Happy New Year. A time for reflection and a time to look forward.
2024 has been a real journey for me. Im not where I hoped id be with dog training at the start of the year, but that doesn’t take away from the journey Iv been on.
From personal development, welcoming our 3rd child, getting out of my comfort zone, pushing myself and making so@e tough choices along the way, 2024 was nothing how I imagined it would be 😂.
But thats life and im better prepared for 2025 for the trials and tribulations.
So dont put off what you can start tomorrow.
Play a bit more on you walk. Train a bot more for the things you want. Take a moment to just enjoy being out with your dog.
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Im ready, to give up givin’ a f***.
To stop living through a filtered lens, limiting myself and diluting my skillset to an insipid, beige, vanilla flavoured form of dog training.
I won’t keep my head below the parapet in the name of avoiding attracting the wrong attention whilst I try to make dog training a full time career.
When I have helped dogs live a fulfilled off-lead life through use of an E collar.
When I have used an E collar myself to successfully address Barney blowing off a VERY GOOD R+ taught recall during adolescence. When I have been able to address his reactivity and over corrections of dogs, allowed him to spend almost his ENTIRE life OFF LEAD. Be that walking, running, riding, familiar places, new places or around animals or other dogs.
Do I believe we should teach and reqard more of the things we want out dog to do… YES!
Do I believe that sometimes dogs should be compelled to do some things that are fair expectations of ours… YES.
Do I believe that there is a place for punishment for behaviours that are not acceptable… YES.
I will ALWAYS advocate for breed fulfilment and ensuring people are stepping up to provide appropriate and adequate rest and exercise for their dogs alongside any training plan.
But having certified and tried to to work purely positive, its frustrating to see the training’s shortcomings for some dogs, when half of the equation is missing!
Like anything in life, exercise, diet, fun, work…. Its about balance. And you cant have a life or rewards without there also being consequences. Im afraid thats as true for our dogs as it is for every one of us.
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Happy Birthday Millie!!
My first dog, who taught me so much!
You’ve retired from being the turbo termite, and now spend nearly all your time in you bed, but 15 is a great age, so we dont blame you for finally slowing down in you old age.
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Small dog problems when you give them the gift of of lead freedom.
Anyone else relate to this?
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Do you wish your small dog didnt pull, bark, lunge and make your walks less enjoyable?
I have a training programme for that!
You will learn how to navigate the great outdoors with your small companions.
Book a FREE discovery call today (link in bio)
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Dogs know how to rest. We dont need to teach that. But what we can do is generate the behaviour and increase the chance of it occurring through capturing and shaping it when it naturally occurs in the presence of contextual cues.
This is part of how I work towards having a dog who sot on a bench, wait in town with me or even chill out at a cafe.
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Keep yourself relevant when the dog is on lead and you will have a head start on mattering to your dog when its off lead!
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Some easy tips to males games of fetch more successful.
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ENGAGEMENT -
Are you engaged with your dog? Or have you missed previous signs your dog was paying attention to you, but now wonder why your dog forgets you exist on a walk.
Try this easy tip to start to matter to your dog on the walk again!
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Giving your dog the ability to problem solve can be a great way to add some confidence to their skill set.
It would be great to hear if this is something you do already, or let me know how you get on if you give it a try.
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Do you play fetch with your dog?
Do you find yourself just chucking the ball for your dog simply to get it to run?
How about adding in some challenge. Start small, work out how to communicate with your dog. Up your dogs skill, obedience and impulse control.
Build your bond, have more fun, be a team!
Tag me in your videos so I can see how you get on!
If you want a break down of how to achieve this, let me know in the comments!
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Its no secret that I love flirt pole and chaser toys. I often recommend them as part of a training plan for the right dogs.
I have flirt poled with Barney from very early on and it has proved great for lots of reasons, from a quick work out, to teaching impulse control, to proofing commands.
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