Service Description

Does any of this sound familiar? • My dog only listens at home or at a training class and ignores me on walks? • I find walks in public frustrating or embarrassing. • I often feel tense or on high alert when I’m walking my dog, waiting for a distraction that might set them off. • I would love for my dog to be able to relax in a café, on holiday or while I enjoy a quiet drink with friends. If the answer to that is YES then you need DISTRACTED DOGS IN THE REAL WORLD! This 6-week course is designed to help dogs that struggle with distractions by building impulse control, engagement and focus. The training will include placement and boundary exercises, increasing eye contact, reducing arousal and outbursts with structured exposure to distractions. Four of the sessions will take place in our training field with the final two sessions will take place off-site in the real world, 1 a visit to a café. Most dogs can focus in environments they are familiar with, where distractions are limited, like at your house or in a training facility. But you can’t control distractions in the real world. Instead, we need to teach our dogs to relaxed, focus on you and ignore, regardless of where you are or what is going on around you. The more likely explanation for your dog’s behaviour is that they are overwhelmed or excited by the environment. • Focus in public • Manage a variety of distractions such as people, dogs, cyclists, joggers, food, sounds and more • Learn to relax at the restaurant, be calm at the café or patient at the pub • Get your distracted dog's attention when out • Manage your environment and make good choices that set your dog up for success • Reducing attention barking at you • Reduce barking at people or dogs in public • Navigate calmly past other dogs Learning • The Three D’s: Helping our distracted dogs & maintaining their attention • Schedules of reinforcement; learn how often to reinforce and reducing the frequency of treats • Dog barking at strange people & dogs approaching • Mat place training • Being indifferent/neutral PLEASE NOTE BEFORE BOOKING The classes take place OUTDOORS at our Training Field in Kempsey. You can find directions and a map on our CONTACT US Page. DO NOT GO TO OUR OFFICE ADDRESS! Our What 3 Words location is https://w3w.co/oddly.firebird.also IF YOUR DOG IS REACTIVE TOWARDS OTHER DOGS/PEOPLE or shows NERVOUS OR ANXIOUS BEHAVIOUR then please do give us a call to check if the course is suitable for your dog.