NEVER HAD A DOG BEFORE IN THE HOME
Never had a dog in the home before, need some assistance to learn body language and how to successfully live in harmony with your best friend? Hopper's guardians had never lived with a dog before and invited him into their home as a puppy. We were called in to coach Hopper's guardians in training Hopper and educate them in dog behaviour and body language. Giving them the tools to succeed in living with a canine.
When Best Friend Dog Care arrived Hopper was learning SIT, HAND SHAKE and WAIT. Most important cue we believe is the recall cue, COME. We also assisted to increase his understandings of GENTLE, BED, STOP, GOOD, DOWN, OUT, FREE, HEEL, WITH ME, LEAVE IT, PEE PEE, TOUCH, MIDDLE, FIND IT, DRINK and his guardians are working now on SPIN.
Understanding each home has their own cue's we work with you assisting you to reach your end goals.
Communication with your best friend is the best place to start, when your bestie can understand cues you are able to assist them to be the best dog and family member, keeping them safe in our human dominated world. When all humans in the home are on the same page they assist the canine to understand making communications easier for the dog living in the home.
https://youtu.be/u3jM4LRbkms
WHITE OF THE EYES SHOWING, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
Whites of eyes showing sometimes referred to as Half moon eye or whale eye. What does this mean to you? 🤔
In this case I was right there taking the photo and know I caught Miss Pippa in the middle of nodding off to sleep! Dog behaviour is very contextual, meaning if the situation and surroundings were different, say Miss Pippa was being hugged by a stranger she may have a whale eye and or her mouth closed and or a raised paw her ears flat or dropped low, maybe even a lip lick. Her body language would be saying I don’t want to be hugged.
Knowing dog body language and how much the environment can change a dog’s behaviour will assist your best friend to succeed in living with humans.
HARMONY BACK IN THE HOME
Ella’s guardians contacted Best Friend Dog Care due to Ella nipping the resident children’s feet and occasionally the adults too. She was digging holes where ever and when ever, jumping up at the back door seeking the attention from anyone that would give it to her. Ella also had a liking of seeking and taking belongings that were not hers. Sound familiar??
Best Friend Dog Care’s home visits provided the opportunity to work with Ella and her family through real life scenarios in her familiar environment.
We are experienced presenters of the Delta Dog Bite Prevention Program which was designed especially for young children. This assists us in being able to educate family members with age appropriate vocabulary and tools.
Best Friend Dog Care were available to Ella’s family to provide practical assistance to questions via phone and email though out our 5 hour 5 week Puppy Training Program.
Best Friend Dog Care works with you, for you, assisting in ways that are suitable for your individual needs. We give you the tools to live in harmony with your best friend. There is no magic wand when it comes to dog behaviour and training but Best Friend Dog Care can be by your side every step of the way for you and your best friend to succeed.
Here what Ella’s family has to say about their experience with Best Friend Dog Care’s Dog Training
'ITS OKAY, MY DOG IS FRIENDLY...'
https://youtu.be/u-_DWTjYUng
‘Its okay, my dog is friendly…’ No its NOT okay!
Humans rationalize things dogs do not, overall humans and dogs have different opinions about every day events.
Dog’s rely on humans for their entire life, I think it is paying the highest respect to the dog in your life if you train them, understand dogs and how they think. This is what will make you the best guardian for the dog in your life. With out a reliable recall what if your dog ever gets out, you'll have little to no chance of getting it to come back to you or catching it. If your dog becomes frightened and starts to bolt when off leash, how would you have it returned to you? If it starts running towards a road, are you still going to enjoy the fact that you don't have a reliable recall? Isn't it your duty to the dog to have the best recall with them that you possibly can?
It’s certainly not about being a ‘control freak’. Dogs depend on humans for so much in this human dominated world and this includes keeping them safe. It is our responsibility as a dog guardian to keep the dog safe from harm, not just our dog but other dogs too. Dogs in off leash areas that are on leash are lawfully (in Australia) allowed to be, please be respectful. Not all dogs or people like dogs running up to them.
Dogs are dogs and can turn at any second with another dog, animal or human (even their human). It’s our job to be respectful of all dogs and guardians and to train what is appropriate and what is not to the dogs in this human dominated world we both live in. Just as you teach a human child, when not to cross a busy road, where to toilet, what is acceptable behaviour and what is not etc. We are not controlling the dog or child we are setting them up for success for their future in making the right choices in life.
The difference with children and dogs, the child will grow up and fend for its self read signs and understand human language.
Just because your dog is friendly doesn’t mean all dogs are- use some dog etiquette some common sense and never let a dog run up to another dog on leash - the leashed dog could be scared or become reactive. Try to respect other guardians and their need for space. Not all dogs want the added attention or intrusion.
Even when off-leash, your dog must be under ‘effective control' which means it returns when called and complies with cues. If your dog is not under effective control, you can be required to keep your dog on a leash in an off-leash area. Many off leash area’s like public beaches and parks you will come across dogs on leash, it is your responsibility to have the dog under full control, meaning not allowing it to approach other dogs. A recall is one of the very first cues to teach your puppy or rescue dog. If the dog doesn't recall, remember you are the guardian of the dog. Do you trust every dog out there that is not on leash not to hurt the dog in your life, do you trust that the dog in your life can cross a road looking both ways and know when its safe to cross?
