HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of Team Dog. ✨💚❤️💙
A full year of fun, transformations and the waggiest tails in all the land. See you all in 2025 for much of the same. 🫡
Full 360 view of the dog fleeces ft my v cooperative little model. 🫶🏼
Full 360 view of dog fleece ft my v cooperative model. 🫶🏼
TWO BEHAVIOURAL CASES I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO SEE AGAIN. 😮💨
(In the best way!)
The most challenging, but most rewarding side of this profession are the behavioural cases.
Both sets of owners here were at their absolute breaking point, but motivated and dedicated couples who wanted to do the absolute best for their dogs- just didn’t know how.
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Both cases now progressing with zero incidents from week to week, after just 4-5 sessions. 👊🏼
Get in touch to book your initial consultation- the sooner we get started, the sooner you’ll see your dog’s progress reel with emotional background music. 😌
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Aaaand the winner is…
Aaaand the winner of our flash giveaway is…
Mandy Catchpole!!! 😊
Will pop you a message about collecting your prize from Team Dog next weekend at your first puppy class. 🐾
Thank you for all your entries on Facebook and Instagram, you guys are the best! ❤️💚💙
‘WHEN CAN I STOP TRAINING OR REWARDING MY DOG?’ 🫠
This is a question us dog trainers hear ALL the time. And my answer often isn’t the one people want to hear…
The good news is, you can often reward less frequently once a behaviour becomes more established, and this can often actually increase the dog’s motivation to perform the established behaviour. 😊
BUT. If you’re not rewarding desirable behaviour, however established it may be, alternative and potentially less desirable behaviours may become more rewarding for the dog. Stopped filling your pockets with snacks before an off lead stomp? Watch that recall become less and less effective. 😮💨
Most dog trainers would agree you can take your foot off the gas a little from 3-5 years old, and I certainly have with scruffpot. But we still train every single day, every single walk. Because-
🐌 Habits form. Like dawdling a fair distance behind me, sniffing every blade of grass. We live in a v quiet area so not an issue, until he’s 💩’d and I have to keep going back for it. So we’re rewarding proximity, keep up with me and I’ll lob you some lunch.
🐄 Stimuli pop up in the environment. They’ve put cows in this field along one our usual routes. I’ll probably always pop him on lead, but encouraging disengagement means that should he be off lead and we encounter them anywhere else, he’ll see more value in engaging with me than cows.
💰 Paying established behaviours that are super valuable is still important. We negotiate all blind corners like this, especially this one where there are four footpaths joining. I check for dogs on lead, wildlife, horses and farm vehicles- before releasing him.
We train almost entirely with his daily allowance of his @edenpetfoods Semi-Moist, which I’ll do another post on soon. 🐺
PUPPY CLASS NOW BOOKING! 🐾
ONE SPACE REMAINING! 😌
Still two spaces remaining on this eight week course on Thursday evenings! Starting next week, get in touch for further info or to reserve your space. 😊
Training environmentally in a peaceful, private field in the South Norfolk countryside. 🫶🏼
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TRAINING AN ADVENTURE BUDDY. 💚♥️💙
The world of dog training can be an absolute minefield for the dog owner. What to train, how to train it, what do I want from my dog?! 😮💨
My number one focus when raising Albo was being able to take him absolutely anywhere. Socialisation = neutrality = adventures together. 🐺👱🏼♀️
We have worked HARD to get to where we are today, and it’s something I teach to clients day in, day out. Because Team Dog trains pet dogs. Not gundogs, not working trials dogs, not agility champs. Just training your little mates to be happy, confident and content. So you can convince your salon to let them come hang. 😉👏🏼
Not bad for a Covid pup, eh? 🫶🏼
When your 10am class of mostly retrieving breeds (and a boxer that loves a toy 🫶🏼) turn up with the wind up their tails...
There’s only one thing for it- utilising the 2.5 acres, stuffing eight toys in my coat so I don’t get mugged and doing some distance retrieves to put some of that energy to good use! 🌪️
There’s something about the brightly coloured equipment against the snow and frost! ❄️
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