A lot of jumping up isn’t your dog being badly behaved…it’s over excited, It’s your dog trying to cope. 🫣 If we think about it from their perspective. A person walks in, leans over them, reaches for their head, gets right into their space. That’s a lot for a dog to manage, especially a young one who hasn’t yet built the confidence to deal with it calmly. I am a fully grown women and I still hate people I don’t know coming into my space and touching me 🤣 Jumping up can be a

Should you just leave your adult dog and puppy to ‘get on with it’ A client last week had been given this advice and things were not going well. The puppy was learning no boundaries and the adult dog was really hating the puppy! (Side note- If your adult dog is a younger dog and super social it might all go smooth and easy. But puppies are bloody hard work for adult dogs as well as the humans.) Most adult dogs are socially selective and building the bond between new dogs may

💪 Mistakes are feedback not failure! 💪The Rule of 5 tells you exactly when to push forward and when to step back, it helps us not take failure and mistakes personally. 💪 the Rule of 5 works. Keeps success rate around at 80–90% and protects confidence and motivation. It stops us as the teacher, worrying about failures as we have a plan! 💪 It gives the handler objective feedback instead of guessing and learning happens fastest when mistakes are not too frequent. 💪 repeat

Luring a dog just means guiding them to do what you want by using something they really want. Food usually works best. Use something small, soft, and not crumbly. Get your dog’s attention Hold the treat right at their nose so they can smell it. Move the treat slowly where you want your dog to go. Sit: move the treat up and slightly back over their head Down: move the treat from their nose straight down to the floor Come: show the treat and take a few steps backward Spin: mov

💥 Extinction Burst 💥 When you stop rewarding or reinforcing your dogs unwanted behaviours sometimes we see an increase in the undesired behaviours before they stop! Imagine your dog has previously gotten something they felt was rewarding, that could be attention, toss a toy, you engaging with them etc and when suddenly that disappears, your dog will often try harder at first before giving up! And why wouldn’t they, we do the exact same. So it looks like it is making them

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👻If you have an adult dog already scared, there’s still time to get on to your Vet. They can prescribed medications that may help. Don’t waste your time buying stuff in the Petshops. Nutracalm is sold over the counter in Vets too. 💀Get the dogs walk in very early before anyone might be messing around with bangers and fireworks. Kids around my way are setting them off all day. 👻There are strong links between pain and sound sensitivity in dogs. If your older dog is more f

Maybe it’s not just leash skills that you need to work on to improve your loose lead walking…. - dogs pull on leash when they are scared, frustrated and overwhelmed. Building confidence and resilience is important first. Check out my earlier reels on building confidence and a resilient dog. - dogs pull on leash when they are unmotivated and not engaged with you. Ask why does your dog not want to be beside you? And what can you do to change that. How can you improve YOUR en

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