🌟 Variety is the spice of life, isn’t it? 🌟
The same goes for your dog! 🐾🐶
Simple changes in their mealtime routine can provide a more enriching experience. Unlike us, our pups can’t head to a restaurant for a change of scenery, but we can easily bring variety to them at home! 🍴✨
Here are 4 easy ways to spice up their meal routines — no extra time required!
1️⃣ Muffin Pan Fun: 🧁 Place their food in a muffin pan and add toys or objects on top. Let them figure out how to navigate around the obstacles to reach their meal. Bonus: Freeze some treats in the holes for extra fun! ❄️🐕
2️⃣ Food Toys or Puzzles: 🧩 Stuff their meal into a puzzle toy or treat ball! These are widely available in pet stores or online. (Check out Echo enjoying their treat ball in this video!) 🏀🐾
3️⃣ Towel Roll-Up: 🐕🦺 Sprinkle food on an open towel, roll it up, and let your pup unravel it to find their meal. It’s simple and so engaging! 🎁
4️⃣ Scavenger Hunt: 🔍 Hide their bowl or several small bowls around the house. Walk them to the hiding spots the first few times, using a cue like “Find your food!” 🗣️ Their nose will take over from there, and it’s so rewarding to watch! 👃🐾
⚠️ Tip: Keep your dog’s unique habits in mind and avoid items they might accidentally swallow.
🧠 Enrichment should never frustrate your dog! 🐾
When introducing puzzle toys or scavenger hunts, take the time to show them how it works. 🧩🐕 Gradually guide them, offering encouragement and support as they learn.
As they get the hang of it, you can step back and let them try more independently, building their confidence along the way. 💪🐶
The goal is to make enrichment fun, engaging, and rewarding — never overwhelming. 🎉
🐶 Tell me in the comments — what’s your dog’s favorite way to eat? 🦴
Let’s make mealtime exciting for our pups! 💕
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Building Confidence & Trust
A dog and child can develop a beautiful bond through controlled, positive experiences.
✨ Keep sessions short.
✨ Focus on fun activities.
✨ Set them up for success every time.
While everyone needs to be involved in training, it’s beneficial for your dog to have one primary handler to teach cues. Once your dog is fluent, others can join in!
Children can always help with enrichment prep or feeding (depending on the dog). No matter what, ensure your dog has positive experiences with your child.
As parents, we are solely responsible for helping our children and dogs cultivate a healthy, respectful relationship.
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ECHOOO
All right, here we are kicking off Echo’s training overhaul—and I know busy families like yours will relate to this! This video is all about how I start with every dog I train.
🤩 No matter how chaotic life gets, the first step is simple but crucial: building your dog’s willingness to work and excitement about training. Think of it this way—training time should feel like a fun break for both of you, not another stressful item on your to-do list.
💜 Using methods that focus on clarity and progressions makes a huge difference. Not only does it keep things efficient (because who has time to waste?), but it also helps you create a confident, eager-to-learn dog. And that kind of energy makes training sessions something your whole family can enjoy!
🎓 I'm all about teaching our dogs how to make the choices we want by making those choices fun because no one deserves to be punished for making a mistake! Everyone, including our dogs, must make mistakes to learn, grow, and create resiliency. Be a cheerleader for your dog!
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🚶♂️🐾 🐶💙Many people assume dogs naturally know how to walk on a leash, but it takes a little practice (just kidding, a lot 😜) to get it right! 🦮 Neptune’s Mom has put in some serious work.
Starting early = setting up for success!
