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learn how to walk in a pleasant and relaxed manner
Learn to walk with a relaxed leash
Here you will clearly notice where DOGGUIDANCE differs from many traditional dog coaches.
To learn to walk with your dog, we do not use unethical techniques and tools such as: gentle leaders, haltis, slip chains, collars, punishment techniques, which often lead to a lot of confusion, stress, pain, insecure and reactive behavior.
But we opt for an ethically responsible approach in which your dog is given free choice and exploration opportunities. This is often the key to a confident dog!
Learn to walk with a relaxed leash / without pulling
Come by and let's go for a walk together. In most cases I manage to show you how you can walk without your dog pulling.
If I don't succeed, there will probably be some work on socializing the dog first, because otherwise the dog will still be too distracted by unknown/new stimuli.
Duration: 30 min - 45 min (max. 1 hour); less if the dog needs rest.
Location: hiking trail near DogGuidance; 2 minutes from the Waregem Highway.
Price: €25,-/session
(incl. 21% VAT)
Socialization
Socialization is learning to cope with unknown stimuli (visual, audio, etc.) and has nothing to do with teaching dogs to be social as many coaches claim. As group animals, all dogs (just like humans) are social animals from birth...
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This can either be done in Waregem (hiking trail near DogGuidance; 2 min. from the E17 highway exit) or we can meet at an agreed location.
You can also leave the socialization completely up to me
(in the difficult initial phase). This last option is ideal for DogGuiders who struggle with a stimulus-sensitive dog or DogGuiders who have little time to independently build up or maintain the socialization structurally and who would like a well-socialized dog.
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Price at the Waregem hiking trail: €25,-/walkingsession*
Price on location: €25,-/walkingsession*
+ travel expenses: 0.45/km (back and forth)
I socialize your dog: contact me for a quote
*price incl. 21% VAT; a walking session lasts an average of 30 to 45 minutes, maximum one hour. it can happen that the session has to be ended early due to unexpected circumstances (the dog is very quickly overstimulated; weather conditions; exceptionally many walkers or cyclists; etc.). Under no circumstances will the dog be 'forced'. It has been proven that this will never work. If the session has to be stopped early, the price will be halved.
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