WAGS Dog Training School

14/11/2023

Here is the early access link to the Black Friday sale

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31/07/2021

21/10/2019

One of the recalls from Saturday 🤩

21/10/2019

Photos from Saturday’s Recall workshop.
Well done everyone! You were all awesome! 🌟🐾🌟

21/10/2019

Lovely review from one of the guys on our Recall Workshop. Thank you Steven so glad you enjoyed it and found it useful. Hope to see you again. 😊🐶😊🐕

20/10/2019

20/10/2019

Kirsty and new doggy being a great distraction for the dogs but no they stayed on their boundaries .. great team work !!

20/10/2019

Fantastic boundaries for these dogs who had never done any of this before.. well done !!

20/10/2019

Beautifully done 2 feet on with Beau and Kate 🌟🐶

20/10/2019

Awesome Focus and boundary work with little stitch and his owner. He’s a reactive dog hence being behind a screen but he worked beautifully all morning. 🐶🐾 🌟

20/10/2019

Great fun at the Boundary workshop yesterday despite the motorway closing on us and the heavy rain all week which caused havoc with the field and lane.

Everyone dog and handler team did amazing. Awesome students even a reactive dog who didn’t react once.

Thank you to all the students who managed to get to the workshops and I am so sorry for those who couldn’t get there but see you on our next one.

Hope to see you all again soon x

17/10/2019

Did you see the rip off Britain article on Monday ?

It was about a professional dog walker who was supposed to be looking after a couple of dogs whose owner was busy at work. The walker was recommended to them by friends so they trusted her. They noticed one of their dogs was beginning to change, hiding upstairs and crying when the walker came but didn’t think it could possibly be anything to do with the walker.

The walker didn't know the owner had installed a camera at home, and when the owner checked the recording one day it turned out the dog walker was shouting, shaking hitting and generally abusing the dogs. The owners were absolutely devastated and rightly so confronted her got no apology and took her to court and won but on appeal got her sentence reduced.

This is Disgusting !!! But this is not an isolated case.

What I can't understand is why people who obviously don't like dogs, choose to work with them. Worse yet, they choose to set up a business whose main service is to help people with their dogs!

I seriously can't get my head around it.

This means it’s bad news for both dog walkers and the dogs, as people are going to think twice about hiring dog walkers.

This means less dogs get walked, which leads to a build up of energy, which leads to frustration, chewing, destruction, howling etc, which may lead to a dog being given up, all because dog owners, quite rightly if they saw that article) don't feel like they can trust anyone to help them walk their dog.

So, how can you make sure your dog walker is a responsible, force free, dog loving individual or company.

Unfortunately at the moment is unregulated and me as a pet professional would love to see regulation come into place for the walking as well as the home boarding section. We have to be careful though as what happens is what I’ve seen happen in the home boarding sector is more people just undercut and just continue unlicensed 😢

The cheapest is not always the best, you only get what you pay for.

Points to help you make your choice

🐶 Always meet the dog walker

🐶Check them out

🐶watch how your dog interacts with them

🐶check reviews on Facebook, google, website

🐶Do they offer Home boarding and if so are they licensed ( legal requirement) and what star rating are they.

🐶Are they DBS checked

🐶Are they insured

🐶Are they canine first aiders

🐶Have they done any courses

🐶how are they transporting your dog .. safe cages with air con facilities

🐶Do they carry water, spare leads, first aid kits in the vehicles

🐶ask people how they handle the dogs

🐶ask them not to put any behavioural training in with your dog unless you’ve approved it ( there’s so many different methods of training of which some can be scary or painful to your dog )

A really good way is to watch a dog walker out with a bunch of dogs on how they react and play with the dogs and then ask them for their details if you that’s how you would like your dog to be interacted with.

We are not all the same and there’s some wonderful caring dog walkers out there.

Listen to your dog .. they can’t talk but they can show their fears.

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14/10/2019

Take some advice from our dogs this – the best therapist has four legs and a wet nose 🐶💛

08/10/2019

Workshops available to book now .. limited places available

01/10/2019

Today is National black dogs day let’s be seeing your photos of your gorgeous black dogs

30/09/2019

We would like to welcome all our new members to the page. Please introduce yourself and your pets. We love to see photos.

30/09/2019

Over 3000 trainers world wide took the 30 days challenge and I must say it was amazing and inspiring. Remember training is never done and I will always continue to learn ‘if your trainer doesn’t have a trainer get another trainer ‘

28/09/2019

This workshop will focus on improving your dogs recall wether your dog as no recall at all or you’ve been on our previous foundation recall workshop and now want to improve your skills with teaching your dog to come when called around distractions, wether that be a squirrel, another dog or person.

For dogs to return back to us when we ask is an essential skill for a dog to learn so come and join us on our recall 2.0 workshop.

Contact us to book a place

28/09/2019

A fantastic workshop to challenge your dog both physically and mentally. If you want to get your dog in peak fitness and tire him out mentally then this is the one for you.

A complete workout for your dog that you can do in your home, great for those wet snowy days of the winter when we really don’t want to go for a long walk, just do a few of the exercises we show you and it will be just as good as a long walk.

Wether your dogs is a sports competitor In Agility, fly ball, hoopers etc and want fitness to get peak performance or you’ve just got a companion dog that you want to keep healthy and have fun whilst bonding that relationship then this workshop will give you the tools to give your dog a great workout.

Come and join us

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28/09/2019

This is an awesome workshop !!

What ever your struggle is with your dog, wether that be jumping up at visitors, counter surfing, begging, zoomies around the home, recall, chasing and much more then bed games can help.

Teaching your dog a boundary, whether that be a bed, a bench, a blanket or any other item, can hep with nearly every struggle.

Would you like to be able to take your dog with you to cafes, pubs or restaurants and have the dog settle? if the answer is yes then bed games are for you.

These games promote confidence, impulse control, independence and especially calmness in your dog.

Bed games also are great if you have a multi dog household.

Come along and let us help you teach your dog to actively want to go to a boundary and love to stay there.

Turn your struggles into strengths!!

28/09/2019

This morning me and Jane have been planning our October Workshops. Watch this space details will follow soon 🤩🤩🤩