Dog Training with Caroline - The Ogwell Dog Trainer

Dog Training with Caroline - The Ogwell Dog Trainer Weekly Puppy classes. 121 Lessons. Recall. Scent classes. Pet dog Gundog training. Lead walking.
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I have been dog training for about 33 years but originally became qualified as a puppy instructor with the association of pet dog trainers in 2002

I am a proud member of The Institute of Modern Dog Trainers and try to go on as many courses, workshops and seminars as I can to keep up to date with current training methods. All details of the classes offered can be found on my website www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk

Scent work taster session on Saturday 13th July 3.30pm - 5.30pm.  Ever wondered what scentwork is about?  want to find o...
28/06/2024

Scent work taster session on Saturday 13th July 3.30pm - 5.30pm. Ever wondered what scentwork is about? want to find out more without commiting to a 6week course. This workshop is for beginners, for any breed/age and will give you a chance to find out more about scent work and if you enjoy it you can join a course. click on this link to book your space. limited to 4 dogs. https://theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk/product/workshops/

We have one space left on the 6week puppy class starting this Saturday at 9am. More details can be found here www.theogw...
27/06/2024

We have one space left on the 6week puppy class starting this Saturday at 9am. More details can be found here www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk

Another year done & dusted for Ogwell fair family dog show. And Best in Show went to this beauty who they got from a res...
22/06/2024

Another year done & dusted for Ogwell fair family dog show. And Best in Show went to this beauty who they got from a rescue centre just 7weeks ago. Fab day had by all, perfect weather and all the dogs were lovely.

Keep the ponies on the moors safe. Do not feed them.
22/06/2024

Keep the ponies on the moors safe. Do not feed them.

Please don’t feed the ponies- help us spread the word! Lots of people are feeding ponies and they are staying around car parks and roads waiting for potential treats! We do put signs up alerting visitors about this too, but it continues 😢…

Ogwell fair and family dog show today.
22/06/2024

Ogwell fair and family dog show today.

Puppy classes starting soon. All the courses are 6weeks and cost £99. Saturday 29th June 9am. One space left.Wednesday 1...
20/06/2024

Puppy classes starting soon. All the courses are 6weeks and cost £99.
Saturday 29th June 9am. One space left.
Wednesday 10th July 6.15pm. Four spaces left.
Saturday 27th July 10.30am. Six spaces available.
Max 6 pups in a class. All lessons held outside in our lovely training field. To book or find out more info check out www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk

This clever boy completed the 6 week puppy class with flying colours. Well deserved certificate.
18/06/2024

This clever boy completed the 6 week puppy class with flying colours. Well deserved certificate.

Tonights new puppies. So many cute pups.
18/06/2024

Tonights new puppies. So many cute pups.

10/06/2024

From today in England, all owned cats must be microchipped by the age of 20 weeks. The chip details must be registered on a compliant database in the name of the cat's keeper and those details must be kept up to date. Failure to comply means that the keeper is reducing the chances of being reunited with their pet if should be lost or stolen.

If there is a breach, an enforcer may serve a 21 day Notice and, if that is ignored, the keeper will then become liable to a prosecution where on conviction the fine can be up to £500. In common with the dog microchipping regulations, this is about the benefits of compliance rather than the detriment of enforcement.

An enforcer is unable to issue a Fixed Penalty Notice.

I'm sponsoring the family dog show at Ogwell summer Fair. Come along and  say hello and enter your dog into one of the c...
08/06/2024

I'm sponsoring the family dog show at Ogwell summer Fair. Come along and say hello and enter your dog into one of the classes.

In todays gundog class we did some heelwork, some sit/stays and retrieves. New 6week beginners gundog  course for petdog...
05/06/2024

In todays gundog class we did some heelwork, some sit/stays and retrieves. New 6week beginners gundog course for petdogs starts Tuesday 25th June at 7.45pm

Lots of classes and workshops to choose from this month.  All details can be found on the website or get in touch for a ...
03/06/2024

Lots of classes and workshops to choose from this month. All details can be found on the website or get in touch for a chat.

Petdog Gundog classes. This is a 6 week course starting on Tuesday 25th June at 7.45pm.  In this beginners course we wil...
03/06/2024

Petdog Gundog classes. This is a 6 week course starting on Tuesday 25th June at 7.45pm. In this beginners course we will cover lead walking, recall, steadyness, retrieving and hunting, sit/stay and loads more. Book via the website https://theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk/product/gun_dog/

This is where I do my 1:1 training.  If you want help with lead walking, recall, jumping up, barking or anything else ge...
03/06/2024

This is where I do my 1:1 training. If you want help with lead walking, recall, jumping up, barking or anything else get in touch via the contact form on my website www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk to find out more. Prices on my website under one-one lessons.

