Oving Dog Training Group

03/02/2025

Lovely stand stay at class today.

05/01/2025

So, Christmas and New Year are now behind us. Hopefully you have all enjoyed a rest and a bit of down time but it’s now time to shift the focus back to what we want to achieve with our dogs. This term we have a great influx of new handlers, however we do still have a few places available for anyone thinking that they want to improve their heelwork, recall, GCDS achievements, send to bed/send away, stop the dog, scent etc. We also have a few places left on our puppy foundation courses, especially on a Tuesday evening 6pm to 6.30pm. We train at Jubilee Hall in Oving which is heated and secure with specialised matting to ensure that your puppies are safe. We primarily follow the Kennel Club Puppy Foundation course whilst also injecting many additional expert training techniques from some of the best trainers in the country. Please msg on fb or email [email protected] for more information.

To our current and new handlers, we are so excited about welcoming you to training next week.

Oh, and did we mention we offer free tea, coffee and a biscuit to all.

Best wishes for a great New ‘dog training’ Year.

Oving Dog Training Group
Jubilee Hall
Oving
PO20 2DQ

31/12/2024

Get those TV’s up loud everyone. It’s New Year’s Eve and it’s going to be noisy. Even dogs that are okay with noises can suddenly be spooked if they are caught out unexpectedly and then you may have an ongoing problem. Plus, if you’re a bit older like me, it also means that for once you will be able to hear every word on the tv. Keep your pets indoors as much as possible and think about taking them out for wees and poohs on lead tonight, even when just going out into the garden. Looking forward to seeing you all next week. 🐾 🐶 🐾 🐶 🐾

06/10/2024

So, who is up for a challenge? First handler, who trains with Oving Dog Training, to post a video of their dog doing a bow on verbal or signal command will win a box of dog pooh bags. Don’t say we don’t spoil you 😂. I want bottoms in the air, elbows and nose on the ground - that’s the dogs btw! You can google how to - loads of videos available. Go, go, go our lovely handlers. 😉

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.