Problem Dog

05/08/2023

Unless you have been living on Mars you cannot have missed the shocking news reports on dog attacks. Nearly ever week it was reported that someone had been savaged. And I quote ' 22,000 cases of out-of-control dog attacks was reported over the past 5 years. Resulting in fatalities and serious injuries'. These dogs are not dogs that roam around causing havoc, these dogs are our fluffy bundles of fun which we house, feed and love. So, who is responsible for these crimes because crimes are what they are. The world and its wife propose to know how to train a dog and its these people that contribute to this shocking revelation. I have been a dog trainer for 30 years. And I do know that it only takes two weeks to turn a dog around. It cannot be done in a day, and it does not take months. Dog training is not policed, and I think it should be especially when lives are at stake. If you need a dog trainer do your research. Let us give the dog Shelters a break and our dogs a chance.

28/01/2023

Misconceptions on diagnosing our pet dogs behaviour.
I had a call from a genuinely nice lady she had adopted a blind collie from Romania. She had adopted in her words a cowering wreck and turned it into a bouncy happy dog. Which was exactly what I met when I arrived. The other problem was that she said, and in her words, the dog was suffering from " Fear Aggression." The dog would suddenly snap at her husband and people that visited the house. Away from home she was fine. Her husband found this intimidating (who wouldn't). But to the uninitiated it would look like that was the problem. But, in fact it had nothing to do with fear aggression at all. The problem was less complicated than it sounded. This was not the true diagnoses. Fear aggression is something that people just say when a dog reacts badly to a particular incident, they do not know it for a fact, it is just words that people banter about hoping that it covers their problems. Not only does it give the dog a bad name it lessens the chances of the dog getting a fair trial.

12/10/2022

04/11/2021

As avid readers of my post will know I am forever expressing the view that I can cure your dog's problems within two weeks, (which is proven to be true as many of my clients will testify to the fact). For this to happen, you, as the dog's owner, will have to follow my instructions to the letter, no ifs and buts. As Christmas is just around the corner and at present we are free to invite whom we wish to visit and your dog is an embarrassment , (through no fault of its own), now is the perfect time to rectify any problems. When the family descends on Christmas Day, the Christmas tree is still standing proud, the kids toys are all intact, the turkey safely left on the worktop (instead of the dog having its dinner earlier than everyone else),no non stop barking and definitely no visit to the A&E for dog bites. If this sounds like a Christmas you wish for, just give me a call!

30/10/2021

30/10/2021

Recall is a major factor in dog training. Whether it is a pup an older dog or a dog from a shelter. This important piece of training is the difference between losing your dog (as in it running off ), or it causing an accident, or even your dog getting stolen. Quite often a customer will ring and explain that when they let their dog off the lead it will run off and not come back when called, " its great in the house but will not come back." That is the only thing that is wrong with it. But to me if it is good in the house then it would come back. The customer does not see the problems they have in the house that leads up to this one problem that bugs them the most. But this standing in the rain waiting for your dog to come back malarkey as to stop. This is easer to put right than you think, and it is all done without treats!

15/07/2021

The most frequently-used words I hear from customers is "My dog does not take a blind bit of notice of me; it just blatantly ignores me. I ask it to come when called when out walking with it and it runs the other way". A spoilt dog is one that takes everything from us and gives nothing back. Does that sound familiar? These are the ones (but not exclusively) that bites the hand that feeds it, growls at the kids, the next-door neighbour and even the Vet this is a dog that is lacking in respect. Respect cannot be bought, it cannot be coerced, or gained by trickery, respect as we all know is earned. To achieve this missing ingredient is simple. It will only take two weeks(if that). The perfect dog (without jumping through hoops) is only a fortnight away. If this is what you are after please get in touch.