Perhaps for your mum, the more crazy behaviour outside of the crate the worse she feels about him being uncrated! But it would probably help if...
Is it possible that shes getting too much activity/physical stimulation?? How is her behavior during these times? I can’t remember where i read it...
FDSA have a noise reactivity online course running in the December term which lays out the methodology for safely overcoming noise reactivity i...
Oh lovely! Yes watching them learn about snow is very cute haha For me i would avoid any puppy pad because its just slowing down your training but...
Hi Sabrina! Can’t believe someone else living in sweden is posting in the forum yay! Where abouts are you what temperatures are we talking? We’re...
Yeah Sarah Stremming has a great episode on barking (quite a few actually) on her cog dog radio podcast. She talks about how alert barking is just...
Thats ok i felt exactly the same! I wasn’t ready for that moment when i realized even though specific socialization had gone well, seeing dogs...
Dogs running up to a puppy is terrifying! For most puppies anyway. So its completely normal. Just pick puppy up so they don’t have to deal with it...
Hello! Hopefully one of the more qualified people using this site will reply to this, and i will be really interested to hear what they say! My...
Gorgeous!! Sounds like you’re all doing really well and have a good routine going
I think for us the most important thing was identifying situations prone to hysteria and making sure that didn’t happen basically. It’s highly...
I had never heard of people feeding vegetarian before i joined the forum but here is a thread from someone feeding vegetarian that might be...
Thanks Jo! I probably have done too much static reinforcement.. i use a lot of 'good girl' and 'wow' etc etc to keep the vocalisation going when...
If its any reassurance our dog only has 1 toy she plays with on her own, it has a stuffed head but a soft body so she can flip it around herself...
We kept Holly quite contained (and still do actually), we introduced her on a lead to all the rooms when we first brought her home, then she was...
I thought about it some more and i think i need to more properly reinforce the release cue.. and seperate it from my verbal clicker substitute!! i...
I wondered if i’m doing this all wrong.. for my dog at the click she always stays in the given position (if thats wjat we’re training) until the...
I should add also, as i wasn’t clear, that we will do all food around training now, our usual routine had been all of dinner was earned through...
So after i posted the original post i actually found a post you had put up to someone who’s puppy had gone off their food a bit and we’ve just...
Yeah i wondered if the answer was staring me in the face really. But its not negatively bribing then to be holding the toy whilst giving cues then?