Emily Coombe-Positive Dog Training

Emily Coombe-Positive Dog Training Dog Training and behaviour consultation services based in South Bristol

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Big smiles from Finley and Flower who have both completed their 6 week training course ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ‘ For both handsome boys we fo...
20/06/2024

Big smiles from Finley and Flower who have both completed their 6 week training course ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ‘ For both handsome boys we focused on self control training to help them manage their arousal arousal levels in different contexts. They have both made so much progress and their owners have done some amazing training! ๐Ÿ’š

Meet Hope and Faith, two gorgeous Labrador sisters. They had a pretty tough start to life but have now landed on their f...
28/01/2024

Meet Hope and Faith, two gorgeous Labrador sisters. They had a pretty tough start to life but have now landed on their feet with their new dedicated and loving owners who have already made amazing progress with the girls. When I first met Hope and Faith, they were nervous of new people and they had never been trained before. Now they are super excited to greet new people that enter their home, can walk nicely on a lead, have mastered a sit and are growing in confidence on their walks everyday. They have also had some successful dog interactions, which is something we are continuing to work on in our 121 sessions. A big shout out to Hope and Faithโ€™s owners, the hard work they have put in so far is really paying off. I canโ€™t wait for our next session ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

Holly has that Friday Feeling! Doesnโ€™t she look like sheโ€™s posing for her school picture?๐Ÿ˜‚ Holly is doing really well on...
26/01/2024

Holly has that Friday Feeling! Doesnโ€™t she look like sheโ€™s posing for her school picture?๐Ÿ˜‚ Holly is doing really well on her training walks in which I am assisting Hollyโ€™s owners with her behaviour modification programme focused on reducing her on lead reactivity towards other dogs. Our walks also involve some off lead down time to help make the training enjoyable and keep up positive interactions with other dogs when off lead. Thanks to her owners dedication she has made a lot of progress and reactions have significantly reduced ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ

Congratulations to Bueno and his family for completing the 6 week Puppy course ๐Ÿถ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿฅณ Beuno has come such a long way thanks...
07/12/2023

Congratulations to Bueno and his family for completing the 6 week Puppy course ๐Ÿถ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿฅณ Beuno has come such a long way thanks to his parents pawsome commitment to his training ๐Ÿ’œ Swipe for a behind the scenes of the graduation pic ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ“ธ

Congratulations to Deni and her owner for completing the 6 week training course ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿถ Deni is a rescue dog from Macedonia, ...
12/10/2023

Congratulations to Deni and her owner for completing the 6 week training course ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿถ

Deni is a rescue dog from Macedonia, who arrived in the UK at 9 months of age. She was a little under confident when I first met her, but her amazing owner took everything at Deniโ€™s pace and has built an incredible bond with her. She is now a confident adolescent who has nailed the different elements of training and it has been lovely for me to watch her develop ๐Ÿ’œ

13/09/2023

Shout out to Luna and her lovely owners for the incredible work they have put in with her training this year! ๐Ÿถ

Luna is one of my behaviour modification clients, whose owners came to me to help increase her confidence and reduce reactivity towards visitors to the home and unkown dogs.

We put in place protocols to help Luna form positive emotional responses to visitors and made sure all interactions with people were initiated at Lunaโ€™s pace. Her owners have done an amazing job at implementing these strategies and can now have people over and Luna can relax around them with minimal management- which is a huge win!

We also introduced helper dog sessions with Mohawk (collie in the videos) to help build Lunaโ€™s confidence around dogs. We started with distance work before carefully facilitating positive interactions. Once they were happy together we took them both to less controlled environments in which they would also encounter unkown dogs. Having Mohawk by her side helped Luna to navigate interactions with other dogs without reacting- and you can see towards the end of the walk and video how happy and care free she became๐Ÿ˜‚

I am still working with Lunaโ€™s owners to continue to progress her training, but I think you can agree that they have done an amazing job so far! ๐Ÿ‘

Come and say Hello! This Sunday (10th September), I will be at the Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary Fun Day at Ashton Court ...
05/09/2023

Come and say Hello!

This Sunday (10th September), I will be at the Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary Fun Day at Ashton Court (11am-4pm) ๐Ÿถ I will be judging some of the competitions and Iโ€™m totally open to bribery, cake normally works (kidding!).

