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Building relationships between people and dogs using welfare guided reward based training methods.
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25/08/2024

NEW CLASSES BOOKING NOW!!
Starting SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER

Taught by Julie Brewer, highly qualified (using up to date methods), experienced (25+years), and kind dog trainer.

Tween Puppies - 16 weeks to 6 months - https://LittleTykesDogHub.as.me/TWEENS

Teenage Troubleshooting - 6 months and above -
https://LittleTykesDogHub.as.me/TEEN

The attendance certificate emails have been sent out. If you haven't received yours please email tykesdoghub@gmail.com ...

25/08/2024

The attendance certificate emails have been sent out. If you haven't received yours please email [email protected] and remind me to send yours. Julz

22/08/2024

Great Feedback from How to Avoid Dog Bites talk for Ark Rescue and Retirement Home for Animals
What would you like to learn more about dogs?

22/08/2024

Puppy Social Saturday, space available.
https://LittleTykesDogHub.as.me/play

21/08/2024

The key to dog body language is recognizing stress signals, and understanding what our own body language communicates to our dogs.

20/08/2024

What a wonderful evening teaching Dog Body Language and How To Avoid Dog Bites on behalf of The Ark Animal Rescue and Retirement Home. My dogs loved all the attention.
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20/08/2024

Instead of training dogs to meet the expectations of humans, we should be training humans to meet the psychological, physical, emotional and developmental needs of dogs.

20/08/2024

Noise sensitive dog? Twiggy and Dez both need help to cope. There are ways to make it easier for them and you. Get in touch.

19/08/2024

400G PATE available while stocks last.

Cost:
Each £5.00
3 for £12.00
Box of 12 for £48.00

Flavours are
Wild Boar, Goat, Rabbit, Salmon, Lamb, Beef or Chicken

Please message direct with your wish list and I can check stock. Once stock confirmed, payment can be made direct to Little Tykes Dog Hub, sortcode 522138 account 26190206 ref your name OR you can pay in cash at our unit on collection.
I am happy to do free deliveries locally to Grimsby, Cleethorpes area on prepaid orders only.

19/08/2024

Tomorrow Night,
Talk on HOW TO AVOID DOG BITES.

We have a few spaces left to join our staff on a coarse kindly held by Julie Brewer Behaviourist Trainer Veterinary Nurse with 35 years experience at The Little Tykes Dog Hub le Clay . Tuesday 20th August 6-8pm This talk is £10 per person
"HOW TO AVOID DOG BITES" language workshop.
Anybody wanting to attend please message us or Julie

16/08/2024

Do you ever feel like you are saying the same thing over and over again? Do you ever think about whether or not it’s useful? When it comes to explaining why it's so important to use reward-based methods, and all the lovely benefits of this approach, it's very useful. The more people talk about reward-based methods, the more this is seen as the social norm... It's great because every example you see of someone using rewards to train their dog successfully makes you more likely to want to try this yourself. With thanks to all the dog trainers who do this day in, day out!! You can read more on my blog, in a post from the archives on saying the same thing over and over in dog training.
https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2022/10/saying-same-thing-over-and-over-in-dog.html

15/08/2024

Thank you Mandy Ramsey, thinking of you and Izzy. Julz X###

14/08/2024

13/08/2024

Coming up this weekend in our cool building ....

DON'T MISS OUT!

LIKE, SHARE or COMMENT to let others know of these brilliant classes and coursed run by experienced and qualified Trainer Behaviourist.

Saturday
Puppy Social
Trick Training
Obedience class

Starting soon.......
7th September
Tween Puppy Course
Teenager Troubleshooting course

21st September
Toddler Puppy Course

Booking available in link below or contact 07532022509 for more information.

Private Training Hours also available via this link too...

https://LittleTykesDogHub.as.me/

13/08/2024

Poll results. There is hope for the human animal bond. As we learn more about them it becomes clearer why they are called "man's best friend" :-)

12/08/2024

There is always one dog who will challenge your knowledge, teach you to adapt, and learn. These are the best dogs. The ones who once you figure them out will make everything make sense. Tyke did that for me. But it took a while, I had to accept that I had to change before I could start to help him change.

12/08/2024

My screensaver on my computer is a photo of Maibee. I just considered changing it for a photo of my other dogs, but I felt a huge pang of regret at not seeing her every time I switch it on, and impending guilt if I had chosen to do so. It's shocking how much we are affected by our relationships with this other species, how deeply our hearts are affected by their loss. How lucky are we to have them in our lives, though their lives be so short in comparison to ours.

11/08/2024

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09/08/2024

08/08/2024

Brilliant training sessions available with very experienced Trainer and Behaviourist based in Holton Le Clay, indoor venue.

Please LIKE, SHARE or COMMENT to let others in on our services.

This weekend:
2.30pm Saturday - Puppy Social Playgroup ages 8-16 wk olds

4pm Saturday- Trick Training

5.30pm Saturday - Obedience training for 1 Yr old and above

Private Training hours also available for all breeds and ages.

New Courses start dates:
7th September Tween Puppy- for ages 16 to 30 wks old

7th September Teen Trouble shooting - for ages 6mth upto 2yr olds

21st September - Toddler Puppy course- for ages 8-16 wk olds.

All open for booking via this link or give us a call on 07532022509
https://LittleTykesDogHub.as.me/

07/08/2024

See Julie Brewer working with a reactive dog.

Julie Brewer from Little Tykes Dog Hub was asked by a vet to speak to the owner of this dog. They were struggling to help her with her fear of people and do...

