📢📢 Does your dog not listen to you? 📢📢
Focus and engagement is a behaviour and skill that needs to be taught using positive reinforcement training methods.
Once we build focus in minimal distracting environments like your home, it is then, we can slowly build up the dogs distraction level.
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Rodger enjoys a good chat 😅🥰
Have you a puppy that loves to dig? Skye loves digging so we have lots of planter boxes that are available for her digging which saves our lawn.
Day 3: Henry is doing a K9 Noseworks session. When dogs engage in this activity they use their sense of smell to seek out specific odour sources and in this session Henry is introduced to the target odour "birch". K9 Noseworks is an excellent activity for the companion dog.
Looking for a special treat for your dog for Xmas 🌲
"Banjo" is an Australian terrier and is currently enrolled in our puppy preschool. He is a great little pup and is a fast learner. Banjo was introduced to some new environmental toys tonight.
Pedro enjoys his tug toy🙂 and he has plenty to do in his home environment which helps prevent boredom. When introducing time alone to your puppy plan ahead activities for them to do.
Cody loves nothing more than a puppachino on a cold rainy day at our favourite pet friendly cafe🥰🌧
Cody enjoying his new tug toy we made him today 🥰 I love watching him trotting around like the happy little man he is💙
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Lulu enjoyed her turn on the long lead during our walk this morning. This is a great way to help build her self confidence up and allows her to freely explore and relax as part of out weekly walks 🐕💕
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Zayde enjoyed exploring on the lone lead this morning as part of our walk. We also practice his recall work and he was a superstar with this!
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A question we get asked quite often as Animal Behaviour Trainers: when can we stop rewarding our dog with treats..?
Well, when it comes to teaching behaviours such as recall work the more you reinforce your dog for always coming back when called (with treats or their favourite toy) the stronger the bond your dog will have with that specific behaviour. As a trainer I ALWAYS reward my dogs for doing what I have asked no matter what, whether it's recall, loose leash walking, asking them to drop or to sit before we cross the road. The reason for this, simple, I want my dogs to ALWAYS choose me over the environment and any distractions around them. I want them to know that I will always reinforce the behaviours I want from them and they will always be rewarded for that.
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When we aren't working, running workshops or doing private consultations, we are training our own dogs😁
Here is Instructor Alana conditioning her dog Cody to respond and be calm when other dogs are passing near by. We have him at a distance where he feels comfortable with other dogs walking past without feeling the need to react to them.
Well done Cody👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🐕
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Muzzle Training progress 🤗👏🏼
•comfortable
•relaxed
•accepting of her muzzle
•calm state
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When puppachino's are life😆☕
Cody's favourite Cafe, he loves being spoilt by the lovely staff at @cafenapoleon2020
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How to perfect your dogs recall.
1. Practice - practice makes perfect.
2. Use a high value reinforcement (eg BBQ chicken, diced cheese ect) as the reward. The better the reward, the more chance of your dog coming when called.
3. Slowly introduce distractions in the environment (people, dogs, wildlife, different environments, sounds etc)
4. Time and patience- teaching your dog to always come when called takes time and a lot of practice. But with time comes a strong behaviour. 🐾
Leash or no leash
Leash or no leash?🐾
It is becoming increasingly challenging to find a safe space to enjoy a walk with dogs.
I see posts on social media that blame the people that walk their dogs on lead for being the cause of an off lead dogs inappropriate approach and subsequent behaviours.
So, is it easier to have a dog off lead than to work on recall skills, social skills or to learn about dog communication and appropriate behaviour?
Is it a lack of understanding about responsible pet parenting, dog law and the impact an inappropriate approach can have on another dog, human or wildlife?
Is it because we think that dogs just need to be dogs and that they must have their freedom and must be walked off lead to run and chase?
Is it because we have not experienced being on the wrong end of an inappropriate approach, or haven't seen what can happen to another dog, person or wildlife when things go wrong?
The standard type of leads we usually see are short which can limit choice for dogs to sniff and explore or they tend to be extender/retractable type leads that can fail and cause significant issues both ends of the lead.
Learning to use a long line or longer length lead safely can make a huge difference to safety and enjoying an enriched walk both ends of the lead.
There is no shame in walking a dog on a lead.
It is not cruel to walk a dog on lead.
A dog is not being denied quality exercise when a lead is used in a way that enhances the walk.
Some dogs are on lead because they are a flight risk, they may be newly fostered or adopted, they may be recovering from a trauma from an off lead unskilled dog, the pet parent may prefer the safety and connection of the lead, the dog may be deaf or blind, elderly or in recovery from an illness or surgery and having light duty walks.
Some dogs are on lead because they are uncomfortable around unfamiliar dogs or they prefer their own space, they may not feel comfortable if a dog gets too close or tries to make physical contact
Reactivity on walks.🐕
Let's face it, at some stage of taking ours dogs for a walk we have walked past at least one house where the dogs react and bark at you and your dog walking past? And maybe your dog reacts back too, which becomes stressful for both you and your dog.
Well this use to be the case for Sequin, but look at how far she has come with her desensitisation training and not overly reacting to the neighbourhood dogs when we walked past this particular house on our walk🙈 This has put all of our training and management strategies to work and boy it has paid off! Sequin is a lot more focused and we are working on helping her cope when we have situations like this on our walks.
It's never too late to implement management and training strategies with your dog no matter the age.🐾😊
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Weekend leash training with Sequin.
We got up early this morning to enjoy a quiet walk before the streets got too busy with other dogs.
On our walk I focused on reinforcing Sequin when ever she checked back in with me on our walk which helps with her management skills. This is something we have been working on to help her feel more comfortable when the environment may be a little overwhelming for her on some walks (barking dogs, whipper snippers going etc). Each time she checks in with me she gets reinforced, whether it be verbal praise or a piece of cooked sausage! She will always be reinforced for checking back in with me😊🐕🐾
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Recall.🐕🐾
Patience, practice, and positivity are all important aspects when working on reliable recall training.
Learning to come when called, or recall to you, is one of the most important skills your dog can learn. But teaching a recall can be challenging, as dogs find so much of the world so interesting. Each time we ask our dog to come to us, we’re asking them to stop what they’re doing.
That means turning away from other interesting smells, dogs, and food, to come to us. As a result, to build a reliable recall, we must teach our dogs that being near us is the most fun thing they can do, not to mention, the thing that brings them the most rewards whether it be tasty treats, their favourite toy or a game of tug. Start in a low distracting environment and slowly progress to practising recall in a slightly more distracting environment.
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