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Wagging Wonders offers local training to the Lincoln area of the united kingdom along with online services worldwide. Zara Lipsett has provided dog training and behaviour services since 2012. Using modern, effective force free training to help coach dogs and their owners for a more joyful life. Wagging Wonders offers puppy classes, recall training, behavioural modification, classes for adult dogs
and much more in person. Wagging Wonders is the home of "Whippet Wonders" and offers a unique insight into sighthounds! Zara has shared her life with whippets for 12 years and understands the best ways to get the most from your whippet whether reactivity, recall or just general manners. For all enquiries email Zara at
[email protected]
Include your dogs age, breed, and some brief details of any issues your having. www.waggingwonders.co.uk
Bruno the Lab puppy learning to lay down!
Learning an off switch is so important for pups!
We teach this by paying the calm down, and releasing with a release cue when we want them to break the down.
This creates a solid position and understanding.
Bruno picked the calm aspect of this up very quickly and was quite happy to lay there awaiting food 😆
Step Up - Basics Dog Training Classes
For your dog over 6 months in Lincoln 🏫
If you missed puppy classes, are struggling with adolescence, have recently rescued a dog or simply want to have fun training your dog, these classes are for you! 🙌
Covering recall, lead walking, basic commands, calmness confidence and more. Working to all dogs individual levels. 🐾🙌
No previous training experience needed!
Each course comes with follow up emails and videos.
DATE: Tuesday 3rd September at 7.40pm-8.40pm
DURATION: for 6 weeks
LOCATION: Jubilee Halls, Lamb Gardens, Lincoln, LN2 4EH ( indoors)
PRICE: £125
PLACES LEFT: One
Only 4 places per course for individual attention.
Ran by a modern, positive trainer & Behaviourist with 10+ years experience.
To learn more :
Dog Training Classes for dogs over 6 months. These are ideal for rescues or dogs who missed out on puppy training.
Teaching drop is SO important!
Don't wait until your puppy has stolen something though! 🙅♂️
If you only practice when your puppy steals things, your not teaching drop...
You are ✨ negotiating ✨
While that is most certainly better than shouting at your puppy, or chasing them ( don't make it a game!)
It's teaching them to steal first, and then they'll get a treat for dropping.
Instead practice drop with toys, and day to day items as a regular game.
If you only practice drop when your puppy has something hiiigh value, and then they lose access to their thing ( your slippers perhaps!)
You may find they don't want to drop anymore.
Make drop engaging and something you regularly do!
Welcome to the new Wed Puppy Power crew! 🙌
Look at these fab four, learning all about focus, fun and confidence in our first puppy class.
It might be like Disneyland for them all on their first week, but they all worked so hard!
And I'll get better photos next time!
Little Chaney the Westie learning scentwork at Puppy Power 🤩
We love low pressure activities in puppy classes, not everything is about self control.
Here we have Chaney searching out a treat hidden underneath the cones.
This gets her brain working!
Getting pups brains working with scentwork mentally tires them and helps them to problem solve too.
Lead pressure creates reactions ❗❕
Lead pressure can add to the physical pressure of most dogs when stressed or excited, it begins to fuel those big feelings.
You can see here that something has caught Lina's eye and she's herself put pressure on the lead.
Then watch as her owner steps closer, creating more slack.
Never into her space, but just gently takes pressure off.
As a result Lina didn't react 🥳
Lina has been working with me for group classes since puppyhood as well as 121 for Reactivity.
Lina is making great strides thanks to her owners hard work & commitment 🙌
were acing there work on leave it and walk away at Practice Makes Perfect 🙌
The initial goal was to simply be able to cue leave it, and step away from those tasty treats, as in real life you don't just want your proximity to the dog to be the cue for them to continue leaving.
But Ruby did so well her owner was able to walk away, sit down AND face away from Ruby!
Excellent work!
Bella the cockapoo growing in confidence at Puppy Power 🤩
Bella was quite wary on her first week, but every week she's growing in confidence thanks to her owners patient and calm approach.
Bella was acing lead walking , and doing some awesome middles last week 🙌
Happy Monday everyone!
