Buttonlove Owner Education, Puppy, Junior & Pet Dog Training Classes

27/11/2024

If you are an owner of an XL bully type dog, please don't miss this important deadline. 📢

Dogs aged between 7 and 12 months on the 31 January 2024 must be neutered by 31 December 2024.

Read more from Defra here 👉 https://bit.ly/49Q1Xa8

26/11/2024

Week 8 of puppy courses and these puppies did so well considering storm Bert was raging outside and the floor was wet with rain coming through the roof vents.

Recall past the treat bowl with optional "leave" cue.

Off lead heal work with sits and downs.

Practice wait and small recall.

Moving recall.

Chin target.

Remember these are only babies

26/11/2024

Week 8 of puppy courses.

Moving recall. Recall past the treat bowl. Heelwork with sits & downs. Plus more - extra videos in comments - these are only babies.

So proud of these puppies, they did brilliantly with storm Bert raging outside and rain coming in through the air vents.

They have signed up for the puppy graduate course (4 weeks), would you like to join them with your young dog? Only 1 space left.

25/11/2024

Puppy Graduate course starts Saturday the 30th at 12 lunchtime. 1 space remaining. £45 for 4 weeks.

22/11/2024

08/11/2024

Puppy Graduate Course for puppies who can perform wait, stay, down, sit, leave and basic lead walking.

Starting during November for 4 weeks. Evenings or Weekends.

Cost £45 for the course including printed notes. Maximum 4 puppies.

08/11/2024

Puppy Course for puppies who can perform a few basic tasks..

Starting during November for 4 weeks. Evenings or Weekends.

Cost £45 for the course including printed notes. Maximum 4 puppies.

02/11/2024

30/10/2024

Raw garlic is used by the natural veterinary community for its antimicrobial, antiseptic, antibiotic and yes, antihelminthis properties.

Fresh raw garlic has been effectively used as a deworming agent in pigs (Lans et al. 2007, Bartha et al. 2015), ruminants (Lans et al. 2007, Bullitta et al. 2018) and cats (Ronagh et al. 2015)

Bastidas (1969) treated a hookworm infestation in a meat-fed dog with raw garlic and tracked the mean daily larvae count (baby worms). Image attached. the graph You can see it plummets consistently to Day 10. Then they stop the treatment, and the larvae count goes straight back up again.

Interestingly, they found garlic to be more effective on baby worms than adult worms. So if you have a worm infection, it might not be the garlic you'd be relying on!

In another study in dogs, Andrei et al. (2011) noted a 90% reduction in larvae count per gram of faeces for all 6 worm species (including various roundworms, hookworms and whipworms) following a twice-daily, weight-dependent dose of their natural deworming concoction, which included a variety of popular anthelminthic herbs, garlic and pumpkin seed oil.

Too much of a good thing is dangerous. More on how to use garlic SAFELY in dogs...
https://dogsfirst.ie/raw-garlic-for-dogs/

REFS
Andrei, S., Ilie, M. S., Mederle, N. & Darabus, G. (2011) Testing the effectiveness of a plant extract in the therapy on some endoparasites in dogs. Lucrari Stiintifice – Medicina Veterinara, Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” Iasi, 54(3), pp. 247–254

Bastidas, G. J. (1969) Effect of ingested garlic on Necator americanus and Ancylostoma caninum. The
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 18(6), pp. 920–923.

30/10/2024

Garlic..... I've fed it for years. Always introduce in small amounts and make sure not to give too much for the weight of your dog.

Vet's will tell you that it is poisonous to dogs - it can be if you over feed it or if the dog gets hold of a whole bulb.

Make informed choices for your ward. :-)

Raw garlic is used by the natural veterinary community for its antimicrobial, antiseptic, antibiotic and yes, antihelminthis properties.

Fresh raw garlic has been effectively used as a deworming agent in pigs (Lans et al. 2007, Bartha et al. 2015), ruminants (Lans et al. 2007, Bullitta et al. 2018) and cats (Ronagh et al. 2015)

Bastidas (1969) treated a hookworm infestation in a meat-fed dog with raw garlic and tracked the mean daily larvae count (baby worms). Image attached. the graph You can see it plummets consistently to Day 10. Then they stop the treatment, and the larvae count goes straight back up again.

Interestingly, they found garlic to be more effective on baby worms than adult worms. So if you have a worm infection, it might not be the garlic you'd be relying on!

In another study in dogs, Andrei et al. (2011) noted a 90% reduction in larvae count per gram of faeces for all 6 worm species (including various roundworms, hookworms and whipworms) following a twice-daily, weight-dependent dose of their natural deworming concoction, which included a variety of popular anthelminthic herbs, garlic and pumpkin seed oil.

Too much of a good thing is dangerous. More on how to use garlic SAFELY in dogs...
https://dogsfirst.ie/raw-garlic-for-dogs/

REFS
Andrei, S., Ilie, M. S., Mederle, N. & Darabus, G. (2011) Testing the effectiveness of a plant extract in the therapy on some endoparasites in dogs. Lucrari Stiintifice – Medicina Veterinara, Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” Iasi, 54(3), pp. 247–254

Bastidas, G. J. (1969) Effect of ingested garlic on Necator americanus and Ancylostoma caninum. The
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 18(6), pp. 920–923.

07/10/2024

4 week puppy course starting 6pm on 17th October. £45 for the course to include notes.

Games based training and education for you and your puppy 😊

Monument Road, Wellington.

25/09/2024

DISTRACTED DOG WALKERS

The distracted dog walker is commonly seen chatting on their cell phone, wearing headphones or socializing with other people while oblivious to what their dog is doing, how their dog is feeling or what is going on in the environment.

This may not sound like a problem to some, but it is something that many people have a problem with, even more so if you have a reactive dog.

I compare walking a dog to driving a car. It’s not so much about our driving skills, but having to constantly be aware of the driving skills of others – trying to predict what they will do, which rules of the road they will ignore and how distracted they are. This is especially true in the country I live in, where driving can be a stressful experience.

I understand that we often need to multi task – there simply doesn’t seem to be enough time in our day to accomplish everything we need to, but walking our dogs should not be one of these times.

Some people might say – “but my dog is really friendly, well socialized, gets on well with everyone, is well trained, knows this environment well etc. and I hear that.

But another dog might not be – maybe they need space, are reactive, are not sociable, are recovering from an illness, might be terrified of another dog racing straight towards them chasing a ball thrown from a ball launcher etc.

If distracted dog walkers have no regard for other dogs or other people, they should at least have regard for their own dogs. Walking your dog should be a time of bonding, of relationship, of seeing the environment through the eyes of your dog, of reinforcing and teaching wanted behaviours, of keeping them safe and protected from the unknown.

Our dogs need us to be focused, to pay attention, to be aware and attentive.

Our dogs depend on us to advocate for them.

23/09/2024

💥 Do you have a Noise-Sensitive Dog? 💥 Are they frightened by Fireworks and Thunder? ⛈⚡️💥As a dog owner who has personally experienced the challenges of noise phobia, I understand the stress and worry it can bring. Whether your dog is terrified of fireworks, thunderstorms, or even the...

21/09/2024

Puppy Course starting Monday 14th October @ 6pm. £45 for 4 weeks.

Monument Road, Wellington.

ONLY 1 Space remaining.