25/02/2025
Another successful walk & train with Senna today. We moved to a busier location with lots more distractions - something Senna struggles with. 🐾
Today we continued working on engagement and her marker system, for Senna this is a 'yes' marker before having a piece of her everyday food. This is to make it clear which behaviour is good and positively reinforce it, giving her the perfect snapshot of what we are asking. This allows us to communicate cleary with one another with clear expectations - meaning less frustration and more clarity. Setting her up for SUCCESS.
We finished with some controlled exposure, just sitting and watching the world go by, rewarding whenever she engaged with me again. No bribing just allowing her to make the right choice. Equally we need to add a correction for any behaviours we don't want - this can be as simple as some lead pressure and releasing when she gives in/engages back with us.
Overall, she's doing so well and is turning into a much happier and less anxious dog. I'm super proud of her as are her owners, who are putting in the work daily to have a much more fufilled and enjoyable dog. 😊🐾
