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Friendly Dog Social Skills Workshop

Sat, 28 Sept

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Merrist Wood College

Teaching your over friendly dog social skills around other dogs and people, teaching them to be more neutral and responsive

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Friendly Dog Social Skills Workshop
Friendly Dog Social Skills Workshop

Time & Location

28 Sept 2024, 10:30 – 12:00

Merrist Wood College, Worplesdon, Guildford GU3 3PE, UK

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Friendly Dog Social Skills Workshop with Mike Newland

Open to puppies & adult dogs

Date: Saturday 28th September 10.30am to 12pm

Location: Merrist Wood College, Worplesdon, Guildford

  • Does your dog run off to greet other dogs and struggle to come away when you call them? 
  • Do they get excited meeting people?
  • Do they struggle to dis-engage from other dogs?
  • Do they jump up when greeting people?
  • Do they have a rude greeting style (nose to nose, or being over exhuberant)
  • Do they lose all focus?

If you answered yes to the above, chances are your dog is over socialised!

A well socialised dog is one who is neutral towards dogs/people, neither over excited or afraid of them and able to ignore them, readily able to engage with their owners and enjoy their walks with their family. 

If you want a dog who can greet politley and ignore other dogs/people and move on when asked, this is the workshop for you

We'll cover

  • Wait for permission to greet people/dogs
  • Come away from greetings on cue
  • Respond to a Leave it cue to learn to ignore dogs/people
  • Learn how to dis-engage readily
  • Teaching the Middle cue as a safe space to avoid certain interactions
  • Counter conditioning exercises to change your dog's emotional response
  • Learn about dog body language and understand the reason behind your dog's behaviour
  • Discussion about socialisation - do's and don'ts

Suitable for dogs are friendly towards dogs/people and don't bark. If your dog barks at other dogs or people, please join our reactive dog social skills class which is smaller and is run slightly differently. 

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