If only I like people the way I love woofies. 🐾❤️
Everyday is a gift with my 14yo baby girl, Butter. ❤️
Luke & Leia
First Enrichment Session
Fitting them with their new Freedom No Pull Harnesses.
Short walk before the rain.
Indoor activity and TLC.
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Meet Nessie, a 2yo JRT who just came from Hong Kong.
I’ll be walking this sweet gal 3x a week while her pawrents are at work.
Stay tuned for our adventures together.
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This is Mochi. I was called in to help walk him to cultivate good walking behaviour in him.
He is reactive to many triggers such as passer-bys, dogs, motorbikes, bikes, cars, etc.
How we behave will affect how a dog behaves. When we are calm and can assure the dog that it is safe with us, it can trust us and enjoy the walk in a more relaxed state of mind.
Mochi willl need frequent walks with me for me to shape his behaviour consistently.
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Another successful training on dog reactivity to door knocks, doorbell rings and noises outside the door.
Luke (3yo) and Leia (1.5yo) made tremendous progress in just one session today.
It is more challenging when it is a multi-dog household but it’s still possible to train the woofies not to bark and be a nuisance to the neighbours.
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Does your dog bark when the door bell rings or when someone knocks on the door?
I was called in to help with Ollie’s issues of barking incessantly when the doorbell rings and his separation anxiety.
In just one session, he made remarkable progress. He will stop barking on command and even went on to not even react to the doorbell rings.
I also taught him “Down” command within minutes coz he is a smart boy.
The last part of the training is working on his separation anxiety. His love for food is greater that his neediness, so he was totes ok when l left him a wee bit of peanut butter to lick while all the humans disappear out of his sight.
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Once a month, I would take Pablo on a 2-hour fun excursion to explore new places.
Taking a dog out for walk is not just to exercise it, but should also be a fun activity for the dog. New sights and smells are super interesting to dogs, and that is why we should allow them to sniff around and explore.
Don’t forget to also allow your dogs to socialise (unless they have reactivity issues that you are currently working on to resolve).
Ollie’s 2nd Lesson
Ease of putting on harness, leave things alone, and learning to look at owner while on walks.
The owners were having such a hard time putting on the harness on Ollie prior to the training session. Ollie won’t be still and struggled a lot, while biting the harness. In just one session, the owners even proclaimed how easy it became to put on the harness.
I also taught them how to stop Ollie from “attacking” objects such as tissue paper, harness, dead leaves, shoes, etc.
We ended the session with a short walk outside to practise.
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Meet Maru, a 5 month old Corgi pup.
Was called in to help the owners solve some of his puppy behavioural issues of toileting mistakes, coprophagia (eating his poo), annoying the other older dog at home, chewing on stuff.
We also did a session outside to teach him some basic walking manners.
Many issues can be prevented or alleviated easily when you get a professional dog behaviourist to guide you in a private session.
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Meet Ollie, 3mo Schnauzer pup.
His mama had a training session prior to his arrival on 27 March to ensure she has the basic knowledge to welcome him into the family.
On 8 April, I did the first training sesh with Ollie. When I arrived, he couldn’t sit on command and was playbiting.
In just one session, he learnt to sit on command, go to bed and sit and wait for his reward.
I don’t just train the dog. What’s more important is to guide the hoomans. After teaching the adults, I got them to teach their son.
A well behaved dog is cultivated through discipline and consistency. I advocate training a dog/pup asap to prevent/alleviate common dog behavioural issues.
I always say owners should devote 1-2 months to training and life will be much easier after when the dog is well trained. A well behaved and balanced dog is a joy to be around.
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Logan had a (tennis) ball of a time!
It’s such a coincidence that he will be moving to street that I used to lived on.
Can’t wait to show him the hood and all the cool places!
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