Snow Training

Living in New England we get snow, sometimes a little and sometimes a lot. Our training day does not change, we still walk the dogs, still work the dogs and still the dogs play outside. If you live in NE you cannot have the excuse about winter not working your dog, because between snow and rain, too cold, too hot, well you may have only 5 days of perfect weather a year. For us, every day is a perfect training day, the dogs feel the same way. They do not care, they just want to keep there mind and body busy.

Keep in my that if your dog ran away from home, it would most likely spend all day outside, running, walking, jumping, searching, hiding in the weather..so I think you can plan that type of life for your dog if you want

 

 

PLACE Command

One of the best household management commands is the PLACE command, simply put it is having your dog(s) go to a bed/blanket/small rug and not get off, your dog has the freedom to sit/stand/lay down or do any combination of those, your dog can chew a bone or on a toy.

It gives your dog a defined area to settle down, it allows you to include your dog in everything you do without your dog, jumping, lunging, barking, table and counter surfing or chewing things.

 

The Place command stops chewing on items and destroying your things.

It allows you to include your dog in your life instead of exclude your dog

 

Treadmill work

We work dogs on treadmills every single day..we don't use the treadmill to replace the structured walk, we do this in additon to an exercise program. It builds both mental and physcial stability, dogs love the structure and look forward to getting on the treadmill.

We often have dogs in a downstay or the Place dommand while they are waiting to get on the treadmill.

We have 6 treadmills on the property on often work 4 at a time...each dog is at a different level, some still need us to stand and help them, others just start walking when the treadmill starts moving. 3mph seems to be a good steady speed for most of the dogs.

 

this is at a clients house and the dogs first time on the treadmill

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a quick video of what it looks like for dogs going on the treadmill

We have a treadmill in our kitchen and the chihuahua's use it a couple times a day and we work dogs in downstays

 

 

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