Sue's dog training

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.

15/11/2025

Grooming and handling workshop went really well this morning. 🐩🐕‍🦺
Everyone said it was interesting and they learn a lot. 😊

Some things I learnt:
1) All dogs can benefit from going to the groomers, no matter how long their fur is.

2) Bring your puppy into the groomers as soon as possible to get them used to the noises and equipment.

3) Diamond Dogz notice lots of things on your dog with their powerful driers like lumps, bumps, fleas, ticks and skin allergies.

4) Diamond Dogz use a good quality shampoo. Which lathers up easily. And does not affect the dogs if it goes in their mouth or eyes.

5) Diamond Dogz do not rush grooming the dogs. They allocate two hours for each dog so there is time for the dog to relax and play with groomers.

Billie from Diamond Dogz is keen to do another workshop. So do contact her or me if you are interested. My number is 07720 444941.

14/11/2025

16 hours to go until the Grooming and Handling Workshop run by Billie from Diamond Dogs in Pet Perfection in Petts Wood. I can’t wait!!!

11/11/2025

Update on Recall Workshop which is on Saturday 6th December. Contact me if you are interested on 07720 443941.

Also my first Monthly Newsletter is coming out via email at the end of this week. For anyone who has trained with me. It has top tips and Workshop dates for next year. Very exciting!! Look out for it. 🥳

08/11/2025

Tired Rodney out this morning doing some desensitisation of dogs in a car park. Rodney did very well. 😊

08/11/2025

Top tip: Your vets does not know everything about dogs. If you have a health issue definitely go to your vets. If it is a grooming (including nails issues) go to your groomers. If it is a behavioural issue go to a dog trainer or behaviouralist.

I recommend going to Billie from Diamond Dogz for a groomer issue. She is in Pet Perfection Pet Shop in Petts Wood. She has years of experience of grooming lots of breeds of dogs.