Just Dogs

17/11/2024

K9 gym class at the is so much fun! 🐾🩵

09/11/2024

Happy faces this morning on the 🐾🩵

04/11/2024

Monday Funday at the Farm! 🐾🩵

30/10/2024

Happy 6th birthday to our very own Malatjie, Malakai! We love you cheeky boy, and hope you had a super day 🐾🩵

30/10/2024

Lekker op die plaas 🐾🩵 - Rosie

23/10/2024

When it’s hot outside. We like to swap walkies for enrichment at home. Fun, games, mental stimulation, learning and exercise through play! It’s the best, Kiko thinks so too! 🐾🩵

21/10/2024

Happy Monday everydoggy! Sometimes there isn’t much to say, so just enjoy a few pics of our Just dogs dogs living their best lives 🐾🩵

15/10/2024

Happy birthday to this cutie pie - Rupert! 🎈🎁🎊

08/10/2024

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Barking got you stressed? 🐶 Lucy Breytenbach, a dog behaviour specialist, shares expert advice on why dogs bark excessively and how you can manage it. From frustration and boredom to separation anxiety, Lucy breaks down the causes and offers practical solutions to help your dog stay calm.



🔗https://buff.ly/3ZTVCIj

04/10/2024

Happy Friyay from some of the 🐾🩵

03/10/2024

A few tips for managing excessive barking from our pack leader, Lucy Breytenbach 🐾🩵 If your dog struggles with excess woofs, give us a paw for more! www.justdogs.co.za

https://pets24.co.za/blog/expert-tips-on-preventing-excessive-barking-from-lucy-breytenbach

Discover expert tips on preventing excessive barking in dogs from Lucy Breytenbach, owner and behaviourist at Just Dogs, in this insightful Pets24 interview.

02/10/2024

Kiko had a great session today in private school! 🐾🩵

01/10/2024

Happy Birthday to the beautiful Akira! 🐾🩵🎈

28/09/2024

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DISTRACTED DOG WALKERS

The distracted dog walker is commonly seen chatting on their cell phone, wearing headphones or socializing with other people while oblivious to what their dog is doing, how their dog is feeling or what is going on in the environment.

This may not sound like a problem to some, but it is something that many people have a problem with, even more so if you have a reactive dog.

I compare walking a dog to driving a car. It’s not so much about our driving skills, but having to constantly be aware of the driving skills of others – trying to predict what they will do, which rules of the road they will ignore and how distracted they are. This is especially true in the country I live in, where driving can be a stressful experience.

I understand that we often need to multi task – there simply doesn’t seem to be enough time in our day to accomplish everything we need to, but walking our dogs should not be one of these times.

Some people might say – “but my dog is really friendly, well socialized, gets on well with everyone, is well trained, knows this environment well etc. and I hear that.

But another dog might not be – maybe they need space, are reactive, are not sociable, are recovering from an illness, might be terrified of another dog racing straight towards them chasing a ball thrown from a ball launcher etc.

If distracted dog walkers have no regard for other dogs or other people, they should at least have regard for their own dogs. Walking your dog should be a time of bonding, of relationship, of seeing the environment through the eyes of your dog, of reinforcing and teaching wanted behaviours, of keeping them safe and protected from the unknown.

Our dogs need us to be focused, to pay attention, to be aware and attentive.

Our dogs depend on us to advocate for them.

26/09/2024

A few more spring time moments from our doggos 🌼🌷🪻🐾🩵

25/09/2024

We hope that everydoggy had a great Heritage Day! 🇿🇦💛

20/09/2024

Some more fun in the sun with our this week 🥰🩵

17/09/2024

Spring Vibes 🌼🐾🐇💐🐕