3 puppy classes yesterday. We practiced Lead walking and teaching our pups disengaging from distraction. We also provide...
02/06/2024

3 puppy classes yesterday. We practiced Lead walking and teaching our pups disengaging from distraction. We also provided mental enrichment and did some appropriate socialisation.

Another puppy class comes to an end. Not sure Poppy, Merrin and Merlin were impressed with their certificates 😄 but they...
02/06/2024

Another puppy class comes to an end. Not sure Poppy, Merrin and Merlin were impressed with their certificates 😄 but they all loved their donuts.

01/06/2024

My girls love it enrichment week at puppy class as they get to 'hoover' up at the end.

New puppy recruits tonight for the 6week puppy course and the field has been cut and looks lovely.
30/05/2024

New puppy recruits tonight for the 6week puppy course and the field has been cut and looks lovely.

16/05/2024

Please be sure to keep dogs on leads.

It’s a small ask to protect elements of what makes Dartmoor so special.

We as a National Park are one of the last strongholds for a number of ground nesting bird species.

Let alone the mood lifting sight of dancing lambs across the moor.

This little cutie came for a one-one lesson today. Super cute and super intelligent. 😍 mum wants a good recall and becau...
16/05/2024

This little cutie came for a one-one lesson today. Super cute and super intelligent. 😍 mum wants a good recall and because he is a pub dog some boundary training. He did really well.

Another puppy class comes to end. Well done everyone. Very well deserved certificates.
16/05/2024

Another puppy class comes to end. Well done everyone. Very well deserved certificates.

New Puppy class starting Sat 18th May 5pm. This 6week course costs £99. Venue East Ogwell. www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk...
15/05/2024

New Puppy class starting Sat 18th May 5pm. This 6week course costs £99. Venue East Ogwell. www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk for more info or to book. Or get in touch if you would like a chat first. 🙂

Today I swopped my 'The Ogwell Dog Trainer' hat for  The Ogwell Dog Walker hat. My daughter is a dog walker but yesterda...
09/05/2024

Today I swopped my 'The Ogwell Dog Trainer' hat for The Ogwell Dog Walker hat. My daughter is a dog walker but yesterday had an eye operation and needs some time off so I did her dog walking for her today. What a great day to be a dog walker. We went to the river and had a paddle, had a mooch around the field and even watched tractors doing foraging.

Petdog gundog classes anyone? Get in touch if you would like to put your name down for the next course.
09/05/2024

Petdog gundog classes anyone? Get in touch if you would like to put your name down for the next course.

Tonights puppy class (week 5 puppy class) was blessed with glorious sunshine. We covered socialisation, mental enrichmen...
09/05/2024

Tonights puppy class (week 5 puppy class) was blessed with glorious sunshine. We covered socialisation, mental enrichment, focus, attention getting sound, loose lead and started a exercise to help with jumping up and recall. New puppy class starting on Sat 18th May 5pm and Thurs 30th May at 6pm. If you would like to join our puppy classes check out the website for more details or to book your space. theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk

Next 6 week puppy course starts Sat 18th May 5pm. Will we see you there?  To book go to the website www.theogwelldogtrai...
04/05/2024

Next 6 week puppy course starts Sat 18th May 5pm. Will we see you there? To book go to the website www.theogwelldogtrainer.co.uk or any questions just get in touch.

Todays puppies. Aren't they cute? And doesn't the field look pretty with all the daisies and buttercups.
04/05/2024

Todays puppies. Aren't they cute? And doesn't the field look pretty with all the daisies and buttercups.

03/05/2024

Recall class. This is held in two parts. Part one Tuesday 14th May 6.30pm. Part two Tuesday 21st May 6.30pm.
Puppy class. This 6week course starts Sat 18th May 5pm.
Lead walking. Sat 25th May 12pm.
Puppy class. Thurs 30th May 6.15pm.
More details can be found on The Ogwell Dog Trainer website.

02/05/2024

Dogs still falling seriously unwell after walking at Fingle Bridge. Please share for awareness.