I will also be around to chat, so come and say hello๐Ÿ˜Š

โ€ผ๏ธWhen considering bringing your dogs to events like this, bear in mind wether your dog can cope and enjoy the busy environment and have strategies in place to make sure your dog does not get too hot. Below is some amazing advice written by Roz Pooley at The Mutty Professor on how to help your dog cope well at events such as the Fun Day this weekend. Please take your time to read this if you are thinking of coming ๐Ÿ’œ

If you think your dog would be happier at home, donโ€™t worry you can still get involved! Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary are running a 'HAPPIER AT HOME" class- explained in their post below ๐Ÿ 

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If you are taking your dog to the show (or any dog show or event), please consider the following to make the day more enjoyable:

๐Ÿฉ Avoid on lead greetings with other dogs, unless you have had a dialogue with the owner to establish whether the dogs will mingle comfortably.

๐Ÿง€ Take high value treats so you can cue and reinforce your dog more easily to give other dogs space.

๐ŸฆฎWalk your dog on a harness, especially if you think they may struggle to maintain a loose lead in this environment.

๐Ÿ’ฆ Take water, and consider taking a snack for your dog to top up their blood sugar levels. If you need a snack across the day, then why wouldn't your dog?

๐ŸŽช Gradually move towards busy areas, look at your dog's body language to check whether they are relaxed (no tension in their muzzle, easily responsive to you, relatively normal respiration rate for the weather conditions).

๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ Take time to move away from the hustle and bustle to allow your dog time to recharge. Find somewhere they can relax and lie down.

โ˜‚๏ธ Its likely going to be hot over the next weekend. Take an umbrella to help provide shade for your dog and/or move to shade provided by trees, as this will be cooler.
If you do open an umbrella to provide shade, be mindful of it not scaring your dog or others nearby.

๐Ÿ’ฅ If your dog reacts by lunging, barking, whining etc then please use this as information as to how they are feeling, rather than feeling embaressed by their behaviour and correcting them.

๐Ÿค’ Unless your dog is 100% healthy and has previously comfortably managed long walks and long days out, try and limit how long your dog is at such events to 1-2 hours maximum.

Holly Hedge Fun Day - Dog photo competition! ๐Ÿ“ธ

Want to come to Holly Hedge Fun Day but your dog would be happier at home?

Perhaps your dog is nervous, reactive, poorly, or just not keen on crowds? Now thereโ€™s no need for them to miss the dog show! They can enter our virtual โ€˜happier at homeโ€™ dog show class!

Itโ€™s easy to enter. Each entry costs ยฃ2 which you can donate via PayPal to [email protected] with the reference 'photo competition'. Then just email your favourite photo of your dog, along with a screenshot or copy of your donation receipt to: [email protected].
Please include your dogโ€™s name and a little bit of information about them for the judges.

Alternatively, you can bring along a printed photo of your dog to Fun Day on 10 September at Ashton Court and pay on the day.

One of our super judges will pick a winner from all entries and just like our winning attendees, they will receive a prize and rosette to wear with pride. ๐Ÿ†

02/09/2023

๐Ÿถ Promo video ๐Ÿ“น

As many of you know, along with running my own business I am also part of the The Mutty Professor Training and Behaviour team! And we recently all scrubbed up to film a new promo video for our training classes, 121โ€™s and Behaviour Consultations.

I had the pleasure of training Amigo (Roz Pooleyโ€™s new rescue dog) over the last couple of months in preparation for this video and he smashed it. To be honest, I think we can all agree that all the dogs knew how to work those camera angles ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿถ

I love being part of the Mutty team so just had to share! Check out the video below ๐Ÿ‘‡ โค๏ธ

Meet Lola, a beautiful blue Staffy ๐Ÿ˜ in our session today we focused on building her confidence around other dogs (which...
07/04/2023

Meet Lola, a beautiful blue Staffy ๐Ÿ˜ in our session today we focused on building her confidence around other dogs (which had been knocked after a couple of negative interactions) and she smashed it ๐Ÿ‘ We worked on helping Lola understand she always had an escape route with her owner should she need one, and that gave her the confidence to greet dogs of all shapes ans sizes today which was so lovely to see๐Ÿ˜ I am excited to see her progression over the next couple of sessions ๐Ÿ˜Š Have a lovely Easter everyone ๐Ÿฃ

