Luna is a 2 year old Alaskan malamute that currently lives here at
our Loughborough centre. She is currently looking for an active home who will
give her the mental and physical stimulation she needs. Ideally she will live
in a home that will work her either canie x or cart pulling to give her the
right amount of exercise.
The reason we have done a video blog for Luna is to show the work
we have been doing with her to help improve her welfare also work on a few of
her flaws. The video blog is focusing on teaching Luna a trick routine, this
may seem to only be teaching her just a few ‘cute’ tricks but by learning new
things in a fun positive way she gets a lot of mental stimulation which helps
relieve her stress levels.
Week one is just practicing moves she already knows and getting her
used to training in an inside environment. In week one I also show some of the
training I have been doing with her at the vets as she does not like anyone
touching her if she does not know them, this is so I can check her eyes, ears,
nose, mouth and paws for the vets with no complications. Thank you for
watching, keep checking back for week 2.
Luna’s Video Blog Week 2
This week Luna enjoyed her lovely offsite adventure to the iconic Beacon Hill maze which she really enjoyed. In the
training barn I have started linking some moves together that could be used in
the final routine. In the video I also demonstrated the training that she has
been going through to help her remain calm and easy to groom as she needs daily
grooming. It is all positive reinforcement based and I give her a treat on
regular intervals when she remains calm, if she wants to get up and sniff
around I allow her to until she is ready to continue.
Luna's Video Blog Week 3
In this week’s blog we give Luna her feed in a bag attached to a
rope being dragged along the ground so she has to chase her food to get her
dinner, this is just one of many idea’s that we have came up with to provide
enrichment here at Loughborough. Enrichment is a part of daily routine with all
the dogs here at dogs trust Loughborough and it helps to keep the dogs mind and
body active. This week I had been working on a new trick for her to learn which
she was doing really well at so there is a short clip to show her progression
with this trick. I did some more or her trick’s routine outside where there are
more distractions before moving indoors to Link a few more moves together so I
could work out a routine to go through with her.
Unfortunately
this is the final week of the video blog but I will update the blog on a
regular basis showing off her new tricks and progression. In this week there is
another new move I have been working on which is a synchronised roll over also
there are clips of her softer more loving side. The final routine is shown also
but I will be working to do another more impressive routine with her.
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