Harley The Labrador

03/10/2023

Practising our down/stays on my adventure this morning. My Mum does awesome doggie adventures if you would like a fun outing for your doggie. Here's a link to her page 🐶

https://www.facebook.com/KyleesPetServices?mibextid=ZbWKwL

29/09/2023

Sometimes I feel like I have my own personal stalker 😆 (❤ Harley's Mum)

18/09/2023

Thanks grandma for the beautiful photos 🤗

01/09/2023

Harley's new training vest

13/08/2023

Happy born day to Harley and all your litter mates 🥳 The big 3 today 🐶

Harley's having a siesta after his big morning at a local private dog park followed by some yummy pupcakes.

27/07/2023

Mental enrichment 👌 These can be found at The Snuffle Shop

12/07/2023

Waiting for his turn with the lickimat. Cheeky boy 😊

05/07/2023

Those eyes 🙈

04/07/2023

Love these enrichment activity cards from Enriched Canines. Here's Harley's weekly activity 🐶

https://www.enrichedcanines.co.nz/ #/

04/07/2023

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14/06/2023

I think Harley might be broken 🤣🤦‍♀️

13/06/2023

Harley is playing with a flirtpole with his friends in doggie daycare today.

Highly recommend flirtpoles:
🐶 They are a great way to burn off excess energy. The second video is how tired Harley is after about just 10 minutes with the pole
🐶 Harley doesn't get walked around the neighbourhood anymore because he is highly reactive which suggests he does not feel comfortable. Instead he is taken to quiet places away from the neighbourhood where he can just go for a run in peace. The flirtpole is a great alternative to allow him to have some exercise without having to go for a walk everyday
🐶 Flirtpoles increase your bond with your dog
🐶 Flirtpoles allow your dog to engage in natural instinct, prey drive in a safe way

31/05/2023

Haha never a dull moment 😆

22/05/2023

15/05/2023

Harley's gone all floofy since he had a wash yesterday 😍

The most beautiful soulful eyes this guy 🤗

10/05/2023

I don't like other dogs in my face and don't feel comfortable walking around Papamoa. I just can't cope with the dumb irresponsible dog owners! 🤭
There are lots of cool places Mum takes me, when the tide is out, so I can go for a big run, chase birds and have a swim ❤
This is what I really love doing, with no one else around to annoy me.

Do you have any recommendations of some more cool and quiet places Mum could take me? She doesn't mind travelling a bit out of Papamoa if it means we can have some peace.

06/05/2023

Reactive dog challenge

Day 5 - Treasure Box Surprise

🐶 Put cardboard rolls, small cardboard boxes, plastic bottles, paper, etc (whatever you have in your recycling) into a large cardboard box. Fill the inside, around and top of objects with treats and scatter treats in the cardboard box. Allow your dog to investigate.

Love enrichment activities 😁

04/05/2023

Reactive dog challenge

Day 4 - Treasure Bag Adventure

This is all about the environment and getting Harley to focus on me (his Mum).
I am so super impressed with him. When I take him here it's usually for an off leash run, chasing birds, swimming in the stream, sniffing amongst the trees. I didn't even have to hold his lead 🐶

04/05/2023

Annoying cat 🤣

04/05/2023

Harley - Reactivity challenge

From Mum
Day 3 - FOCUS
Today's activity was an Orientation game 🐶

Ask Harley to sit, when he does say "yes" and throw a treat for him. He then has a choice of what to do next. When he comes back to you say "yes" and treat him from your hand. Repeat 🐾

From Harley
Mum's been doing alot of training with me today. Usually I am a bit quicker when she asks me to do something but I am so tired. She told me she is super impressed with how I did, considering how tired I am, and that I am the goodest boy 😁

04/05/2023

From Harley's Mum

Harley's Reactivity challenge.

Activity for Day 2 - Awareness
Try to understand Harley and be aware of his triggers.

🐶 Identify his triggers - Leash reactivity towards other dogs due to possible fear and frustration. He is confined to a lead so another unknown dog coming into his space is intimidating. Harley is great off leash runs around chases birds etc so I suspect he feels too restrained being on a lead leading to frustration.
🐶 How do I feel at the moment?
Frustrated. I did alot of training with Harley and we had come a long way. Then I unfortunately broke my ankle so was unable to walk him for 6 months. I am still recovering so cannot move as fast as i'd like to remove him from situations.
Anxious. Walks are very stressful due to other people and their lack of awareness and common courtesy towards other dogs and dog walkers.
🐶 How do I hope to feel in the future?
I hope we can both feel alot more relaxed and be able to go for a calm stress free walk.
I wish we could raise more awareness to the general public but unfortunately we can't do anything about other people's attitude 😔

02/05/2023

Mum's doing a dog reactivity challenge with me.

This is the activity for Day 1 - Treasure Hunt 🐶

Spread out lots of different objects in your yard or house, put your dog in another area so they can't see you put treats in, under, behind the objects. Then let your dog sniff out the treats 🐾

17/04/2023

Harley's doing some Agility today ... just for fun 😊

12/04/2023

Me & my sister 🤗

11/04/2023

Harley's playing an enrichment game of bikkies in a bottle. These awesome activity cards are from Enriched Canines.

05/04/2023

Such soulful eyes 🤩

26/03/2023

Mum says she's super proud of me today 😁
I am a mentor dog for her and being introduced to some smaller, younger dogs.
I have been reading the situation really well and just giving the dog's who are wary of me some space and doing my own thing.

26/03/2023

Harley with his sister (from another Mother & Father 😊)

02/03/2023

🤣🤦‍♀️

01/03/2023

Love the Lickimat Tuff from The Snuffle Shop https://www.facebook.com/snuffleshop?mibextid=ZbWKwL. I can be a bit of a gussler when it comes to food so it slows me down a bit.

28/02/2023

😍😍😍

27/02/2023

If I pose nicely will you give me the chocolate in your hand.

That'll be a No Harley 😆

22/02/2023

Mum says me and Milo are such siblings 🤣 And that I'm very gentle and good with him. Milo is good at removing himself if he's had enough.

14/02/2023

Happy to be back in doggie daycare today. Starting to get cabin fever 🤪

13/02/2023

Do you know there's a storm outside Harley? 🤣 Couldn't care less snoring dog 🤦‍♀️

07/02/2023

Harley likes 'chilling' 😆 in front of the fan

03/02/2023

Harley's ears have been a bit "selective" 🤣 lately understandably considering I, his Mum, have only just been able to start walking him again. It's been 6 months!

So it's back to basics with training 🤗🐶

01/02/2023

Harley is a happy kid being fawned over by all the girls in doggie daycare today 🤣😆

27/01/2023

Harley's having a go with the boredom buster. Such a great form of mental stimulation.

Support a local small business and check them out at The Snuffle Shop
https://www.facebook.com/snuffleshop?mibextid=ZbWKwL

08/01/2023

Harley is famous 😆 He, along with his brother Klay and sister Ella (from another Mother & Father 🤣) made the cover of the NZ Labradors page 🥰