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When dog greetings go wrong: What to look out for and how to recover
It's a blanket rule with our guys - if they are on lead they simply don't get to meet other dogs. It's a personal preference for us...
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When should you let your dog greet another dog?
Introducing dogs can be a challenge. Sometimes they will hit it off straight away and have a life long bond. Other times it can be the...
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Why you should do 'nothing' with your dog
The piece of the training puzzle you 'might' be missing if you want an adult dog that's calm in public.
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How subtle behaviour helps to avoid conflict
One of the biggest challenges we face with dogs is that most of us don't realise that to understand our dogs we need to learn a new...
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Is your dog comfortable playing within a group
In this video we look at how Sunny behaves in a group setting. Here's some background on the dogs. Poodle, Sunny, and Tory have all lived...
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Introducing your dog to a different species
It's always a beautiful idea of having two animals become the best of friends and hang out together just like you'll see on the videos from the 'Dodo' page. Unfortunately, this isn't or rarely is the case so what do we do if the animals simply just don't hit it off from the get go.
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Kobe's first few weeks - Board and train.
Kobe is our newest board and train. He is a 6 month old Lagotto.
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Breaking down a training session - Looking out for subtle behaviours.
In this video we have our newest board and train, Kobe. He's an adolescent Lagotto. He's with us due to his nervousness around new people...
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Dog training methods - Capturing
Capturing is a very easy and yet very effective way to teach your dogs to be more focused on you and less concerned with the environment...
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Dog training practical methods - Luring.
As dog trainers the best thing we can possibly do to help you is not to train your dog. Instead, if we can teach the owner how to train...
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How to effectively use a long line
There are a few VERY important things that we need to master before we start seeing our dog's behaviour change and one of them is how to...
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My dog fixates! How should I handle this?
When dogs do undesirable things we shouldn't be overly focused on what THEY are doing, we should instead focus more on how WE respond.
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Reactive dog live breakdown. Trail away method.
In this breakdown we look at how we can help our dogs cope by implementing a relatively simple method but one that can be tricky to get right. Everything becomes just a little bit tricky when our dogs are reacting..
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Loose Leash Walking Tips & Exercises
Loose leash walking can often feel like an impossible goal. Here are my top tips for getting that romantic picturesque walk you imagined.
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How to train your dog more effectively
A common problem we all face is figuring out how to communicate and train our dogs effectively without frustration developing from both parties.
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"HELP! My dog needs to be socialised."
This is something that pops up all the time with most owners. There has been a big push to 'socialise' dogs and this is a great idea. But...
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How to walk a reactive dog
One of the biggest challenges dog owners face is walking with their reactive dog. Before we delve into things, what does a 'reactive' dog look like?
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How to build engagement with a frustrated and worked up dog
A lot of the dogs we work with start off very much like Richie here - they don't have a huge history of training, have very few skills that we can draw down on in difficult situations and they can be impulsive. They're not easy dogs to handle in these initial stages of training because you only get fleeting moments of brilliance amongst a whole bunch of messy stuff and there's no quick fix that suddenly makes them perfect at loose leash walking past distractions - good things
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How to understand what our dogs are trying to convey and if they want to interact with others
One of the biggest problems that we see when working with dogs and humans is the inability of humans to notice and accurately translate what a dog is trying to communicate.
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How to handle a dog when they are reacting
In this video I've tried to breakdown the important steps which help us manage and handle our dogs when they are reacting. Miso has...
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