behavioural Consultations, support & training.

I work with dogs of all ages and with various struggles including frustration, reactivity or aggression, guarding or separation related issues.

Please, feel free to email me on [email protected] for more information.

Vicky 🐾

14/05/2024

🐶 Practical Premack

📅 Saturday, August 24, 2024
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🥸 To maximize the power of positive reinforcement, a trainer must thoroughly understand what reinforcement means. Too often, we equate positive reinforcement only with a piece of food. While this often works, it’s not very useful when an animal is too full, frightened or aroused to eat.

Many trainers talk about “life rewards,” those everyday goodies (e.g., the opportunity to go outside, to sniff a tree or to greet an approaching dog) which can be used to reinforce desired behaviors. This approach is similar to the Premack Principle, but doesn’t fully take advantage of this revolutionary insight. Dr. David Premack said much more than, “If you eat your vegetables, you can have dessert” (a paraphrase of his principle commonly used by trainers).

📚 Learn how Premack’s laboratory-derived theory can help you and your clients expand your animals’ motivational menus. After reviewing real-life training applications of this scientific principle, you’ll be inspired to think about positive reinforcement more creatively.

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12/04/2024

The things dogs do to show us they're uncomfortable are called appeasement signals. It's very important to recognize these signs our canine companions are giving us, so we know when we are overstepping the boundaries and need to give them some space. ​
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Check out this great graphic by Dr Sophia Yin, which highlights body language that your dog uses to tell you they're uncomfortable in a particular situation.

08/04/2024

That's a rap!

The Chronic Pain Symposium officially ended at 10pm last night - and what a ride!

⭐3 days
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The vibe of the weekend was so high that team CAM are on a bit of come down today 😂

It really showed us that there is such a great community out there of canine and vet professionals who really want to change the face of pain management -

We hope the ripple effect from this weekend spreads far and wide, and we can't wait to do it again next year!

Thank you so much if you attended live, thank you to all of our amazing speakers for their time, energy, and input, thank you to our sponsors who enabled this event to happen, and thank you to .vet who helped us pull off this epic event!

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Come and see what all the hype was about!

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24/03/2024

22/03/2024

BEHAVIOUR REDEFINED

Behaviour is neither good or bad, behaviour is communication and an expression of emotion.

When we think of bad behaviour, our natural human response is to fix it, stop it from happening or suppress it as quickly as we can, so it doesn’t happen again, especially when it comes to dogs.

When we redefine behaviour and look at it as a form of communication, as an emotional response or expression, it helps to change the way we think about and react to it.

Think about a child that is acting out at school. Maybe throwing tantrums, bullying other children, cheating, fighting or displaying some other type of “bad” behaviour.

A teacher or parent wouldn’t just label that child as “bad” or just a child that is badly behaved. The reason for the behaviour would be looked into so it could be understood and addressed.

Bad behaviour is very often a cry for help that should never be ignored.

If we do this for children, why do we not do it for dogs?

Dogs are also sentient beings with a range of feelings and emotions and their behaviour is a form of communication.

“Bad” behaviour can provide us with important information as to what we need to address.

Looking at “bad behaviour” from a different perspective, helps us to acknowledge that a dog is struggling and provides an opportunity to investigate and address the root of the behaviour.