Argot Animal Training

This sweet girl finds the world a bit scary and new. We're helping her tackle her fears. In our last lesson, she practiced with her mat, and was very brave about relaxing around weird machine noises. She started our trip with tail tucked, and ended it able to explore and relax.

We added one Saturday a month to our availability! Transform your dog from over-excited, distracted, fearful, or reactive to calm, cool, and collected. Book online, or reach out by email or text to book your appointment!

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We added one Saturday a month to our availability, starting in January. Transform your dog from distracted, fearful, or reactive to calm, cool, and collected. Book online, or reach out by email or text to book your appointment! #dogtrainer #columbiamo #shoplocalcomo #dogtraining

Juniper has been hard at work helping our reactive dog clients get more comfortable and calmer around other dogs this month! #dogtrainer #dogtraining #reactivedogs #columbiamo #stephenslakepark

Get back to school with your dog, and learn some skills together! ✏️📚🍎🎓

We have a few more openings this week and next, as well as later this month!

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photo depicts a dog who is a curly haired dark grey goldendoodle making a silly chomping face. still capture from a video.

Grabbing screencaps of my dog making silly faces is one of my favorite parts of editing videos for you all. Look at him. Chompin'.

Frozen enrichment can help your dog keep cool, makes licking/chewing activities last longer. Today features a bell pepper filled with canned dog food and cantaloupe, and frozen. (Bell peppers are safe, but others peppers contain capsaicin, which is not dog-safe!)

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One way to have some outdoor time with your dog in hot weather while keeping cool is water play! You can use sprinklers, kiddie pools, splash pads, and more. Make sure you have plenty of drinking water available, and go inside before you or your pup get too warm!

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Check out our upcoming openings!

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Today's easy food and chewing based enrichment:
* tiny cabbage from the farmers market
* drill or poke holes in it
* stuff treats in the holes
*let your dog go to town shredding

Always feed extras and new foods in moderation, and when in doubt, double-check!

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We still have July openings!

If you want your dog to be less worried about fireworks next year or to be more prepared for polite behavior with guests next time, now is the best time to start!

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Juniper is mildly upset by fireworks. He startles or seeks comfort after really loud booms, or whistles, but stays fairly calm, if occasionally a little nervous. My family rates him 2/5 💥.

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River is very scared of fireworks: her family rates her 4/5 💥. They have a plan in place to minimize her exposure to fireworks for now, and are working with her to help her reduce her fear of fireworks for the future.

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🎆🎇🎆 It's big time fireworks time TOMORROW!!! 🎆🎇🎆

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Here are some things Bear's family does to set him up for success when fireworks are at their loudest. They rate him 1/5 💥, not very scared of fireworks, but he doesn't love when they wake him up from a nap.

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2 more days!!! 🎆🎇🎆

What does YOUR fireworks preparedness plan to help your dog feel safe look like?

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3 more days in our countdown!!! 🎆🎇🎆

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Remember to UPDATE YOUR DOG'S MICROCHIP AND ID TAG, AND TAKE AN UP TO DATE PHOTO! A significant amount more dogs go missing during fireworks and thunderstorms than other times. Be prepared to make sure your dog had the best chance possible to get back home if they accidentally get loose.

4 more days in our countdown!!! 🎆🎇🎆

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5 more days in our countdown!!! 🎆🎇🎆 -- have you started hearing real fireworks at night yet? We've started hearing some in our neighborhood!

If your dog is freaked out already, it's time to make a fireworks preparedness plan.

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* Prepare some calming soothing enrichment activities for your dog. A good easy option is using kong or lick mat style toys and freezing them with wet food, peanut butter, or unflavored, unsweetened greek yogurt in/on them. Always double check that whatever you're using is safe for dogs.

* If your vet has said that your dog needs meds for events like this, ask as far ahead of time as possible. Remember that it takes time to fill prescriptions, and your vet will be busy this time of year! Be patient and kind, and show a little more appreciation for your vet staff this month

* Try out different white/brown/pink noises, calming music, etc, to see which your dog reacts most calmly to, and which seems to drown out the noises for your dog best.

If your dog is freaked out already, it's time to make a fireworks preparedness plan:

If your dog isn't too scared by them, you can use those real-world noises as an opportunity to teach your dog that big loud noises aren't so bad after all too, the same way as you do with recordings. After you hear the boom, treats rain from the sky for your dog.

6 more days in our countdown!!! 🎆🎇🎆 -- have you started hearing real fireworks at night yet? We've started hearing some in our neighborhood!

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Day 5 of our fireworks challenge - keep practicing! #rplus ##fireworksdesensitization

It's day 4 of our challenge!!! Have you been practicing?

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Day 3 of your fireworks desensitization challenge is here!

11 more days in our countdown til it gets real loud! 🎆🎇🎆

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Day 2 of your fireworks desensitization challenge is here!

12 more days in our countdown til it gets real loud! 🎆🎇🎆

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