The dogs nose is such an amazing piece of kit.🥰 We all know that it has 300 million olfactory receptors compared to our measly 6 million ( although there are certainly smells we wish we didn’t smell👃💩) Does your dog shove their nose into every crevice? Does your dog push their nose into everything you are doing, eager to share the experience with you? Are you woken each morning with a cold wet nose to the face! Or is your dog another super sleuth who uses their nose to find the smallest treasure or treat? Well here is your chance to pay homage 🙌 to the glorious nose and join us in BOOP THE SNOOT. That’s right, all you need to do is add a photo or a recording of you giving that wonderful nose a ‘boop’ when it pokes itself into those possibly undesired spaces🥴. As always, this is open for the week, same rules apply so please getting ‘booping’

Is your dog reactive? Is it sometimes reactive? Will it at times try to self-regulate because something is about to trigger a reaction? Let’s remember that reactivity may not be the barking and lunging that we expect, it could be trying to run away, cowl down and make themselves smaller or even become submissive. Perhaps they have been injured in play and are pre-emptying another incident. My thoughts are, are we reading the signs our dogs are showing us? Or do we just accept that they can be reactive and nothing can be done? I have come to find that Leif does all the usual Lip smacking, almost tip toe, very alert signs, really focused on the oncoming dog. So I ensure that there is Leif’s comfortable distance between us and other dogs. We can then carry on, possibly walking behind the other dog, unless they are coming towards us. I do need to find enough space and at times Leif just watches and we continue our walk. How do you manage reactivity? Are you reading those tells before something happens and taking steps to support?

So what do you do when you are out walking and a complete strangers tells you what to do with your dog?🤔 I think it probably depends what they are saying and how they are saying it. Today, Leif wearing his ‘anxious’ raincoat, in the rain of course, we moved off the track to give a man and his off lead smallish dog space. His dog was admittedly very well behaved. Leif was watching his dog, became a little excited and barked. The man stopped and said you need to let him off lead, don’t put him on a lead because he is protecting you. I politely explained that he was hurt by a dog about 2 yrs ago and since then can be reactive.i said that people may not appreciate my dog running up to them off lead and possibly biting or nipping their dog. He again said let him off and walked off. I tried to call to him to suggest we walk together at the secure field but he ignored me. Now I do see his point but how many times have we been really annoyed at the owner who allows this? Has he taken Leif’s breed characteristics and history into account? No he most definitely has not and he has also not considered my abilities to chase after Leif over fields and rivers when he runs off especially as there is livestock in fields🤔I am going to search for this man on FB and call his bluff about the secure field.

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Did you enjoy the last Skool challenge?❓ The super sleuth Christmas addition with those saucy little elf’s and furry buddies.🙋‍♀️me, I did, I just can’t help myself as love to share photos and videos of my boy. 🐺 Well the next challenge is on the way. 🤔 Next Monday will see the beginning of a new challenge. for one week only, you will be asked to add photos or videos of a specific part of your dogs anatomy. 🐶🐾🐕 What part you may ask, well here’s the thing, I am waiting until next Monday to share the details but here’s a clue; this part of your furry friend is individual to them and can tell you lots about them with this one part of their anatomy. So keep an eye out for the next instalment of Skool Dog Awards. Maybe the Skool dog will make an appearance or even the Skool cat will pop in to find out what is so unique!! So get those thinking caps on, make a guess as to what body part and all will be revealed next Monday!!