Kangal Dog Trainer UK

Kangal Dog Trainer UK Owned, rescued, rehabilitated, trained & loved Turkish Kangals and Anatolian Shepherd Dogs for 15 yrs.

Specialist help for Livestock Guardian Dog breeds who are trying to adapt to living in Towns & Cities in the UK

Online / video call / telephone call / or in-person, face to face Assessments.Whether we meet in person or talk on the p...
25/04/2025

Online / video call / telephone call / or in-person, face to face Assessments.

Whether we meet in person or talk on the phone I will NOT need to see your Kangal barking / lunging / spinning / rearing up in order to be able to help.

Ive already seen hundreds of dogs barking & lunging before and I do not need to see your dog do it.
My advice will be tailored based on the information you provide on your Assessment Form plus talking to you to gather lots of information .

Check my availability and see further details here:
https://www.kangaldogtraineruk.co.uk/booking

What's your favourite food? (Resource Guarding & Aggression)What's your favourite food? Crinkly chips would be at the to...
24/04/2025

What's your favourite food? (Resource Guarding & Aggression)

What's your favourite food? Crinkly chips would be at the top of my list.

When I sit down to eat my dinner I enjoy the experience. No one bothers me. No one touches me or strokes me(!!) And no one keeps taking my plate of chips away from me. I'm allowed to just eat in peace. This allows the experience to be pleasurable and means meal times are nice & stress free.

There's no need for anyone to walk up to me or to prove that they can remove my food from me. What would be the point? For what purpose would it ever be useful that someone can remove food from me? In case the food is poisonous?? Well, I've been taught to understand that so, on the rare occasion that I may be eating some poisonous chips a simple "leave it" would work ….

If, whilst I was eating my chips, someone walked up to me and threw a £20 note next to my plate then I'd soon be excited that people approach me. It wouldn't take very long for me to be excited that someone is approaching me - theres no pressure, this person just walks up to me, throws a £20 note down and walks off again …. Jeeeez, I'd soon learn how cool it is when people walk up to my plate of chips!

Repeated over & over I would soon start predicting what was coming next. I'd see the person getting closer and start to feel excited for my £20 note.

I'm learning that people approaching my plate of chips is AWESOME.

Or, someone could just walk up to my chips and take the plate away. Then they'd give it back a minute later. Just as I was enjoying my meal, this person walks over, lifts my plate up and takes my chips away.

Now, I'm dreading this person walking over to me. Mealtimes are becoming stressful. I'm starting to hate the experience. I might start gulping my food as quickly as I can so, in turn the person tries grabbing the plate quicker & faster.

Repeated over & over I would start predicting whats coming next. I'd start to tense up as soon as I see this person approach. I'd become anxious. I'd start to lose my temper. I might shout at you to back off or slap your hand away.

I'm learning that people approaching my plate of chips is AWFUL.

If you don't want your Kangal to learn how to growl at you around food then don't teach him too …. Don't teach him that people approaching food is awful. Teach him its awesome. Build up that positive history in your dogs head that theres nothing to worry about.

You can create a dog that growls & snaps over food or you can create a dog that feels happy & comfortable around food.

Which would you like?

Resource Guarding / growling / snapping / biting whenever someone tries to take something which you consider valuable away from you is perfectly normal - we all do it

https://www.kangaldogtraineruk.co.uk/blog/whats-your-favourite-food-resource-guarding-amp-aggression

Reactive Kangal? Look at the bigger pictureMar 29When I go to a Behaviour Consult for dog reactivity I often feel that t...
24/04/2025

Reactive Kangal? Look at the bigger picture
Mar 29
When I go to a Behaviour Consult for dog reactivity I often feel that the owners want to know "How do I stop my Kangal from barking at other dogs?" or "How do I stop my Kangal from lunging at other dogs?"

My answer is always the same: YOU DON'T

What we should be asking instead is: How do I help my Kangal to feel better whenever he sees a trigger so that he doesn't feel the need to react in the first place?

Its not about “When my dog is reacting, what should I do?” But rather, “How can I help my dog to NOT react in the first place?”

We shouldn't be punishing our Kangals for communicating to us that they feel scared or anxious but we CAN help to change their emotional response so that the reactivity doesn't happen and we can help them to cope better when they do see a trigger.

The first thing to look at is what else might be going on in that dogs world that is causing the stress levels to build.