New Year, new puppy graduate ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“ Balin braved the drizzle for his last session today in which we focused on recall and d...
05/01/2023

New Year, new puppy graduate ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“ Balin braved the drizzle for his last session today in which we focused on recall and dog interactions in Ashton Court. He smashed it๐Ÿ‘ ๐ŸŽŠ

๐Ÿ’šTHANK YOU๐Ÿ’š  In 2022 I conducted 241 one-to-one training sessions and follow ups and 89 behaviour assessments ๐Ÿ˜ฎ  I can n...
30/12/2022

๐Ÿ’šTHANK YOU๐Ÿ’š

In 2022 I conducted 241 one-to-one training sessions and follow ups and 89 behaviour assessments ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

I can not thank all my wonderful clients and their dogs enough for their support ๐Ÿถ And cannot congratulate them enough for all the hard work they have put in with training and supporting their dogs, wether that be through the puppy shark teeth phase, teenage tantrums or behavioural modification programmes.
Training is not always easy, you and your dogs are amazing๐Ÿคฉ

I wish everyone a Happy New Year, and canโ€™t wait to meet some more wonderful dogs in 2023 ๐ŸŽŠ

P.s. go check out my swanky new website

Congratulations to Milo for completing his 6 week puppy course ๐ŸŽ“ ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ™Œ Today we made a little obstacle course to test some of the things he has learnt over the six weeks๐Ÿพ Him and his owners have done such a great job!

๐ŸŽ‰I am pleased to announce I am now a registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CAB) with the Association of  Pet Behaviou...
25/11/2022

๐ŸŽ‰I am pleased to announce I am now a registered Clinical Animal Behaviourist (CAB) with the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC) ๐ŸŽ‰ Sorry for my absence on social media the past few months, I was busy being assessed by some incredible APBC CABโ€™s who I cannot thank enough for making the assessment process as smooth and enjoyable as possible ๐Ÿถ Thank you to all my wonderful clients and their fabulous pooches for your support over the years, and a big thank you to Roz Pooley for being an amazing mentor ๐Ÿ’œ

Congratulations to Cardi and his owner for completing the 6 week puppy course!๐Ÿถ๐ŸŽ‰ Cardiโ€™s biggest challenge was staying c...
28/10/2022

Congratulations to Cardi and his owner for completing the 6 week puppy course!๐Ÿถ๐ŸŽ‰ Cardiโ€™s biggest challenge was staying calm around the neighbours cat ๐Ÿฑ but strengthening up his recall and introducing clam explorative behaviours in the garden has reduced temptation ๐Ÿ‘ Well done Cardi ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿšจ Calling all web designers ๐ŸšจI am looking for someone to help me redesign my business website ๐Ÿถ. I am interested in comm...
27/06/2022

๐Ÿšจ Calling all web designers ๐ŸšจI am looking for someone to help me redesign my business website ๐Ÿถ. I am interested in commissioning students studying graphic/ web design that may want to start their professional portfolio ๐Ÿ–ฅ I love my business and would like to work closely with the designer, but understand that my own IT skills have a limit ๐Ÿ˜‚ Please feel free to comment and share this post with anyone you think would be interested โค๏ธ

Yesterday I had to say goodbye to my best friend and greatest teacher โค๏ธ Not only did Poppy bring me unlimited happiness...
25/05/2022

Yesterday I had to say goodbye to my best friend and greatest teacher โค๏ธ Not only did Poppy bring me unlimited happiness but as a lot of you know, Poppy shaped my career into what it is today. Poppy, Iโ€™ll remember you with every dog I help and train forever ###############x

Congratulations to Milly and her owner for completing the 6 week puppy training course ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“ We ended with a sunny recall ...
20/04/2022

Congratulations to Milly and her owner for completing the 6 week puppy training course ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“ We ended with a sunny recall session in which Milly managed to sprint back for dogs for treats and toy rewards ๐Ÿ‘ Her owners training has really paid off over the course and Milly can now enjoy off lead walks safely and show off a number of behaviours including a settle and loose lead walking โค๏ธ

๐ŸฅณCongratulations to Holly and her owners for completing the 6 week puppy course!๐Ÿ‘ We may have had to have a few nap brea...
28/02/2022

๐ŸฅณCongratulations to Holly and her owners for completing the 6 week puppy course!๐Ÿ‘ We may have had to have a few nap breaks during training ๐Ÿ˜ด but she still managed to learn all the essentials including loose lead walking, drop, recall and much more!

