Zander & Ellie, (we call them ‘the odd couple’ with the greatest of affection). Zander with his long legs and the exuberance of a 4.5 yr old and Ellie, an 8 year old Labradoodle came in for a K9 Fitness & Proprioception session. Now usually we only do this 1 dog at a time, but there where some circumstances around why we had both in at once.
Ellie, although technically a senior is very food motivated and this motivation for food can sometimes interfere negatively in our sessions.
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Whilst all of our progress was fantastic I found that I still had a terrified dog when he had to go to his local vets. Now everything you are meant to not do and avoid doing to a fearful reactive dog is guess what, exactly everything that happens when a dog goes to the vet. Each time there was a different vet including one who proceeded to tell me during a consult that my dog ‘just has to learn it’s (physical exam) just not that scary’ which I replied – “no actually he doesn’t”.
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I am the owner of a fearful Ridgeback called Zander who is also reactive to dogs and people. He used to be terrified of certain objects and noises inside the house and terrified of everything (and I really do mean everything) in the outside world – cars, trucks, people, other dogs, tree branches rustling in the wind, gutters, plastic bags stuck on fences moving in the wind, birds flying in the sky, walking around street corners (I could go on but I think you get idea).
Read MoreAt 45 years old and never having lived with a dog in my life, we purchased a Cane Corso puppy ‘Nero’. Nero had the potential to be 60kg fully grown so given Nero’s potential size and my total lack of experience with dogs, I was determined to make it work and have a highly trained dog. My husband Pete (who had dogs years ago) chose Colleen and the team at Manners n More for the job.
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