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Dog training and behaviour consulting that empowers you and your dog to build an enriching lifestyle together! Virtual and In-Person Services
01/19/2022
Certificate of completion in Applied Ethology Family Dog Mediation
09/07/2021
Safety, security, reassurance, and comfort are all basic needs for all living things. They are not things to be earned or something that when jeopardized you just get over.
Ginny is not a cuddler and she chooses not to sleep on the bed, but the other night she jumped on to the bed around 3:00am and licked my face to wake me up, she then laid down around my feet. it was very odd for her to do this, but I thought nothing of it and rolled over to go back to sleep. Then I heard it... the thunder and knew why she had woken me up. I sat up, scooped her up and laid her down in front of me and draped my arm over her to shield her. She quickly fell a sleep knowing she was safe.
Comfort and reassure your dog when they need it and watch as they learn to relax and trust you when they feel their safety is in jeopardy.
[Photo ID: A greenish blue background. Top left a photo of a red Australian Cattle Dog wrapped in a red and yellow blanket on a bed framed in yellow. Top right corner yellowish off white text reads "Safety is a Need". Bottom left an outline of a yellowish off white heart. Bottom right a photo of the same dog curled up at the feet of her guardian on the couch framed in red.]
Enrichment doesn't have to be expensive. $5 old squeaky possum toy she had ripped open with squeaker removed, a couple of smaller squeaky toys from another set, combine and you have a toy that fulfills tearing, ripping, grab bite, kill bite, shaking, and dissecting.
Predatory behaviours were originally for survival. Although most dogs no longer require it for survival, every dog partakes in some aspect of It. We actually breed dogs to favour specific aspects of the predatory sequence for certain jobs.
Simone Müller's webinar and course teaches a protocol used in Germany where e-collars have been banned since 2006 because they go against animal welfare laws (🎉Yay, Germany!). It is used to train dogs not to chase, injure, and potentially kill livestock and wildlife. It uses force free methods that aim at understanding, preventing, capturing, and channelling the behaviours towards outlets.
Simone has a book as well 'Hunting Together: Harnessing Predatory Chasing in Family Dogs through Motivation-Based Training (Predation Substitute Training)', which I plan on purchasing and reading. Simone uses a different predatory sequence in her webinar and course than the one I used, but the idea is the same.
'Scent, Scan, and Search', 'eye and stalk', creep, grab-bite, kill-bite, possess, dissect, consume
The one I chose to use, I got from Kim Brophey.
Scan, orient, eye, stalk, chase, grab-bite, kill-bite, dissect, consume
I have had the pleasure of also watching a few of Kim's webinars, including the one she did at the Aggression in Dogs conference last year. Her book 'Meet Your Dog', is a great book to understand the potential parts of the predatory sequence your dog may faviour. Knowing this can help understand some of your dog's behaviours.
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