Balanced Behaviour

** Apologies for the video quality**

When I first met Picasso and took notes on his history, I wasn't sure I would ever get to this point..and it's happened surprisingly fast.

On our last walk I could see he was relaxing into life...life with other dogs in the picture. Its taken 2 previous lessons with Halo much further away, for me to work out that Picasso is very fearful of other dogs and his reactivity is likely fear based. We carried out some exercises at a distance which we decreased gradually, but today his energy was just where I wanted it to be to take the next step... we walked together for a full hour with 3/4 of it on the same path and I even allowed a couple of sniffs of Halo towards the end.

So very happy with this progress. A long way to go, but heading in the right direction! Well done!

Another hard working client getting results!! So proud of this team! Its really early days but I cant wait to see where we end up!

These 2 dogs used to get so excited when the leads came out that they would often end up fighting each other. Now they leash up calmly, heel to the door, sit and wait patiently while the door is opened and exit on cue. No fighting or screaming.

The walk to the local park was also a headache with both dogs pulling the whole way there.
A few simple changes and now they can walk nicely to the park, something their owners didnt think possible.

Well done!!

Video 1... first attempt walking to park introducing speed up slow down technique

Video 2... straight out of the house, heeling nicely.

Music credits: Sleeping Lion. Take a Walk.