Positive 4 Paws Dog Training

02/02/2025

🐶 Session 1 on our “Positive Puppy Course” 🐶

🤩Our students got off to a flying start yesterday🤩

New environments, new people, new sights, sounds, smells & especially new puppy friends can be very exciting & overwhelming for a young puppy.

So we start our courses by teaching our students some great training games to help settle the puppies into learning. Our main aim is to create lots of positive associations from the very beginning to support the puppies to grow confidence & be successful in learning lots of fun life skills:

🐾 Focus & Engagement
🐾 Calmness
🐾 Value in Close Proximity
🐾 Confidence & Optimism
🐾 Smart Socialisation

Even our young students got involved 🤩 - learning & growing that all important, safe relationship between children & dogs 🤩👦🏻👧🏼

We can’t wait to see their progress grow over the next few weeks 🐾🐾



www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

01/02/2025

A really big warm welcome to the new starters on our Positive Puppy Course this morning - Loki, Duke, Bear, Eddy, Livi, Buck & Peggy Sue 🐶🐶

They were all little superstars & we can’t wait to see their progress grow over the next few weeks 🐾

www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

31/01/2025

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30/01/2025

🐶 Playing with your puppy is hugely important 🐶

Play sessions & interacting with your puppy play an important role in your puppy’s social behaviour and development 🧸

Here are some of our super little students enjoying fun enrichment games all whilst practicing their smart socialisation with friends🐾

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29/01/2025

⬇️⬇️ So true…. ⬇️⬇️

What did you notice first? The one thing that was wrong? Or the hundreds of other things that were right?

It's human nature to notice the negative. To notice errors, no matter how trivial. To notice when something isn't done, but rarely acknowledge when it is. To complain about bad service but let good service pass unremarked.

And we do it with our dogs too. We take the good stuff for granted (or perhaps we don't even consciously see it?) but complain when they do one 'wrong' thing. Every single one of these green ticks represents a 'rewardable' moment...but how many actually get rewarded? But the one instance of 'bad' behaviour....you can bet your bottom dollar we notice that!

Do you see your dog's good behaviour? Do you reward it? Because if you don't you might start seeing fewer ticks and more crosses....

24/01/2025

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08/01/2025

🐶 Harness Help 🐶

Getting your puppy used to wearing their new harness can sometimes be a struggle.

Follow these simple steps to ensure your puppy is always happy & never worried about wearing their harness 😊

🐾1. Before placing a new harness on your puppy, get them used to seeing it & being around it first as to start with it will look rather strange to them. Do this by making it a “non-event”, calmly place the harness on the floor with a few yummy treats scattered close by for your puppy to enjoy - this forms positive associations right from the start with the harness.
Take it slowly & repeat this at different times until your puppy is happy to be around it. Then scatter the treats over the harness for them to sniff out - again making the harness a great thing to be around.
If your puppy backs away at any point, take your time & repeat the stages in short sessions.

🐾2. Then begin to hold up the harness until your puppy moves towards it, again reward with yummy treats until your puppy happily places their head through the harness to receive their reward. Keep this stage short & successful & practice regularly.

🐾3. Once your puppy is really comfortable with seeing & being around their harness, practice opening & closing the clips whilst the harness is off your puppy, again rewarding with yummy treats as they hear the noise of the clips - repeat slowly until your puppy is happy to hear the noises.

🐾4. Put all the stages together to put your puppy’s new harness on successfully - rewarding as you go 🐶

www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

03/01/2025

Our students work really hard during our Positive Puppy Course to grow successful life skills. A great relationship & keeping learning fun is the key to helping your puppy succeed 🐾🐾

02/01/2025

A great way to start 2025 with great feedback 🤩🐾

24/12/2024

Wishing all of our lovely clients past & present & their wonderful puppies & dogs a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year xx 🐾🎅🎄

21/12/2024

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What a wonderful way to end the year, seeing the last of our 2024 “Positive Puppy Course” students graduate this Morning 🎓🐶🎓

🎉A REALLY BIG WELL DONE TO EVERYONE 🎉

You have all worked so hard over the past few weeks, teaching your puppies valuable life skills🐾🐶

Its so rewarding to watch their personalities, confidence & new skills grow, all whilst building great relationships with their families!

Its a pleasure to be part of your training journeys 🐾

www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

18/12/2024

Please share & lets help get this little one home where she belongs ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

PUBLIC APPEAL. STOLEN.

