Some Details About How We Work Towards Our Very General Goals:
Training and Learning Together for a Lifetime of Building Positive Associations = 24/7 doing our best, working together in the present moment, to stay under threshold and maintain distance(s) of comfort via observation and respect of the individual learner’s present moment body language, preferences, sensitivities + the following list of possible activities/exercises/practice:
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST + WE GO AT YOUR DOG'S PACE + WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE TIME, EVERYDAY - YOUR DOG IS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL WITH NEEDS THAT MAY CHANGE FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT!
- Preference Testing - In the present moment: Who is your dog?/What does your dog like?
- Learn to Play Together (Appropriate Dog-Dog and Human-Dog Play) a lot of opportunities to practice a lot of the basic skills and habits from the following list:
- Eye Contact practice
- Name Game
- Bucket Game via buckets and treat pouches
- Mat practice
- Body Handling practice
- Putting On Dog Gear Practice – comfort with leash, harness, collar, muzzle, Rex Specs, Jackets, Rain Coats, etc... (We like comfortable and functional dog gear + making the process fun, even for Elizabethan collars/cones!)
- Hand Targeting a.k.a “Touch!”
- Appropriate Chewing Practice
- Practice Fair Trades - Resource Guarding Prevention and/or Modification
- Impulse control practice
- House Training
- Crate practice/crate time
- Safe Alone Time/Separation Related Behavior Prevention and/or Modification
- Do Nothing Time
- Recall practice
- Sit practice (Please note: for us, sit is usually a voluntary behavior that = please? ; also, please note, for various reasons sit is not always possible, and for us : 4 on the floor + eye contact + waiting also = please?)
- Down practice (Please note: for us, down is usually a voluntary behavior that = please? ; also, please note, for various reasons down is not always possible, and for us: 4 on the floor + eye contact + waiting also = please?)
- Food Puzzles, Snuffles, Kongs, etc = nose games + problem solving = brain games + a chance to practice basic skills like eye contact + wait/impulse control practice + mark and then reward with the brain game activity = another opportunity for additional relationship building
- Decompression/Potty/Training Walks + Loose Leash Walking practice = unless otherwise specified all walks are on a Long Line (Options between 15 - 50 feet) + a secure and comfortable harness (Front and/or Back Clipping)
- Run together on cue practice
- Public Access Training
- Human Interactions
- Dog-Dog Interactions
- Other Species Interactions
- Sniff and Explore
- Learning the concept of creating distance and retreating from trigger = JACKPOT!
- Comfortable and Safe Car Rides
- Other Adventures
- Diet and Nutrition
- Weight gain, weight loss, or maintain weight?
- Hygiene and Husbandry – Getting comfortable with grooming!
- Access to Medical Care – Practice Making Vet Visits Fun!
- Cooperative Care
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Dogs do so much for us humans...
Life is short, health is temporary, time is precious...
The present moment is the youngest that anyone will ever be...
Dogs are sentient beings full of emotions and unique personalities.
The relationship with dog(s) has the potential to be sacred - Let's get to know the dog in front of you, for who they are in the present moment, and do our best to meet their individual needs - the study of one!
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