A wee video snippet of the Open Day 😍🐾
😅 Exhausted but Excited! 😅
Arlene and I have been working hard to get everything ready for our Open Day tomorrow, and we can’t wait to see you all there!
🐾 There’s so much to see and do:
● Aly from Dynamic Dogs discussing dog massage and offering a free muscular health check
● Delicious treats from The Bake Boss and Suzie's Ices to keep us humans going
● Amazing goodies from Dogs Boutique and Dogma to spoil our dogs
● Claudia's Canine Coats provide some haute couture for our dog!
● Stunning sparkles from Sparks Fly by SF
● Pet photography with Caitlynn Neil Pet Photos
● Don’t forget our Tombola and Grand Raffle which has a value of over £450 with fantastic prizes!
● Dog shows judged by the fabulous Caroline Campbell
● Gundog Scurry
● Scentwork demonstrations by our amazing Scentwork Club
🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome you all and share this wonderful day in aid of Guide Dogs.
📅 Remember: Sunday, 4th August, 11 AM - 2 PM at Forde Training Services, 5A Houston Mains, EH52 6JU.
✨ Bring your dogs, bring your family, and get ready for a fun-filled day!
See you tomorrow! 🐶❤️
🐾 Exciting Sneak Peek: Scentwork Team & Fun Gun Dog Scurry On Our Open Day! 🐾
Get ready to be amazed! Some of our talented Scentwork team will be showcasing their incredible skills at our Open Day on Sunday, 4th August. Here’s a sneak peek of them in action!
But that's not all! We also have our thrilling Gun Dog Scurry. How fast can your dog retrieve? It’s all in good fun, but for those feeling a bit competitive, we’ll have a stopwatch ready! Check out this video of Scully demonstrating how it’s done!
🎥 Watch Scully in Action:
Don’t miss out on these exciting activities and so much more at our Open Day!
📅 Date: Sunday, 4th August
🕚 Time: 11 AM - 2 PM
📍 Location: Forde Training Services, 5A Houston Mains, EH52 6JU
One of their Five A Day 😉: Nikko, Charlie, Colin, Harley and Kabi 🐾🐾
Chester liked a good roll - listen to those grunts of pleasure 😍
Unlock Your Dog's Hidden Talents with Our Foundation Scentwork Course!
Does your dog love to sniff and explore? Harness their natural instincts with our 4-week Foundation Scentwork Course!
🗓Dates: Saturday 27th July, 3rd August, 10th August, and finishing on 17th August.
⌚️Time: 10am - 11am
🔎Location:Our training centre, grounds of Forde Training Services EH52 6JU
What You and Your Dog Will Learn:
Basics of Scent Detection:
Understand the fundamentals of how dogs detect scents.
Building Focus and Concentration:
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Fun and Engaging Exercises:
Stimulate your dog's mind with a variety of activities.
Techniques for Home Practice:
Learn how to continue scentwork at home.
Join Our Weekly Scentwork Club:
An option to further develop your dog's skills in a supportive community.
Spaces are limited, so secure your spot soon! Contact us today to reserve your place and unlock your dog's hidden talents!
Little snippets of this week‘s classes and workshops 🐾🐾
Ted singing us the song of his people 😘🐾
Winner
**** COMPETITION WINNER ****
Thank you to Everyone who has liked, shared and commented on our post all about our new Training Centre.
Lovely Evie has picked out our winner ……
Congratulations to Neil Currie, we will be in touch to arrange your prize giving 🎉🎉🎉
Charlie air scenting - I just love it when dogs do that. You can see him inhaling the scent, opening and closing his mouth to taste it too - they are simply amazing 🥰🐾
New Training Cabin
It has been super crazy busy but finally our new training cabin is ready!! Arlene and I are so excited to be running our classes and workshops in our new centre! We have so many things planned for the rest of the year so keep an eye on our pages for some big announcements!
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Just having fun with our dogs, training new and old things ❤️🐾
🐾🐾🐾 Consent Testing Part 2 🐾🐾🐾
I posted the other day about Consent Testing with my girl Evie which showed that Evie wanted my companionship rather than my contact.
But here is the consent test with Libby! A crystal clear response, don’t you think??!! 🐾❤️
🐾🐾🐾 Consent Test 🐾🐾🐾
I often speak about this in our classes and 1-2-1s.
While dogs are social creatures and enjoy and even need our company, petting and stroking is often more reinforcing to us humans than our dogs. A consent test often lets us know if our dogs just want our company or actual enjoy the petting.
Stroke your pet for 5 seconds and then remove your hand! What happens, what does your pet do? Do they do nothing, do they shift or move away, or do they instigate further contact?
Here is a short video of Evie, what do you think is she telling me? What does Evie want?
**** Cabin update ****
All coming together now! The outside space being prepared now too.
April will be a busy month for us as the purpose flooring goes down and painting completed. We will begin moving over all the equipment and setting up dedicated enrichment and Scentwork areas. We can’t wait to share it with you all.
Little snippet from our Chose Me Workshop 🐾
**** Answer to body language post ***
So well done everyone, many of you were on the right track. The first thing I would say is that was a snippet of much longer play; so you need the full picture before you can really see what is happening. Just like you need to watch the whole dog! So at the beginning Salt (black collar) was chasing Hope he then ran away and waited for her to catch him. Watch how they watch each other, Hope runs over to engage him again. Open mouths, loose bodies, tails are soft not rigid in the air. Ears alert but in natural position. Salt engages in the chase, (Hope falls over or was she pushed!), then they switch and Hope is chasing. Hope catches up and turns so Salt will chase her but Salt being slightly more mature wants a break so goes in a different direction. He watches her as he knows she is coming and he stops to show her that he is finished. There is a little bitey face but Salt keeps moving away and as Hope comes in for the last word you can see Salt moves his body. I interrupted at this point. There is so much communication going on between both dogs. It is absolutely fascinating! Why not come and learn more about your dogs conversation at our Body Language Workshop - for more details please get in touch.
For a little fun today tell us what you see! A) two dogs playing both enjoying it. 😎 one dog wanting to play the other not wanting to engage or C) aggressive behaviour.... Also tell us why!
We have been working on lots of videos as part of our Body Language Workshop - learn how to understand your dog! If you would like more information please let us know.