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👏🏻 Happy Graduation Evie!!! So proud of these 2 and all the work they’ve done! These 2 are a perfect pair and had so much fun training her puppy manners!!!
🥳Everyone congratulate these 2!
💙So happy for you to be a forever Perfect Pal!!
🥳Perfect Pals is celebrating 3 years of being in business today!! And I couldn’t be more thankful and excited!
💙Still in disbelief that I get to call this my “job” and do this everyday!!
🙌🏻Thank you to all my wonderful clients for letting me into your homes and letting me be a part of your dog’s training my journey! And thank you Sam and Gus for always being my “helper” crew!
👀 Stay tuned…lots of big things coming!
🦮I hear this almost everyday! But who started this rumor that we need to walk our dog everyday!?
✅ Yes, exercise is very important for dogs! And different dogs, need different types, levels and amounts of exercise. But it doesn’t always have to be with a walk!
😌Take some pressure off yourself and your dog! There are so many ways to help your dog get the mental and physical exercise they need!
⁉️ What are some other ways you exercise your dog without walks?!
🧑🎓 🥳Celebrating a few of our recent grads!!!
👏🏻 Proud of all of these teams for working so hard!!
It’s true!
Our Puppy Socialization & Training Class is back at !
We’ve partnered with Erin from who’ll be leading these classes while I’m still out on maternity leave.
You’ll be in great hands. She’s super awesome, an amazing collaborator, and a wonderful friend ❤️
Sign up using the link in our bio! 🔝
💙Happy Valentines Day from Perfect Pals! Give your pups a hug from me!
🥳Happy graduation Molly!! This one has been a long time coming!
💻 We did virtual puppy training with Molly a few years ago! They just moved to the Denver area so we HAD to have a graduation celebration for her!
😅 Alphie and Mike really had a “fun” (and exhausting) puppy stage with Molly and really did so well teaching her and managing her through it! They did so well working with her, doing training sessions, incorporating lots of enrichment and just really taught her to be the best golden fluff she could be!
💙Everyone congratulate Molly and her family! So happy to have you in the Perfect Pals family!
Let’s take care of our pets during this crazy cold weather!
Written by Erin Gianella, Perfect Pals Dog Training Words like “polar vortex” and “arctic air” are being thrown around this week but what does...
If you’re in the area, some great small business Saturday sales going on! There’s a nice discount in there for Perfect Pals!
The Thanksgiving leftovers are in the fridge, thoughts shift to the upcoming December holidays, and shopping lists start to fill up. Now is the...
👏🏻 Happy Graduation Day Piper!
💙So proud of all the hard work these two have have put on!! We focused on recall, leash walking and stay and they made so much progress in our sessions!
😁 Go team Piper!
🎃 Happy Halloween!
🐶 Have fun and let’s keep our pups safe!!
👻 What are your Halloween plans?!
Can’t wait to see you all on Saturday! Don’t forget to dress your pup up and their best costume! Prizes for the winners and candy for all the humans!!
Join Edgewater Collective and their community partners for a fun, family-friendly Trick or Treat on Pierce Street event on Saturday, October 28 from 1-3...
Join us for The Leash Reactivity Webinar, an online event where we'll tackle the challenges of walking our furry friends! The best part?! It’s free!
The Leash Reactivity Webinar is a must-attend for all dog parents dealing with leash-reactive pups.
We’ll guide you through practical techniques and strategies to manage and overcome leash reactivity issues. Discover how to transform your walks into enjoyable experiences for both you and your pup!
Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with a community of dog lovers facing similar challenges.
Register now for The Leash Reactivity Webinar and take the first step towards a stress-free walk with your dog!
Link below to register! Recordings will also be sent out after!
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🚨 New Perfect Pals!🚨
💙Meet Tuba! This may be the smaller little guy ever! He’s just a pup and already learning SO smart! We’ll be doing lots of puppy training and we’ll be helping him feel more comfortable being by himself when his mom is out!
