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04/13/2019

We kept you posted with a few one ‘human operation’ videos about Bo’s progress with his leash reactivity issues but we never had a chance to have someone to record it for us.

These 2 kind men and their dogs were willing to help us a couple of days ago passing by our property, so we could show everyone clearly the progress Bo has made with his leash walking manners.

Many times, when a dog sees another dog on the leash, what looks like an aggression is nothing more/nothing less but frustration of the dog not being able to get to the other dog.

Dogs can escalate and work themselves up into a frenzied mind set when not being able to get to another dog or not being able to remove themselves from the site if they are uncomfortable with the meeting and if they do not wish to interact.

They are stuck to a human by the leash.

If human lacks the insight into what is happening to his dog and why, and if the human on top of that lacks in the ways of clear communication with his/her dog, the dog becomes not only stuck on the leash but also in the behavior.

More s/he gets to practice this kind of behavior, more it becomes like a drug to the dog. The rush, the adrenaline.

Each time they see another dog, they want their beer!

This by no means is an attempt to indicate that we should let the dogs actually meet on the leash to resolve the conflict! On the contrary!

WE ARE STRONG ADVOCATES AND TRY TO EDUCATE THE OWNERS WHY ON LEASH MEETINGS ARE DANGEROUS AND CAN VERY QUICKLY ESCALATE INTO YOUR DOG LOOSING ALL TRUST IN YOU as his/her leader and protector.

There is time and space to meet and interact with other dogs if so wished, but it is NOT on the leash.

Many on leash dog meetings end up in fights, leaving the owners confused and guessing why did their friendly dog attacked another dog, many times the same one that their dog showed a friendly interest in before.

There are many reasons why the on leash meetings are a very bad idea.

While on the leash, it is supposed to be just about you and your dog.

• It is about you paying attention, while enjoying your walk, if your dog needs some of your guidance to help him focus on your ‘togetherness ‘.

• It is about your dog accepting your guidance and paying attention to you, rather then what is happening around him, god forbid reacting to it.

Your duty as his owner and leader is to keep every dog away from him, while on the leash.

His job is to pay attention to you.

It all boils down to a CLEAR COMMUNICATION and TRUST.

“Do not worry, my dog, you just do ‘this’ and I have your back.”

Always.

04/03/2019

Why e-collar training?

Because this would NOT be possible 2 weeks ago!

2 weeks ago, this 11 months old, hard headed boy had only one thing on his mind- to do as he pleases, whenever he pleases.

He even peed on humans, and that tells you a lot about what he thought about them. 😆

Bo would also run and be gone if the leash was dropped.

We not only reset him for a much better, honorary and respectful future, future that is much more suitable for this intelligent canine.

We also gave him a gift of freedom.

Freedom must be earned.

And Bo proves himself worthy of this gift.

04/02/2019

It’s been 13 days of our b&t program for Bo, and it was time to go and venture somewhere new.

Bo is 11 months old English Shepherd that was happy but unstoppable with his over aroused behavior, whic did not contribute to the happiness of his humans in a little bit.

When it came down to anything that involved polite manners, or simply taking performance of some to him already known commands seriously, Bo would have nothing to do with it.

Us, humans, we simply did not exist much in his world.

He was a dog with unfulfilled potential, without a purpose and a job to do.

He was not able to control his energetic nature and neither were his humans able to communicate to him what is really wanted from him.

It is truly a pleasure for us to work with this sweet-natured dog and see him grow in so many ways.

We hope you’ll enjoy some clips from our Lowes training session.

Usually, the dogs are a bit nervous at first coming to Lowes for the first time.

Well, if Bo was nervous, he did not let it be shown much, as he performed almost perfectly from the beginning and did not seem to have a hard time to adjust to this new and unusual environment.

We are very proud of all the hard work Bo puts into his actions. It truly shows.

04/01/2019

Bo’s inside of the house training session from yesterday.

It’s been 12 days he has been with us as of today.

We are tying up the loose ends and making sure we communicate clearly.
We want to be certain Bo understands what is wanted from him.

03/30/2019

As the 10th day of Bo’s b&t is closing in, he has a lot to be proud of himself for.

Before b&t with us, Bo would be gone if you’d drop the leash.

Today his long line is off and we continued to further proof his impulse control and staying in a command with the moving dogs around him.

We also continued to work on his newly found ability to remain calm, non reactive and not always engaging in play around other dogs.

We want him to learn how to enjoy his time within a pack of dogs without arousal.

03/30/2019

Today was a 10th day of Bo’s board&train program with us and it was a day that everyone likes to see.

Bo’s long line came off and he could at last enjoy himself in play.

While everyone takes playing dogs for granted, in our system this activity must be earned.

As all other dogs going through our system of psychological makeover, Bo earned his right to play by his overall attitude, responsivness to the learned commands and his willingness to look for a human guidance.

And Salt gets to learn some new moves from our herding boy Bo. 😎

03/29/2019

Last night’s little check up of a place command performance of our b&t pup Bo.

Place command is an essential part of our training.

We firmly believe that for a dog to be able to achieve calm state of mind on command, s/he must practice it somewhere.

Where would be a better place to practice a ‘place’ command than at home!

Calmness begins where your home is.

It does not come to dogs naturally. You must help your dog to learn and practice this.

It is a skill as any other skill.

03/29/2019

Today was a very important day in Bo’s b&t program, as it was a time for him to learn a thing or two about some dog manners!

11 months young Bo, sweet as a pumpkin pie, had no dog manners whatsoever.

He would charge other dogs like a rocket on fire. If older, or simply not interested in Bo, he did not care or even noticed the difference.

Many people think that in order to socialize our dogs, we just need to put them together so they somehow figure things out and eventually hopefully play together.

When we see playing dogs our brain shouts- ‘happy dogs!’.. right?

But this is very often not true. What many people fail to notice are the dogs that are pushy, approaching unknown dogs impolitely, dogs that do not take other dogs’ body language in any consideration and are driven purely by their lack of impulse control and by instincts without any consideration for others.

Many dogs may not only ‘not feel like’ to be approached and ‘invited’ to play by your joyous friendly dog, they may straight blatantly not like other dogs at all, and wish not to interact with them.

Many dogs are insecure or fearful.

And some will just not take your dog’s bad manners lightly and will let it be known how they feel about the situation they are put in by the pushie dog.

Bad dog manners are just the right recipe for a dog fight to happen and/or create aggressive dog out of a fearful, insecure one.

I want from Bo to understand that just because other dogs are around, this does not mean he is to charge them in expectation of play. I want him to learn how to be a gentleman, be considerate to others and above all- to be capable of controling his impulses.

I want him to be able to just walk with other dogs calmly. That also means I will not let other dogs to bother him either.

For this exercise I am using a dressage whip as an extension of my arm, to advocate for each dog’s space and to help with overall direction of the session.

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