Grateley Dog Training Club

13/06/2024

Hi everyone, I am back with a puppy course on Wednesday 4th September. If you, or anyone you know might be interested please get in touch ☺️🐾🐾

11/05/2024

Congratulations to Brenda with Mr Kipling, Helen with Whoopi, Kate with Betty, Lynne with Bramble, Caz with Murphy, Mandy with Brith, Fiona White, assessor, Jen with Gully, Juliet with Onyx and Dave with Odin on passing their Bronze Good Citizen award. So very proud of you all. 😊🐾🐾

Thanks to Fiona White for coming over to assess them today 😊🐾🐾

09/05/2024

Congratulations to Nikki with Tahoe, Lee with Susie, Lindsay & Sam with Spud, Derek with Elvis, Mary with Hollie and Abby with Bear on passing their Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Assessment. Proud of you all. ☺️🐾🐾

09/04/2024

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03/03/2024

Congratulations to Deborah with Fleur, Tim with Barolo, Candi with Scampi and Laura with Edmund on passing their Silver. Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme award. Thank you Kathy Case for coming to assess them all. 😃🐾🐾

03/03/2024

Congratulations to Lisa with Henry, Brenda with Eccles, Margaret with Clay, Caz with Freddie and Mandy with Artha on passing their Gold Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme award. Many thanks to Kathy Case for coming to assess them all. 😃🐾🐾

29/02/2024

Congratulations to Chloe with Cydney, Jen with Gully and Sue with Bonnie on passing their Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Assessment. I have to say these three passed with flying colours and Cydney, from Romania was very shut down when she first started but with the encouragement and love from Chloe and Anthony has come so far in the 8 weeks
👌👍☺️🐾🐾Xx

04/02/2024

If you or anyone you know who might be interested in the next Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Assessment course, please get in touch. ☺️🐾🐾

13/01/2024

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Dog Space Etiquette 101: 🐾

Dogs need personal space too! Show respect to our furry friends and their owners by following these tips:

➡️ Keep your off-leash dog from approaching on-leash dogs
➡️ Lock retractable leashes around other dogs
➡️ Ask before approaching or petting other dogs
➡️ Extend compassion to owners of shy/reactive dogs.

Let's create a pawsitively respectful environment!

23/12/2023

Wishing all my members old and new, near and far a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Enjoy the festivities and love your dogs and keep them safe. 🤗🎄⛄🐾🐾

04/11/2023

Congratulations to Candi &Toby with Scampi, Tim with Barolo and Deborah with Fleur on passing their Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Bronze award. So proud of you all. 🤗🐾🐾
Thank you to Fiona White for coming to assess this morning ☺️x

04/11/2023

Congratulations to Emma with Deliah, Helen with Whoopi, Rachel & Andrew with Teddy on passing their Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Assessment together with Caroline with Perseus, David & Juliet with Onyx & Odin and Tracey with Bramble who unfortunately couldn't be there to receive their awards. So proud of you all and look forward to moving onto Bronze 🤗🐾🐾

28/10/2023

If you, or someone you know might be interested please get in touch 😊🐾🐾

23/08/2023

Xylitol (sometimes called wood sugar or birch sugar) is a common sugar substitute that can be toxic to dogs. Even small amounts can be fatal.

It’s regularly found in sugar-free chewing gum, toothpaste, mouthwash, vitamin supplements, a small handful of peanut butter brands and other 'low sugar' or sugar-free products. Prevention is key. All human food should be kept out of the reach of dogs, but be particularly vigilant around products containing xylitol. Ensure no packs of chewing gum are left lying around the home or kept in pockets and handbags that your pet can raid.

Signs of poisoning can be rapid or delayed, but you should never wait for symptoms to appear before seeking veterinary help. This could put your dog’s life at risk. In most cases, symptoms will start to appear within 30 minutes but can take up to 12 hours to develop in some cases.

Symptoms can include:

vomiting
lethargy (tiredness)
disorientation
collapse
seizures and tremors
unconsciousness or coma

If you suspect that your dog has eaten something containing xylitol, you need to get them to the vets straight away as it can be absorbed into the blood stream rapidly.

Xylitol can cause hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar levels) as a dog’s pancreas will confuse it with real sugar, which makes it release more insulin. The insulin then removes the real sugar in the body, leading to plummeting blood sugar levels. Another reaction to xylitol is liver failure and this is even more serious, but it’s not known what causes this to happen.

