A GUEST’S GUIDE TO MEETING THE DOG
I get a lot of feedback around handlers and guardians struggling with how to communicate ways their friends and family can support their dog training efforts when visiting them at home.
If you’re not sure where to start, feel free to take or borrow from the text below!
You can also print out and post this QR code at your home or share it with guests before they arrive and they will be directed to this page.
welcome to our home!
In preparation for your visit to our home, we’re sharing this guide for one or more of the following reasons:
We’re working with our dog on better behaviours around the house and could use your help to reinforce them during your visit.
Our dog has big feelings about guests in the home and we’re doing our best to create the right types of associations to guests visiting us.
Our dog may need more time to meet and greet you than other dogs you’ve met in the past, so we like to take introductions slowly and calmly.
Here’s how you can help in 3 simple steps!
Ignore the dog upon your arrival.
This will give us a chance to get our dog into position if we have any training or behaviours that we are working on.
This also gives our dog a chance to smell you and take all of you in without creating additional social pressure or distraction of our dog.
Ask us what our dog prefers in terms of interactions.
Not all dogs enjoy being touched in the same way, and many dogs have different play and greeting styles…please ask and we can let you know when and what works for ours.
Calm energy is a plus!
If this is your first visit and our dog does not know you yet, projecting calm energy can really help us to manage our dog’s expectations around new people in the house.
If you have any questions, REACH OUT AND ask.
Thanks in advance for your support and understanding!
If you’d like some help in setting up your dog for success around guests, Training Sens is happy to help!
