Catching up on December videos- check out Charzi at a dog friendly mall this month!
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Watch a cute puppy ramble while I ramble about puppy walks!
If you’ve brought, or will be bringing, a puppy home for the holidays, little walks like these are among some of the best things you can do to build your puppies confidence and abilities. While it’s not focusing on leash manners or particular skill building, a good Puppy Wander can:
🐶 Build confidence and independence as your puppy is allowed to choose where they want to go and what terrain to navigate to get there
🐶 Provide the mental and physical stimulation of scents and smells as well as the exercise of the walk itself
🐶 Desensitize your puppy to sounds of traffic from a distance to avoid overwhelm
🐶 Take the stress out of early walks by asking for less manners and more enjoyment together
Do you have a new puppy? Join me on January 7th for The Puppy Primer webinar where we will talk about all things Puppy! Register now through Like Magics website (🔗 in bio)
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Merry Christmas from the Like Magic Christmas Boarders!!!
Trickmas Day 13: Riz can struggle to drop things and has a predilection towards keepaway - both things that aren’t uncommon with small dogs and things that can be especially unsafe for them. Just like we’ve worked on his arousal regulation, this is something that is easy to build during low stakes play!
In these clips I’m asking him:
1️⃣ Can you eat food in response to the cue “drop” around a “dead” (unmoving) toy?
2️⃣ Can you drop a toy in your possession in exchange for food? What about the anticipation of food with the “drop” cue?
3️⃣ Can you drop your toy in exchange for my toy? What about for the anticipation of my toy?
In all these cases Riz is being rewarded for not only dropping his toy but coming close/bringing it towards me. This is building a great game of fetch, but also the ability to give up objects that he shouldn’t have - and bring them in for closer inspection first!
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Pssst... your dog wanted me to tell you, they have some notes to include in your training plan!
In this introductory webinar, we’ll talk about a few key things your dog wants you to know about life from their perspective, and we’ll introduce a few easy behaviors you can slip easily into your daily life to make your dog’s day - and YOUR day - that much easier.
Join me on December 10 to talk about some dog behavior basics that your dog just might need you to know!
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Getting warmed up for Trickmas at the vet office!
One of the things I like to stress to owners is that coping skills with your dog in stressful situations doesn’t have to (and often doesn’t) look like manners training. If there’s other existing ways you and your dog share joy together, that can often be leveraged into stress relief for both of you!
Tricks can be a great way to bond with your dog. While my #fearfreevet does a ton of work to keep my animals visits low stress, I can help that along by playing with my dogs (and cats!) while we wait!
What’s your dog’s favorite trick?
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Finn enjoyed his leve up decompression hike in the sunshine!
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The littles and the bigs 🥰
What does pushing a threshold look like?
Among trainers you’ll often hear about working a dog at threshold, or keeping a dog under threshold. While this is important, it’s equally important to continue challenging our dogs and reinforcing the behaviors, relationships, and communication that we’ve built.
This is Charzi pushing his threshold. Working indoors in a busy environment is a lot to ask of this pup, and I’m thrilled at how he rose to the occasion. Keep an eye out in the future for more outings that reinforce his trust and confidence in potentially scary situations!
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Both Parker and Hugo wrapped up their Multiclass weekday board and train last week, and man it feels odd not to start the week with planning out their sessions!
Taking a look at their last week, it’s always interesting to me how similar struggles, similar behaviors, and even similar training can look so different between dogs.
Watch how a reactivity session with these two includes:
🐕🦺 A lot more calm, quiet body language with Parker. He loves to sniff, so tossed treats and meandering directional changes kept him focused on the environment and acclimated him to the other dog. Parker’s reactive behavior is amplified by surprise and novelty, so the focus of sessions was teaching him how to adjust to the space without anxiety.
🐕 A LOT more animation with Hugo, who benefits from lots of direction and praise while he works. Hugo has an explosive personality that is echoed in his explosive emotional responses. For him, reminders to breathe and help regulating his arousal was the focus of his sessions.
Watch how much more important eye contact (and my direct involvement) is for Hugo in avoiding these reactions than it is for Parker, who benefits most from leaning on more environmental rewards.
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Special thanks to @sitnstaytraining for providing their own board and train superstars for distractions 😘
Snoop on a peaceful decompression hike with his buddy 💕
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Charzi’s October Day Training session was at busy lakefront! We saw lots of distractions but he played it cool
