Sadie, one of my adventure walk clients is a little bit worried about putting on her harness and car travel which are both necessary components of our outings. I don’t just want the pups in my care to enjoy themselves when they’re romping around, but I want them to feel comfortable and even excited about the entire process. I am working on helping Sadie build a positive conditioned emotional response or +CER to her harness and my car. But working on changing an underlying fear or concern can be slow work and must be broken up incrementally step-by-step. Noticed that I’m not trying to lure her closer to the harness. I’m giving her freedom and choice to remove herself from the situation. We had a short session, but I’m loving that she’s choosing to look at the harness and even get her head a little bit closer to it! #cattledogsofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #humaneethicaldogtraining #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #pawsitopiapups #swportlanddogwalkers #dogtrainer #r+dogtrainer #humanedogtraining #muttsofinstagram #gardenhomepdx
We you’re pulling out all the moves and your big friend just won’t stop chasing waves! Find it games to the rescue! 🦸♀️ #doodlesofinstagram #poodledofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #pawsitopiapups #swportlanddogwalkers #dogtrainer #r+dogtrainer #humanedogtraining #muttsofinstagram #gardenhomepdx
Looking for volunteers for your next beach clean up? Koda is your man! He’s enthusiastic, thorough and willing to get wet and dirty for a good cause! #pawsitopiapups #doodlesofinstagram #bernedoodle #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #winter2022 #swportlanddogwalkers #dogtrainer #r+dogtrainer #humanedogtraining
I love learning new things about my walking clients! Today I discovered that Koda is a water dog 💦💦! Got to love a beach boy 🌊🏖 #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #winter2022 #swportlanddogwalkers #dogtrainer #r+dogtrainer #humanedogtraining
Lily the wunderkind nailed her dead retrieve in 4 days! So proud of this little nugget and so thrilled with myself for this achievement 💪🏻 #dtia #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021 #swportlanddogwalkers #doodlesofinstagram
Even though the magical creature that is Egg was an incredible project dog to work with, we hit a wall when working on our dead retrieve and he no longer found the game fun, so I decided to call it and try it with another dog who is more pumped to retrieve things. I have picked back up with Lily, who as you can see from this video, thanks this game is totally her jam! I’m really excited to work on it with her and can’t wait until we have our terminal behavior! #dtia #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021 #swportlanddogwalkers #doodlesofinstagram
This week has been emotionally and mentally exhausting for me, And sometimes it’s near impossible to look at the progress and see the winning in every step. But, when I went back and watched our videos from last Saturday, Egg was barely grabbing this item with his mouth. And today he is taking it off the floor and putting it in my hand while I’m standing. I know it might not seem like a lot, but it’s leaps and bounds from where we started. Still working on getting him to bring this to me from a distance and I know we will get there, I just need to keep reminding myself to take a breath, take breaks, and listen to the dog! Thank you to all of my cohorts for holding my hand through this challenging assignment @ruffntuffdogs @oaktownpaws @surlyt
Eggy boy flexing his sit at a distance 🪑🥚💪🏻 #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021 #swportlanddogwalkers #terriersofinstagram #otatalumni
Working with Eggy boy on cue discrimination. When I first met him, he had a negative history with “down,” so I chose to rename it “bellies” when we built it and added the verbal cue and it delights me every time we use it 🥰❤️! Training can be so darn adorable! #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021 #swportlanddogwalkers #terriersofinstagram #otatalumni
Not all pups need to wear muzzles, but it’s an incredibly useful thing for them to learn to not only tolerate, but enjoy wearing, in case of an emergency or to protect them and their vet if they have some handling sensitivity. Lily loves to put her little sweet snoot in ❤️ #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021
SOUND UP!!! Hands-down, favorite blooper reel moment of all time!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry Lily! I had to! #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021 #whowasthat
Making some great progress on our chin rest exercise! We need to build our duration up a few more seconds, but Lils seems to love this one, so she should nail it in no time! This is a great thing to train for vet visits, ear cleaning and teefs brushing! #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021
Learning to wait before jumping in Portland puddles! #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021
I don’t know if you guys have ever tried the Trader Joe’s cheese bites, but I know it’s almost impossible for me to leave them alone! So major major major kudos to my girl Lily for leaving those on the street when I asked her to ❤️❤️❤️ #pawsitopiapups #muttsofinstagram #doodlesofinstagram #pawsitopiapup #swpdxpup #dogsofinstagram #dogwalkersofinstagram #dogwalkersofpdx #dogwalkersofportland #portlanddogs #portlanddogwalker #pdxdogwalker #traillife #doglife #positivereinforcementdogtraining #r+ #trainwithoutpain #multnomahvillagepdx #hillsdalepdx #gabrielparkpdx #vermonthillspdx #raleighills #westslope #fall2021
