YNP #083: What to Do if Your Dog Gets Lost
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
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🗓️ 7 July 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
When we thing of what our dog’s walk should look like we think of them walking by our side without being distracted by anything and only sniffing when we say it’s ok.
Spoiler alert! There is NO “should”.
I’m here to let you off the hook. Your walk doesn’t have to be perfect. As long as your dog is 6 feet from you, you and your dog are enjoying the walk, and everyone around you is safe, then I don’t care what your walk looks like.
No we don’t want them dragging us down the street (then we wouldn’t be enjoying the walk) but we also don’t need them in a “heel” position the whole time (then they wouldn’t enjoy the walk).
It’s about finding the balance that works for you and your dog.
In this episode I talk about:
- What my rules for what your dog’s walk should look like.
- What my rules aren’t.
- Why every dog should know “heel”.
- Why I encourage your walk to NOT be perfect.
- A note about puppies and when your dog should have strict rules.
Press play and enjoy!
Other resources mentioned and related to this episode:
YNP #082: Let’s Update Your Dog’s Microchip
www.Canva.com: A free design tool to help you make your lost posters.
Playtime Paws Academy: A brand new program for dog and humans no matter where you are in your training journey.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and welcome to episode 83 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today I want to talk |
| 0:36.0 | about something that we don't want to think about. What do we need to do if our pet ever |
| 0:41.7 | gets lost. |
| 0:42.9 | And I'm using the word pet here because this is going to go for dogs, |
| 0:47.0 | cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, any pet that can possibly get lost. |
| 0:54.0 | Run down the street, maybe you're traveling, |
| 0:57.0 | maybe they got out the front door, whatever it is. |
| 0:59.6 | So this is a follow-up to my previous episode about microchipping your dog because the main function of the |
| 1:08.6 | microchip is so if your dog or cat ever gets lost, they can make their way back home to you. |
| 1:16.6 | Because that unique number that's on their microchip should be registered to you. |
| 1:21.2 | And that's what I talk about is how to make sure that it is |
| 1:25.4 | registered and your information is up to date because it's surprising how many times I've seen, |
| 1:31.2 | you know, found dog, had a microchip, but the information is out of date. |
| 1:36.3 | We still can't get a hold of the owner. |
| 1:38.2 | So if you're not sure if your dog's microchipped or if you're not sure if it's registered, head over to that episode and I talk all about it. |
| 1:46.8 | So when I was done with that, I was like, well wouldn't it be really useful for me to go through |
| 1:51.9 | what you need to do if your pet is lost because sometimes |
| 1:56.8 | we just don't know. |
| 1:58.3 | Other times we're so distressed that we don't think of the simple things. |
| 2:02.2 | So just like your microchip, I hope you never |
| 2:05.8 | need this episode, but I'm going to leave it here just in case you ever do. So the |
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