Welcome Keeper

A Welcome Keeper often offers calm warmth within familiar places and relationships. Predictable shared routines help them show their most settled, connected side.

What you may notice

• Greets familiar people with steady interest
• Prefers known routes and activities
• Responds well to gentle shared routines

Play and enrichment

Choose cooperative low-pressure games: familiar scent searches, gentle retrieve patterns, or simple mat activities.

Settling

Keep rest locations and transition cues consistent, especially on days with visitors or schedule changes.

Working together

Use a familiar starting cue before introducing one small new step, then return to something your dog already understands.

Try this week

• Repeat a favorite scent game
• Add one easy new step to a known trick
• Prepare a quiet visitor routine