4x Games to help win over a fearful dog
For dogs that are fearful or nervous around new people, or that have a history of handling aggression - first impressions really matter.
blog by Hannah Sadgrove
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Body Language breakdown
I was called out to help someone with how to introduce and integrate two dogs from seperate households. The greyhound lives in the house...
Things YOU need to know to help your reactive dog
Without question, the most common issue a lot of dog owners face is aggressive-like or reactive displays when on a leash. This is a...
How to socialise your puppy before you can take them to places
One of the most important things we need to do with puppies is 'socialise' them to new places, people, environments, sounds etc to help...
Working with a nervous dog - PART 2
One of the biggest and most critical mistakes we see people make when starting to train dogs that show nervous tendencies is that we tend...
How to build trust with a nervous dog
This is our new foster dog, Jasper. He's quite nervous of new people and has a tendency to bark when meeting or seeing strangers. Before...
The First Things to Teach any Dog
We get lots of enquiries asking for help with some pretty serious and challenging issues. We can't simply say NO don't do that and expect...
Focusing on associations, not just behaviours
In the first part, I'm creating expectations along with associations toward the car. I don't want it to JUST mean exciting things. So...
Week 1 board & train with a dog who's wary of strangers
This is Gem, a recent foster of ours. Gem was found wandering the streets with a litter of puppies, even though the vets think she's...
Using Reverse Luring to teach a sustained chin rest
Stella has yucky feelings about being handled. It’s not an uncommon problem at all. She can get snarly with things like her harness being...
Charlie - Wk1 B&T with a worried doggo
Charlie can be reactive to some other dogs and is worried about new people. This is the first in a three-part series for Charlie's board...
Charlie - Wk2 B&T with a worried dog
Part 2 of Charlie’s board and train. We’ve done a lot of foundational work. In this video, we put it into practice. A big problem we see...
How to train a dog to be more comfortable with people.
This is an hour's session reduced to 23 minutes. Hazel is a dog that is very nervous of people, especially men. In this session we looked...
A dog so fearful she wouldn’t leave her own drive-way for 4 years.
Pixie is a 6 year old American bulldog. She has 4 people she likes (now 5 including Hannah). She is petrified of the world. Prior to our...
Treat and Retreat with a nervous dog
When building a relationship with a fearful dog, space is a powerful reinforcer. One of the first things I want to know, especially when...
How to get dogs used to things that could be scary
The more I visit clients and the more we research dogs and their behaviour the more I'm realising it's less about telling them what to do...
Closing the distance to triggers
Stu has very big feelings towards other dogs, people and cars, especially trucks and the postie. He would play with some dogs but that...
Paddy - Week 2 board & train with a reactive dog
Once the foundations get put in place, we can then start introducing the triggers at a VERY gradual and slow pace. We need to DESENSITISE...
Paddy -Wk 1 board & train with a dog reactive dog
Here's Paddy's first week of training and a rundown of what and how many times we train etc: We do 3 training sessions a day along with...