New Tricks Dog Training & Pet Services

New Tricks Dog Training & Pet Services Force-free, fear-free, positive reinforcement-based dog training services in Holsworthy & surrounding areas 🐾 Any dog can learn 'new tricks'!

Join me and my new pup on our dog training journey - through puppyhood, terrible teens & into adulthood!

Mavis is loving all the sunshine recently and has commandeered the sun loungers ☀️😄 What did your pups get up to this we...
30/06/2025

Mavis is loving all the sunshine recently and has commandeered the sun loungers ☀️😄 What did your pups get up to this weekend?

Yes! 🙌 Does your dog have any breed-specific behaviour traits which drive you crazy?
30/06/2025

Yes! 🙌 Does your dog have any breed-specific behaviour traits which drive you crazy?

Should you really get that puppy? 🤔
21/06/2025

Should you really get that puppy? 🤔

Don't take any unnecessary chances with your dogs in this warmer weather ☀️🌡 Here are my top tips for keeping your pups ...
18/06/2025

Don't take any unnecessary chances with your dogs in this warmer weather ☀️🌡 Here are my top tips for keeping your pups cool this summer...

🧊 allow access to shade & water at all times
🧊 avoid walking during the midday heat (safest early morning & evening)
🧊 if you can't hold your hand on the pavement for 5 seconds, it's too hot to walk your dog
🧊 provide enrichment activities at home

I always have so much fun training with this not-so-little pup 😄We've been working on polite greetings, which Ellie find...
15/06/2025

I always have so much fun training with this not-so-little pup 😄

We've been working on polite greetings, which Ellie finds really difficult because the world is so exciting!

So we're starting with something she can cope with - watching people from a small distance, practicing staying calm and self-regulating, and checking in with her humans without prompts.

It'll all take time as she's going through adolescence, but she did so well 💗

The perfect end to the last 6 weeks 🙌☀️ Huge well done to my amazing improvers for their hard work, and my 'terrible to ...
10/06/2025

The perfect end to the last 6 weeks 🙌☀️

Huge well done to my amazing improvers for their hard work, and my 'terrible to terrific' teens for completing their course! 👏 A lovely sunny evening to finish it all off.

Sorry I didn't manage to get pics of everyone, you all know what my brain and camera skills are like by now! 📸🙈

31/05/2025

We've been a little bit quiet recently...

Life in our household has been pretty hectic - Mr Ellie has renovated a shop over the last 6 months and guess who had to help 👀

Mavis has been such a good girl and we've been SO thankful for her ability to chill out even with construction noises 🙈😆 She's been very forgiving as long as she gets a walk and her dinner is on time!

Our working hours have changed and everything has been topsy-turvy, but 🤞 things are starting to settle back down again now. I'm hoping to get back to sharing more of Mavis's adventures with you all.

Here's the first video I've filmed of Mavis doing some training in several months! Practicing our emergency stops when she's busy doing something to test out her response around low-level distractions.

22/05/2025

We have played with the predatory sequence in our dogs to make certain parts more or less prominent, so they could perform jobs for us.
When we look at breed traits and which part of this sequence our dogs like to perform best, we can then look at ways to better fulfil them.

Find the full video on this and outlets to fulfil each part on the membership.

Jessie D has been working hard 💪We have practiced loose-lead walking in/around the square in our last two sessions, and ...
19/05/2025

Jessie D has been working hard 💪

We have practiced loose-lead walking in/around the square in our last two sessions, and Jessie has started recognising where the end of the lead is which is fab because she will be able to adjust herself much easier as we progress.

This weekend we worked on closer walking to heel - this isn't usually a top priority for me (I like to focus primarily on LLW) however her owners would like to be able to walk her in busier places eventually so we're practicing in quiet locations first to make sure she is able to get things right. She managed some lovely short bursts of close heel work around all the distractions 💕

We've also started head-collar training at home for safety in places where close control is needed as she's a big strong girl and her owner struggles to hold her at times.

(I have a second lead attached to Jessie as an emergency back-up)

I've had some really lovely 121 sessions this week ☀️ One of my favourite faces to see is this little sweetheart, Ellie....
17/05/2025

I've had some really lovely 121 sessions this week ☀️ One of my favourite faces to see is this little sweetheart, Ellie.

As a sociable teenager, she finds distractions REALLY exciting (particularly other dogs and people), so we've been teaching focus and working on her recalls in environments with minimal distractions to begin with and we'll aim to build it up.

Here she is at the end of our session, slowly commando crawling across the park while watching another dog in the distance... funny girl 🙈😄

12/05/2025

Happy 2nd birthday to my little pickle 🥳🎂🎁

Mavis loves honking toys so I wanted to get her one for her birthday... She ended up with 3 - a pig, rhino and hippo! 🐷

I love my sessions with Alfie & Nelson 🥰I've been working with these boys for several months and they've made such good ...
11/05/2025

I love my sessions with Alfie & Nelson 🥰

I've been working with these boys for several months and they've made such good progress because their humans do lots of practicing between sessions.

I was initially called in to work on their behaviour towards each other around triggers. There were also issues around food aggression too (referred for vet check-up and behaviourist support) and big emotions around other dogs on walks. It's not perfect yet, but these problems have been greatly reduced through management and teaching them alternatives.

Now that their amazing humans are coping better with the main issues, we've starting addressing Nelson's fear of the car. He gets car sick and really doesn't want to get in, poor chap. This also affects his recall at the end of a walk because he knows he's got to get in the car so he ignores any calls and runs away.

We had our first session with the car this week and we were mainly exploring Nelson's limits. We discovered he is happy to walk around the car, he can sniff it and will take some food (from the hand, floor and on the door trim), but he will not get in. There was no pressure on him at any point and we rewarded him for choosing not to approach as well as interacting with the car - if he knows he has choice, it will boost his confidence and he is more likely to voluntarily get in in the longrun!

I'm so pleased that he made great progress just in this short session and was able to explore the outside of the car without getting too worried. Next we'll build up to getting in voluntarily, closing doors, and turning the engine on - all while taking it step by step and not rushing Nelson at any point.

Well done Nelson 🩵

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