💙Now meet Blue! He’s more of a big guy! He gets very excited when guests come in! He also likes to pull and tug towards dogs, vans and bunnies on walks! So we’ll be working on all these things together!
👋🏻 Everyone say hi to Tuba and Blue! So happy to have you a part of the Perfect Pals family!
🦮These 3 skills can help immediately with your dog’s leash reactivity! Many times distance, management and distractions are a great training tool! They are the foundation to getting your dog in a place where they are comfortable to train while not rehearsing the reactivity.
✨Not to mention, helping you you feel more relaxed on your walks!
👀 Interested in learning how to teach these? Checkout out our course, Leash Reactivity; Resolved that and I put together for you! The link is in our bios!
🤔 Long line leash or regular short leash? Which do you use and when? Scroll through to find out!
👍🏼Both can be useful and serve a purpose in your training and walks.
🛑 Remember, safety for you and your dog are #1!
🦮Looking for some more leash, training and reactivity guidance? Check out our leash reactivity course in our bio!
🥳Happy graduation day Ace!! (And honorary perfect pals Nora and Callie)!
💙I met Ace and his humans when he was just about 12 weeks! Now at about 5 months, I am SO impressed with the progress they’ve made! Ace has learned all things puppy and is the best boy! He has learned so many things and I couldn’t be more proud of and for being committed to the training! They love training and working with Ace, take the best care of him and truly treat him as part of the family. It’s lovely to see and I’m so happy to be a part of their training journey!
👏🏻Everyone congratulate Ace and his team! We’re SO proud of all the progress you’ve made!
👋🏻 Hi! We’re back and we had the best time celebrating our wedding and honeymoon! It was an amazing time with friends and family and a ✨relaxing✨ time laying on the beach! We missed you all though!!
🐶 Now what you’ve all been waiting for….the Gus pictures! He did SO good at the wedding and was the perfect ring bearer!
🦮Now because this is a dog training account, you know I want to share what we did to prepare Gus for this event and how we made sure he was relaxed and comfortable the whole time!
💙we hired someone to help us out! He stayed with them the day and then came for the ceremony and pictures for about 2 hours only. Any longer would have been over stimulating, too tiring and too much for us to handle! This gave us the time we wanted with him but also kept everyone relaxed!
💙We practiced walking around lots of people and distractions (not that we expected a perfect aisle walk 😂) and had him walk with someone he was comfortable with, my mom.
💙We kept him close to us during the ceremony and gave my mom lots of treats to give him!!
💙Gus doesn’t mind a bandana but we did desensitize him to his tux-bandana a little to make sure he was comfortable in it.
💙Lots of water breaks and people breaks.
💕It can be a lot for our pups for them to be out of their routine, in a new area and around this many people. Come up with a plan, think about how much they can handle and practice ahead of time! It will be worth it in the end!!
❓Did you have your pup at your wedding ?!?
Looking for a fun and rewarding way to train your dog aside from treats? You will never go wrong with our trainer dog mom, Erin Gianella of Perfect Pals Dog Training 🐾
👋🏻 Hi everyone! We are out of office for the next couple of weeks for our wedding and honeymoon!
🤩I’ll be checking messages and emails periodically but taking this time to celebrate with friends and family!
🐶 And yes, Gus will be in the wedding and we will share pictures of him!
🥵 Important info for these HOT days!!
🦮It’s crazy how hot the pavement can get in this heat! Be careful with your pups!
✅ Walk early morning or late evenings when it’s cooler!
✅Walk in the grass when you can!
✅You can go to to different indoor places like pet stores, Home Depot and other pet friendly stores to get sniffs and exercises in! ✅Lots of other enrichment games inside!
✅Lots of water!
💙Be safe out there, if it’s too hot for you, it’s definitely too hot for your dog!
👏🏻 Happy Graduation to these 3 smarties!!
