Resilient K9

Resilient K9 🐾Canine Enrichment & Training Resource Center🐾

Senior Sundays with Dixie Dog 💁‍♀️🐾
31/08/2025

Senior Sundays with Dixie Dog 💁‍♀️🐾

We love a chihuahua on the weekend 🐾🐶📸 Juan Pablo 📸
30/08/2025

We love a chihuahua on the weekend 🐾🐶

📸 Juan Pablo 📸

🐾 Muzzle Up Pup🐾 ✅Muzzle training a dog can offer several benefits, both for the dog and the owner. Here are some key ad...
29/08/2025

🐾 Muzzle Up Pup🐾

✅Muzzle training a dog can offer several benefits, both for the dog and the owner. Here are some key advantages:

1. Safety for Others
✨Prevents Biting: Muzzles help prevent biting, especially for dogs that may be anxious or fearful around strangers, other dogs, or in certain environments.
✨Public Safety: If your dog has a history of aggression or fear-based behavior, a muzzle ensures that they don’t unintentionally harm someone, particularly in public settings or crowded areas.

2. Helps with Medical Care
✨Vet Visits: Some dogs become stressed or aggressive during vet visits or when receiving medical treatment. A muzzle can provide safety for the vet staff and make the dog feel more secure during these necessary procedures.
✨Nail Trimming/Other Grooming: Muzzles are often used during grooming sessions, particularly if a dog is sensitive around their paws, face, or body.

3. Stress Relief for Nervous Dogs
✨Calms Anxiety: Dogs that are anxious or fearful might feel safer when wearing a muzzle, as it can restrict them from reacting impulsively. This is especially helpful in stressful situations like trips to the vet, fireworks, or thunderstorms.
✨Preventing Overstimulation: Muzzles can help prevent dogs from reacting too aggressively or excessively to stimuli, like new people, dogs, or noises.

4. Positive Behavioral Training
✨Promotes Calmness: Muzzle training can help teach dogs to remain calm in situations that may otherwise provoke anxiety or aggression. Over time, they may learn that being calm is the best way to handle stressors.
✨Reinforces Good Behavior: It can be used as a management tool during training, rewarding good behavior while wearing the muzzle.

5. Traveling
✨Safe Transport: If you’re traveling with your dog, a muzzle can help ensure they stay safe and calm in unfamiliar environments or around new people.
✨Avoiding Unwanted Encounters: Muzzles can be useful if you’re taking your dog to places where they might encounter other dogs or animals, helping to prevent any negative interactions.

6. Training for Fearful or Aggressive Dogs
✨Behavior Modification: A muzzle can be part of a comprehensive behavior modification plan for dogs that have fear or aggression issues, making it easier to safely work on these issues with a trainer.
✨Reduces the Risk of Injury: When you’re working with a dog that has known behavioral issues, a muzzle can reduce the risk of bites, making it easier to perform training in a controlled and safe way.

🦴Note: Muzzle training should always be done gradually and positively, using treats and praise, to ensure the dog associates the muzzle with positive experiences rather than stress. It’s also important to choose a properly fitting muzzle that doesn’t interfere with the dog’s ability to breathe, pant, or drink water.

Have you considered muzzle training for your dog?

📸 Featuring Ronnie, Reimer, & Otis 📸

Place, down, settling, & socializing with Juniper 🐾 🐶 Layla being a pawtastic teacher assistant ✅
28/08/2025

Place, down, settling, & socializing with Juniper 🐾

🐶 Layla being a pawtastic teacher assistant ✅

Ronnie will never pass up his West Paw Topple enrichment! Let us know if you’d like to add some enrichment to your dog’s...
28/08/2025

Ronnie will never pass up his West Paw Topple enrichment! Let us know if you’d like to add some enrichment to your dog’s petsitting or boarding service ✅

Ollie taking some time to enjoy the company of Otter, Layla, & Todd 🐾
27/08/2025

Ollie taking some time to enjoy the company of Otter, Layla, & Todd 🐾

Otter is an absolute pro at helping with healthy canine socializing ✅🐾 So proud of him! Otis & Ronnie don’t always have ...
27/08/2025

Otter is an absolute pro at helping with healthy canine socializing ✅🐾 So proud of him! Otis & Ronnie don’t always have the best social skills so it’s crucial that social time is structured & done properly. Otter 🦦 knows just what is needed!

We love a good underbite around here 🫶😁 Roo’s underbite does not disappoint 👏 👏
27/08/2025

We love a good underbite around here 🫶😁 Roo’s underbite does not disappoint 👏 👏

Shout out to our resident dog Layla for helping with dog socialization! Layla is a great intro to little dogs & often he...
26/08/2025

Shout out to our resident dog Layla for helping with dog socialization! Layla is a great intro to little dogs & often helps us with puppies as well. Ollie & Rooster both did so good with her.

Ollie & Rooster are with Forever Yours Dog Rescue 🐾 Check out their page to learn more about their adoptable dogs!

🐶🐾 HAPPY NATIONAL DOG DAY 🐾🐶✨Fun dog facts✨🐶 Dog’s each have their own unique nose print just like our human fingerprint...
26/08/2025

🐶🐾 HAPPY NATIONAL DOG DAY 🐾🐶

✨Fun dog facts✨

🐶 Dog’s each have their own unique nose print just like our human fingerprints!

🐶 Some of the oldest dog breeds include Saluki’s, Basenji’s, & Akita’s.

🐶 Some dogs can detect diseases like cancer or diabetes through scent.

🐾 Make sure to appreciate your canine companions extra today!

Otter 🦦 is always ready for a glamour shot 📸
25/08/2025

Otter 🦦 is always ready for a glamour shot 📸

Settling work with Ronnie ✅
25/08/2025

Settling work with Ronnie ✅

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