Oving Dog Training Group

08/05/2024

Which colours do dogs see has come up a couple of times in training this week. See below a pictorial of how our dogs see colours (image kindly supplied by Ray Churcher, one of our Tuesday trainers).
Human eyes have three different types of cones, which allows us to identify combinations of red, blue, and green. Dogs, on the other hand, have only two types of cones, which means they can only discern blue and yellow. As a result, dogs are red-green colour blind.

17/04/2024

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got”

Whose quote is that? (No googling) and how does that affect our dog training?

Progression.

Think about your progress with your dog’s training. Think about reducing those lures and turning them into rewards, think about how much body movement you use to get your dog complete an exercise. Can you reduce it just a teeny weeny bit and then a little bit more, and again, and again? Think about different ways to get the result you’re looking for. If your dog isn’t responding to they way you’re asking it, is there a different way, and if they really aren’t responding at all break off and get them to do an exercise you know they can achieve. No dog wants to hear no, no, no all the time. They will learn so much quicker if you can praise them more than you correct them.

Finally, make sure those progressive steps are tiny. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Enjoy your training.

24/02/2024

We are looking for Trainee Trainers and would be pleased to hear from anyone who would like to discuss options with us. We will cover In House Training and financially support external training courses. Please contact Ruth or Veronica for further information.

19/02/2024

Congratuations to Veronica and Yogi for passing their Gold Good Citizens.

21/10/2023

26/07/2023

Today is National Dog Photography day. Let’s see your photos of your dogs - happy, funny, naughty, silly. There will be a prize for the ‘best in show’ as agreed by us trainers and the lovely Carl. No holding back, get those photos coming 😀

21/07/2023

Just a heads up about grass seeds. Pearl inhaled one today. It manifested itself in her sneezing a lot and bleeding from her nose juat a spot or two initially but later a lot! The sneezing was intermittent so after the first attack I thought she may have sneezed it out, then a second bout and again it stopped. Three or four sneezing sessions later she sneezed out so much blood one of her legs was covered in it. A quick trip to the vets, an anaesthetic and a nasal flush, the seed was caught in the back of her throat which was packed with gauze to catch it. One very tired dog and £318 later she is now sleeping but the seed has done a bit of damage to her nasal passage so on anti-inflammatory meds which was a one off injection which is active for 10 days ….. so be aware if your dogs start sneezing on a walk it is imperative you get them to the vet asap. The longer the seed is inside the dog the further it travels and therefore the harder it is to remove. The top of a dogs nasal passage is just 1cm away from their brain. Not a good place to have to dig around if it gets that far. Thankfully this was not that bad. I am a very relieved doggie mummy tonight. Rx

29/06/2023

If you want to take the KC bronze test this Sunday but haven’t let your trainer know please msg me tomorrow to book your place. Places are now almost full and I cannot take bookings after tomorrow.
Many thanks and good luck to all of those that have booked a place.

15/06/2023

Someone I know. Maybe an offer would be accepted.

Hi all, I've stupidly double booked some tickets for Assassin's at the Chichester Festival Theatre tomorrow evening performance at 7.30pm. Very good front stall seats, £50.00 per ticket if anyone is interested let me know! Annoyingly I cannot cancel them 🤦🏼‍♀️

14/06/2023

Does anyone know of a lab or lab/retriever cross looking for a new home? I have a lady looking for a dog. This lady could consider a more mature dog. It would be a very good home.

05/04/2023

I have been asked if any of our handlers would like to be a stooge for sniffer dog training for drug detection work. This would usually be carried out in garden centres or supermarket car parks and would entail the handler having a drug planted on them for the dogs in training to pick out. This is not dangerous work nor will you end up in jail for carrying drugs but would be a great opportunity to speak to the handlers of these dogs and to see them in action. Please message me if you would like to take up this opportunity. This is unpaid but the experience would be interesting.

27/02/2023

Anyone know what this is?

21/02/2023

Anyone else or is this just me?

20/02/2023

https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/breakthrough-hope-from-alabama-rot-study-as-potential-cause-identified/

University of Bristol researchers said they have found a potential bacterial candidate organism that could be the disease's cause – and are now appealing for veterinary professionals to help confirm this.

08/02/2023

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02/02/2023

Wow, how amazing is this.

Farm dog Bobi has been crowned the world's oldest living pooch to ever exist, after celebrating his 30th birthday with the Costa family in Leiria, Portugal, last year

10/01/2023

To all our newbies this week AND our returning handlers ….. you are not alone

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30/12/2022

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06/12/2022

It’s Christmaaaaaas! 🐶🎄🍕🌭🎉🎁

Looking forward to seeing you all at our Christmas party tonight. Jubilee Hall at 7pm. Games, food, drink, annual awards and trophies and a guest speaker who sounds very interesting. Prize for best fancy dressed dog. Raffle - happy to receive raffles prize donations at the hall tonight.

And the best bit, it is all totally free! How good is that!

14/07/2022

Fun Dog Show Saturday, 16th July 2022

There will be other notices going up but just to advise that due to the extreme temperatures being forecasted for the next few days we have had to cancel the dog show element of the St Thomas a Becket church fete to be held at Pagham Village Hall this Saturday. The fete will still go ahead but the organisers are asking people to please consider leaving theirs dogs at home when attending the fete.

I have a few Lucky Programme tickets left to give out so if anyone would like one and is happy to collect please let me know in the comments below. One prize of £25 for the lucky ticket drawn.

24/06/2022

Dont you just love this little chap. Who knows what goes on in their minds.

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15/06/2022

It’s that time of year and with a hot, hot, hot few days on the cards time to remind you about the obvious.

Please do not walk your dogs on hot pavements or in the extreme heat of the day, and always take water with you and offer it to your dog regularly in small amounts. Try to walk early in the morning or early evening. If you’re unsure about the pavement temp just hold your hand on it for a min, or even better your bare foot. If you can’t stand it neither can your dog. If you want to see just how badly your dog can suffer, google burnt paws on pavements and look at images - it’s shocking!

And of course dogs die in hot cars. Never, ever leave your dog in your car during the summer months.

Have a fabulous safe summer everyone.

16/04/2022

Happy, happy Easter from all your trainers at Oving Dog Training BUT a word of warning, please be careful where you hide those Easter eggs. Remember dogs have the most amazing ability to sniff out anything from ‘you know what’ to the most delicious anything you cook including everything that is toxic to them which includes chocolate. Hide the eggs well or crate your furry friends if you’re planning an Easter egg hunt with your little non furry ones.
Have a safe and lovely Easter and see you all soon.
🐶🐶🐶

06/04/2022

Just found this video of one of our Monday handlers sending her lovely cocker around an object ie me! One little hiccup but I think that was just the distraction of items left on the stage. Very well done though.