Whether you have a young Labrador puppy or an elderly collie, training is a vital part of every dog’s life, to enrich their lives and yours. Mental and physical exercise will prevent anxiety developing and other stress-related behaviors such as destructive chewing, inappropriate barking, reactivity, and aggression. What to expect from your 1-2-1 training

Owning a dog who steals your socks or runs off with the TV remote can be difficult to deal with. No matter how many times you tell them to drop it, they just look at you with their tail wagging waiting for you to chase after them. The game of catch me if you

Its worthwhile for any reactive dog to learn to cooperate with putting their muzzle on and then wearing it without discomfort. We recommend a well fitted basket-type muzzle. The right size is big enough for the dog to fully open their mouth (to pant, yawn or drink water) inside the muzzle. The front end

The data isn’t available but our experience has concluded that the vast majority of dog aggression starts as fear or nervous aggression. Unfortunately parents do not understand the early signs and either do nothing or take actions that exacerbate and reinforce the problem. Each family will then proceed on their own journey from a

You have just adopted a new family member, but the clock is ticking away, bad behaviour begins to creep in but training seems impossible! You’re desperately searching for the time but it never seems to present itself to you. The pressure mounts, and you’re left asking yourself, do I have the time to take

Motivating your dog In this video Ross Henderson  uses a toy and a key word to mark the desired behaviour. Motivation varies greatly between dogs, for some dogs, food is the greatest reward you could provide so it is highly motivating to use during training sessions. For other dogs, a toy is better than food.

Your dog jumps like a Kangaroo when you reach for the lead This is learned behaviour He sees the lead and (mistakenly) believes it’s necessary to bounce for you to put the leash on. This is because previously when you picked up the lead, he bounced and then you clipped it on. In other

Is your life one long to do list? From first thing in the morning to last thing at night, you’re constantly chasing your tail. Indeed, spending your life sorting things out for other people is one of the reasons you got a dog. The idea of unwinding whilst dog walking, of fresh air and

Before you got your dog, did you hold a family conference? And did the discussion go something like: “If we get a puppy then everyone must pull their weight and everyone must get involved in cleaning up after the puppy" This is called ‘joint responsibility and in theory it’s a great thing, but in practice