Sue's dog training

02/12/2025

I met this lovely 7 month old Australian shepherd called Styx yesterday. She is being a typical boisterous teenager. Jumping on granny to get split food, jumping on owner back as she walked down the stairs, counter surfing, reacting to dogs and people on walks and other things. Styx responded well to training yesterday and is coming to recall workshop on Saturday. Consistency is key with everyone who lives with Styx. The owners are committed to the training. We will keep in touch via WhatsApp.

01/12/2025

Confidence building.
It’s good to challenge your dog and see if they will put their paws on different surfaces. Some dogs are not keen. Some dogs get very worried if something moves or the texture under their paws is strange to them. Encouraging them to go on different objects and putting their front paws on objects. And rewarded with food. It’s a fun game and the dog is confidence building.

30/11/2025

Foal Farm would love some shoe boxes with things for dogs to give to the dogs for Christmas. I can take them up there if you are not going. 🎄

27/11/2025

Bella was too busy saying hello to the sheep to come when I asked her to recall this morning. So I had to go to her and help her. Recall is difficult with distractions. You will never get 100 % reliability as dogs are not robots. Lots of practice really helps.

I am doing a recall workshop on Saturday 6th December at the Willett Rec in Petts wood, 9-11 am. Cost is £60. Contact me 07720 444941 if you are interested.

26/11/2025

Very pretty this morning with the frost and sun coming up. And lots of smells for Belle and Bella to enjoy. 😊

25/11/2025

24/11/2025

I met a lovely Shelti called Pepe today. He is a year and 1/2 old but doesn’t not seem to have had much socialisation. He is very scared of his new owner and his new environment. It is going up take some time to help him get used to his new home.

22/11/2025

Second visit of puppy package with Seamus. Owners have been doing really well with training lead walking, recall, crate training, toilet training and leave. Still biting is a problem, so gave tips for this. Talked about taking leave to the next stage and learning drop. Owners are keen to come to some of my upcoming workshops. 😊

20/11/2025

At the Grooming and Handling Workshop Billie showed us how powerful their driers are. The air from drier moves all the fur so you can see right to the dog’s skin. Billie says she sees fleas, ticks, lumps, bumps and skin issues often before the dog’s owner has noticed.

19/11/2025

Billie’s tips for teeth cleaning:

🐾 a good diet really helps in cleaning your dog’s teeth.

🐾 dental sticks are full of rubbish. Give your dog pizzle sticks, bull roll and Yak stick

🐾 certain breeds are more prone to bad teeth like sight hounds.

🐾 clean your dog’s teeth twice a week.

🐾 get them used to the toothpaste first by letting them lick it off your finger.

🐾 start with getting your dog used to you cleaning the outside of their teeth with the larger end of the toothbrush.

🐾 then get them used to cleaning inside with the small end of the toothbrush.

🐾 if plague builds up on your dog’s teeth, brushing will not get it off. Billie at Diamond Dogz will get it off with their special lazer treatment.

18/11/2025

Billie’s ear cleaning tips:

🐾 check ears for grass seeds after a walk.

🐾clean ears once a week.

🐾 if their ears smell ye**ty there maybe an infection or it could be they are not dried properly.

🐾 for an ear infection, dogs shake their head a lot. Can see redness on the outside and their ears are sensitive to touch.

🐾 Billie says she is happy to look at your dog’s ears and tell you if there is an infection.

🐾 to clean ears use unscented ear wipes or unscented baby wipes rather than drops.

🐾 open the ear and clean the flap. Then make the wet wipe into a ball and clean the middle by pushing the wet wipe into the circle. Some dogs seem to really like this.