4 Paws Puppy Training

🥳🥳 Happy (semi ) Retirement to me!! 🥳🥳 ......after 15 wonderful years of being a Puppy Trainer I'm retiring!! So here's a personal "Thank you" message from me 💓💓

🐾🐾 Children & Puppies 🐾🐾 As a Puppy Trainer I know the importance of making sure children interact with their pups the right way. Understanding what is acceptable and what isn't and why. Encouraging children to be kind and gentle with their pups to forge that amazing friendship built on trust and mutual respect. In this course we had the pleasure of helping Meghan (14) and her sister Mali (9) along with their puppy Mickey. Omg!! They were sooo good with puppy Mickey, so kind and patient and handling skills were amazing.....a joy to see!! Here's Mali showing us her party trick at Graduation Night! 🥰🐾🐾

🐾🐾 Thank You! 🐾🐾 Even after 14 years of being a Puppy Trainer I'm still always blown away by my puppy owners kindness, thank you for my gifts and card, and your lovely feedback, it means the world to me. Big thanks also to my fab assistant Seb!

🎉🎉 Fun! Fun! Fun! 🎉🎉 Graduation Night is all about having fun at the end of the Puppy Foundation Course, lots of games, a quiz for the owners and plenty of prizes before being presented with their well earned Certificates and Rosettes... Lucinda and puppy Stanley having fun.....Lucinda has to spin around, boy did she spin whilst Stsnley sits 🤣🤣 Thanks for choosing 4 Paws Puppy Training, Emma & Dottie Lucinda & Stanley Hannah Callum & Toby Donna & Stella.... you were AMAZING!! 👏👏

🐾 121 Puppy Recall Sessions Available 🐾 As many of you know aswell as being a Puppy Trainer I'm also a dog walker and have been for 23 years. I've been lucky enough to walk many puppy's that come through my puppy classes. Today I welcomed a new member to my fab gang, Penny, you may recognise her from my puppy classes back in March, it was her first walk so I popped her on a training line and tried a recall....sure enough Penny came running.....as did Alba Louis and Piksi....this really made me laugh , recall should be fun and rewarding....you get results like this! 😍 ❗I offer 121 puppy recall sessions so if you are struggling with recalling your puppy or don't know how to start the all important recall process then please get in touch!! ❗

🐾🐾 Focus & Fun! 🐾🐾 Keeping you pups focus and attention is super important and can really help when out and about on your daily walks. Imagine being able to keep your pups attention whilst a jogger cyclists or even another dog passes by - it can be done! During the Puppy Foundation Course we teach many fun and easy exercises to do just this! I love this video taken after last week's puppy class, you'll notice very quickly pups Bonnie, Madi and Phoebe are not interacting with one another but are more focused on their owner's....in fact every owner! Even though they had the opportunity to interact they chose not to - WOW!!

🐾🐾 Building a reliable recall 🐾🐾 During the 8 week Puppy Foundation Course we cover many exercises on how to achieve a reliable recall .... 🐾 How to use a training line and why we recommend using one 🐾 Use a cue word for recall - don't just repeatedly call pups name - nobody likes a nag! 🐾 To be successful choose quiet areas with no or little distractions 🐾 Build reliability by using fun focus games such as the Funder Game or Touch 🐾 Praise and reward recall make it worthwhile for your puppy...have fun!! Just a few tips and exercises we cover through the course.. Here's Tess Caddy & Mylo doing the Funder Game in this week's class not only does it build a great recall it's fun!! 😊🐾🐾

🐾 When do I stop training my puppy ?🐾 As a Puppy Trainer I get asked many many questions but this one "when do I stop training my puppy?" Is probably one of the most common one. The answer....you never stop training!! With all of the dogs I've had over 30 years now I've always done bits of fun training everyday of their lives , whether that's walking nicely on a lead, recall from many different distractions, fun focus games, mixed in with our walks where they get plenty of time to just sniff !! Here's my Piksi with today's dog walking gang I took the opportunity to do a recall from quite a distance, funny they all actually came running to me!!! Whatever training you do, make it fun and rewarding and don't forget to praise them!! 🐾🐾

🐾🐾 Having fun! 🐾🐾 Puppy classes should be fun, puppies and owner's learn far more in a fun filled environment.... I love it when I see pups having fun... here's puppy Ruby nailing her recall challenge at Graduation Night last night!!

🐾🐾 Children & Puppies 🐾🐾 Well done to Bethan Chloe and Harri for being so kind and patient with your puppy Max...helping and watching you during the course has been a pleasure. One of today's games was recalling puppy, have to say Max's recall is great and one of the most chilled I've ever seen 😂😂

🐾🐾 Children & Puppies 🐾🐾 How lovely to see Ella Rose and puppy Milly together !! 😍 When children understand the right way to interact with their puppy's fab things happen!! 😍🐾🐾