When we bring a pup into our lives, one of the most important things we can do is teach them what is expected of them and what isn't.

One of the biggest issues we find people have when trying to train new behaviours or change existing behaviours in their dogs is that they ask their dog to make leaps in learning that are too big and cause the dog to fail, and then the dog gets blamed for being stubborn, or unmotivated, or not very smart. In reality, what we’re observing is a process called lumping, which is where we’re essentially asking dogs to learn a skill without breaking it down fine enough for them to

One of the most important aspects of training any animal is to teach them to cope and tolerate with lots of different husbandry procedures.

In this video, we discuss the 3 food markers that we teach all our dogs and clients and talk about HOW to teach and use them. We cover the fundamental handling skills required to successfully incorporate reward markers, and the mistakes we often make that can be detrimental to their effectiveness.

I was called out to help someone with how to introduce and integrate two dogs from seperate households.

Without question, the most common issue a lot of dog owners face is aggressive-like or reactive displays when on a leash.

One of the most important things we need to do with puppies is 'socialise' them to new places, people, environments, sounds etc to help them be able to cope as they get older.

Preventing unwanted behaviours is always better and more effective than trying to cure or modify them when they do (and they will) arise.

This is our new foster dog, Jasper.

We get lots of enquiries asking for help with some pretty serious and challenging issues. We can't simply say NO don't do that and expect our dogs to understand what it is they should do instead. We have to create a system that our dogs understand which we can then build on and then use in certain challenging situations.

Following on from the last video where Sunrise learned a nose touch, in this video the Poodle demonstrates how to turn that touch into a target where we can teach our dog to move to certain areas or on to different objects.

One of the biggest problems we see out and about is out of control dogs rushing over to see people or dogs whilst the owner is a fair way away shouting 'Don't worry! They're friendly'.

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A lot of the things dogs do are a bit annoying for us. Especially if they do them all the time. Barking, jumping up, pulling etc.

Positive reinforcement isn’t just about treats. It’s about implementing things that are actually reinforcing as opposed to just rewarding.

Hey team! Video tutorial for you on how to teach your dog to drop a toy using the two toy method.

Video request by Ginny Potts!

This is Larry, he's very friendly, but too friendly - to the point where he wants to run off and say hello to everybody. Larry's owner had already done one initial consult with us where we had put in place a plan to first manage his behaviour, whilst pairing that with basic training to help change the way he feels, and consequently change his behaviour.

The reason dogs do things comes down to reinforcement.

I do a lot of talking in this video so I don't really need a write up. But if you have a dog that not that foody this will help!