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How Gorgeous is Star?Star is a Sheltie, and she is super smart. She is definitely one of my best teenage trainees at the...
20/03/2025

How Gorgeous is Star?

Star is a Sheltie, and she is super smart. She is definitely one of my best teenage trainees at the moment, but her recall needs some work.
Birds are one of her favourite things to chase, so my friend the crow at the park helped us out today.
Star and her owner learnt more about turning away from her from her trigger (the things that make her excited) and looking back to her owner.
We learnt about the way we reward depending on what we are getting rewarded for.
If we throw a reward for turning away from something we wanted to chase, we can help the dog with the right way to outlet their energy.
We can control chases and build anticipation as a tool to help recall.

Such a sweet dog to work with. She has come a long way after being a bit worried as a pup.



What a gorgeous dog!Gus is a big but sweet boy. His owner got in touch as he can be a bit of a handful on a lead. Turns ...
11/03/2025

What a gorgeous dog!
Gus is a big but sweet boy. His owner got in touch as he can be a bit of a handful on a lead. Turns out he finds traffic really hard, and it makes him really nervous. Which results in him throwing himself at the end of the lead.

So today, we got him fully away from traffic to build some skills of what to do when seeing a person or a dog. We are starting some good walking by my side training, and he could manage this today even when there were dogs in sight.
He's a dog that needs a job, and that job can be walking his best walk and holding himself well.

In the meantime, we have simple training to help him with traffic in the distance.

Im really taken by this lad 😍

** side note he is wearing a halti on his nose. I only endorse this when the dogs are big and can move their owners. They need to be trained in too.

This Saturday - just turn up if you want. Come and learn more about your dog and watch them learn.
10/03/2025

This Saturday - just turn up if you want.
Come and learn more about your dog and watch them learn.

Dog buggy, anyone? I'm putting this back up for sale as Toryn is ok and too big for it now. I think it can connect to a ...
09/03/2025

Dog buggy, anyone? I'm putting this back up for sale as Toryn is ok and too big for it now. I think it can connect to a bike.
It's a good one, all wheels can pop off to collaspe and pack in the car. It has a foot break, too. £60

03/03/2025

6 month old pup free in the park.
Now she isn't always bolting for dogs straight away. (Always had a good recall)
There was a couple of the run forwards where she turned herself.
Then, we could engage in a walk with me to change the pattern of her behaviour.
She can do off lead heel past dog at a round 4 metre distance at the moment. I'm super pleased with her. She is an incredible learner.
Go Toryn!

Sunday walk cancelled - need time for family at the mo - sorry
01/03/2025

Sunday walk cancelled - need time for family at the mo - sorry

Lovely review. Little Maddie looks like Toryns twin and i look forward to a bit more healing from Toryn so they can play...
17/02/2025

Lovely review.

Little Maddie looks like Toryns twin and i look forward to a bit more healing from Toryn so they can play soon!

How cute is Maise?This sweet little girl was just 4 months old when she came to see me for some slightly excessive barki...
15/02/2025

How cute is Maise?

This sweet little girl was just 4 months old when she came to see me for some slightly excessive barking and some worries about the big wide world.
Her owners were super clued up. They knew their stuff! But as their first dog together, Maisie wasn't making it an easy process.

Mini Schnauzers like to chat on the best of days, but Maisie was barking at everything.
So we did some tweaks to the timing or her rewards.
Made humans aware of their responses to her at certain times. Taught her what we would like to her to do instead. Taught her some impulse control techniques, e.g, helping with - think before you react.

By our 3rd session, i could visibly see a more relaxed dog. She could also do some training in the presents of her old triggers.
Now they have a better understanding and base to work from. Maisie is going to have such an amazing life with lovely committed owners!

Also, it helps that her mum makes some of the best brownies I've had in a bit!!


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♡ Lovely Review from TerriWe have had 3 sessions with Jen for our rescue dog Henry. We have saw a huge improvement in He...
08/02/2025

♡ Lovely Review from Terri

We have had 3 sessions with Jen for our rescue dog Henry. We have saw a huge improvement in Henry’s behaviour and she has really helped teach us how to get Henry’s attention. Henry is a lot more engaging with us on walks now and his pulling has reduced. Jen gave us a lot of useful advice and she really knows how dogs think! Jen sent a lot of helpful videos as well as other tips. I would definitely recommend Jen and will be attending one of her group walks when we can.

08/02/2025

"I am SO SORRY ❗ My dog has NEVER reacted like this before"
Can this be responsible for those "Out of the blue" reactions💥
Reactive dogs ✅ Anxious dogs ✅
In fact this can affect EVERY dog.
"Why did he lunge at that skateboarder?"
"She didn't stop barking at that truck !"
There is a video link in the comments to a brand new video specifically on this very issue.
This dog training graphic is available from https://www.abcdogsnz.com/product-page/abc-dogs-nz-is-trigger-stacking-the-issue?srsltid=AfmBOopP02wjAdOhb_HUadmGjebv8CEq5P8vOFrEASTMagfydL7tDe63

Little Elsa!A cockerpoo pup In all honesty, Elsa can jump like no other dog I've met yet. She can get high, too. Yet ano...
04/02/2025

Little Elsa!
A cockerpoo pup
In all honesty, Elsa can jump like no other dog I've met yet. She can get high, too.

Yet another teenager suddenly becoming more tricky to handle by their human. Jumping, pulling on the lead, toilet training, and a little bit of stealing of items in the house were among some of the things we tackled in training.

Most importantly, we worked out Elsa's fear of traffic. This is one of the reasons why the pulling was so bad. We got to work on basic training. Build better communication between dog and owner, especially outside. Understand what to do when the traffic gets busy. Learned to self correct her jumping and do a different behaviour to get our attention. Understood she didn't like peeing on concrete in the yard or being by herself outside. Upping her chances of better toilet breaks in the future.