If a drop in blood sugar levels is prevented or brought under control quickly, the prognosis is good. Delays in veterinary intervention can cause further complications, irreversible damage and increase the likelihood of xylitol poisoning becoming fatal. Ensure that, wherever possible, you take the packaging of the product that your dog has consumed to the vets.

14/08/2023

Please read 🐾🐾

RAISING DOG FRIENDLY CHILDREN 👧🏼🐶👦🏼

“How can I make my dog more child friendly?”

The question really should be - “How can I make my child more dog friendly?”

Children don’t come with an inborn ability to know how to treat dogs. It’s up to us to teach them.

If you think about it, dogs are actually amazingly tolerant and patient with people even when their attempts to communicate through their body language, that they’re really uncomfortable, are completely ignored or not understood.

It’s an important responsibility to teach our children about how to respect and behave around dogs.

Always supervise children and dogs, even if a dog seems relaxed and friendly.

03/08/2023

Good thought 🐾🐾

Positive reward based training doesn’t necessarily mean you have to use training treats. Try using some or all of your dog’s daily food allowance.

Hand feeding (using the food for training), can make a huge difference to your dog's weight and health, as well as your relationship, especially in training.

It is even possible to hand feed if your dog is on wet or raw food. Try freezing it into small pieces or putting some in a squeezable tube.

For help with your training or if you’d like to join us for some dog or puppy training, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

19/07/2023

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION?
Distracted dog walkers
The distracted dog walker is obliviously chatting away on their cell phone, listening to music or a podcast while wearing headphones, catching up on the daily news or socializing with other people while they’re not aware of what their dog is doing or what is going on in the environment.

This may not sound like a problem to some people, but it is something that I have a problem with.

I understand that we often need to multi task – there simply doesn’t seem to be enough time in our day to accomplish everything we need to, but walking your dog should not be one of these times.

Some people might say – “but my dog is really friendly, well socialized, gets on well with everyone, is well trained, knows this environment well etc. and I hear that. But another dog might not be – maybe they need space, are reactive, are not sociable, are recovering from an illness, might be terrified of another dog racing straight towards them chasing a ball thrown from a ball launcher….

If distracted dog walkers have no regard for other dogs or other people, they should at least have regard for their own dogs. Walking your dog should be a time of bonding, of relationship, of seeing the environment through the eyes of your dog, of reinforcing or teaching wanted behaviors, of keeping them safe and protected from the unknown.

Leave the multi-tasking for another time – your dog needs you to pay attention.

18/07/2023

16/07/2023

Congratulations to Liz with River and Brenda with Gus on passing your Gold Good Citizen Award. Very proud of you both 👏☺️🐾🐾
Thank you Fiona for coming to assess them and giving your time ☺️

16/07/2023

Congratulations to Lisa with Henry, Antonia with Rosie Anne with Milo, Caz with Freddie, Margaret with Clay and Mandy with Artha on passing your Silver Good Citizen Award yesterday. Many thanks to Fiona White for coming to assess them and for giving up your time.
I am very proud of you all. ☺️👏🐾🐾

13/07/2023

If you or someone you know are interested, please get in touch 😄🐾🐾

03/07/2023

Congratulations on passing the KC Puppy Foundation Assessment.
Mandy with Brith, Helena with Kali, Becky & Tony with Bear, Jo with Cooper and Deborah with Fleur. Very proud of you all and see you in September for the Bronze.
😊🐾🐾

03/05/2023

Come and have a good day ☺️🐾🐾

29/04/2023

Interesting read 🙂🐾🐾

27/03/2023

Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Course starts this Wednesday the 29th, there are places available. Please get in touch if interested ☺️🐾🐾

11/03/2023

11/03/2023

Congratulations to Lisa with Henry, Julia with Archie, Caz with Freddie, Anne with Milo, Quentin with Milo and Mandy with Artha on passing your Kennel Club Bronze Good Citizen Course. You should all be very proud of yourselves and your dogs. I certainly am proud of you all. Many thanks to Fiona White who kindly gave up her time to assess you all. 😃👏🐾🐾

11/03/2023

Congratulations to Simon & Gem with Odin, Angela & Peter with Harry, Clare with Jammie Dodger, Jason with Bertie, Candi with Scamp and Lucinda & Cosmo with Mabel on passing your Kennel Club Puppy Foundation Course. You should all be very proud of yourselves and your puppies 😃🐾🐾

10/03/2023

There are spaces on the next Kennel Club Puppy Foundation course. If you are interested please get in touch 😃🐾🐾