26/07/2024
Just love this quote… an oldie but a goodie. Living in London, this is always something to consider it can be a tough challenge for our dogs at times 🧡
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25/07/2024
From the amazing Kay Laurence “walking with a friend while having conversation”, let’s rather call it browsing, with respect for each others’ natural interests and pace.
In an interview on the Karen Pryor Clicker Training website, Kay highlights how ‘what we call something influences how we view it’. So yes, let’s call it browsing together! 🧡😊
15/07/2024
Congratulations puppy people, and dogs, on a great graduation class. Please keep me posted! ⭐️🥇💛
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05/07/2024
When you strategically place more doggy shapes around the house, so it feels like you have more dogs! 😆 🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕
30/06/2024
Gorgeous pup! ⭐️ Well done for completing the Puppy Steps programme focusing on things like play, stillness, walking nicely and cues for safety when out and about. Enjoy your summer and hope to see you soon! 🧡
22/06/2024
Getting ready for the heat… great idea to work on your ‘Summer Settle’ pups 🧡 🍹☀️
14/06/2024
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23/05/2024
All science-led information and support will have a common thread 🙏🏼
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23/05/2024
Using a fixed length lead, keeping a fixed length, helps our dogs to work out where we’d like them to be (in the reward zone). ❤️🧡
03/05/2024
´Flying Dog Fridays’, that’s a thing, right? ❤️
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02/05/2024
Join us for puppy classes starting 8 June. 🐕 5 week course - Saturday mornings ❤️ Message or email to book your spot!
25/04/2024
This gorgeous boy! What a heartbreaker ❤️
Well done all for completing the Puppy Steps programme focusing on things like alternative behaviours to jumping up, promoting calm, building connection, rewarding good walking and giving directional cues. Hope to see you again soon 🙏🏼
23/04/2024
Great job! Using the Up&Down game can help centre more attention on you when you get to new places. Get in touch to learn how to play, and start your training journey ⭐️ &down
18/04/2024
Look what arrived today Thank you 👏🏼Help spread the word in your local area. There are so many reasons why some dogs may need more space. Puppies in training are just one example. Dogs in season, or those that are a bit anxious will love you for giving them a bit more room👍🏼🙌👏🏼😀
17/04/2024
In(K)orporating Kibble
*5* Reasons to use some of your dog’s daily food allowance in easy training at home (or where they can be successful in mildly distracting environments).
Using a portion of your pup’s food for easy, adhoc training:
1. Adds value to the kibble (making it even more satisfying).
2. Provides extra opportunities for mental stimulation (as they learn how to play the training game).
3. Strengthens your communications system (as does all Positive Reinforcement training).
4. Builds your bond – you’re the one handing out all the prizes!
5. Keep higher value rewards for when you need them. (Like practising Recall!).
PS Doesn’t have to be biscuits, no matter what diet your dog is on, there are different ways to use food in daily training.
08/04/2024
Such sweeties! Well done everyone, wonderful progress made by all as these little ones have grown over the weeks. Gold stars for all your patience and practise. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
18/03/2024
🙏🏼 Great to see the results of your practise sessions. Thank you for this lovely feedback. All feedback is a gift 🎁
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10/03/2024
Congratulations all our lovely grads this weekend, so lovely to see all these personalities developing 🧡😊
07/03/2024
*PUPPY POP UP* Join us for this special social class, please contact me to reserve a spot (£25). St Nic’s Poplar
29/02/2024
22/02/2024
We can forget how rewarding natural behaviours can be. 🥰
17/02/2024
Exploration day in class…
🤩Novel things can be fun.
🤩Nosework can be calming.
🤩’Find it’ cue ~ so many applications.
15/02/2024
Swipe for more ▶️▶️▶️▶️
02/02/2024
Such lovely attention from this little Dachshund.. and his little friend 😂👏🏻😊
29/01/2024
When you need to buy a new school uniform every two or three weeks while pup is growing… this is another nice simple option for the tiny ones…
26/01/2024
Build your bond, communication skills, learn about your dog’s needs and how to manage, guide and train for more success, less stress… 🤗🧡
22/12/2023
To all the dogs who fill our lives with love. ❤️
22/12/2023
´Breaking things down into small steps’
12/12/2023
Well done teams! Great job and huge congratulations on achieving your APDT GCA Puppy Awards!
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Great job! Using the Up&Down game can help centre more attention on you when you get to new places. Get in touch to learn how to play, and start your training journey ⭐️ #lesliemcdevittpatterngames #workingtogether #dogsofeastlondon #up&down #dogtraining #automaticattention #puppytrainingtips #focusandengagement #puppylifelondon
What is Mindful training ? We might not be aware, when training, of the little movements that we make – - these could be subconscious tugs on the lead, the pulls, the prompts, the clues, the sneaky ways we get our dog to do something. Sometimes our brain is working behind the scenes to ‘get’ us the results we want- but it’s not in the best interests of the learner – or supportive of long term success. – Can we seek to practice more ‘mindful training’. We try to be more aware of our leash tension, our own body language, we are aware of how our dog is looking – there might be clues to how they are feeling. What does it say about how we could/ should push to the next level, should we make things easier? Have we done the same thing too many times? What does the environment look like, are there distractions around? We’re thinking about this from our dog’s point of view. Can we see ourselves, caregiver and dog, in the big picture, can we zoom out, stop to take a step back and think about how this would look were we a squirrel atop a tree, would we approve, given all we know about the science behind training, learning theory and the fact that reinforcement drives behaviour. One way to kickstart and support this journey is to capture bits of our training on video, either with gadgets and go-pros or simply having someone else film what we’re doing. And then watch back. Usually it takes many replays to catch all that’s going on. Spoiler alert – we’re not always doing what we think we are, or what we set out to do. Or even what we know to be the best approach. #MindfulTraining #puppytraining #puppylove #dogsofeastlondon #puppylifelondon
Thanks for sending in this clip. 😃 Training position work is a great way to increase calm, settled behaviour from your dog. #sitdown #trainingtips #puppylifelondon
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Enrichment with a lick mat
🎀Stocking filler idea #2 What could be better than some delicious and calming nosework (especially at this time of year when visitors are a plenty)? A snuffle or lick mat of course. #puppylifelondon
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