Have a cute photo of Dexter napping in classes after a busy day 😍
Walks can be a challenge, right?
Some dogs pull, some react and some are just shy.🐕
But what if we can take the edge off some of that energy before we go out?
Hide and seek with treats can be a great option to mentally tire your dog before your dog goes out , probably physically too if your dog is faster than Arkle 😆
Simply take some treats, or a toy, and hide them somewhere your dog can't see. Release them with a cue you don't use for anything else, such as "search" , then watch them use that nose!
Playing hide and seek games , whether with a toy or treats can get your dog in the right mindset before you even go out.
Meaning your walks are more likely to start calmly, and your dog will be more likely to relax!
What's that I hear you say?? 🤔
More graduation photos? You got it 🙌
This time it's Wednesdays Puppy Power crew! 🎓🥳
🎉Dexter🎉
🎉Florri🎉
🎉 Winnie 🎉
🎉Islay🎉
Such an amazing group who all progressed so much week on week.
Keep up the great work 🙌
More congratulations to Graduates!🎓
This time to the Step Up Crew!
🎉Paolo🎉
🎉Chandler 🎉
🎉Layla🎉
Some amazing work over the 6 weeks for these 3, even though only a basic training course, they were doing some pretty advanced stuff!
Keep up the great work ! 🙌
Congratulations to the latest Practice Makes Perfect graduates ! 🎓
🎉Ruby🎉
🎉Poppy🎉
🎉Suki🎉
🎉Lina🎉
These four superstars were doing advanced work and finding it easy ! So good for such a young group of pups!
Keep up the amazing work! 🙌
There seem to be issues with booking via the website currently. 🧑💻😔
If you are having issues and trying to grab your place on an upcoming course please email me at
[email protected]
and include the course and date you are trying to book.
Photo of an AI image creation fail to match my website fault. 😬
Apologies for any inconvenience, I am trying to resolve this. 🐾
What is puppy socialisation?
It is a stage of development in your puppy. It starts at 4 weeks and ends around 16 weeks. However actual socialisation should continue well after 16 weeks as your puppy will go through other development stages having different experiences.
The first thing to consider is your puppy will go through their first fear stage 7/9 weeks old. It's important not to overwhelm them. It's also important if they're struggling to be left alone not to leave them.
During the socialisation stage of development, it's not about socialisation in the context that we understand it. It's about exposure to the world. It's so important that the exposure the puppy gets is positive emotional experiences. So a nervous or sensitive puppy needs less. They can see the world but they don't need to interact with everything in it. They need exposure that they as an individual can cope with. Doing more will not turn them into a confident social butterfly it will probably make them more fearful, even reactive.
It's needs to be a slow steady pressure free pace. Slow down your walks, stop and give them time to take in the environment, there's new sounds, sights and smells. This can be a sensory overload for some. Let them sit and watch, take your time so they can take it all in and then process it.
We used to call it a critical stage of development but it's now a sensitive, because it's flexible. Your puppy is sensitive to experiences so make sure they are positive.
If your puppy is scared support them and help them. This won't reinforce or reward negative behaviours that are driven out of fear, apprehension or caution, it will cause them to relax and feel safe and then those behaviours will stop.
Yes the puppy will become a little dependent on your support but once they feel safe you can teach independence and reward brave choices. Feeling safe will activate exploratory control processes in the brain and your puppy will choose to explore and approach. This is much more powerful than being lured to something they're scared of. Luring with treats to scary things causes pressure and conflict which are negative emotional and stressful states. Timing is key and reinforcement should happen in safe places for it to be emotionally reinforcing.
Forget behaviour and think emotions and experiences at this time.
Work at the puppy's pace, don't rush 🐾❤️
Jane Ardern BSc Hons
Kennel Club Accredited Instructor in Working Gundogs Kennel Club Dog Trainer of the Year
Gundog Club Accredited Instructor and Assessor
Author of Mission Control How to Train the High Drive Dog
I'm seeing alot of you are having a hard time with teen dogs.
It's a hard time for them and us!
