Puppy Parkour

Puppy Parkour is a great way to encourage exploration and exposure to a wide variety of different locations. You are creating positive thoughts for your puppy to transfer to new places.

The Parkour mindset is directing and channeling their crazy puppy nature. You find safe outlets for your pups physical and emotional needs, to reduce - preferably avoid - sideways frustration like jumping, nipping and barking.

Parkour is redirecting to a task – interrupt, redirect, rewire.

Suggestion: Set up a walking path at your home:

     Wood with no tiny holes

     Foam

     Stool for under

     Box with low sides

You are there to support and help, be aware of your body pressure.

•Present the skill they love most at the start and end. Success after “failure” fosters resilience.

•Our dogs love patterns and predictability, patterns transfer confidence in new locations and help tune out environment distractions.

•Create a predictable start and a predictable end and only long enough that they can focus - Observe your pup’s natural movement and preferences.

•Puppy Parkour challenges a puppy's cognitive abilities as they solve problems and figure out how to navigate different obstacles. Reinforce decision outcome – they need to be confident to tell us – respect choice. Focus will naturally occur if your pup builds their confidence.

•Use common sense – are they truly developmentally ready for what we ask.

•Continue assessing how your puppy feels. Know your puppy and every day with be different.

•Practice during play.

Sara of Positively Pawsome Training Solutions is a certified International Dog Parkour Trainer. Contact me for guidance, or follow www.dogparkour.org

 for safety tips, rules and title options. IDPKA offer regular online title programs.

A modern innovative way to help our dogs navigate this busy world.