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09/10/2024
19/09/2024

As we approach autumn, leaves will start to fall and along with it can be a fair few acorns. πŸ‚

Did you know that acorns (and the entire Oak tree) is poisonous to dogs?
Here's the signs and symptoms of acorn poisoning in dogs. Be sure to save this post for later and share to raise awareness! 🐢

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4enYgdu

19/09/2024
06/09/2024

⚠️ π‘Ύπ’‰π’š 𝑰 π’˜π’π’'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 π’‚π’‘π’‘π’†π’‚π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒏 π‘«π’π’ˆπ’” π‘©π’†π’‰π’‚π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ (π‘½π’†π’“π’š) π‘©π’‚π’…π’π’š

Yesterday, I received the following email from a researcher for the TV programme *Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly*:

"𝑀𝑦 π‘›π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’ 𝑖𝑠 (redacted) 𝐼 π‘€π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘˜ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑇𝑉 π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘€ β€˜π·π‘œπ‘”π‘  π΅π‘’β„Žπ‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘›π‘” (π‘‰π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘¦) π΅π‘Žπ‘‘π‘™π‘¦β€™.

𝐼 π‘€π‘Žπ‘  β„Žπ‘œπ‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘’π‘›π‘žπ‘’π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘  π‘‘π‘œ π‘€β„Žπ‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘š π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘š π‘€π‘œπ‘’π‘™π‘‘ 𝑏𝑒 π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 π‘Ž π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘“ π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘’π‘π‘–π‘ π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘  π‘€β„Žπ‘–π‘β„Ž 𝑀𝑒 π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘“π‘–π‘™π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘” 𝑛𝑒π‘₯𝑑 π‘€π‘’π‘’π‘˜ 𝑖𝑛 πΏπ‘Žπ‘›π‘π‘Žπ‘ β„Žπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘›π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿ πΏπ‘¦π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘š.

π‘Šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘ π‘β„Žπ‘’π‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘’π‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘“π‘–π‘™π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘› π‘‡π‘’π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘¦ 10π‘‘β„Ž π‘†π‘’π‘π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œπ‘” π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑒π‘₯π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘œπ‘›π‘π‘œπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘“π‘–π‘™π‘š π‘€π‘–π‘‘β„Ž 𝑒𝑠 π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘’π‘›π‘‘ π‘Žπ‘› β„Žπ‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ 𝑖𝑛 π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘›π‘œπ‘œπ‘›. π‘Šπ‘’ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘™π‘œπ‘œπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘Ž π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘“π‘’π‘ π‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘Žπ‘™ π‘‘π‘œ π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘€π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘’ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ β„Žπ‘’π‘™π‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘œπ‘“ π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘œπ‘”π‘  π‘‘π‘œ π‘›π‘œπ‘‘ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ π‘Ž π‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘’π‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘”π‘‘π‘œπ‘›π‘’.

π‘Šπ‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘’π‘™π‘‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘™π‘™π‘¦ 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘¦π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘€π‘› π‘‘π‘œπ‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘“π‘–π‘™π‘šπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘€ π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’ π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘ π‘–π‘£π‘’ π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘–π‘›π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘‘π‘œ π‘›π‘œπ‘›-π‘£π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘π‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘π‘ , π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘šπ‘œπ‘ π‘‘π‘™π‘¦ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘”π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ .

π‘ƒπ‘™π‘’π‘Žπ‘ π‘’ 𝑙𝑒𝑑 π‘šπ‘’ π‘˜π‘›π‘œπ‘€ 𝑖𝑓 π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  𝑖𝑠 π‘ π‘œπ‘šπ‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘” π‘¦π‘œπ‘’ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘›π‘˜ π‘Žπ‘›π‘¦π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘€π‘œπ‘’π‘™π‘‘ 𝑏𝑒 π‘–π‘›π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘’π‘‘ 𝑖𝑛. 𝑂𝑓 π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’, π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘¦β€™π‘‘ 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 β„Žπ‘Žπ‘π‘π‘¦ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘œπ‘› π‘π‘Žπ‘šπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ž, 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑑 π‘€π‘œπ‘’π‘™π‘‘ 𝑏𝑒 π‘Ž π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ π‘‘π‘œ π‘ β„Žπ‘œπ‘€ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘ π‘˜π‘–π‘™π‘™π‘ !"

My first thought was to delete the email. I'm not a fan of Graeme Hall. I've watched a few episodes of his show, and in my opinion, he seems to make things up as he goes along, relying on outdated training methods.

However, I was puzzled. Was the β€œcravat” unwell, and they needed a stand-in? I'm a nobody – why on earth would they want to film me training a dog when there are so many high-profile trainers out there? Curiosity got the better of me, so I decided to give the researcher a call.