I promise, it gets better!
It's hard to see when your in it, but it does!
Arthur was the hardest work between 9 months and about 2 years.
He had relentless physical and mental energy.
We'd do long walks, come home and he'd wrestle with my jrt for hours.
He'd whine ENDLESSLY when he was awake.
He'd run off tracking scents on walks.
He'd fixate on dogs, staring and laying down refusing to move.
He'd forgotten practically everything taught as a pup.
He'd shout at me during training.
He developed separation anxiety.
I'm almost entirely sure my neighbours thought his name was several less affectionate nicknames 😂
But by about 2-2.5 years I had a very different dog.
He didn't leave my side offlead.
His recall was astounding.
He worked with me to help reactive dogs as he was so much more chill.
I could leave him for 4 hours alone.
He would chill while I was busy.
He was generally a chilled , well mannered dog who was lots of fun to train!
My top teen tips are
➡️Go back to basics
They're often struggling and having a hard time drop back to some easy wins so that training and life is FUN not a chore.
We want to push them to progress but that's often way less fun than running around chasing leaves!
➡️Keep it low pressure
Whippets don't like pressure on, in general, so ensure that your not asking too much of them. They tend to crumble under expectations so just drop that for a bit
➡️ Ensure they're getting Rest
Rest time is so important at this age. They need time to process the world around them and everything that's happened. Some time to chill is just what's needed. Some may need a hand with that via crates, gates or similar. See a previous for more!
➡️Add decompression walks
Decompression is vital! Take your whippet somewhere quiet offlead ( or long line) where they can sniff, wander and chase. This isn't about social interaction or even training, just letting them be dogs. This is my biggest help with teenage nervous Arkle.
➡️Ensure that they're getting low pressure enrichment
Opportunities to sniff, shred and chew are perfect during this time frame. You can use these outlets to make your transitions easier. For example if they wake up full of energy, scatter some of their food in the garden when they wake up, to reduce that habit of going wild and help them chill out.
➡️ Be kind to yourself!!
It's not your fault! Teenage dogs are hard work. It's not likely to be anything you've done! Your doing an amazing job supporting them through a tricky time!
It does get better, it goes get easier!
Please feel free to add pics of your teen tearaway below!
I've definitely been slacking on taking photos lately! 😬
So here are a few I did manage to take in the last week! 📸
Currently we have 3 puppy courses on the go, one follow on course and one adult dog foundation course.
Group classes are a great way to learn new skills in a space your dog can concentrate and feel safe due to the limited number of dogs.
There is space for each dog in Wagging Wonders training classes and the goal is learning in a positive way ; with the feelings of all dogs taken into account. 🐾
Congratulations to the Puppy Power Graduates 🎓
🎉Dexter🎉
🎉Rocky 🎉
🎉Chaney🎉
An excellent 6 weeks of training and some ace teamwork !
Keep up the great work everyone 🐾🏫
Due to demand I have added an additional puppy course in September!
Date: Saturday 14th September
Time: 10am
Location: Jubilee Halls, Lamb Gardens, LN2 4EH
Spaces: Four
Price : £125
Positive, modern & Force Free training. Includes weekly emails and follow up videos included.
Teaching recall, lead manners, self control, confidence Building and more 🙌
To book this or check out others follow the link 👇
https://www.waggingwonders.co.uk/puppy-classes
It was great to catch up with Otto the Airedale Terrier!
He's been working really hard since our first 121 and he is calming down out and about 🙌
We did some work on Reflex Games to help him have simple fun jobs to do around distractions.
With terriers, big or small, it's all about keeping things simple and motivating - especially during adolescence.
It's my favourite game 🥁
Can you guess what breed Islay is? 🤔
Don't answer if you know by being in classes 😉
I am too lazy to care for Arkle. 📢❗
It's true. 🤷♀️😞
Would anyone fancy giving him a home that won't be so lazy? 🙌
He obviously deserves better!!
He only needs:
Weekly physio
15 tablets a day
2 walks a day
Mental enrichment every day
Training
Vet behaviourst
At least 3 visits to a vet per month
He's also got a referral visit to explore his spine with a neurologist last week after a gait assessment last month.
