Can’t stop making Diddy Dave jumpers…..!! 🤣❤️
Tell me why…. They don’t like Mondays…?! 🎶
Anyone else live with a nosey parker…?! 🤣🤣
Mr Woodhead has been busy making new retrieve dumbells for Big Al and Diddy Dave ❤️
Did someone say…’Treat?!’🤣#dachshund #dachshundsofinstagram
Recall
We’ve all been there……
You’ve been practicing a behaviour at home and your dog nails it every time. 🥳Then, you go out on a walk ( or a training class) and your dog totally ignores your cue and makes you look like a prize fool! 🃏
Yes, I’ve felt the embarrassment and humiliation too 😬You’re not alone! Probably the most common phrase heard in a training class is…‘They do it at home!’
😩Why does this happen?
Well, basically dogs aren’t good at generalising.
This is where ‘proofing’ is needed to help our dogs perform behaviours in all environments.
Proofing involves gradually increasing the difficulty of the training environment by adding distractions, changing locations, and varying the duration of the cues 😊
We revisited some recall/middle and downs today out on our walk 😊
Well… What An Incredible Experience!
Yesterday we travelled up to Crufts at the NEC Birmingham ( I may have mentioned this event once or twice previously 🤣)
It was by far the best experience of my professional dog training career thus far and I am so so proud of my boy… he was absolutely brilliant.
The South and South West Team finished joint 4th out of 8 teams competing, a brilliant result
Alan, as you may know, is definitely a ‘glass half full’ kind of a dog.. and he can sometimes be ‘glass overflowing’…. 🤣 but not at Crufts… he kept a lid on things and worked for me so beautifully I couldn’t be more proud… The atmosphere was way more exciting than he has ever experienced, there were 1000’s of people, hundreds of dogs, loud tannoy announcements, people touching him, other dogs in close proximity, and generally it was an adrenaline overload.. but he kept his cool and sailed through it all so so well.
I want to say a heartfelt thank you to all members of the South and South West Team - You’ve been so supportive, kind and generous and your dogs were all outstanding and did you proud 👏
Special thanks to Emma Galbraith, Sharron Dainton and John Clark who were kind enough to choose us for the team, organised the whole event and really helped support us throughout ❤️
Thank you Kay Allen for your excellent training and guidance - thank you very much indeed ❤️
I’d also like to thank Jenny Richards for all help with confidence and relationship building ❤️
Turn the volume up on this one…. The words of this song say it all ❤️
Barkley ❤️
Beautiful Barkley ❤️
This gorgeous fella has just completed his Special Puppy Programme in preparation for starting school in a group setting, in a couple of weeks 🐶
Private 121 sessions can really help target specific areas of training, that the owners feel are salient for their individual needs and households
This way Barkleys owners were able to get started with effective management, handling exercises, teaching good manners and get lots of useful advice to help with socialising and habituation training
One of the positives of private lessons is working in a fairly non-distracting environment.
This really helps our young pups to focus on the task at hand.
Now Barkley and his owners are developing a great training foundation together , working in a class setting around other dogs and handlers will be a superb way to ‘proof’ these new behaviours around a variety of distractions that are still in a controlled environment
In most cases, private lessons and group classes complement each other perfectly.
We really can’t wait to watch this beautiful smart boys progress over the coming weeks 🥰
Diddy Dave…. You’re so demanding! 🤣 think I may regret teaching you this one….!! 🤣🤣
Recall workshop
***********Recall Workshop************
FULLY BOOKED! New Time Added:
1pm -2.30pm
Hows your dogs recall?
Come on, be honest!
Have you just answered ‘pretty good’ and then said ‘unless’ and listed half a dozen distractions? 😉
A dog that doesn’t come back when called is like driving a car with no brakes - dangerous.
Add wildlife and livestock into the mix and you could be looking at prosecution.
Like training any behaviour it’s always best done through games,making it fun and using lots of rewards.
I’ve trained my dogs to come to the whistle as it travels better, especially in the woods!
Workshops are £28 and will be held in our enclosed private training facility on the following date:
Sunday 16th March @11-12.30pm FULL
New Time Added:
1pm-2.30pm
Get in touch to book your place & get your recall in order 😉
Keep calm & call your woofer 😊
Woodhead
Black Torrington
EX21 5HX
07789698804 or 07551050856
How long are my training sessions?Well…. Not very long at all!!!Some of my best training sessions only last a few minutes whilst the kettle is boiling - like this one with Diddy Dave this evening 😉I spent less than 2 minutes practicing some ‘holds’ and DD enjoyed every minute!A training session with a young puppy should typically be around 5 minutes long as they have short attention spans , (bit like myself…🤣)and can easily become overwhelmed.It’s always best to keep training sessions short, fun, positive and finish before pup losses interest. There’s always time to practice something… just look at his little face and happy tail 🥹
Fridays ‘Paws For Thought’ ❤️
IMDT qualified dog trainer offering a variety of group classes , private lessons and workshops in North Devon - Black Torrington EX21 5HX