🐶 🐶 Picture 1-Dior & Cartier! These two pups went though all the puppy training and learned so much! Their family worked so hard and had so much fun with it! Can’t wait to see them again for some Leash and recall training!
🐶Picture 2-Django! Also a hard work and good boy! We’ve been working lots on his excitement and leash reactivity and he has made fresh progress! He can settle around distractions, disengage with them and not pull so much towards things. Still some work to do but him and his dad are doing so great!
💙Everyone congratulate these 3!!
🚨New Perfect Pal!🚨
💙Meet Minnie Pearl! Her parents recently adopted her from !She is soooo sweet and so fun! She is also very excitable with lots of energy and excitement! Which means lots of jumping up, play nipping and pulling on leash! We’ll be working on all these fun things together!
👋🏻 Everyone say hi to Minnie Pearl! So happy to have you a part of the Perfect Pals family!
🇺🇸Happy 4th!!
🎇 💥 For all the pups scared of fireworks…I hope it’s not too bad! We’ll be hanging inside, with some louder tv and lots of enrichment for Gus today!
🚨 New Perfect Pals!🚨
👋🏻 Meet Ace and Nero!
🐶 (1st picture) Ace is just a little guy and already starting his training! We know he loves treats, playing with his toys and going around town with his mom and dad and ! As far as his two cat sisters…he’s still warming up to them haha! Together we’ll be working on all things puppy to get him and his parents set up for the best life together!
🐶 (2nd picture) Meet Nero! He just got rescued and has the best new home and dad! They found out he is resource guarding some things so together will be working on this! Along with teaching him some fun things!
💙 Everyone say hi to Ace and Nero! So happy to have you in the Perfect Pals family!
💥 It’s that time of year again! When it feels like fireworks are going off every night!
😩 For many dogs and parents, this can be a super stressful time!
👀 Check out these tips to help you prepare.
🚨Lots of New Perfect Pals!🚨
👋🏻 Meet Cartier, Dior, Emmy and Ranger!! All puppies working on all the puppy things!! Doing a great job learning manners, socialization and so much more!
💙Everyone say hi to the new pups! So happy to have you a part of the Perfect Pals family!
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🐶 Don’t miss this super fun event today & tomorrow @the_golden_mill celebrating the Goldens in Golden event! 🎉 Kick off party for Goldens in Golden 3pm-7pm 🥳After party tomorrow Feb 3rd 1-5pm!! 👏🏻 Thanks @breckandbailey for hosting!!
🔥 Hot take…Our dogs don’t need to meet, say hi and get along with every person or dog we come across. 🤔 I mean do we like every person we meet? It’s the same for our dogs. 🐶For our reactive dogs out there, it’s already hard enough not reacting, so why do we expect them to be perfect when we bring them close to triggers? 👍🏼 Let’s be happy with them just being neutral and just enjoying a nice walk with no added stressors. Walking right by with no reaction but no expectations for them to be happy or excited to see other people and dogs! ❓Is your dog happy to just walk on by sometimes? let us know in the comments!
✋ Trying to work on “stay” with your dog?! Here’s some tips to take you to the next level! ✅Always deliver the treats right to your dog instead of having them come to you for it! This will encourage them to stay in their spot longer! ✅Use a long leash to safely add more of the 3 D’s; distance, duration and distractions! If your dog can get really good around things outside and in different environments, their stay will be even more solid! As always, be careful with bust streets! ✅Use lower value treats! If your dog is so excited for the snacks and can’t stay, try a lower value treat. Sometimes this can help your dog be more focused on the training than on the food! 💙Thank you Ace, @andresdvega and @juanabangbang for being the perfect t examples of this!! ❓Will you try and if these!?!