Oh and his insurance is *only* £160 per month on top of all of that.
I'm sure there's a queue of people awaiting to give him MORE than this as I'm just too lazy. 🎻
He lives such a miserable life does Arkle 😭💔😂
You'll have to do better than that with your trolling though Stevey 🤷♀️😂
Welcome to the internet... 💻
Where sad men can decide your dogs fate by looking at a few comments!
Arkle should be euthanized because he's had IMPA and has chronic pain.
Holy sh*t the stupid is out in full force today🚨
Edited to add;
For anyone struggling to understand the post, I've not advised anyone have their dog pts 🙄
The screenshot is someone saying it TO me about MY dog.
I think Lina would prefer to play guitar 🎸 😂
Despite it not being her first choice of instrument, Lina was soon ringing the bell in classes like everyone else!
Why teach ringing a bell?
It creates confidence about noises!
This can help reduce sound sensitivity. As your pup puts the sounds in their hands.
It also creates body awareness for movement as a nice bonus too.
Remember the more you train, the quicker your dog learns and the happier they will be.
It doesn't all have to be sit, stay , down!
Are you looking to boost your dogs training? 📢❗
Fine-tune their focus?
Reduce their pulling?
Have fun with your dog? 🙌
Training classes covering basic life skills starting in September! Covering recall, lead manners, self control and much more.
Modern & Force Free training, perfect for dogs who haven't attended classes with me.
📆Tuesday 3rd September at 7.40pm
Jubilee Halls, Lamb Gardens, Lincoln, LN2 4EH
6 week course covering life skills
Each Class 1 hour Long
Places Available: 4
Price: £125
Small groups to ensure individual time and attention.
Working to your dogs skil level.
11/08/24 update
*An error with the website has been fixed. You should be able to book with ease now!*
Dog Training Classes for dogs over 6 months. These are ideal for rescues or dogs who missed out on puppy training.
I'm miles behind with admin, photos and such! 😦
Thanks to endless fun with Arkles health.
So I'm catching up over the next few days, sorry for the delays!
I'm hoping this photo of the very cute Roo the Cockapoo might be good compensation 🙌
Roo had a session for recall recently as her recall had become a bit optional to her on occasions during adolescence.
We worked on going back to basics of recall cue and games to make her recall more fun which she thoroughly enjoyed!
Keep up the great work
A big welcome to the newest Puppy Power crew 🙌
Phoebe, Honey, Bill & Bella 🤩
They were all chilled and enjoyed learning about offering eye contact, touch and the hugely important skill of being chilled around other pups.
An excellent start to the course, well done everybody!
It's the weekend 🙌
Hope you all enjoy it as much as Dexter 🤩
Lincoln
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Bruno the Lab puppy learning to lay down! Learning an off switch is so important for pups! We teach this by paying the calm down, and releasing with a release cue when we want them to break the down. This creates a solid position and understanding. Bruno picked the calm aspect of this up very quickly and was quite happy to lay there awaiting food 😆
Teaching drop is SO important! Don't wait until your puppy has stolen something though! 🙅♂️ If you only practice when your puppy steals things, your not teaching drop... You are ✨ negotiating ✨ While that is most certainly better than shouting at your puppy, or chasing them ( don't make it a game!) It's teaching them to steal first, and then they'll get a treat for dropping. Instead practice drop with toys, and day to day items as a regular game. If you only practice drop when your puppy has something hiiigh value, and then they lose access to their thing ( your slippers perhaps!) You may find they don't want to drop anymore. Make drop engaging and something you regularly do!
Little Chaney the Westie learning scentwork at Puppy Power 🤩 We love low pressure activities in puppy classes, not everything is about self control. Here we have Chaney searching out a treat hidden underneath the cones. This gets her brain working! Getting pups brains working with scentwork mentally tires them and helps them to problem solve too.