I'm still in shock as I write this. The researcher explained that they wanted to invite me to Lytham with my Border Collie to "demonstrate" to Graeme Hall how I would train my dog not to respond to a phone ringtone.

Graeme would then take my training method and use it to teach the Border Collie of the family seeking help – all while filming it for his TV show!

WTF 😳😳😳

I decided to dig a bit deeper and reached out to the force-free dog training community to see if anyone else had experienced something this bizarre.

It turns out that many trainers had also been asked to attend filming sessions to show Graeme how to train dogs before the cameras rolled. Most reported that they refused because of his methods, but a few had shown him and his team how to train a dog, only to be dismissed without any credit for their expertise.

I then did some open-source research on "The Country’s Best Dog Trainer," as the *Daily Telegraph* calls him. He has no formal training in canine behaviour or training. He’s essentially winging it with the help of whatever trainers are willing to show up and assist him.

According to his website, he charges Β£875 per session πŸ€”πŸ˜§

Now I’m not someone who normally criticises other trainers. I prefer to let my clients decide if I’m the right trainer for them based on how I work with their dogs.

However, I couldn’t let this pass without making it public knowledge.

If you're looking for a dog trainer, please avoid this programme and this man. You have no idea whose techniques he’ll be using week to week, and given that most qualified and accredited trainers want nothing to do with him, the quality of training you’ll receive is questionable at best.

Instead, do your own research and find a local trainer who aligns with your own dog training ethics. Organisations such as The IMDT or APDT - Association of Pet Dog Trainers can help guide you to qualified & accredited trainers in your area.

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒕 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’…π’π’ˆπ’” π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒔!

Hi, I’m Hannah. I am a proud dog trainer using totally force free, scientific, ethical and evidence based methods to tra...
26/03/2024

Hi, I’m Hannah.

I am a proud dog trainer using totally force free, scientific, ethical and evidence based methods to train dogs!

I also ensure my education is up to date and backed by science based evidence.

I belong to the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (The IMDT), an organisation of accredited trainers.

I believe in keeping dogs and their owners safe by building confidence, whilst ensuring all parties are happy (dog included!)

Please get in touch if you have any questions for me about dog training, or share this post with someone else who think might.

πŸ“· photo of lovely client Skye learning to settle around distractions.

Hi, I’m Hannah. I am a proud dog trainer using totally force free, scientific, ethical and evidence based methods to tra...
18/03/2024

Hi, I’m Hannah. I am a proud dog trainer using totally force free, scientific, ethical and evidence based methods to train dogs!
I also ensure my education is up to date and backed by science based evidence.
I belong to the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers (The IMDT), an organisation of accredited trainers.
I believe in keeping dogs and their owners safe by building confidence, whilst ensuring all parties are happy (dog included!)
Please get in touch if you have any questions for me about dog training, or share this post with someone else who you think might.

πŸ“· photo of lovely client Skye learning to settle around distractions.

09/03/2024

I had the very first set of mats that came out from LickiMat and I have been promoting them ever since...

However, since the company has decided to promote a well-known abusive, unqualified dog trainer, I will no longer be promoting or buying their products.

As a company who makes items directed at improving dogs lives, it's disappointing to see them promoting someone who makes profit off of compromising dog's welfare.

Lickimat, ZeeDog, Bully Billows and We Feed Raw - do better for dogs.

05/03/2024

Honestly makes me so mad watching videos like this! I can tell you first hand that β€œletting them cry” really does not work!

22/11/2023

A few weeks ago we posted regarding the muzzle training clinics registered veterinary nurse and fear free practitioner, Lily would be offering our bull breed patients.

We are delighted to report that the clinics have been really popular and Lily has been meeting lots of lovely XL Bullys and their parents along with some other bull cross breeds who have decided to muzzle train.

The beautiful model in our picture is very sweet Nessa who is enjoying a little squeezy, cheesy treat whilst she gets used to the feel of a muzzle. Nessa is not an XL Bully but a Bully cross. For the moment and for peace of mind, her Mum has decided to muzzle train her.

The type of muzzle you can see in this picture is a Baskerville Ultra and these are the muzzles of choice for bull breeds due to their broad fit. Panting and feeling comfortable is absolutely vital to any dog who wears a muzzle and Nessa will be able to pant and also drink or eat snacks whilst wearing it.

What a super star she and her Mum are!

A quick reminder of what we are offering

A 20% discount on these sessions to any dogs of a 'bully' type breed.

They will include the following.

- Helping to find a suitable muzzle that fits appropriately and teaching your dog to wear a muzzle without being afraid

- Professional advice on neutering and answering any questions regarding the exemption process

Even if your dog is not an XL bully breed it is always useful to muzzle train to prepare in case your dog ever needs a muzzle on. A muzzle does not mean your dog is aggressive but sometimes the only way a dog can express pain or fear is to snap. It is a far more stressful ordeal if your dog has to have a muzzle placed when it has never had one before as they try and pull it off and can panic, which can cause further stress.

