Milton (springer spaniel) is staying with us for 3 weeks. He has been previously attacked by a staffie and has developed and understandable fear of certain dogs. We want both dogs to be comfortable and willing participants in any interactions. Our goal when introducing dogs is to first aim for indifference or at least calmness and an ability to comply and respond to cues at a comfortable distance. If either dog shows too much interest or too much avoidance we simply won't all

Some dogs will come predisposed to to love toys or a ball. That's very handy and it means we don't have to do as much work to get them involved with playing with us.

In this video that was intended for a mentee, I show how I work Capa in new and challenging environments. Capa is 15 months old in this...

Capa is 9 months old is hitting a challenging period in her development. It's not uncommon for things to get really tough from when dogs hit 6 months to around 18 months - sometimes things can be tough all the way up to 3 years old. Most dogs in shelters are between this age and there is a reason for this: adolescence.

We should play more or as much as we can with our puppies and dogs.

Mo has a very strong desire to chase animals, especially small ones.

The way you hold that leash can make all the difference between you letting go or managing to hold on when something takes you by surprise.

Kobe is our newest board and train. He is a 6 month old Lagotto.

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...

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.

For dogs that are fearful or nervous around new people, or that have a history of handling aggression - first impressions really matter.

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..

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?

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

Hannah recorded this little interaction between Eddie and Stella and there was so much that was going on that people might miss I thought it would be a good idea to break down what was happening and why we decided to not let the interaction between these two carry on.