Lead pressure creates reactions ❗❕ Lead pressure can add to the physical pressure of most dogs when stressed or excited, it begins to fuel those big feelings. You can see here that something has caught Lina's eye and she's herself put pressure on the lead. Then watch as her owner steps closer, creating more slack. Never into her space, but just gently takes pressure off. As a result Lina didn't react 🥳 Lina has been working with me for group classes since puppyhood as well as 121 for Reactivity. Lina is making great strides thanks to her owners hard work & commitment 🙌
#TeamRuby were acing there work on leave it and walk away at Practice Makes Perfect 🙌 The initial goal was to simply be able to cue leave it, and step away from those tasty treats, as in real life you don't just want your proximity to the dog to be the cue for them to continue leaving. But Ruby did so well her owner was able to walk away, sit down AND face away from Ruby! Excellent work!
Walks can be a challenge, right? Some dogs pull, some react and some are just shy.🐕 But what if we can take the edge off some of that energy before we go out? Hide and seek with treats can be a great option to mentally tire your dog before your dog goes out , probably physically too if your dog is faster than Arkle 😆 Simply take some treats, or a toy, and hide them somewhere your dog can't see. Release them with a cue you don't use for anything else, such as "search" , then watch them use that nose! Playing hide and seek games , whether with a toy or treats can get your dog in the right mindset before you even go out. Meaning your walks are more likely to start calmly, and your dog will be more likely to relax!
He lives such a miserable life does Arkle 😭💔😂 You'll have to do better than that with your trolling though Stevey 🤷♀️😂
A big welcome to the newest Puppy Power crew 🙌 Phoebe, Honey, Bill & Bella 🤩 They were all chilled and enjoyed learning about offering eye contact, touch and the hugely important skill of being chilled around other pups. An excellent start to the course, well done everybody!
I recommend enrichment activities alot! ❗ Why? There's a million reasons! 💯 Just one is on a day like today it's perfect. The sun has suddenly come out, and for a lot of young dogs this will be a shock to their system. ☀️ They may struggle with their normal levels of exercise; or maybe their owners will struggle with their health in sudden change of temps. Using enrichment activities is about using your dogs brain. There's LOADS of ways you can do that. Lickimats. Snuffle Mats. Puzzle balls. 😋 You could hide a toy for them to find or some tasty treats as a treasure hunt. 🥎 They could have a frozen hoof stuffed with yogurt or wet food. The important part is your dog is using their brain for good- not evil! Enrichment Activities help to mentally tire your dog and can help dogs to decompress. This means it can relax them. Helping them to rest more. 💤 It also makes dogs feel happier solving problems. Very often I prescribe an increase in enrichment to nervous or reactive dogs to help boost their confidence as they'll feel better after solving problems and having an outlet.
Finding that motivator for your dog can make a big difference! I wish id found this toy sooner! It's rabbit skin which Arkle LOVES! And can be used for searching for it, rewarding good behaviours and Tuggy. The more rewards you have for training, the more likely your dog is too listen to you! I'm not an affiliate or anything like this, I just think this toy is great! Arkle plays Tuggy properly when not in pain, he's not feeling 100% hence feeble Tuggy play 😆 https://www.pawstrading.co.uk/paws-made--rabbit-pawspocket--paws-pocket-petal-agility-dog-training-ball-15471-p.asp
How cute is Evie the cockapoo puppy? Here she is learning the Touch game, this is learning to target a hand with her nose! 🎯 Why do we teach touch? ✅ We can use it for recall ✅ It teaches pups a calm way to interact with hands ( no biting!) ✅ It can be used to help stop jumping up ✅ It's simple to teach ✅ It's fun! This game can lead to lots of other learning later and really helps these pups get started on the right paw! Puppy taining shouldn't just be about sitting, staying and self control ! 🐾
"Take the jumper off and take it for a walk" No. I don't walk Arkle. Ever. He doesn't leave the house in fact. If you think you've ever seen Arkle in public, your wrong. It was in fact AI. Enjoy AI Arkle retrieving a rabbit skin ball in PJs. The real Arkle is only allowed to use his scratch board day to day. 😭 😂😂
