Esk Valley Dog Training

07/09/2025

06/09/2025

Are you accidentally rewarding your dog for unwanted behaviours?

05/09/2025

Stressed out going to the vet?

Dreading taking your dog to the groomer?

Anxious about touching your dog?

Your dog may have undiagnosed pain issues. They’ll feel it but their way of telling you might be quite subtle.

Watch this video to see how I am working with Breeze’s pain issues. Everyone should do this to prepare for vet, groomer and family visits

01/09/2025

Are you embarrassed being dragged to the park by your dog?

Frustrated that everything you’ve tried hasn’t worked?

In pain with all the pulling, pulling, pulling?

Loose leash walking is one of the hardest skills to train and we’ve had clients who have had back injuries, shoulder injuries and even broken bones from their dog’s pulling!

Louise showing not just her loose leash walking training skills in this videos but lovely check-ins for recall too.

29/08/2025

Inspired by Molly's recent video our trainee dog trainer, Amy, showing her skills. Well done Amy!

29/08/2025

Interesting

In conclusion, this study shows that the risk of cranial cruciate ligament disease in dogs is linked to how long they are exposed to natural sex hormones, and the relationship isn’t simple or linear. The highest risk was seen when females were spayed before about 1054 days (just under 3 years) and males before about 805 days (a little over 2 years). These results may help define what counts as “early” spay or neuter when it comes to cranial cruciate ligament disease risk.

Veterinary reproduction specialists now recommend hormone-preserving sterilization: preventing unwanted litters & less risk of torn cruciates.

29/08/2025

Do you have a handful of a herding dog?

Getting crazed out by your collie?

Struggling with your Shepherd? (GSD)

Herding breeds thrive on movement, and without that, they can be difficult, barky, stress and get reactive.

One piece of magic is to play herding games with your herder. This video shows a simple game you can play in your own home and it can make a MASSIVE difference!

28/08/2025

When you’re getting a puppy, only the best will do!

Molly is our puppy specialist and you can see her in the video with her lovely Kelpie, working on impulse control. Excellent - great work Molly!

Molly is delighting Esk Valley Dog Training Clients! “Hi Nick, just a quick note to say how happy we are with Molly as our coach. She’s terrific. Listens closely and devises pragmatic approaches to address the issue, or to use a different approach that works for us and Farne. She also seems to take a genuine interest in the context - what else is going on that might have an impact on the training/what the best approach might be, given the context. Really good, and she is so down to earth and easy to talk to.”

Follow the link to get in touch and find out how to make sure your puppy lives it best life with you

27/08/2025

Are you anxious about your dog’s separation anxiety?

Worried about leaving your dog home alone?

Not going out, avoiding holidays and get togethers?

Separation Anxiety is a tricky thing to deal with and you could, inadvertently be making it worse. It’s not your fault, you don’t know what you don’t know.

Louise is an expert on separation anxiety having successfully resolved her own Husky’s separation anxiety, she has lived and breathed it’ Louise knows how it feels and will get you through this, so you can all live a happier life together.

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