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Hello and thank you for dropping by. My name is Caroline and I am a proud to say I am a member of the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers. To become one of their qualified dog trainers you need to pass a very vigorous assessment and agree to abide by their strict code of ethics so you can rest assured only positive training methods are used and I have many years of experience. My training journey started actually started 36 years ago as a pupil at a class but I will tell you more about this in a bit. Dogs have been in my life since I was a twinkle in my parents eye! lol. I have grown up around dogs as my family have never not had a dog, they always had dogs, even before I was born. I grew up with an assortment of terriers, spaniels and retrievers and at 19yrs old I was working in my fathers boarding kennels so my whole life has always been about dogs. My first ‘very own’ dog was Sheba. Someone used to board their adorable GSD puppy every weekend when they went away, (lucky them). When she was 6mths old they decided they didn't want her anymore and offered her to me. I couldn't say no, obviously, so Sheba became my first very own dog. My mother, even though we had several dogs living in the house, refused to let me bring sheba in the house as she had this ‘thing’ about German Shepherds, so Sheba had to sleep in the kennels but spent her days at work with me and her evenings going to the pub or where ever I was going that evening. I was only 20yrs old at the time so had quite a social life. After about 6mths, mother realised that actually German Shepherds aren’t that scary and Sheba was allowed to sleep with me. Both of us in a single bed! I attended dog training classes with her and back then there wasn't choice like there is now. There was one training club that covered this area and it was very much of the time, Barbara Woodhouse style! (those of a certain age will know what I mean!). I remember walking into the hall with Sheba on a normal collar and lead and the first thing I was told was “you need to get a choke chain on that”. When I asked why I was told, “because you have an Alsation”. Oh right, ok then. So I bought one. Each week we walked around a hall, in a circle, telling our dogs to heel whilst giving them a yank on their choke chain. We taught the to sit by saying (in a Barbara woodhouse voice) siT and pushed their bottom to the floor. Then we said good dog. Thank goodness Sheba was a very easy dog to train so I didn't have to do much yanking on the lead! And thank goodness times have changed and we now know better ways, though sadly this method is still used today by some dog training schools. If your dog was noisy in class the instructor would get a squeezy bottle (that they had prepared earlier) and give the dog a sq**rt with salt water! Again, thankfully this method is not used nowadays by trainers who understand there are much better ways to deal with a barking dog and the first thing to take into consideration is a dogs emotional state and why they are barking. I look back and think about how we treated our dogs “back in the day” and cringe. I am proud to say I now use reward based clicker training which is much kinder, more effective and dogs love it.

I first started studying dog training back in 1996 when I completed a year course at Bicton College and then went on to do a puppy instructor certificate with Sarah Whitehead and also the John Fisher 'think dog' certificate. I soon became hooked on this new way of training. It was much kinder than the methods I had learned previously but some of the things I was learning didn't sit well with me. The pack theory method came about after a study of wolves and so we were taught we must walk through doorways and gates before our dogs, we must eat before our dogs, we needed to pretend to eat out of our dogs bowl, we must not let our dogs on the sofa or our bed and to be anywhere higher than us, so for instance at the top of the stairs. I used to say to my husband at the time, I don't know why I have to eat before my dogs or go through doors before my dogs, it doesn’t make sense and to be perfectly honest it just wasn't always practical to eat before them and if I wanted to go through a door first I would just ask all of my dogs to sit and wait while I went first. But this method was definitely better than the previous one, so I found myself recommending people who were having issues with their dogs to follow this method. And it did work, and we did get good results. Another thing we were told to do, was to dominate your dog by doing the alpha roll. Well this definitely never sat well with me and I never did it to any of my dogs and I never ever recommended it to any clients either. Luckily the pack theory has now been disproven, so modern trainers who are learning science based methods will no longer advise using any of these methods. Sadly, a certain Mexican guy in America is still using this method and so a lot of people are still believing in the pack theory, even though the guy who originally came up with the pack theory method has now admitted he was wrong! Believe me, you and your dog are not a pack, for a start your a different species, and your dog is most definitely NOT trying to dominate you.

In the year 2000 I became qualified as a puppy instructor with the APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers). At this time I used to hold my own dog training classes in Ogwell, outside in a field, (which was pretty much unheard of back then as everyone trained in a hall). I also joined forces with another local trainer and used to hold classes in Bovey Tracey (which were in a hall) and also provided classes at Animals in Distress for people who had dogs that had been rehomed from there, (these were outside and I did it for free so that all the money clients paid for their lessons went straight back into the charity). At this time I regularly competed in Agility competitions and also held weekly fun agility classes. However, with a young family and a busy boarding kennels, my dog training had to take a back seat as I just didn't have the time, so I gave up classes, let my APDT membership lapse (as you needed to be assessed every 2years) and didn't practice as a dog training instructor for about 10yrs.

About 5yrs ago I found I had time to get back into dog training professionally and started studying with the IMDT. I travelled to Hertfordshire several times and did so many of their courses, it was almost like an addiction. I also travelled around the UK attending seminars and workshops and then eventually did my assessment with the IMDT and I am proud to be a fully qualified member of The Institute of Modern Dog Trainers. I still try to go on as many courses, workshops and seminars as I can to keep up to date with current training methods. You are always learning in the dog training world and it is really important to me that I continue to gain knowledge and experience that I can share with my clients. Over the years I have attended many seminars and workshops with some of the greats, such as Dr Ian Dunbar, John Rogerson, Sarah Whitehead, Peter Neville, Steve Mann, Nando Brown and Chirag Patel to name just a few. All training is as force free as possible, using reward based and positive methods and I love clicker training and games based training too.

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