These special clinics will initially be performed by our registered veterinary nurse and fear free practitioner Lily. Lily will aim to travel between clinics but is also possible that you may be required to travel to another site which isn't your usual clinic. Lily is extremely passionate about supporting this breed type and will be providing training to the rest of our nursing team to ensure that over time you can attend your preferred clinic.

If you would like to book in, please either call your local branch or email Lily directly at [email protected]

18/10/2023

Absolutely love this

08/06/2023
05/06/2023

I often feel that the adolescent stage in a dog’s life is overlooked, while on the other hand there is a lot of information out there about puppies; some really good stuff, some not so good.

People often do a lot of research about how to care for their new puppy, but many people are shocked by behaviours that emerge once the puppy stage is over. Many surveys show that during this period of a dog’s life they are at the highest risk of being surrendered to a shelter.

I personally receive a lot of phone calls about dogs at this age. The puppy that was walking beautifully on the lead, staying close by their guardian’s side on walks, has all of a sudden started to pull like a train, running off and going deaf when called. Puppy biting is to be expected, but it gets harder when those bites are from an adolescent, especially with big breeds. They can now reach counter tops, their jumping up has stopped being cute and instead of everyone stopping to say how adorable your pup is, they are now shouting at you because your over -excited dog is scaring theirs and hasn't quite learnt how to read other dog’s communication properly yet.

This is not a 'how to' on adolescent dogs, but a few things that may help. As always, if you are really struggling, seek support from a force free professional.

Things to consider:

1. The behaviours they are presenting are often very normal! It can be really tough, but try to remember they are not being naughty, they are being dogs. Finding appropriate outlets for their normal dog behaviours is key.

2. Adolescence can occur at different ages depending on breed and also the individual dog. Many two year olds are still going through this stage.

3. Your dog is not just going through massive hormonal changes but changes in their brain too. Quick castration to reduce these hormonal changes can be damaging and often make situations worse. It's no different to a child becoming a teenager, apart from a teenager is usually a lot harder to deal with and the adolescent stage lasts a lot longer in humans.

4. Just because teething is nearing its end does not mean they don’t need to chew. Chewing is a large part of being a dog. Teething also lasts a lot longer than many think. With some dogs still suffering at 8-9months. Not all dogs love to chew the same things. Try different things to see what they enjoy.

5. Sleep patterns change. They will need less sleep and sometimes struggle to settle at night. In this case use lots of enrichment. This can include toys such as Kongs, Licki Matts, scatter feeding, and Snuffle Matts. Also have enriching walks; slow down, let them sniff, and encourage foraging. Running around like a loon isn't the answer and will only tire them physically, leaving you with a frustrated brain and an exhausted body which is a recipe for frantic, hyperactive and frustrated behaviours.

6. It is common for dogs at this age to have spurts of energy around late afternoon and evening. This can be difficult - I've known lots of dogs to start biting and pulling at their humans at this time. Try to initiate some level of interaction. Pre-empt this time. If you know they go a bit crazy at 5PM take them on a sniffy walk at 4.45pm. Do some scent work in the garden or around the house. Give them a frozen Kong or a raw bone. Make sure they have an outlet for their energy and frustration.

7. Adolescent dogs can have little spurts of fearful periods. It's common for them to sometimes feel overwhelmed by things they appeared to be OK with before. Let them explore at their own pace. Support them, be patient and don’t push them into situations they are struggling with.

8. Don’t stop telling your puppy they are amazing. It's easy to ignore the perfect pup walking by your side. It's easy not to notice the little glances back at you on walks. Don’t just notice the bad behaviours, do a happy dance and have a party every time they get it right. This will make them want to continue these behaviours when they reach adolescence.

9. Your dog’s behaviour will be somewhat of a yo yo. Seemingly forgetting everything they have learnt one day and being an angel the next. Keep at it, it's normal.

At this age they are finding out who they are in the world. They are exploring, finding out what works for them and what doesn't. Remember how it felt to be a teenager; the confusion, the change in how you thought as a child and then started thinking like an adult, the emotions flooding over you, the feeling of being out of control. Our dogs probably experience adolescent life in a very similar way.

They may appear to be over the top, stubborn, obnoxious pains in the arses, but they are struggling too! They need patience, support, consistency and outlets for their normal species - specific behaviours. Try to ride the storm with them, not against them. It will be worth all the hard work, I promise

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17/11/2022

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26/10/2022

We launched an investigation into the conduct of the makers and sellers of popular shock collar products for dogs, including PetSafe, Invisible Fense, SportDog, and PremierPet.

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