I love being educated and sharing knowledge 🏫 So I thought you would all enjoy all the things I learned from posting Arkle the Whippet and his scratch board. Things I did not know before I posted about Arkles scratch board. 🫶 ➡️ Dogs have back feet ➡️ Dogs need walking ➡️ You should throw a ball across concrete to file down their nails ➡️ That scratch boards are equivalent in evilness to harnesses ➡️ Also harnesses are a scourge on our society ➡️ Dogs should just get over stuff ➡️ Scratching at a board will make your dog dig up the floor for treats ➡️ Dogs who need scratch boards don't trust their owners I can't wait to see what people can teach me next ;) Here is Arkle holding a treat before being released to eat it. ( Okay tells him he can eat) I'm excited to see what lessons people will teach me on this one !! 😂 🤞
Does your dog HATE having their nails clipped?! 😬 Arkle was fine, then one day.. Nope! Spontaneous fear developed 😭 Now I *could* spend alot of time reacquainting him with the process. But honestly, there's so much to train with Arkle, I'm just not convinced it's worth our time when we remember! 🙃 I taught my previous whippets to use a homemade scratch board, but I recently discovered you can buy them ready made! This has been a game changer! 🥳 He simply paws at the box to get his treats out. The box is covered to file those nails when he does! It's a fun way to get those nails down. 💅 I highly recommend this approach to get some wear down from your dogs nails! Keep sessions short and use high value treats! Note- if your dog is sensitive to movement hold the board by an edge so it doesn't rock around.
Training isn't always easy! After all, we are teaching another species of animal to do things that they probably normally wouldn't. But it's all about having fun and working out what's working and what's not. There's under 5 mins between the start and end here. Arkle already knows hold. And lay flat. But together 🤯 So we started from a sphinx down and it became clear he was guessing and confused ( we do downs to sits alot!) So once I saw a glimmer of success in a hip roll down , we started there and within 5 repetitions - we were there. Just because your dog doesn't immediately get something, doesn't mean you have to give up. Its about learning to read what does work, and having fun. And before anyone says "what's the point in teaching that ?! 🤷🤷" I got dogs to have fun with, this is our fun. You don't have to do it. But the more we have fun in any training, the easier learning and processing skills becomes!
It was fab to catch up with Otto at the weekend. 🤩 Like some dogs do, Otto found classes just a little bit much. So we switched to 121 sessions and started work on slowing down to let him process the world around him. Otto's busy brain means he often makes silly puppy choices when walking on pavements up close to distractions- after all, he's only a baby still in that big body! So we just gave him the opportunity to observe exciting things at a distance to help him learn he can see things going on, and it's not a big deal. Here he is watching people, without interruption, then getting his yes and treat for looking back calmly. Otto also enjoyed exploring on a long line rather than fighting the frustration of a short lead. Im looking forward to seeing him again very soon!
Don't gave up on the tricky dogs. 🫶 Progress takes time, behaviour change takes time. This might not look a big deal, but for a dog like Arkle to ask me to train him and play games when we are out is a massive deal. He is in a new environment and normally that would cause him to be on edge, but instead he felt relaxed enough to ask to play games. 🙌 This hasn't taken months, it's taken longer. But from a dog who had panic attacks out in public and would shut down, this is brilliant.
Suki the cocker Spaniel spinning 💫 Spin is a great behaviour to teach your dogs. It's simple, it's fun and it's a great confidence booster. If all the training you do with your dogs is self control, you will find that your dog will get bored. All work and no play makes Fido a cranky dog 🦴 Fun games help to create a stronger connection and ensure that your dog finds training enjoyable. 🙌
Dog behaviour services suited to any breed, any age of dog. Using positive reinforcement to change their behaviour and teach them to be happier, calmer and more confident companions . I am a member of the Pet Professional Guild. As well as having worked to obtain the following qualifications: Canine Behaviour & Training Diploma from the Centre of Excellence. Canine Behaviour Diploma from the International School of Canine Psychology (ISCP) All training is tailored to dog and owner and works on increasing the relationship between the two. Offering a range of classes we also offer 121, private training for those dogs that may find classes too stressful.
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