Pawfect Manners & Pawfect Agility

Little Nevan is still practicing recall using the other dogs in his household as distraction. How have you adapted your training?

Look how hard Jane and the gorgeous Rhythm have been working since finishing puppy classes. Please click on the link just below this text and like the post as the video with the most likes wins a prize. They really deserve this. Thank you Jane for sharing this lovely video x
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🐾❤️🎓🐶📒 Stuck indoors with your new puppy? Want to follow a weekly class whilst abiding by all the important lockdown rules? Why not train within the safety of your own home and garden? Pawfect Manners are continuing our training classes through private Facebook groups and emails with weekly tasks set and detailed explanations given in text and video format. Those who have already booked a place on our regular courses will automatically be transferred to the online class free... of charge and your regular course will start as soon as restrictions have been lifted.
Those who have not booked a place yet - what are you waiting for? Please contact me without delay!
Wanting to follow the online course without attending the regular class? No problem - this is available too.
Please get in touch - message through Pawfect manners & Pawfect Agility, email nadders@aol.com.
I look forward to hearing from you and being introduced to your new puppy! Next online course starts 6th April 2020. Intakes will be monthly.
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🚗😰🐾 ➡️ 🚗🥰🐾 How to prevent travel anxiety/ car phobia in your pup during lockdown when travelling is restricted/ how to work on dogs during lockdown that already exhibit some stress when travelling:
For many puppies the initial experiences of travelling in a car are often paired with stressful events. For instance the first time a puppy travels in a car it could be that they travel to the veterinary surgery for their microchip implant, the next time could be the ...
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🐾😰Avoiding separation anxiety 😰🐾
Part of training a new puppy is teaching the puppy to cope on their own, we do this by leaving our pup in a safe secure place for short amounts of time whilst we go off out 🏡.
During this strange time (when phrases such as self isolating and lockdown are now part of our lives), we still need to prepare our pups to be able to cope for when the country gets back to normal function.
... Can you imagine being there for your puppy 24/7 and then, suddenly, in a few weeks or months time you up and leave and go to work - how will your puppy cope? This will affect some adult dogs too - I often have to help owners with dogs that develop separation anxiety after their owners have had a prolonged time at home; most commonly due to owner illness, maternity leave or loss of job. This can be a long process of recovery and the dog, in severe cases, may require medication to help them cope.
So how can we avoid our dog’s and our new puppies from developing this debilitating behaviour problem and prevent them from later struggling with anxiety which can cause destruction, vocalisation, house soiling and extreme distress?
The answer is simple. Time out. Give your dogs time out; give them time to chill, to relax away from you, every day. It could be that you ask your dog to settle downstairs whilst you go upstairs for a while, you may use baby gates, room dividers a crate or a puppy play pen to stop them from following you from room to room all day, you may decide to allow them to chill out and eat their dinner from a Kong or other such device whilst you watch TV in another room. It doesn’t matter when you do it, but try and encourage your pup to settle away from you every day & not just at night. Think about your ‘normal’ routine and prepare them for this whilst you can.
This is just as important as all the mental stimulation and games, it’s just as important as housetraining; train your dog to cope. Otherwise, when our lives return to normal theirs may fall apart.
Enjoy the extra time you get to spend with your dogs, it’s precious, but, remember to give them the skills they need for when life goes back to normal.
Tomorrow’s tip = preparing your pups during lockdown for car travel, how to avoid car anxiety in future. 🚗😨😰
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Especially for those of you with new puppies and unable to get them out and about as you would normally .. but anyone can join in - it’s all environmental enrichment after all! Puppy development challenge 1:
🎧 🎵 🚒 ✈️⏰🔔📢 Find 5 new noises the pup has not yet been exposed to. Play these noises on a device (TV, tablet, smart phone, computer) at such a low level the pup does not respond. If need be play the noise in another room to create suitable distance. Soon as your pup is ...calm (milling about, sniffing the floor, laying down etc) start to offer parts of their daily food ration. You are teaching your pup to switch off in the presence of noise. Gradually, over time increase the volume of the noise whilst watching your pup to ensure they remain calm and show no signs of distress. Introduce new noises daily. Please share any novel noises you have introduced. GO!
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Viva - find the treat challenge. I think this may be classed as cheating as she had some unexpected help from the cat! Let’s see your attempts! Keeping the brain stimulated. Fun with your dog’s! Thanks Claire Burrell.

Teaser find the treat challenge - FAIL! She still enjoyed it anyhow! Great fun. Let’s see your attempts - Thanks Claire Burrell.

The 5 second out of the room ‘leave’ challenge - Viva shows you how it should be done! 😇🥰🐾 lets see your attempts! Get posting! Thanks Claire Burrell x

The 5 second out of the room ‘leave’ challenge ... this was our first attempt. Teaser is now over 13 and deaf so lots of hand signals for her - I was surprised she got it! Clever girls. Let’s see yours; be honest, the funny ones are worth uploading too! Thanks Claire Burrell x

Such a keen student - fantastic progress in less than a week, super job! Well done team Bella 🐾❤️

Great balancing skills ... 🤣

2 spaces remaining on the 8 week puppy course starting this Monday evening 9 March. Exercises and games to help build confidence and help create that extra special bond between dog and owner. Handouts sent weekly explaining all exercises covered. Lots of fun, please message for further info or to book on.

Set your own goals and realise every dog is different. Train the dog in front of you. Enjoy the journey and all that you learn along the way.

2 years ago! She was even awesome back then! ❤️🐾