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Canine behaviourist and Dynamic Dog Practitioner 🐾

14/06/2024

What is a sensory session?
A sensory session is designed to engage all of your dogs senses by promoting exploration in a multi sensory environment.

How will these sessions benefit your dog?
They promote relaxation, increased confidence, and a reduction in stress.
They provide dogs with the opportunity to use all of their senses in a pressure free, safe space.

Humans control a huge aspect of their dogs lives. Sensory sessions gives your dog the ability to exercise choice, and explore their curiosities.

These sessions give your dog the space to learn at their own pace and be curious without any attachment to outcome.

A beautiful opportunity to observe your dog and let him just be a dog.

24/05/2024

There are many ways in which we can identify discomfort in our dogs and how they hold themselves is a major one.

Did you know that pain will reach up to 60% intensity before a dog will express its presence vocally or physically?
This is why pain and discomfort can so easily go unnoticed.

The above is a photo of one of my beautiful DD clients, Ash. His "funky sit" was just one small piece of the puzzle during our data collection but it was an important one.
What do you think? Does he look comfortable?

Have you noticed your dog holding himself or moving in an abnormal way?
Are you worried something is not quite right?

I would love to help!
Get in touch for a consultation.

06/05/2024

The importance of a shake off.🐾

Ocean did a shake off a few times on our walk today.

1. When he saw me take out his lead indicating that we were going on a sniffari.

2. When he met some of his fellow canine friends and they had a play.

Other situations I have seen him carry out this behaviour include when he gets wet or after he experiences something he perceives as stressful, like seeing his not so friendly canine neighbour from a distance or after a vet visit.

The shake off is a powerful tool nature has provided our dogs to help them calm down and re stabilise themselves.
The nervous system gets charged up from exciting,stressful, or stimulating experiences and triggers the fight or flight response.
The shake off releases this charged up energy.

I reinforce with praise every time I see him shake off as this promotes improved life and impulse control skills💜

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28/04/2024

I spent an intensive 4 days with the this week learning from some incredible people and some even more incredible dogs🐾💜
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05/02/2024

Has your dog's training suddenly stopped working?

Have you tried multiple training and behaviour modification plans only to see no improvement?

Or have you seen initial improvements and then watched your dog revert back to previous behaviours?

Wondering if something else might be going on?

Behaviour is functional. Behaviour is communication.

Get in touch for a Dynamic Dog Consultation.

28/01/2024

A study released by Daniel Mills last year highlights the common and persistent myths about pain.

These beliefs are preventing dogs from getting the help and relief they need to live healthy, happy lives.

17/01/2024

How do you feel when you haven't gotten enough sleep?

I know when I haven't had enough sleep, I am more reactive to minor inconveniences throughout the day. I am less equipped to have a conversation with someone. I am irritable. My body aches. I am anxious, moody, easily overwhelmed. The list goes on.

This is the exact same for our dogs. If they are not getting enough sleep, (when I say sleep, I mean good quality, deep sleep, not when they sleep with one eye open keeping an eye on everything going on around them), they perceive their environment differently.
They may be reactive to stimuli that would not normally bother them, they become overtired and hyperactive, and you can forget about training. Lack of sleep reduces focus and their ability to learn.

Puppies need up to 18 hours of sleep a day, adolescents need up to 14 hours and senior dogs need up to 20.

Also, just a reminder: if they are sleeping, let them sleep.

09/01/2024

How often do you just let your dog be naked without a collar on?

All equipment, even a collar, impacts how a dog moves and holds themselves.

It's good to just strip down and let them be completely free of any equipment for a while every day where it is safe to do so.

Your dog doesn't like getting the harness or collar put on? Does he back away? Drop himself low to the ground? Air snap? Get overaroused and start jumping around? Is he biting at equipment?

Why? - Maybe there's something he is trying to tell you. Get in touch and I'll help you get some answers.

06/01/2024

Thinking about getting a dog?

What does your lifestyle look like?

Breed research is so important when considering what dog to introduce to your life. Genetics is such an important factor to think about.
As visual beings we are very quick to pick a dog based on how he looks as opposed to considering whether the environment and lifestyle you can provide him suits his breed.

Today the expectation on dogs to conform to our human lives is huge, to be "good", "Obedient", "quiet". Dogs do not exist to suit us.
It's very easy to pick a breed that is not suitable and then start to get frustrated about certain behaviours that pop up due to the environmental pressures the dog must now face. This, unfortunately is when we see a lot of dogs surrendered to shelters or returned to shelters after being adopted.

A dog is for life. Choose wisely. Do your research. And please, adopt, don't shop. ❤️

11/12/2023

It's extremely difficult to diagnose pain in a veterinary setting.👇

Why?

The increase in stress hormones masks pain and makes the dog seem like he is completely fine in the short window of time the vet has to assess.

A dynamic dog assessment means your dog can be functionally assessed in a stress free environment, making it much easier to gather evidence for the vet to be able to investigate areas of concern further🐾

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