Pup School Suffolk

08/12/2024

Look at our fabulous new treat bags - a brilliant Christmas present for any dog lover! 🎅🎄🐾

08/12/2024

Danny was my reindeer! He's a great running companion 🎅🦌

08/12/2024

Me and Danny did the 10K santa run today in the wind and rain. Hard work, my legs hurt but great fun and the 700+ calories meant I could eat loads of cake afterwards! 🎅🎅🎅

05/12/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Anne Stainsby, Sandra Gordon, Julia Kuivenhoven

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community, fans

05/12/2024

Puppy in a box!

We don't just talk the talk! We go to training too. Prim and Flora are loving the training at 4 Paws Fun Dog Training - Diss. As a bonus they're both knackered afterwards and we get a lovely afternoon of peace! ❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾

03/12/2024

Some puppy groups it's sad to say goodbye to! This was our Saturday super group! Everyone came each week - made loads of progress and were so cheerful and positive. Huge congratulations. Happily, lots of them are coming back to do adolescent training 💜🐾💜🐾💜🐾💜

Well done to the lovely
Stark
Edie/Mabel
Darcy
Dora
Charlie
Fable
Stanley

Keep up the training and see you all soon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

03/12/2024

Welcome to our lovely new puppy reception groups - what a sweet little group of puppies

Meet...
Handsome Henry the hungarian vizla💙
Lovely Lainey the golden retriever🩷
Super Scout the Welsh terrier💚
Ravishing Rex the Belgian malinois🩵
Zooming Zebby the cocker spaniel🖤
Lovely Luna the lurcher❤️
Marvellous Maple the hungarian vizla🧡
Magical Molly the chocolate labrador💜
Ravishing Rosie the yellow labrador💛

What a super lot of puppies and well done on your first week training - we're really looking forward to supporting these lovely puppies and owners with their training 💜🐾💜🐾💜🐾

03/12/2024

Huge congratulations to Abigail, Matt and Sasha on passing their IMDT bronze grade! Special congratulations as I remember how hard it was to get Sasha to join even the puppy reception group as her anxiety levels were so high - her owners worked with her carefully and sympathetically (and still are) and look at the progress she's made. 🥉⭐️🐾🥉⭐️🐾🥉⭐️🐾🥉

03/12/2024

Huge congratulations to Chloe and Obi on passing their IMDT puppy grade - what stars they are! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

01/12/2024

I'm so very proud of Danny today and his RallyOnline Group scores for the latest competition -
Level 1 209/210 excellent score - how did we lose that 1 mark?!
4th place
Level 2 207/210 excellent score.
4th place
His first ever go at RKC rally - online this time but we'll have a go at live rally this year. I had no intention of doing obedience with Dan but he excels at everything I do with him - he's the dog that keeps on giving and I love that. Give him a job and he's the happiest dog in the world. Go Danny! ❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾

01/12/2024

I'm so proud of Baby today and her RallyOnline Group scores for the latest competition -
Level 3 195/210 excellent score
Level 4 192/210 excellent score.
Her first excellent Level 4 score and her 3rd excellent Level 3 score giving her the title Uffspring Undreamed Of vRL3Ex to add to her RL2Ex title.
You are a star ⭐️ Baby and a dream to work with - all this only 4 months after having her babies 🧡🐾🧡🐾🧡🐾🧡🐾🧡🐾🧡

15/11/2024

Speed demon - slow down! 🤣

15/11/2024

Putting it all together - with your liability of a handler! 🖤🩷

15/11/2024

Oh Danny you're amazing - learning your threadle wrap! 🩷🖤

15/11/2024

The puppieshad some brilliant socialisation again today. Where am I? If you know, you know! 🩷🖤

15/11/2024

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Do you know a special pet who deserves a pampering? Nominate them for a FREE GROOM today!
This Christmas we want to give away a free grooming session and we need your help. If you know someone with a special pet, someone who is struggling, someone who spends all their time and energy on others, or someone who just needs a little extra help, then you can nominate them and their pet for a free groom! We take all kinds and sizes of dog, and are one-to-one groomers meaning that reactive or nervous dogs need not worry about other dogs in the salon with them.
Nominate yourself or someone else by sending us a PM, telling us why you think this person and their pet deserves a free groom. Nominations close on Thursday 28th November and we'll choose a winner on Friday 29th November so you only have two weeks to get your nomination in!

14/11/2024

Littermates/ sibling puppies

Tip number 2

Having two (or more?!) puppies at the same time - or a young dog under 2 and a puppy - has many positives but also some negatives! One of the negatives is over the top, continual play which can sometimes drift into fighting, particularly as the puppies get older. How do we deal with this without tearing our hair out multiple times per day?!

Firstly, check if it really is over the top play. Sometimes just a few minutes of loud play can feel too much but it isn't fair for the puppies to be separated constantly. Play can be allowed and encouraged in some places - the garden is ideal but not easy when it's pouring with rain. Look at adapting other areas temporarily - a garage or barn with loads of toys is a good place for puppies to have playtime. Other areas, the sitting room for example, might not be great.

Ensure puppies are getting rest time. Make sure puppies can be separated from very early on, always give them a lovely new chew, Kong, snuffle mat etc so separation is fun, not punishment. Make sure they are separated several times a day, for training, walks, play and rest times. Overly tired puppies are more likely to be tetchy with each other - just like children!

Train a settle - this is an excellent way to train space, self control, calmness and stillness. Initially train a settle separately and then introduce a settle near to each other - brilliant for self control and calmness. Also work on impulse control - again promoting self control and calmness.

Finally, for those moments of madness when things just become way too much, teach a positive interrupter. Rather than shout at your puppies - which may frighten some puppies and make others even more excited, and quickly becomes ignored anyway, teach a word that means - stop and you'll get the best treats/fun ever! A great way to stop puppies in their tracks and get them to immediately focus on their owner.

With these techniques and training you and the puppies can enjoy the fun and playing rather than hate it. Enjoy!

14/11/2024

Super socialisation yesterday and brilliant training today with Prim and Flora - somehow only managed to take photos of Flora - I'll take some of you next time Prim 🧡💛