A lot of dog parents watch their pups on our awesome webcams to see what their kids are up to throughout the day. Often at pick up times we are asked, ‘ what is in the spray bottles that the staff carry around?’ The spray bottles are loaded with plain tap water. We use the spray bottles to distract the dogs. We use them to distract them from other dogs if play gets too intense, or to distract them from chewing on play equipment of fencing. Most of the time the water works just fine and the staff does not even have to call the dog by name. Some dogs though, love the water and the spritzing has no effect on the dog. If the spray bottle does not work, then we call the dogs name to get their attention and tell them ‘no’ or ‘leave it’ if they are getting into mischief.
We at Hip Hounds do everything in our power to keep the playgroups safe and calm. We do have to raise our voices at certain times to break up the dogs if play is getting too intense and if we feel a fight is about to happen. If we raise our voices, this means we have used our more gentle methods of distraction and they have failed to get the dog’s attention. We would rather use our voices to distract the dogs and break up an argument than physically manipulate them. This is much safer for the dogs and the employees.
I hope this answers a lot of questions out there and of course if you ever have any additional questions about how we handle dog arguments, intense play, or mounting ; please let us know! Thanks for reading and we will be back next week!
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