28/05/2026
Did you see?
As Duchess approached Rosso he spun on his paws and bared his teeth to Duchess, it’s a millisecond of communication but it’s the language of dogs 🤣. He was telling her ‘okay that’s enough’ and for her to listen is just 🧑🍳😘🤌🏼
Its rare that I team up or walk with other dogs with my groups as some of my dogs are reactive (post reactive) and have struggled to read dogs in the past, Duchess being one of them. She’s intense. She has a high prey drive. She loves to run, chase and be rough so introducing her to pack this morning, seeing her read Rosso so well and coming away as I praised her, is exactly why I do this job and why watching and reading dogs is SO important in this job.
I trust my dogs, I know what they’re going to do before they even do it, they listen, tune in and check in and assess the room which is why when I do bump into other people, I know how to handle each dog I walk and what their needs are.
Whah you also didn’t see was Billy on lead as he’s not always the biggest fan of entire males, again, Max had an entire retriever with him, so instead of letting Billy do what he wants and essentially ‘failing’, I advocated for him by keeping him on a flexi, to allow him the freedom to make his own choices but with me there to interrupt or encourage him to disengage as when needed!
Watching dog body language is a major part of my life and my job. I’ve spent YEARS studying Angus and watching his language from being relaxed to having massive blow ups because it’s all in the micro signals they give off because let me tell ya, reactive or not, ALL dogs do it and ALL dogs need advocating for 🤩🐾
B o o p🐾
