✨If you’re lucky enough to get the fabulous @roundandaboutmag through your door, keep a lookout for my monthly column, offering helpful tips and advice on doggy topics ✨
✨Give me a follow if you’ve seen me and let me know in the comments if there’s anything you’d like me to cover🤔🤗
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✨More Than Sit’s ever popular Teen-Puppy Class is back!! 🥳✨
✨This group class is designed specifically for owners with dogs going through adolescence and all the challenges that brings 🐶🐾✨
✨ DM me for full details and tag any friends with teenaged-tearaway pooches 🥰✨
#morethansitdogtraining #positivedogtraining #positivetraining #adolescentdog #gooddog #teenpuppy #dogsofinstagram
🤗 My commited selfie buddy, Denise, and I want to wish you all a very happy International Dog Day! 🥳🎉
✨Spread the love & share some of your doggo selfies in the comments 🥰🐶🐾
#internationaldogday #dogselfie #dogselfiesofinstaworld #dogsofinstagram #positivedogtraining #positivetraining #morethansitdogtraining
Once out of puppyhood, our doggos go through a similar stage to our human teenagers 😳
To support dog owners navigating this tricky stage, I’ve launched my
✨Teen-Puppy Group Class. ✨
Teen-pups’ bodies are preparing for adulthood 🐕, their brains are going through a major reorganisation 🧠 and, as a result, their behaviour can change too 🤨.
After all the hard work of puppy raising, it can be disheartening to now have an adolescent dog that ignores your cues, pushes boundaries, develops selective hearing, seems to lack all self-control or starts barking at other dogs 🤯.
This group class combines theory and practical exercises to help owners understand:
➡️why their dogs are behaving like this, and
➡️how to train and manage them easily✅, effectively ✅and positively✅.
💫Next class starts 27th April - DM me for further details 💫
#teenpuppy #adolescentdog #positivetraining #positivedogtraining #morethansitdogtraining
One of the great drivers for positive change in modern-day dog training - it was a real pleasure to chat with @victoriastilwell today at Crufts ☺️
✨Happy International Women’s Day 💪🏼✨
#dogtraining #dogtrainer #positivedogtraining #positivedogtrainer #forcefreedogtraining #morethansitdogtraining #internationalwomensday
As a small token of thanks for all your support this year, I’d like to offer my followers 10% off my 1-to-1 services (in person or remote) between 1st January and 31st March 2024 - be sure to tag a friend that may be interested too 🎉🎊🙌🏻
To book, visit my website - link in bio - and quote your IG username in the contact form 👍🏼
Wishing you all a festive season filled with waggy tails, good food and great company 🐶🐕🎄🥂🥳
#dog #dogtrainer #dogtraining #positivereinforcement #positivereinforcementtraining #postivereinforcementdogtraining #forcefree #forcefreedogtraining #morethansit
We ask our dogs to “sit” all the time… and sometimes they don’t. Rather than focusing just on getting that sit, what if we explored the reasons why we didn’t get the response we asked for? And does it really matter anyway?
A holistic approach to canine care takes the battle out of training and sets your dog, and you, up for success 🏆🎉
Let me know what “sit”s you’ve struggled with and how you overcame them 👊🏼💥
#holisticdog #dogobedience #dogtraining #positivereinforcement #morethansit
Even when not blatantly preoccupied with who’s been to the local lamppost since their last visit, dogs are continually processing their environment through smell: what and who is around them, who has been before and what’s up ahead.
The olfactory bulb is responsible for scent processing in dogs and accounts for about one eighth of the canine brain - that’s an area 40 times the size of ours 🤯
So next time your dog is distracted, a bit more reactive than usual, or behaving unexpectedly, could it be that his magnificent nose has detected something you’re oblivious to? 🤔
#superpowers #puppypower #letdogssniff #positivereinforcement #morethansit
4 weeks ago I started working with B and his owners. B was prone to scavenging items in the home and rubbish on the street, sometimes aggressively guarding his booty from his worried owners. His habit resulted in frequent vet visits and stressful walks.
Check him out now! Through creating safe outlets for scavenging behaviour and playing self-control games, B has learnt that, although he is still free to sniff about on walks, it pays to check in with mum - especially when there are scavenging opportunities present 👍🏼.
This is just the start of B’s and his owners’ journey, but with their newfound skills, they’re clearly bossing it 👊🏼💥
💕I couldn’t be prouder 💕
#dogsofinstagram #scavenging #dog #positivereinforcement #forcefreetraining #morethansit
I still hear this one quite a lot.
♠️“Being the alpha”
♦️“Being pack leader”
♣️Describing a dog as seeking dominance over their owner.
These are all red flags to me that someone is referring to pack theory to train their dog. The idea that dogs vie for dominance over people was debunked decades ago, by the very researchers who came up with the original concept. Yet it still persists among some pet owners and dog trainers today.
Join me on my mission to spread the word that scientifically-proven, ethically-sound positive reinforcement techniques are the only way forward for dog training 💪🏼🐕✨
#positivedogtraining #forcefreetraining #morethansit
Gorgeous Attie doesn’t hang around for long!
If your pup is easily distracted away again even after a successful recall:
✨make sure you’re super slick in quickly dispensing an awesome reward
AND #protip
✨get him used to one hand touching his collar as you deliver his reward. If you always do this, whether you’re letting him run off again or want to pop his lead on, “hand to collar” stops becoming a tell-tale clue that he should zip off again before you can end the fun.
#dogsofinstagram #dogs #dogsoffleash #recalltraining #positivereinforcementdogtraining #morethansit
I am fiercely protective of our local wildlife, which deserves not to be worried by our dogs.
Denise, my Singapore Special street dog, is a high-cortisol animal. This means that she is very easily over-excited, over-anxious, over-stimulated, particularly when outside, making it near enough impossible to access her Thinking Brain.
If running around off-lead, especially in such a high octane environment as a deer-sprinkled wood, I know her recall training will be forgotten. So I choose to let her off only in enclosed fields or places where I know overexcitement won’t get the better of her.
In the meantime, a sniffy walk on-lead is just the ticket to keep her contented and calm, the deer safe, and me sane!
What switches off your dog’s Thinking Brain? Let me know in the comments below 👇🏼
#dogsofinstagram #recalltraining #dogsandwildlife #onleaddogwalks #morethansit
Us Brits don’t typically do Thanksgiving, which is a shame. I love the idea of sitting down with loved ones and reflecting on what we have to be grateful for.
I am thankful for Denise, this magical dog, who has taught me so much more in a few short years than the previous decade’s dog training courses and books put together.
Share with me who or what you are grateful for and we can be Pollyannas together!
#dog #dogtraining #positivedogtraining #thanksgiving #dogsofinstagram #morethansit
Watching puppies playing is good for the soul, but sometimes it can be difficult to read. Although you may see or hear some behaviours in other contexts - like growling, barking and biting - these behaviours pop up in play too. Keeping a close eye on playing pups (and intervening if necessary!) will ensure everyone is having fun and not coming away with any nasty experiences.
Follow me for more tips on how to manage playtime and more 😬
#puppy #puppyplay #positiveexperience #positivedogtraining #morethansit
It’s well-known how fantastic dogs’ sense of smell is, but we often don’t translate this into real terms. As their primary sense, dogs use smell to process the world. So by allowing your dog to sniff, you’re enabling him to explore, discover, learn, de-stress, become more confident and express himself 🥰
Help more people see this by sharing ☺️
#dog #dogenrichment #sniffingdogs #dogssmell #morethansit
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