Friendly Dog Social Skills Workshop

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.