🔅🔅Before Neptune finished his shots, we began working on loose leash walking inside the house. 🏠✨ We’ve been building lots of engagement and rewarding him for hanging out in the “pay zone”. This way, as he grows, this behavior will become his default walking mode! 🎉🐕
🌟🚀🐾 Short, Fun Training Sessions = Happy Pups! 🎉🐶
By short and sweet to create joy and keep him coming back for more! 💙🐕🦺 These bite-sized bits of training help him stay excited and eager to learn. Plus, it’s a great way to build a strong bond! ❤️
#DogTrainingFun #PuppyJoy #PuppyTraining #LooseLeashWalking #PositiveReinforcement #DogTrainingJourney #NeptuneThePup 🐾💫
🚶♂️🐾 🐶💙Many people assume dogs naturally know how to walk on a leash, but it takes a little practice (just kidding, a lot 😜) to get it right! 🦮 Neptune’s Mom has put in some serious work. 🔅🔅Before Neptune finished his shots, we began working on loose leash walking inside the house. 🏠✨ We’ve been building lots of engagement and rewarding him for hanging out in the “pay zone”. This way, as he grows, this behavior will become his default walking mode! 🎉🐕Starting early = setting up for success! 🌟🚀🐾! ❤️#DogTrainingFun #PuppyJoy #PuppyTraining #LooseLeashWalking #PositiveReinforcement #DogTrainingJourney #NeptuneThePup 🐾💫
NALA
Nala is so stoked about her treadmill. I taught Nala’s human guardian how to introduce the new object safely. A short session with lots of treats, and Nala was hooked 😌💜🐾 We are working Nala through reactivity, and part of that means limiting her walks to short, successful outings. This means we needed to fill in the exercise gap with something that will provide her with a calm and focused form of releasing her energy. Yay for doggy treadmills 💜💜#dogpacer #positivereinforcementtraining #reactivity # #connectionnotcorrections #certifieddogtrainer
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Puppy basics 🩷
Coco's second session, and even though her owners are brand new to dog ownership, they have some amazing, organic talent, which I am so thrilled to nurture.
We did a thing!
We relocated to #simivalley this weekend, and I am thrilled about our decision. Yes, we moved during what I believe was the hottest weekend of the year 😂
In full transparency, it was a move I wasn’t quite ready for, but when the universe aligns everything for you, who am I to fear what HP has in store for us?
It has a fantastic yard and an epic patio in a community I've grown very fond of.
Stay tuned; I have some new services dropping soon.
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is sitting on the other side of fear.”
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Welcome Misha 🐾
Misha is a brilliant and adorable working breed mix. She was rescued from the Camarillo shelter and is so fortunate to have found a home with owners who are incredibly devoted to her well being and helping her to successfully integrate into their home.
What we will be working on with Misha:
💜 Safe and positive introduction to their small dog. She’s doing so well with this!!
🩷Building boundaries and confidence around their young child through proper introduction.
We will give Misha a little more time to build skills as well as decompress before we add the little one to the mix.
🐾Obedience
Building basics through fun games and sequences!
⭐️Reintroduction to crate training
Using Crate Games by Susan Garret with my own little twist.
🌈 Heal Separation Anxiety ——
thankfully, Mishas separation anxiety symptoms have more to do with frustration than they do with fear, but it it’s so great we are working on it and re introducing the crate the right way!!
🌅Proper play
The value of using toys for training and bonding is very important to me and my training style.
⭐️Leash Walking Skills
Some focused heel intro but mostly loose leash and regular check ins.
Demand Barking 💥📣
If you have a working breed you’ve probably accidentally reinforced this behavior. That’s definitely the case from Misha. My guess is that a combination of the shelter & her previous owners gave her a lot of attention when she was barking. We will work on teaching alternate behaviors, relaxation protocol in addition to not giving Misha attention for this type of behavior. Lots of prevention put into play here too.
Follow along for her progress 😄
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#liveyourdreams #liveyourpassion #liveyourpurpose
OK, I’m the first to admit that anything related to technology has taken me a long time to master—not even master, like becoming the least bit proficient at. I will root for myself and say I’ve made fantastic progress. As my business has grown, I have had to learn how to do many things that make me uncomfortable.
Still, I would rather deal with an aggressive 130-pound dog than try to navigate admin stuff or anything related.
To anyone who got multiple messages from me, I’m sorry 🤪🤪 Id love to blame technology but damn it, it was user error, again 😬
Sooo embarrassing 🤦🏻♀️😂
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🐾 My Dog Should Know What to Do🐾
Assumption: My dog should know what to do naturally.
If you have fallen into this belief, it can come as an unwelcome surprise when your dog begins to practice some less-than-enjoyable behaviors.
Many dog owners believe their dogs should naturally know how to behave without training. However, dogs need guidance and clear communication to understand what’s expected of them and to help them navigate our human world. If your dog has formed some unhealthy or just plain annoying behaviors, save this video, grab a pen and paper, and devise an action plan.
These five things will offer you a fantastic starting point for change.
Through positive reinforcement, we can teach your dog the behaviors you want to see, making your life together more enjoyable and stress-free.
Put a 🧠 in the comments if you’re ready to learn with your dog!
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