Training Pups

Rabies vaccination status

Spent 120 min training today. Our puppy parents learned that Rabies is preventable via vaccination. We checked on our pups vaccination status. Puppies receive their 1st Rabies vaccine at 12 weeks old. Followed by a booster 4 weeks later. Rabies is then repeated annually with their yearly vaccines. Our youngest pup in class, Cairo is not yet 12 weeks old and only due for her 1st Rabies vaccine in Oct. Zena (our personal dog) is due end Sep for her annual vaccinations which include Rabies. #Rabies360Challenge #Rabies360MSDChallenge2024 #RabiesAwarenessSouthAfrica #KidsAroundDogs #TrainingPupsDogAcademy

#rabies360msdchallenge2024 #rabiesawarenesssouthafrica #trainingpupsdogacademy #Rabies360Challenge #kidsarounddogs

Doing some SIT-STAY with distractions

Wanted to make a quick video for a client, but ended up getting the whole "pack" excited. We often forget that it's a lot easier working with one dog at a time if you have a specific training goal in mind.

Being a dog mom is about extending your patience, kindness, and unconditional love to your family of another species. Happy #DogMomDay 🤍

Milo - Golden Lab Gracie - Golden Lab x Loula - Black Lab Exhausted after class, but not too tired to play.

A day in the life of Zena - Part 13 Yesterday started off just like the Saturday before.. No breakfast... Before you say mommy forgot, she would never do that to us - she loves us too much. I have come to realize that whenever we skip breakfast, it means we are going training. When I asked about this my sister explained that because we do manwork we often jump up in weird and wonderful positions and she does not want us to get a stomach torsion. So we are only allowed to eat a bit later (after class). You can imagine my excitement Saturday morning when we didn't get breakfast. But then my sister did the weirdest thing. She loaded the bakkie with all her puppy class stuff and left without us. My heart sank to my feet and all I wanted to do was sulk. After a while mom came out with our leashes followed by dad and his car keys. Could it be... are we going to class... Without hesitation Zorro and myself made our way to the canopy door. With the drop of a hat we were ready to jump in and settle in our spots. While mom opened the gate dad started the bakkie and we were off. After a short drive we arrived at class. Dad leashed us and we headed to the field. We couldn't contain our excitement. Zorro walking in heel position next to daddy and I walked in heel position next to mommy. Mommy said my sister was teaching puppy class and would only be able to join later. When we got into position I saw that our manwork trainer was holding his own dog today. Much to my surprise I saw another familiar face.... I couldnt believe he had the cheeck to dhow his face after trying to steal the tug from all the dogs on one if our previous outings. It was none other than the Oros man. He was the trainer that gave me my first taste of manwork a few months ago. He started making his way around the circle and my heart started beating in my chest. A sweat bead running down my forehead as my pulse quickened. Zorro lunged at him when he went past and grabbed a hol

A snippet from class today - Focus

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Looking forward to starting classes again in 2024

A day in the life of Zena - Part 11 It's been such a hectic month at home that I have missed a few Bridging classes. It made me think of the last class I attended and the game we played in class. It all started off as a normal SIT-STAY. My sister asked me for a SIT, which I can do with my eyes closed and both hands tied behind my back. She then asked for a STAY and turned her back on me when walking away. As always she stayed away for a few seconds before returning and telling me what a "GOOD GIRL" I was. After a few minutes I heard my sister say she would be upping our SIT-STAY. Apparently you need to change one of the D's of training. (Duration, Distance and Distraction). I had no idea what that meant until she explained that one only changes one thing at a time in order to make a CUE more reliable. She asked me for a SIT-STAY and turned around and walked away. Within a split second she was gone? All I could see was a blue barrel. I waited a few seconds but still could not see my sister, my heart started pounding. I was so worried that I jumped up and ran straight to the barrel. Low and behold, I found my sister hiding behind the barrel. She saw my confused look and walked towards me. Telling me she won't leave me behind. She slowly explained to me that she wanted me to STAY until she came back. We took a short walk and then she asked for a DOWN-STAY. My sister says dogs are more prone to break a SIT-STAY than a DOWN-STAY so she wanted to try the barrel again. This time setting me up for success. She asked me for a DOWN, followed by a STAY. I obediently lied down and stayed. She turned around and walked away. Without a word she disappeared behind the blue barrel again. Unlike before, my heart rate did not increase, I knew she would be coming back soon. She stayed away for 18 seconds before coming out from behind the barrel. She walked straight to me and told me what a GOOD GIRL I was. She was so proud that I didn't get Distracted by