A few shots from some recall training walks today ๐Ÿ“ธ Featuring the handsome Archie and Pip- licking some cheese off her n...
10/02/2022

A few shots from some recall training walks today ๐Ÿ“ธ Featuring the handsome Archie and Pip- licking some cheese off her nose ๐Ÿถ

โ€œNom nom nomโ€ ๐Ÿถ Stanley found 6 sticks on his walk today, he tells me he has to stop and break up each one so the smalle...
09/02/2022

โ€œNom nom nomโ€ ๐Ÿถ Stanley found 6 sticks on his walk today, he tells me he has to stop and break up each one so the smaller dogs can play with them too ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฅ But donโ€™t worry, his owners have trained an amazing drop so he still had time for recall training โ™ฅ๏ธ

Youโ€™ve gotta catch those rays where you can โ˜€๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜Ž Sometimes a standing sunbathe mid walk will have to do ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿถ              ...
13/01/2022

Youโ€™ve gotta catch those rays where you can โ˜€๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜Ž Sometimes a standing sunbathe mid walk will have to do ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿถ

Congratulations to the handsome Stanley for completing his 6 week puppy course!๐Ÿถ๐ŸŽ“His owners have helped him master loose...
21/12/2021

Congratulations to the handsome Stanley for completing his 6 week puppy course!๐Ÿถ๐ŸŽ“His owners have helped him master loose lead walking, drop, recall and many more important bits of training ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ŸŽŠ

Meet the gang ๐Ÿถ I spent the weekend looking after these 4 doggos, Mohawk (first pic) asks- what did you get up to? ๐Ÿคช    ...
06/12/2021

Meet the gang ๐Ÿถ I spent the weekend looking after these 4 doggos, Mohawk (first pic) asks- what did you get up to? ๐Ÿคช

Congratulations to Zig and her wonderful family for completing her 6 week training course ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“ Zig is a rescue who was ...
17/11/2021

Congratulations to Zig and her wonderful family for completing her 6 week training course ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“ Zig is a rescue who was believed to have been used for ratting or fox hunting before she was adopted by her current owners. Having been unlikely to have had any previous training she has absolutely smashed her training course. Recall, drop and waiting at doorways are only some of the behaviours she has learnt. Iโ€™m very proud of you zig โค๏ธ

Wilsonโ€™s wonderful weekend consisted of adventures, meeting up with doggy friends and lots of cuddles๐Ÿถโค๏ธ                ...
14/11/2021

Wilsonโ€™s wonderful weekend consisted of adventures, meeting up with doggy friends and lots of cuddles๐Ÿถโค๏ธ

Congratulations to Oakley for completing his 6 week puppy course ๐Ÿ‘ He might have got a little bit soggy in his last sess...
29/10/2021

Congratulations to Oakley for completing his 6 week puppy course ๐Ÿ‘ He might have got a little bit soggy in his last session but he still nailed his recall ๐Ÿถ ๐Ÿ’•

Arnold sends everyone a nose bop โค๏ธ ๐ŸŒญ ๐Ÿถ
19/10/2021

Arnold sends everyone a nose bop โค๏ธ ๐ŸŒญ ๐Ÿถ

๐Ÿถ or ๐Ÿป? Either way, Stanley is adorable, and is two weeks into his 6 week course โค๏ธ
12/10/2021

๐Ÿถ or ๐Ÿป? Either way, Stanley is adorable, and is two weeks into his 6 week course โค๏ธ

Happy Friday everyone- love from Archie ๐Ÿพ โค๏ธ
08/10/2021

Happy Friday everyone- love from Archie ๐Ÿพ โค๏ธ

Pablo has a smile on his face after completing his 6 week training course ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“
03/10/2021

Pablo has a smile on his face after completing his 6 week training course ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ ๐ŸŽ“

Luna smashed her recall session today ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ Does your dog often choose other dogs over you? Itโ€™s important to try out diff...
23/09/2021

Luna smashed her recall session today ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿถ Does your dog often choose other dogs over you? Itโ€™s important to try out different recall rewards (tasty treats-chicken,sausage etc., tug toys, sniffs and scent, cuddles) to find out what will motivate your dog and strengthen their recall ๐Ÿ•

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