Maisie the 3 year old Labrador x Cocker Spaniel has completed her three week residential training holiday with us.

Her family were having to deal with attention barking on walks and at home making entertaining guests very difficult.

During her stay we helped Maisie to feel comfortable being independent by introducing a crate as her place to settle giving her owners an option when they are entertaining.

We established the causes and made changes to her routine and set up to help her to self settle during the day when she would normally struggle and bark at her owners.

We also taught her to settle on cue to help deal with visitors at the door and counter surf. In time this can be extended and used for longer periods and utilised in public.

Maisie also liked to bark at outdoor sounds whilst in the house, by teaching her to disengage and combining this with her settle cue her owners have a tool to stop this unwanted behaviour and redirect her attention.

During her stay we covered all of her basic obedience and strengthened these behaviours in public places with varying environmental distractions. Although Maisie had all the basics in place she very quickly became over aroused and would bark so the timing of her reward was key.

Maisie’s owners are very committed to her training and we will be helping them to transfer these skills into their home environment. She is a lovely young dog that is now on the right path and we look forward to seeing this team succeed.

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