Playadog

06/06/2023

There are currently a few spots left for boarding on July and August.
Don't wait last minute to book! ☺️

25/05/2023

22/05/2023

How long does it take to fully train a dog? There is no end in dog training, you don't just stop at teaching your dog the basics.
If you don't use it, you lose it.

11/05/2023

😂 Good luck with that

10/05/2023

🌞Summer Reminder🌞
In this period of the year, here in Mexico, the weather is particularly humid and hot🏜️ and I came across many posts in some groups where people ask about grooming and the need to trim their dog's coat.✂️
But should we really do that? 🤔

Many people don't know that dogs cool down a lot differently than we do, and shaving really has no big impact on cooling them down. They rely on panting to control most of their temperature regulation.
They also have merocrine sweat glands that function similarly to human sweat glands, however they are located only in a dog’s paw pads, and they activate when the dog is hot to cool down. 🐾

Many dogs should not be shaved at all, depending on their coat type. Shaving can actually have the opposite effect of what you intend and make your dog even hotter. 🔥
Double-coated dogs have a soft, inner coat of hair close to their skin that serves as an insulating layer, helping keep them warm in cold weather and cool in hot weather. In summer, a dog will shed a good bit of this under layer, but what remains will help capture air between the two coat layers, allowing the dog to keep the heat at bay and regulate his body temperature.
Shaving that coat to reduce shedding or supposedly to keep the dog cool also eliminates that insulating layer of fur makes the dog susceptible to heat stroke. A dog’s fur coat protects him from sunburn and decreases his risk of developing skin cancer.
Certain types of single-coated dogs may benefit from having a professional groomer clip their coats occasionally to prevent matting and to keep them cooler, but the coats should not be shaved down to the skin.

So what can we do to keep them cool❓
- Brush your dog’s fur regularly for better air circulation in his coat.
- fresh baths
- keeping his paws trimmed of excess fur can help the sweat to evaporate and cool him off
- keep him in the shade as much as possible
😊😎

27/04/2023

Sometimes I get questions like: " How long it takes for my dog to be able to achieve this goal?"
The answer is that every dog learn at different speed, every dog is different and mostly it depends on the consistency you put into it.
If a dog trainer is telling you that you will have results only after one session he is very much lying to you.
‼️RESULTS DO NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT! ‼️
It takes hours, weeks and sometimes months of repetitions and a lot of hard work. Do your own research and talk with different trainers, but don't believe these people can fix your dog's problems in one hour of training session. This is not realistic and this is not how it works.
Dogs learn by repetitions which means that if you want to reinforce a behavior you won't get the result you expect in one time and done. It takes time and patience. 🧘‍♀️⏲️

07/04/2023

Good morning! 🌞
I want to communicate that I do not post regularly on this platform as a personal choice, but I update daily my ig page with pictures and videos of our friends 🐶 if you would like to see them go and follow .dog 🐾 thank you and Have a good day. ❤️

16/03/2023

Two paws up ✌️🐾
Always work in progress 😎

14/03/2023

🐾 No days off 🐾

11/03/2023

Teaching him paws up for the first time 🐾
Sometimes we hear people say that teaching tricks is a “waste of time” or that tricks training is not “serious” dog training. Here are 5 reasons to consider teaching your dog a trick.

1. Body awareness

Performing tricks requires your dog to move their body in different ways. To do so they need to have a good awareness of the position of their limbs in relation to one another and the rest of their body.

Tricks to for proprioception, co-ordination and flexibility include:

• Front feet on an object and pivoting with back legs
• Backing up
• Paw targeting
• Spin
• Bow

2. Fun

Tricks training is fun! There is no pressure on you or your dog to be able to perform a trick in distracting situations unlike “safety exercises” like a recall, emergency exit or control positions.

3. Builds reliable foundation skills

Teaching tricks builds on your dog’s foundation skills in an indirect and fun way. By teaching tricks, you are transferring the fun and joy of tricks onto everyday behaviours like name recognition, recall, control positions and releases. By teaching a simple trick you are also reinforcing everyday skills.

4. Relationship

Like all training activities you do with your dogs, tricks training builds teamwork and trust between you and your dog. You need to work together to perform tricks. You dog needs to listen and watch you to be able to respond.

5. Enrichment

We all know that a dog that has exercised their brain is a contented dog. They are more likely to settle and not demonstrate undesirable behaviours like digging, chewing, barking and escaping. You may not be able to exercise your dog every day, but building your dog’s repertoire of tricks gives them a job to do and helps them to settle. Even 10 minutes tricks training daily will benefit your dog.