Woodhead Woofers

Woodhead Woofers IMDT qualified dog trainer offering a variety of group classes , private lessons and workshops in North Devon - Black Torrington EX21 5HX

💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥New Workshop! Back by Popular Demand! Proprioception / balance, body confidence and Handling workshopSund...
08/07/2025

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New Workshop! Back by Popular Demand!

Proprioception / balance, body confidence and Handling workshop

Sunday 27th July:

10-11.30am - 3 places available

12-1.30pm - 2 places available

2-3.30pm - Fully Booked

This course is aimed at owners who want to:
Try something new
Build confidence in their dog
Further enhance their handling skills
Build strength and balance and overall health and wellbeing.
Enjoy developing their relationship, connection and understanding with their dog

Suitable for dogs of all ages - dogs need to be injury free, healthy and happy to work around other dogs and handlers.

Dogs of all ages can benefit from doing proprioception exercises as it helps them learn control over body movements, reducing the risk of injury and improving confidence.

What are the benefits?

There are numerous benefits associated with proprioception training both physiological and psychological.

By implementing proprioception training we influence different aspects:

* Coordination
* Balance
* Muscle strength
* Proprioception
* Stamina/endurance
* Self confidence
* Improved trust/bond with owner
* Concentration

Venue:
Woodhead Woofers
Black Torrington
EX21 5HX

Cost £30 per dog and handler

Dogs must be happy to work alongside other dogs and handlers

If you’re unsure about your dogs suitability for any of the workshops please call us or message
07551 050856 Mark
07789 698804 Liz

Come and join in the fun! 🥳

Message us with your email address 🐶

Go! Go! Go! 💥Lovely agility runaround today 🌟We practiced some wing wraps, tunnel confidence, contacts and a cheeky blin...
08/07/2025

Go! Go! Go! 💥

Lovely agility runaround today 🌟

We practiced some wing wraps, tunnel confidence, contacts and a cheeky blind 😉

Well done everyone 👏🌟👏

💥New Puppy And Life Skills Courses! 💥Got A Puppy? Come And Join Us! 🐶Course starts:Saturday 12th (course consists of 4x...
07/07/2025

💥New Puppy And Life Skills Courses! 💥

Got A Puppy? Come And Join Us! 🐶

Course starts:
Saturday 12th (course consists of 4x1hr classes run over 4 consecutive weeks)
Course time: 9-10am

Come and socialise and train your puppy in a safe, controlled environment whilst building great confidence and foundation skills for life long behaviours.

We will be covering:
Settle
Sit/down
Polite meetings
Biting/nipping/chewing!
Play
Body language and socialising
Focus
Confidence
Recall
Lead walking

Friendly classes with 2 instructors

Got an older dog?

We have classes for them too!
Saturdays and Wednesdays

Get in touch to secure your place 🐶

Venue:
Woodhead Woofers
Black Torrington
EX21 5HX
07789698804
[email protected]

Why is my dog.... stubborn?We hear this a lot in training sessions 😉‘My dog won’t do that, they’re SO stubborn!’ Or ‘She...
06/07/2025

Why is my dog.... stubborn?

We hear this a lot in training sessions 😉

‘My dog won’t do that, they’re SO stubborn!’ Or
‘She knows what to do but she’s too stubborn!’

Quite often a dog that appears to be stubborn is actually a dog that is either unmotivated or has limited training/understanding and absolutely no idea what is being asked of them.
Sometimes there are underlying health reasons, but that’s another topic entirely….😉

The key to successful training is finding what really motivates your dog.

You may have bought the most expensive toy in the pet shop because you thought it looked brilliant, doesn’t necessarily mean your dog will feel the same way 🤣
And those tasty treats are only tasty if your dog thinks so! 😂

Sometimes, rewards are only rewarding in certain environments…..

Once you’ve identified what reward your dog is happy to work for, its now down to you....

Placement of treats and timing of rewards is key to successful training.

Before you reward think, ‘what have I just rewarded?’

If you’re practicing some loose lead walking and it’s going really well and you ask your dog to sit at the end and you reward - what have you just rewarded?
The loose lead work or the sit?
What happens when you try to practice heel work but your dog keeps sitting? Are they stubborn for not walking or clever for repeating a rewarding behaviour?

Have a look at the definition of stubborn below - what do you think...?

‘having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so’.
"a stubborn refusal to learn from experience"

So you can see, being stubborn is a human emotion and is impossible for our dogs to act this way.

In order to be stubborn there has to be an internal conversation and thought process.

If you’d like some help with your ‘stubborn’ dog, give me a call 😉

New 4 week courses start:

Wednesday 9th July
And
Saturday 12th July

Saturdays Superstars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Well…. The weather couldn’t dampen our spirits or enthusiasm today!🤣We proudly watched puppie...
05/07/2025

Saturdays Superstars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Well…. The weather couldn’t dampen our spirits or enthusiasm today!🤣

We proudly watched puppies graduate with full honours and look forward to welcoming them back for round 2 😉

Meanwhile in other lessons… we had fun with recall, loose leading, door manners, polite meetings, impulse control, retrieves, stays and scent 🥳

Well done everyone, absolutely cracking work 👏🌟👏

New courses start:

Saturday 12th July

Come and join us! 🐶

Friday Fun Club was a great mix of training larks! 😉We included many topics and had a bit of sniffing too 😉Well done ind...
04/07/2025

Friday Fun Club was a great mix of training larks! 😉

We included many topics and had a bit of sniffing too 😉

Well done indeed 👏🌟❤️

Agility fun in the sun today 🥳We were 2 dogs and handlers down today , so Echo and Evie were put through their paces and...
04/07/2025

Agility fun in the sun today 🥳

We were 2 dogs and handlers down today , so Echo and Evie were put through their paces and had a right old run around… not sure who were more pooped, dogs or handlers….!! 😉🤣🤣

‘I Need Space’ group finished on a real high today 👏🌟👏We always work at the dogs pace ensuring that they are happy and r...
04/07/2025

‘I Need Space’ group finished on a real high today 👏🌟👏

We always work at the dogs pace ensuring that they are happy and relaxed in class.

We carefully plan the distance and today all the dogs were more than comfortable to incorporate more movement and get closer.

All the time we are observing body language to ensure dogs are feeling safe and calm.

We also stood and chatted with each other and the dogs were happy and relaxed.

Well done everyone, we’re incredibly proud of you.
All the dogs have made great progress, a real credit to you. 👏🌟👏

Fridays ‘Paws For Thought’ ❤️
04/07/2025

Fridays ‘Paws For Thought’ ❤️

Look what’s new at WWs HQ…..😮We took delivery of our beautiful new competition jumps today - looking forward to trying t...
03/07/2025

Look what’s new at WWs HQ…..😮

We took delivery of our beautiful new competition jumps today - looking forward to trying these out tomorrow! 🥳

Wham Bam! 💥Wonderful 2nd day at agility camp - my girls worked so hard, really proud of them ❤️🥹❤️Thank you Alison Hotch...
02/07/2025

Wham Bam! 💥

Wonderful 2nd day at agility camp - my girls worked so hard, really proud of them ❤️🥹❤️

Thank you Alison Hotchin for the fab photos 😘

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Woodhead
Beaworthy
EX215HX

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447789698804

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