Of i help directly with the dog but it's also important to find solutions that suit the owner too.
The learner is really the human to then help the dog.
There's not much I've not seen or heard about now in dog behaviour, but Elsas jumping was impressive!

Big shout out to the gorgeous Bowie and his humans. What a gorgeous but very large boy. At just 9 months, his head is bi...
03/02/2025

Big shout out to the gorgeous Bowie and his humans.
What a gorgeous but very large boy. At just 9 months, his head is bigger than mine.

Knowing they had a big lad, Bowies humans invested in some long-term training with me to set Bowie up to be the best he can be.
Creating lots of training behaviour now to help him eventually be more free and a dog you can take anywhere. As he can be trusted to make better choices to keep himself and others safe.

Today session was working through his recall to tighen it in the areas he tends to drift. People, dogs, and birds are his favourite things, and it can be hard to recall when the drive to run and go see be hard to resist. Also, living so rurally as he does, he doesn't see much on his regular walk (common with many of my rural clients). Know they know what to do when he sees something of interest and can redirect his eyes to them instead.

Really enjoy working with this dog he's just so loveable.




Lost in translation. Dog are pretty rubbish at English but sometimes people are't that good are listening or reading dog...
01/02/2025

Lost in translation.

Dog are pretty rubbish at English but sometimes people are't that good are listening or reading dogs.

People often say, "How can I stop my dog doing this or that?"
I want to know why they need to don't it in the first place, thus needing not needing a cure and creating a preventative.

A dog who manicly jumps up when on the lead outside could be scared of traffic

A dog that doesn't recall needs help with the reason they run off in the first place. Building strength against their distractions before they are off the lead.

A dog that chews its bed in the crate or at night. Is highly stressed out and needs help being left alone.

A dog that pulls on a lead may look naughty but might be hugely over stimulated by being outside and is in a panic.

A dog that barks at other dogs is most likely scared, not aggressive.

A dog that doesn't rest and is on the go all the time. Maybe bites a lot, could be deflecting pain.

These of just some of the examples where training and behaviour have to come together.
Looking at fixing the problems by stopping and understanding the cause, not by stopping the resulting behaviour.

To get help finding out what your dog needs or is going through to prevent bad behaviour. You set up a free 15 minute discovery call to chat through your option on our website.
www.dogtraininghexham.com
Link in our profile.

Little Bailey boy. What a sweet little thing, but he was totally obsessed with other dogs. Bailey is a young male, and h...
27/01/2025

Little Bailey boy.
What a sweet little thing, but he was totally obsessed with other dogs. Bailey is a young male, and he was often barking at a lot.
Today, he wanted to go see dogs, but we were able to help him check in with us. Sometimes, he would tell us there was a dog nearby and check in by himself.
With lots of practice. Setting his owner up to help Bailey have greater success at seeing dogs and checking in with us. We did this by playing training games and "doing the drills before the main event."
Build reflex to name and change the way we fed.
We just need to keep going with that as he gets over this difficult age.



8 years ago - what a team! Yes I used to walk this many dogs, but they also had an off lead heel as people walked past. ...
19/01/2025

8 years ago - what a team!

Yes I used to walk this many dogs, but they also had an off lead heel as people walked past.
That's the difference to dog walking these days!

These are some of my teachers. Many are not with us now.
Alfie, Jenny, Murphy, Jingle, Alfie, and Bramble.

Thank you for letting me spend so many amazing walks with you. You taught me so much

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How you, could be making your dogs pulling on the lead worse? Opposition reflex - they pull, and you pull. Once you both learn not to pull and there is another way. You don't need to hold them in place. Just teach them where you would like them to be Yes, it takes time Is it worth it? Yes! End result is that sometimes you won't need the lead! (Usually, we wear a harness, but today, she only needed 3 minutes on a lead, so she ran free) #dogtraininghexham #happyhoundshexham #dogtrainer #puppytraining #

6 month old pup free in the park. Now she isn't always bolting for dogs straight away. (Always had a good recall) There was a couple of the run forwards where she turned herself. Then, we could engage in a walk with me to change the pattern of her behaviour. She can do off lead heel past dog at a round 4 metre distance at the moment. I'm super pleased with her. She is an incredible learner. Go Toryn!

Teenager dogs - 80% of my clients Try and not over do it as tempting as it is. They need more sleep than they are giving away

Particularly bad walk yesterday? The wind made your dog nuts today? Yeah, me too! I can honestly say that Toryn is one of the most difficult dogs I've ever handled at the moment. Not being able to play, run, or chase a ball, and now I have a lunatic. Lack of exercise, and now we are coming off the sedatives. Even with training, if you don't give your dog enough outlet, this can happen. Im going to have to ween her towards off lead with a long line. Doing what I can to keep life interesting for her but she was born to run!! We are riding our own storm at the moment, but we will come out the other side. My back and neck are a mess! Wish me luck!

Sometimes dog just have extra bags of energy. Born a live wire and training to slow down can be difficult. This can make training extra tricky and you might need some extra help. I do walk and train for people that have had an extra hard time with their dogs. To help jump start some learning. Like Ciara who is now off lead around other dogs and can have good long patches of walking nicely. As she grows up they will only get better now she knows how.

Toryn update date

Toryn update Shes ok. Scans on Tuesday to find what's going on.

Very long video up date on Toryn and her leg But in short if anyone has a medium crate or a soft crate spare please let me know.

Guiding Toryn when she finds something a bit scary. How to spot stress signals with your dog so you know how much they can manage at different points.

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