This diagram is based on my own dog. She has a whole lot of things that bother her and I need to carefully manage her environment on a daily basis. Some of the things on this list are nothing at all to do with other dogs but I need to remember that these things cause her stress and so they must be taken in to consideration.

How many times do we hear "But he's fine some days, walks straight past other dogs without issue but on other days he really reacts & lunges at everything"

The answer could be hidden in the bigger picture …. If your Kangal is barking out of the window at people / barking at the postman / barking at birds in the garden / hiding from their harness AND THEN going out for a walk (full of stress!!) then its highly likely they may be more reactive on that day.

If you can help to reduce the barking around the house and train your dog to love the harness then when you go out for a walk they are not ready to snap & not full of stress.

*I don't walk my dog every day.

She can't cope with it. Too many things bother her in the big, wide, world and its almost impossible to train her when she becomes so unsettled so I keep her home and we do enrichment activities / scent work / training around the home.

*I rarely let her greet visitors to the house - It would take me hours to settle her afterwards.

*I don't let her have access to the front of the house so that she can't bark at everyone walking past.

*I never walk her without a muzzle.

*I keep her routine as strict as I can day after day.

All of these things play a part in how she reacts to other dogs / humans in the street. If I didn't manage her home environment so strictly then she would be far more reactive outside because her stress levels would be overflowing - make sense??

What would be on YOUR dogs list around the home?

What changes can you make at home to help reduce your dogs stress levels?

Have a think. Its a real thing! When we get stressed our behaviour goes pear-shaped and when we get stressed CONTIONIOUSLY, day after day after day it becomes really difficult to control your emotions

https://www.kangaldogtraineruk.co.uk/blog/reactive-dog-look-at-the-bigger-picture

Grab a coffee & a packet of biscuits and sit yourself down to read through some of our free Blogs covering all sorts of ...
22/04/2025

Grab a coffee & a packet of biscuits and sit yourself down to read through some of our free Blogs covering all sorts of useful topics such as aggression, digging, setting in your new dog, visiting the groomer plus lots more:

https://www.kangaldogtraineruk.co.uk/blog

🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE around children.🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE around visitors entering the home.🐾Y...
21/04/2025

🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE around children.
🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE around visitors entering the home.
🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE towards other dogs.
🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE when strangers approach.
🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE when you try to move him off the sofa / bed / into another room.
🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE when you approach him whilst he's eating a bone / chew / treat / his dinner.
🐾Your Kangal is not UNPREDICTABLE when you try to groom him / bathe home / trim his nails.

If you have already identified the exact moments when your Kangal is likely to struggle then he is entirely PREDICTABLE ..... You know EXACTLY what the issues are .... You know EXACTLY that there's a possibility of your Kangal reacting in those certain situations .... It's happened before (it may not happen all the time but that's a post for another day and there are many different reasons as to why "one day he's fine but the next day he's really lunging & barking") but yes, it has happened previously, over a period of weeks / months / years and it may gradually be getting worse.

So, if History is repeating itself and a pattern is forming as to when you see these behaviours then you can pretty much predict what will happen if you carry on as you are.

This makes your Kangal entirely PREDICTABLE ....*Not* UNPREDICTABLE.

You are blessed with a dog that tries to communicate with you in the only way he knows how.
It is your job as his owner to not only listen to that communication but to act on it, too. To hear what is being said. To hear what your Kangal is saying. To listen to what he is saying. To figure out what it is he needs to stop him from feeling this way.

You can predict that if your Kangal is in *that* environment or if he sees *that* trigger in the distance then he will begin to react.

You know what is coming.
It's happened before in that situation.

It's PREDICTABLE.

*Phew* that's the first part of your Training journey done!

The second & the most important part of your training journey is to stop & listen to your dog. If your dog still tries to communicate with you then grab that opportunity by the b*llox!!
Many dogs will give up even trying to communicate with their owner - they have been ignored for so long or punished for it over time that they'll stop even trying to tell you when they are struggling and these are the really sad, heartbreaking cases which take a lot more time & effort to help so ... If you are blessed with a dog that tries desperately to tell you that he doesn't like certain things then your job is far easier - grab this opportunity!

And now the third part of your Training journey is the actual Training Programme & the Behaviour Modification Plan.
This is always best done under the guidance & support of a suitably qualified & experienced canine professional who can tailor a Plan just for you & your dog.

But don't contact them to say, "My Kangal can be unpredictable...."

The complete opposite is usually closer to the truth

https://www.kangaldogtraineruk.co.uk/

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