Green Wellies Gareth; Dog Training & Dog Walking.

06/01/2025

Left hand finish with Sylvester .

06/01/2025

Reposting this clip for the benefit of folk in the current KC Bronze Award class . Remember to practise this exercise daily in the run up to the assessment on 25th Jan . Also remember the three 'D's Distance, Duration and Distraction - don't overwhelm your dog . Build it up slowly by concentrating on one 'D' at a time.

06/12/2024

They won't be upset, honestly.

❌AT CHRISTMAS YOUR DOG DOESN’T HAVE TO:

🧑‍🎄 Visit Santa at the garden centre

🎄 Be around your visitors

🎅🏽 Go to other peoples houses

🎄 Go to see the Christmas lights switch on

🍺 Go to the busy pub on Christmas Eve

If they are anxious or get worried about people, dogs or busy places or if they just don’t like doing these things. It’s not a fault if they don’t like doing these things, many dogs don’t enjoy ‘human activities’ like this (some do, I have one that loves all of it and two that would be 🫤 ).

✅ Instead they may prefer to:

🚪 Be in their safe space (see upcoming post on this), a quiet room they like being in with a dog gate on the doorway when you have a house full of people who may scare them

🐕 Have an extra trip to a freedom field on Christmas morning and some extra enrichment at home while you go and visit family for a few hours if they’d find it stressful to come with you

🐶 A meet up with a dog or human friend at a place they like rather than a trip to the heaving pub on Christmas Eve

🦴 A trip to a dog enrichment centre or a 121 in an activity they love (scent work, mantrailing etc) rather than an outing to see the Christmas lights switched on

🍖 Some dog safe Christmas biscuits you’ve made them rather than dressing up in a dog Santa outfit

Loads of these Christmas ‘traditions’ that we enjoy are not enjoyed by our dogs, especially if they are anxious or more sensitive. Even the most robust dog may tolerate these activities rather than love them.

Please be mindful of your dogs wants and needs and don’t put them into situations they find stressful just because we want them to be part of Christmas. It’s your Christmas, not your dogs, they really won’t mind not being included in everything you do ❤️

Laura McAuliffe Dog Communication 2024

06/12/2024

Severe weather warning - tomorrow's class is postponed!

23/11/2024

This afternoon's classes have been cancelled on account of the rain and strong wind Met warnings . See you all next week and stay safe!

16/11/2024

So exciting to be part of a Kennel Club Dog Training Scheme Bronze Award class this afternoon. I'm resuming dog training instruction after a gap of just over a year and boy have I missed it! 🥰

20/10/2024

Three places filled and three vacancies on this Kennel Club accredited dog training course . Ideal if you feel having an accredited course is necessary for your chosen path. Great for developing working canine- human partnerships were UK accreditation is useful - eg owner trained assistance dogs and therapy dogs . Interested? Drop me a line and I'll send you the details.

02/10/2024

02/10/2024

A small change of plan as another instructor is offering puppy classes at Tal y Sarn Farm and instead I'll be instructing the next stage up - The Bronze Award. Get in touch if you'd like to develop your canine-human partnership by subscribing to a Kennel Club accredited dog training scheme.

27/09/2024

Posting here again after a 12 month break to concentrate on other things (new day job , new volunteering activities with SARDA and National Coastwatch Institute).

In November I'm excited to announce that I will be offering Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Training Classes again on Ynys Mon again . I'll post more details shortly . The Kennel Club have approved my application to teach the course at the venue (details tba).

15/09/2023

Pretty cool video of livestock guarding breed at work.

The footage of a puma hunting sheep was captured with thermal imaging cameras in the Patagonian wilderness as part of a new National Geographic show.

11/08/2023