PLEASE SHARE EVERYWHERE. The family are utterly devastated as you can imagine.
Lets get this beautiful dog home ASAP ❤️

STOLEN from ALFRETON ROAD. SUTTON IN ASHFIELD. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. NG17 since 13/12/2024

Please DO NOT shout, chase, or grab. Report sightings immediately by calling 0330 124 2004.

DO NOT POST SIGHTINGS ON HERE PLEASE.

Remember, the owners of the missing animal read your posts. Please be kind, positive, and show empathy.

17/12/2024

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DON’T GET A DOG…UNLESS YOU CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT

In an ideal world dogs would be included as a family member and we would commit to sharing our time and life with them in the relatively short time they have on earth.

In an ideal world, we would take the time to learn about how dogs communicate through their body language, their emotions, their needs and keep learning about updated, modern, force free / pain free methods to understand or modify behaviour.

In reality, dogs are so often seen as an item of property, an object, a commodity to be bred and make money from, a cheap, replaceable security system, a garden decoration, a toy to play with when the kids are bored or an accessory that looks good while out walking, running or taking selfies.

Dogs are not objects, just like us they are sentient beings with the capacity to feel a range of emotions.

Dogs are naturally social beings and need to spend time with their human family.

A life spent confined to a backyard or fenced in with little or no human companionship is not a life.

They need love and attention, exercise and mental stimulation. They need routine, consistency and predictable patterns to feel safe and secure in our world.

Having a dog requires commitment, understanding, patience and dedication.

It’s hard work, it’s sometimes messy, dirty and stinky, it costs money and requires changes to our lifestyle.

It’s a decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly or without making a long term commitment, but the rewards of forming a secure bond with another sentient being can bring so much joy and enrichment to both our lives and theirs.

17/12/2024

🐾🐾 LAST 2 PLACES AVAILABLE 🐾🐾

🐶 Give Your Puppy A Positive Start To Learning 🐶

We are now enrolling for our January “Positive Puppy Course” held in Warsop, Mansfield.

Classes led by a Certified Pro Dog Trainer & Puppy Training Specialist.

Courses run for 5 weeks and our small, friendly training groups support you to teach your puppy
essential life skills right from the very beginning - confidence, smart socialisation, calmness, focus & engagement, value in proximity (loose lead walking & recall), listening skills, disengagement from distractions, plus much more - all through the power of proven, positive reward, games based training.

The course is designed for puppies aged 3-6months (fully vaccinated).

Course Start: Saturday 11th January - 9-10am

Course Price - £85 per puppy

Please contact us for further details & a booking form to secure your place 🐾🐶

If you are interested in classes starting February onwards - please contact us for details.

Can’t make a course? - 1to1 Puppy training also available 🐶

Canine First Aid Certified
Fully Insured
Sessions held inside & outside

www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

05/12/2024

The recipe for teaching your puppy successful loose lead walking skills - 🐶🐶

1. A great relationship
2. Lots of patience
3. Break learning down into simple, short, fun sessions
4. Lots of encouragement & praise
5. Yummy food rewards
6. Practice, practice, practice!!



www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

05/12/2024

Here are some of our wonderul “Positive Puppy Course” students practicing their new loose lead walking skills 🤩

Our 1:1 training & group courses are a little different to some - we don’t just train a sit, down, stay or a heel heel heel!! 🤯

We support our students to grow great relationships with their puppies/dogs. To understand their needs & how to support them when taking on the world together 🌎🐾

Our small, friendly training groups teach real life skills that enable your dog to think, learn & make great choices 🐶

Focus & Engagement ✅
Value in Close Proximity✅
(essential for loose lead walking & recall)
Calmness ✅
Disengagement from Distractions ✅
Confidence, Optimism & Independence ✅
Smart socialisation ✅
Plus lots more!

Contact us today to start your training journey🐾

Courses led by a Certified Pro Dog Trainer
Certified Puppy Training Specialist
Canine First Aid Certified
Fully Insured

www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk

23/11/2024

A really big welcome to the new starters on our Positive Puppy Course - Ted, Brinley, Jeremy, Betty, Sadie, Blue & Roxy who joins us next week 🐶🐶

They were all little superstars & we can’t wait to see their progress grow over the next few weeks 🐾

www.positive4pawsdogtraining.co.uk