East Griqualand Dog Training

31/10/2020

Do you battle to keep your dog's attention?
Does it feel like you are talking to a brick wall sometimes?
Well, I have found if you use something your dog likes (like treats or a ball) to your advantage, your dog will want to do what you want him to do to get that thing he likes.
Shhhh don't tell anyone, it's a secret.

28/10/2020

New study published in Animal Cognition found that dogs have a bias towards vowels when understanding human language. This differs from people who have a bias for consonants. In the study 44 dogs were played mispronounced versions of their names, one with the vowels incorrect and one with the consonants incorrect.

Dogs demonstrated a vowel bias rather than a consonant bias, preferring their own name over a vowel-mispronounced version of their name, but not in comparison to a consonant-mispronounced version. It didn't seem to have much of an impact on their understanding if the consonants in their own name were wrong.

This is interesting when thinking about how dogs respond to our vocal commands - it is more important for us to pronounce the vowels well than the consonants. This might not be intuitive because it is the other way around for us humans.

I've actually tried this on my own dog, Maki. If I call him Baki or Raki or Waki, he responds as if I'm calling his name. If I call him Muki or Moki, he doesn't pay as much attention. Does anyone else have similar experiences?

Paper: The role of linguistic experience in the development of the consonant bias, Animal Cognition October 2020

Link to paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-020-01436-6

24/10/2020

Do you have anew puppy?
Does it feel like it has endless energy?
Well here is a little blog on how to keep your puppy busy:

17/10/2020

We absolutely love wildlife and conservation of natural areas. As a Kid I frequently visited the wild coast and nature reserves like Mkambathi. We are passionate about protecting these spaces and the wildlife that lives there. Sam, our trusty Belgian Malinois is trained to track humans and we hope that we will be able to help with anti-poaching efforts in the near future!
What are you passionate about?

15/10/2020

12/10/2020

Why choose any other?

We are specialist in puppy training of puppies 0-6 months. Focusing on obedience training and socialisation for a well behaved and happy puppy.

11/10/2020

We love to see our clients practicing and improving their dogs!

10/10/2020

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Dogs are super helpful in so many different ways and one of those is with mental health. Many people have service dogs for their mental health, mainly for PTSD but there are others too!
So, as a gesture of our support to all the people that need it, we are offering to help train your dog for free!

Please contact us privately and we will make arrangements:)

10/10/2020

It is always a good idea to do regular checks on your dog.
Sticking with the theme of dog pain awareness month, we suggest that every evening you check your dogs paws, ears, mouth, body and tail. This will ensure that you notice an issue as soon as it happens and it will get your dog used to being touched and make vet visits easier:)
If your pup isn't happy with being touched all over, have a treat in your one hand and use the other hand to check your pup. This way your pup is being positively reinforced for allowing its body to be touched:)

Here is a little video we did to show you how to do it:)

HDDT K9 Services shows you how to do a quick demonstration on how to do a basic body check on a dog. Checking a dog's mouth, ears, paws, tail and body.

09/10/2020

We going adventuring:)

08/10/2020

Obedience training ranges from basic sit and stay to more advanced off leash work. We cover everything from sit, down and stay to bite work and scent detection!
If you would like to do some training with your dog or puppy, let us know:)
0730434421 or check out our website:
https://bit.ly/3n1gVlt

07/10/2020

Here is some for you.
Dogs can be trained to to detect cancer and other diseases in humans. Cancerous cells release different metabolic waste products than healthy cells in the human body. Dogs may even be able to sniff out cancer cells simply through smelling someone’s breath.
In one study, dogs were able to correctly identify lung cancer 97% of the time!

How is that for an impressive sniffer!