Taking responsibility of being a dog guardian seriously, learning as much about how a dogs brain works and thinks is your duty to the dog in your life and all the dogs that come into your life. This why we offer our 'talking dog with Tamara sessions'. You can learn to speak dog, knowing what to look out for with a dogs body language you can start to understand more about what a dog is thinking. Dogs brains are not built the same as humans and we really need to remember this when we choose to invite them into our homes, especially when we have them as our 'fur kids'. Fur is the most important part of 'fur kids' for us to think humanly about. Fur is what is attached to an animal, some humans call their human kids animals but we know they are still human and their brains are built to think the same as ours.
So sad how some folks do not see it as their duty to train the dog in their life before they are taken off leash.
Too many human emotions put into the equation. The way you see the world around you is not the same as how a dog sees the world around them!
Dogs need to have a reliable recall before being let off leash.
Understanding a human perspective ‘how wonderful it must feel for a dog to run free’!
Dogs are not as a child, we do not teach them how to fend for themselves and let them be free, dogs are reliant on us for their whole life!
Spread the word to all humans to train the dogs in their life 😉👍🏻🐾🐾
If you have no voice control over the dog, keep them on the leash!
HOW TO BUILD DURATION OF A SIT
How long can your best friend stay still with the smells and sight of delicious tempting foods?
Check back in soon for an update on the steps you can take to reach the point these two are at, or reach out on the contact us message to have us come and assist you and your best friend to build the duration cued positions.
https://youtu.be/THbArs2TZTI
Dogs brains need to be used as intended! To work for their food, have you cut out ‘Room Service’ meals?
Using their every day food as a reward imagine all the behaviours you can reward 👍🏻.
Dogs will generally repeat a behaviour they are being rewarded for, including self rewarding 🧐🙌🏻🐕🐾#roomservice #workforfood #bichonfrise #stimulate
https://youtu.be/71KE2teAwj8
PUPPY TRAINING & EDUCATION
With education on dog behaviour, training and psychology we assist you in the very beginning to enjoy the quality of life for your four legged best friends and you! Starting in your home means we can start training as soon as you bring you new Best Friend into your world. Not having to wait until all vaccinations are complete. Working in giving you the guardian the tools required to take the lead role of keeping the dog in your life safe in the human dominated world.
It’s up to you in what words you use for each behaviour.
We are by your side every step of the way to assist you in dog communication ensuring your bestie understands the cues from you.
Great job to KODA and her humans, the effort you put in brings YOU the rewards ❤️❤️🐾🐾
https://youtu.be/YvqONjk5Vl4
DOG MANNERS
Assist you to find the missing pieces in the relationship with you and your four legged best friend. Sharing with you the knowledge, strategies that have helped hundreds of clients reclaim their dog / human relationship, mastering daily walks, teaching the dog to come, every time and having confidence to put on the dogs leash when taking the steps out of the home.
Give the dog in your life skills for the real world? No More Frustration?
How would you like to be the choice for the dog in your life to have attention on?
The dog in your life walking with you, together. The dog constantly scanning in on you, their human and not looking out for other dogs or anything else that would steal his attention from walking with manners?
Walking with your best friend no matter their size is not to be embarrassing, exhausting, a chore or worse feeling completely defeated and dreading the exercise.
Walking with your best friend is a relaxing bonding time, isn’t that how you have always envisioned you and your bestie going out in the world together?
No more stressing out, feeling tense or leaving your best friend at home because it’s too hard.
So do you want to accomplish the above with your four legged best friend?
IMPULSE CONTROL
HELP YOUR DOG TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES IN OUR HUMAN WORLD.🌏
It starts with IMPULSE CONTROL. A dog is never too old to learn.🐕
I don’t want to be telling the dogs in my life how to live their life every step of the way, I want them to make choices knowing that they are the safe choices.👍🏻
ALWAYS SET YOUR DOG UP FOR SUCCESS . 🎊
Reward your dog for the behaviour you want! 🏆
In our human world many aspects of a dog’s natural behaviour are not appropriate.
You will see me in this video playing with his favourite toys and even putting down a yummy treat all of which he is learning to make the choice to leave, why BECAUSE it is up to us if we want our dog to be safe in our human world fitting in.✅
Dogs need to resist the urge to
- run across a busy road (they may see other dogs who look to be having so much fun but couldn’t a car hit them?)
- stealing a cooked chicken bone (dangerous to dogs) or
- running out your front door or gate because it is open.
We want to help you be the best guardian you can be by helping your dog with his manners in our world.
Its about teaching ‘This is what you can do’ rather than ‘This is what you can’t’.
Teaching your dog to sit or at least to look at you whenever he wants something is a great way to improve general behaviour.👌🏻
https://youtu.be/kBhRYCI6JaQ