🥳Had a wonderful conversation with @familypupz and @dogs.made.simple on The Family Pupz Podcast! We talked about all the changes she’s made and has seen in Diesel since starting our ‘Help! My Dog is Reactive On Leash!’ Course! 👀 We talk here about whether dogs are territorial or are they just fearful and/or frustrated?…Reactivity can look like a lot of different things but learning what our dog’s triggers are can help us understand what may actually be causing their reactivity. 🎧 Listen to the full podcast on www.family Pupz.com
🤔 Not sure where to start with your dog’s reactivity training? Try these 3 things! ✅Make a list of all your dog’s triggers and put it somewhere you can see it everyday! This will help guide us where to focus our training and remind us what we can try and avoid to help keep our dogs out of stressful situations! ✅Understand our dog’s body language. Observing and knowing when our dogs are feeling stressed, scared or overstimulated can help us predict and prevent a reaction from happening in the first place. The more dogs practice unwanted behaviors or reactions, the more you will see them happen. ✅Teach your dog some foundation behaviors to help you through these situations. Behaviors that help redirect, distract or add distance can keep dogs under threshold and less stressed and keep everyone in an emotional state perfect for learning and training. 👏🏻Start here and let us know how it goes!
☀️ 🌺 Spring is here! And we’re all excited for nicer weather, including our dogs! 🌸 Spring brings more sunshine, new smells and more people and dogs outside! 🥳With all the sun and excitement, you may see some of your dogs behaviors changing or regressing. Just like us, they’re excited to be outside enjoying the weather! They want to be in the sun, smelling all the new smells, pull towards other people or dogs and may not be used to all sounds outside from everyone being out more. 🤔 So what do we do? Maybe give your dog a little more outside time, let them smell all the good smells! Then go back to some of their foundation training! Sometimes going back to the basics is all they need as a quick reminder! ⁉️ Does your dog love Spring?!
✨Here’s a common question/concern we get on reactivity training-“What if the dog could care less about food/treats when on a walk. On walks my dog whines when he sees other dogs and u-turns, treats and/or food he could care less about” 👀 Here’s 3 things we recommend doing: 👉🏼Add distance from the trigger and/or distractions. This will allow your dog to disengage from the trigger and refocus back on you. Remember that Distance is your friend when training around distractions and triggers. 👉🏼Use novel and high value rewards and make sure we have those available when you’re training. When it comes to treats, we mostly use freeze dried meat and we make sure to keep a variety of those in our treat bags. If the dog is not into one type, you can always switch thing up! Most importantly, find what your dog loves the most and use that for the biggest challenges. 👉🏼Move your training session to a less distracting area. If your dog is having trouble training with you, it’s best to move to an environment that’s less stimulating (less people, less dogs, less noise). Your dog will have an easier time focusing on you there. You can slowly introduce and incorporate more distractions as you progress!
✨Here’s a common question/concern we get on reactivity training-“What if the dog could care less about food/treats when on a walk. On walks my dog whines when he sees other dogs and u-turns, treats and/or food he could care less about” 👀 Here’s 3 things we recommend doing: 👉🏼Add distance from the trigger and/or distractions. This will allow your dog to disengage from the trigger and refocus back on you. Remember that Distance is your friend when training around distractions and triggers. 👉🏼Use novel and high value rewards and make sure we have those available when you’re training. When it comes to treats, we mostly use freeze dried meat and we make sure to keep a variety of those in our treat bags. If the dog is not into one type, you can always switch thing up! Most importantly, find what your dog loves the most and use that for the biggest challenges. 👉🏼Move your training session to a less distracting area. If your dog is having trouble training with you, it’s best to move to an environment that’s less stimulating (less people, less dogs, less noise). Your dog will have an easier time focusing on you there. You can slowly introduce and incorporate more distractions as you progress!
🥳Had the best time chatting with @corrinac78 and @dogmomnews last week! 💕We talked about leash reactivity, women in the dog training field, enrichment and lots more! Check it out! 👍🏼If you’re not already subscribed to these fun weekly broadcasts, go to their website now and subscribe! They talk about Training tips, vet tips, female owned businesses in the pet industry and so much more!
