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Preparing for the Holidays

12/20/2021

 

Ingredients for success:

  • An appropriately exercised dog
  • A plan for how to handle greetings on arrival
  • Some quiet occupiers for your dog (i.e. a chew, food dispensing toy)
  • Naps! (See more below)
  • Treats
  • Training
  • Consideration of any special circumstances (i.e. other dogs, young kids present)
  • A back up management plan just in case
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We all want to have that picture perfect Christmas with our dogs as part of our family festivities, but not in a stealing the turkey, pulling the tree over, knocking over Grandma and stealing the kid's presents kind of way.  While some dogs are quite relaxed about changes, guests etc. and remain calm during the festivities, many dogs find some or all of these things quite interesting and exciting, and in the absence of ​guidance from you will do natural dog behaviours that result in problems (i.e. jumping, eating, grabbing).  So let's look at how we can set these dogs up for sucess!

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