Being Canine, Dog Behaviour and Training

29/10/2025

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

21/10/2025

To many people, fireworks are a seasonal spectacle. To many dogs, they’re sudden, untraceable ruptures in safety. It’s not just the volume—it’s the unpredictability, the multisensory overload, and the lack of control. Dogs don’t know it’s ‘Bonfire Night.’ They just know the world stopped making sense. And when predictability collapses, safety does too.

Dogs rely on patterns, predictability, and relational cues to feel safe. When those are disrupted, especially by something they can’t control or understand, their nervous system may shift into a protective state. This isn’t bad behaviour—it’s a survival response. And it’s our job, as guardians, to meet that response with compassion, clarity, and choice.

The aim isn’t to “fix” the fear—it’s to support the dog through it. Emotional safety means honouring distress, not overriding it. With the right scaffolding, dogs can feel safer—even if fireworks remain aversive.

40 page guide to help dogs during fireworks. Just £2.99

Because every dog deserves support.
Because every guardian deserves support.
Because emotional safety shouldn’t be a luxury.

Drop us an email at [email protected] for your copy

20/10/2025

A selection of sensory photos

20/10/2025

Free Webinar – Engage the Senses: A Guide to Multisensory Enrichment for Dogs 🌿

It’s nearly here! On Thursday 23rd October at 6pm (UK time), I’ll be hosting a free Zoom webinar all about Engage the Senses – a calm, choice-led approach to enrichment for dogs.

We’ll explore how to:
🐾 Use sensory experiences to help dogs relax, learn, and connect
🪶 Create simple sensory sessions using everyday items
💡 Support emotional wellbeing through observation and choice

Whether you’ve already signed up (don’t forget to check your inbox for the Zoom link!) or are just hearing about it now, you’re warmly invited to join us.

🕕 Date: Thursday 23rd October, 6pm (UK)
💻 Location: Zoom
🎟️ Cost: Free

👉 Comment below to sign up and be part of this session on enrichment that truly engages the senses.

17/10/2025

A quick update for our lovely followers, supporters and students.

As many of you know, Dale stepped away some time ago to focus on her book, and both of us have been busy running our own canine behaviour businesses. With that in mind, I’ve made the decision to bring everything under one roof—Dog Behaviour Clinic. It’s a more sustainable and streamlined way to continue offering support without juggling multiple websites and social media pages.

From January 2026, all resources will be available exclusively via Dog Behaviour Clinic at:
👉 https://www.dogbehaviourclinic.co.uk/ebooks

You’ll still be able to access the same high-quality materials, just rebranded and housed in one place. Newsletter sign-ups are open on the site, https://www.dogbehaviourclinic.co.uk/ and a reminder will be going out via email soon to make sure no one misses the change.

And for our existing students: your tutoring and support will continue with the same care, depth, and commitment you’re used to.

Thank you for being part of this journey. We’re excited for what’s ahead

17/10/2025

Life for a dog should be more than simply meeting exercise needs, it's the quality that matters.
This seems to be missed and people are impressed with seeing their dog racing around, playing and becoming exhausted.
Of course dogs need exercise but thinking that fast paced running is showing that the dog is having fun is a human assessment.

By all means enjoy some time with your dog doing the things that you like to see but make room for activities that they benefit from and are dog focused.

Engaging the senses is natural, it's beneficial and most of all it's what dogs choose to do.