🥳Trainer Tip Tuesday!🦴 Today we’re talking about how to reward your dog in the moment! ⁉️Have you tried this before?!
🥇#1 question I get asked! Do I have to use treats forever?! 🤩Reinforcement drives behavior! Find what what your dogs likes best! ⁉️What’s your dog’s favorite reinforcer?!
🙋🏻♀️I get it! It can be awkward telling someone to go away when they approach you! But ask yourself this: 🤔Will it benefit you and your dog? Or will it set you back? If your dog is going to be more stressed, fearful or triggered after an interaction, it’s best to just give yourselves some space. ✨Never be afraid to advocate for you and your dog!! They can’t speak up for themselves so we have to do it for them. ⁉️What’s your go to when trying to avoid other people and dogs?
🥳Trainer Tip Tuesday with Gus! 🐶 Does your dog love to be on the kitchen with you right in the center of the action? Do they like to put their cute little paws on the counter to see what’s there for them to take a nibble? If so, try this!👉🏼Set their bed up near the kitchen and reinforce the heck out of them for staying there while you’re on the kitchen! ✨If you need help training this, send a message!
😞Do you ever have days that you’re just not feeling it? Well the same goes for our dogs! Sometimes they’re tired, not feeling well or anxious too! Always better to end the session, take a break and try again later instead of pushing through. 🧐Some things to look out for! 👉🏼Frequent lip licks 👉🏼Sniffing the ground 👉🏼Taking more frequent water breaks 👉🏼laying down 👉🏼defaulting to easier behaviors they know they’ll get treats for 👉🏼Not offering anything new 👉🏼You’re frustrated or stressed! ⁉️How does your dog tell you they’re ready for a break?! Let me know in the comments!
💙Keep it short and simple! 3-5 minutes is really all you need. I know it can be super exciting to see your dog learning and want to keep training! Trust me, I get it! But your pup needs breaks and time to rest their brain. 😓This can take the pressure off of you as well! Training shouldn’t take you hours a day! 🤓Pro tip! If you have trouble monitoring how long you’re actually training: 👉🏼Count out about 30 treats. When you’ve used them all, end the session! 👉🏼Set a timer for 3 minutes and end the session when the timer goes off!
🦮What dog doesn’t love getting outside to walk and play and sniff?!? Nothing wrong with getting excited for a walk! 🤔But I get it! Pulling you out the door the second you open it and taking you in every direction can be tiring and dangerous! So this is a great way to help that initial excitement! Play will help get some of the energy out and sniff will help them relax and feel a little more ready to enjoy the walk! 👇🏼Let me know how it goes in the comments!
👃 Let them sniff! It’s one of the most important things dogs can do! If you want a calmer, happier, more relaxed dog then sniffing can get them there! ✅There’s so many ways to get your wit sniffing! -Long walks just for sniffing! -Snuffle Mats! -Treat scatters in the grass! -Find it games ! ⁉️ What’s your favorite way to get your dog sniffing!
😴 Is your dog getting enough sleep and rest?? They need more than you think! Sometimes we see tiredness come out in ways like nipping, barking, cookies and pacing! This is a sign that they need rest and some time to decompress. 💙And sometimes they need a little help! Anything that involves sniffing, licking or chewing can help your dog feel more relaxed which will help them rest more! 😌Providing a safe and quiet space for them to sleep and rest will help them feel more comfortable. This could be a cozy corner with a bed and blanket, a crate, a quiet room or a comfortable spot on the couch. ⁉️How much rest does your dog get during the day?
📦 Sometimes all it takes is a cardboard box to make our pups happy! Toys and bones are great but enrichment can be as easy (and inexpensive) as a box to shred and tear apart! 👏🏻Shredding is a great activity for dogs! It helps recuse stress, is a great outlet for their natural doggie behaviors and it’s so fun! ♻️ And, a great way to recycle! 🎅🏼 So this year just ask Santa for a box! 🛑 As always, be sure to supervise this activity to make sure our dogs are safe!
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