Address

9 Nickerson Way
Grimsby
DN365HS

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 9pm
Tuesday	7am - 9pm
Wednesday	7am - 9pm
Thursday	7am - 9pm
Friday	7am - 9pm
Saturday	7am - 6pm
Sunday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+447532022509

Website

https://littletykesdoghub.wordpress.com/

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Videos

I Love Co Operative Care

Twiggy having her belly shaved ready for her ultrasound scan.

Twiggy isn't well. She hasn't been right for several months with intermittent episodes of inappetance and vomiting. This came to a head several weeks ago with what appeared to be a gastric bug, the boys had it at the same time but only for 24 hours, but she didn't get better, vomiting and diarrhoea daily, being more reluctant to eat and loosing weight. Investigation by ultrasound scan showed that her stomach wasn't emptying properly, and the incidental finding of a mass on her spleen was added to my anxiety bucket. She appeared to improve with meds and a special diet, here in a recent video she demonstrates feeling very much herself. Today I was excited to see that she'd gained back 2kg of the 4 she had lost. But tonight she has refused her tea, she's vomited and her guts are very noisy. She is booked in for a review scan of her spleen next week with a view to surgery (splenectomy) if the mass is growing. I haven't really told anyone how worried I am, I guess in my mind other people knowing makes it real, and I don't cope well with sympathy, reassurances are welcome. She's only 10 years old, and it's probably nothing ... right?

The aim is to fade the reward from the picture, so that you do not have to carry food or toys with you to have the dog still WANT to do the behaviour. Twiggy does the work because she has learned that she will be rewarded, but the food/toy doesn't have to be obvious to motivate her to work because the behaviour is well practiced, has been rewarded so frequently in the past that she is willing to bet that reward will follow, plus since training has never involved punishment we have a great bond, so to her we are just playing a game, look at her body language, she's happy to go with it. Here you see me "Run to the fridge" to get her reward, (A.K.A. Steve Mann - Easy Peasey Puppy Squeazy).

Just playing :-)

Growing confident at Puppy Fun Social. https://LittleTykesDogHub.as.me/play

Twiggy has a preferred play style, and she makes it very clear when her rules are broken (see end of video).

This little dog has an owner who is recovering from severe injuries and cannot walk easily, so we are focusing on position training using a target with a view to get them safely moving together. At this stage he only gets rewarded if he positions himself by her side. As she uses sticks to walk the target helps him learn to leave some space.

Handling Training ... this little dog hates the vets and fights to get off the table. This video shows stage 4 of his training plan. 1 being happy on the table without restraint, 2 being still on the table, 3 standing up on the table, 4 standing for longer periods, he's aced all these and next will be introducing vet style actions.

Living with a determined intelligent dog is fun! #littletykesdoghub #dogsarefamily #funnyanimals

Guess who will need a bath when he gets home. How dirty are your dogs?

Alone, but never lonely, walk with my dogs and enjoy their freedom, their joyfulness, their friendship. There is always something good. #livingwithdogs #FunWithDogs #alonelife#littletykesgoghub #holtonleclay #Grimsby #caninebehaviour #cleethorpes

The desperately hungry nagging goes on, combined with a strong positive conditioned emotional response to the loud fireworks, how could I resist?

Julie's been to visit her mum and step dad. Doing lovely settle in an unfamiliar environment. What has your dog done today to make you proud?

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Why we decided to risk everything...

Julie says: I have always lived with dogs, I can honestly say they have been my best friends, but one dog in particular caused me to change the direction of my life. Tyke was my problem dog who taught me so much and forced me to learn more. Because of him many who followed him had a better life with me, and many clients and their dogs have benefited. In dedication to this he has given his name to our new business.

After almost 30 years (yes I’m nearly 50 don’t tell anyone) of working as a Veterinary Nurse at the highest levels and gaining higher qualification why would I choose to walk away from it all and start my own business, I’m crazy right? The thing is I have wanted to do this for over 20 years, but I’ve always managed to find excuses not to do it, I didn’t have enough money, I wouldn’t be good enough, no one would come. But things have happened in my life recently to remind me that you only live once and sometimes not as long as you thought. Yes it’s a huge risk, but I’ll be doing something that I love, and still helping animals and their owners, just in a different way. I love behaviour and training and qualified with a Diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour and Training almost 15 years ago, but knowledge moves on rapidly, things I used to teach even 5 years ago are outdated now, which I why I am also studying for my Masters in Clinical Animal Behaviour. I want to understand why some methods are better than others, and I want to use that knowledge to bring owners and their dogs closer together. I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to experience true, honest, faithful love in their lives. The love of a dog.

Julie Brewer

Registered Veterinary Nurses, Advanced Diploma in Surgical Nursing, Diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour and Training, Certificates in Canine Behaviour and Training. Studying for Masters Degree in Clinical Animal Behaviour.

Dawn says: After almost 25 years of working as a Registered Veterinary Nurse dedicating my life to looking after poorly animals, supporting people in some very difficult circumstances and managing a busy small animal practice, I was also heavily involved in the training of Student Veterinary Nurses, many of whom have their own careers as Qualified Veterinary Nurses and are doing very well in training others in the industry. I have been lucky to have always worked with animals and dogs have been at the forefront of keeping me sane throughout the stresses and strains of life. Many years ago I was given a very angry rescue dog which led me into the realm of studying dog behaviour and between training students I took time to complete the Think Dog course, The Puppy Instructor course and lots of webinars and seminars in this field. I am and always will be grateful to Dee, Fred, Soul, Eric and currently, Zebediah

whom have travelled with me on this journey and taught me so much over the years. After seeing and talking to many owners struggling with different aspects of their dogs behaviour throughout, I felt it was a great opportunity and important for people to have a safe space where they and their dog can build a stronger relationship and have an outlet for those behaviours which can make life as a family difficult.

Dawn Chapman

Registered Veterinary Nurse, Certificates in Behaviour and Training.