Follow up from our earlier postā¦. Will Bethany finish her nails or will Cleo settle first?
Wellā¦.. today Bethany finished her nails and after 45 minutes and a few bites to Miss Bethany because she was ignoring Cleo. Cleo was still raring to go! This little girl is a little sassy and sweet all mixed together.
You might be wondering what kind of job allows you to do your nails while working? Well when youāre teaching puppies the art of doing nothing this job does. Cleo will get better and better at this exercise and before we know it when we sit down this will be a cue for Cleo to lay down and relax too.
It takes time and patience but they all get it eventually. The key is not giving up. We see so many dogs that truly have no idea how to just relax. Cleo is on her way to being a well balanced dog.
Taking bets. Will Bethany finish her nails or will Cleo settle first? What do you all think?
Sadie is here to work on her manners! She is completing our Board and Train program. Right. Ow Sadie LOVES to jump and bite and pull on the leash. We are looking forward to watching her learn and become the best puppy she can.šš¾
Sam checking in! When he came to us he would launch himself off of you to get his toys. Now heās making better choices. Sitting nicely and waiting instead of using us for a launch pad! Sam will be heading home soon and we are very happy with his progress.
Bru is enjoying some early morning play time this morning. The weather has been hot and humid requiring less outside time.
Ecollar 101 Class is just about complete.
Each of the owners in this class are leaving with knowledge and an understanding of how using an ecollar is just another way to communicate with our dogs. When properly educated about using different tools when training they not have to be scary.
We will address it right now! Because we know everyone has an opinion. Yes we can and we do train without ecollars and each one of these families that attended this class are all capable and knowledgeable of training. Just like all things in life we have the right to choose things we want to do. (All and we mean all negative naysayers are banned and deleted straight away) We are extremely proud of each person in this class that asked for help to be educated on learning how to properly use a training tool!
Last night we worked on handler confidence in their dogs and adding in more distractions. During this part of class we used the place cots to help the dogs have a clear boundary of where we wanted them to stay. We started with one person walking around and by the end all people were moving about while their dogs stayed in place. When adding is distractions we start out small and keep working up until we are confident that our dogs understand and we know they are reliable in what we are asking from them.
A Jack Russel and a French bull dog get together and you get! A sassy energetic short legged little monster that is sweet until things donāt go her way then she screams bloody murder (if you know you know!)
How to Pair a reward with a low blood sugar scent
Step one to training your dog to alert to a low blood sugar level using a scent sample that you have collected.
You will need a tin with holes in it. Place the cotton that has a low blood sugar sample on it that you have collected into a tin.
You will need your dog, high value treats, something like cheese, freeze-dried treats, or boiled chicken work great. A tin with holes in it and a low blood sugar sample. We will want to start with the lowest sample collected. For instance between 40-50 if you do not have those between 50-60. You will want to have at least 10 samples collected before you start the process this will give you about a month of samples to get started.
Now that you have your supplies ready.
Find a quiet space with little to no distractions.
Present the tin in front of your dog at nose level. Wait you dog out to see if they come to investigate. Dogs are noisy by nature so they most of the time will come over and sniff just out of being noisy! As soon as your dog shows any interest in the tin mark with āyesā and reward. Remember to feed the dog over the tin. This helps the dog know āOh this thing for whatever reason brings me food!ā We all love food, dogs are usually no different.
This step should be repeated at least 20 times. This is a slow but very rewarding process. Donāt rush the process you need a solid foundation otherwise you will have to many cracks as you continue on with the training.
Happy Training - Go have fun with your dog and donāt get frustrated if they are struggling to understand what you as a human is expecting from them. It is our job to show them.
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Service Dog Ryder getting his vest to go out with his person. Ryder has been training since he was just a little guy with us for The Gates Service Dog Foundation an organization that helps pair Veterans with well trained service dogs. Ryder and his person have spent the last few months working on their tasks together they added in āGet your Vestā since they have been learning how to navigate things together. The foundation was put in place for them and now Ryder and his person have been working on learning to work together as a team. They are graduating from The Gates Service Dog Foundation next month. Make sure you head on over to their page to learn more about what they do.
Scottie is here completing our Board and Train Program. Sheās a happy little nugget!
We thought youād enjoy watching her work on her recall. Look at that happy puppy learning to be the best girl.
Aayla is learning to go get a bag that with have snacks in it for her person. Hereās sheās working really hard on trying to figure out what we want from her.
Getting a new puppy can be overwhelming! Letās help each other out. What do you want to know before you decide to get a new puppy?
If you have a puppy and something has worked for you please share your tips!
This little pup is a little ham. We are really enjoying him during his puppy day training program. Even though he is a little bossy. āŗļøš¤£š¾
Medical alert dog in training. Piper is learning when she hears an alarm to take action. She is learning to hit a bell that will alert a person or go find a person. Shes loving her job.
Happy Friday! A quick update. We are still open and we are all moved into our new building. We are still at the same address just a different building.
These ladies have rocked this class. As trainers we put a lot of time and effort in making sure our classes are fun and people walk away learning more than they knew before they came to us.
Itās so rewarding to watch our teams grow together and often times be so surprised at their accomplishments.
Tonight we felt it was safe to add in a new dog to class. Goldie is always up for being a distraction this was also the first night we allowed off leash work with dogs that have learned to coexist with each other over a period of time.
We had a lot going on here.
Working on down stay
Throwing a ball for Goldie at the same time both teams called their dogs.
We mixed up where the handlers where placed the dogs had to cross paths on the way to their person.
All these girl did amazing! We are so proud of them for putting in the work with their dogs.
Little Lucy is heading into therapy work and Gia is finishing up her service work training.
Goldie well sheās just an awesome girl that loves therapy work and playing ball. Obedience training is beneath her pay scale! This girl is so not excited about practicing obedience skills. She says thatās for babies. š¤£š¾
