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Positive, reward based 1-1 training for you and your dog, tailored to suit your lifestyle. Bespoke i Hi and thanks for visiting my page.

My name is Lynne and I am a positive dog trainer offering 1-1 training sessions in your own home, covering Paisley and the surrounding area. I am a full member of the APDT (membership no00979) and use only kind, fair and effective methods to help you train your dog. I am also a groomer of 25 years experience and offer bespoke grooming in your home, specialising in dogs who are not comfortable with the grooming process.

25/04/2025

Right, own up, who took this pic of me??

13/04/2025

Doing some practice of Rodger recalling around deer. This area is fields and scrub where he can be safely offleash with no livestock. The only issue is the resident deer. In this video we are at the end of a fairly long walk where we have seen a few deer and practiced this behaviour a few times. I'm looking for the moment he turns towards me, rather than focusing on the sight or scent of the deer. It's a bit of risk leaving him off leash when we can see the deer, but as you can see by his response at the end I'm pretty confident of his whistle recall. The deer decided to run back up the track towards us, hence the whistle and slightly panicked cues! The eagle eyed among you will spot that he was actually turning to come to me before I whistled, clever boy! I put Rodge on lead, and it passed within about 10 feet of us, running away from another dog walker coming up the track towards us. I found it interesting that the other walker had an on leash Golden Retriever, but the deer obviously judged us safer to pass than them. Both deer were young bucks, btw, I would have tried to avoid them entirely if they had been does at this time of year.

11/04/2025

I love an enthusiastic self-dryer. And Marty is a very enthusiastic self-dryer! 🤣🤣
He also has ongoing issues with his ears, so drying himself means I don't have to rub around his potentially tender areas. Win win!

07/04/2025

For multiple reasons I don't usually groom outside. On a day like today and with a view like this, however, it'd almost be rude not to!

05/02/2025

When you're growing your hair out and it hits that awkward in-between stage...🤣🤣🥰

02/02/2025

A new toaster for us means a new challenge for Rodger!
Rodger is a typical poodle, and would be super fussy given the chance. Here, he is eating some of his daily kibble portion from the empty toaster box, with the cardboard frames adding to the challenge. If i put this portion of kibble in his bowl and put it down to him, it would be 50/50 whether he would eat it. Given his meal like this, or during training( which i often do and its why he seems to get tonnes of reward if i share training videos!) he will pretty much always eat it all. He actively prefers to work for his food rather than have it just put in front of him. This is great for me, because poodles and many other deep chested breeds are prone to a dangerous disorder called bloat. It can be linked to vigorous exercise close to feeding times, so getting him to eat at appropriate times is vital. Feeding him this way, i know hes eating appropriately and he enjoys it.
Crucially, because Rodger is not a real foodie dog, he doesn't find it frustrating. Some dogs, however, do find food puzzles and things like slow feeders frustrating when they are hungry. If you have a dog who eats like they've never seen food before, giving them a puzzle to eat from can be a real trial to them. Better to give most of a meal and use a small portion to train with, or give a food puzzle only when your dog is mostly satiated. Imagine you were starving hungry, drooling at the thought of whatever your favourite meal is, and someone made you do the Times crossword first! Fun? No! Annoying? Yes! Would you be able to give that crossword your best focus and attention? Definitely not.
I feel this is another area where social media has ingrained that we need to make our dogs work for every single piece of food they get. In some cases, its great! In others, it can cause unnecessary stress and build worry around food.
As in so many things dog training, it depends on the dog. For some dogs, food challenges are great. For others, not so much.

16/01/2025

Groomers can often be found online engaged in battle over whether certain breeds should be clipped. For me, it depends on the dog. Beautiful Daisy unfortunately has a few health conditions common in Cavaliers, and it's much easier for her to be short all over. She's still cute as a button with her short coat.

13/01/2025

Corrie likes to take it real easy during her groom. Afterwards, she reverts to her usual whirlwind of movement ( pic 3) briefly interrupted by tiny moments of stillness while she turns on the puppy eyes for more treats! ( pic 2) 🤣🤣
Corrie is a super sweet working cocker. She is handstripped to maintain her lovely colour, and keep her coat water resistant.

10/01/2025

I know it's a bit early in the season to be talking about foxes, but I took this photo of "our" resident fox the other day. It's casually standing on top of our 6 foot fence. Keep in mind it jumped up there from inside our garden, so with the slope it's probably more like a 7 to 8 foot jump.
I often hear people say it couldn't possibly be foxes in the garden disturbing their dog in the early hours and making them bark. They have a 6ft fence or wall round the property, that keeps everything out! As this photo shows, foxes are incredibly agile. Your boundary wall or fence is a minor inconvenience to them, not an insurmountable obstacle.
Best estimate is that there are some 23,000 foxes in Scotland. If you live in an urban area I absolutely guarantee you have foxes coming into your garden, hunting for small animals and insects, scavenging for food scraps and carrion and generally doing their nosey.
Foxes are cute, but when your dog is doing it's dinger for no apparent reason at 3am, it's far more likely to be at a passing fox than at a burglar!

06/01/2025

Happy 2025 to you all! I hope this fresh year brings you all you wish for.

I dont do resolutions, but i saw a friend post about her intentions for the new year and thought it was a good idea. My intentions for this year are to focus more on my business, and also on working with Rodger to help bring out the superstar he really is.
As most of you know I've had some health issues in the past couple of years. These are officially chronic now, meaning they arent going to go away. So i have to work round them. This means my hiatus from traning is probably going to be permanent. My days of standing in parks in the cold and wet are over, which is both a blessing and a curse! I may still do puppy 121's, because puppies cant really be standing about in cold parks either, but i still need to think more about that, as my issues are not yours.

I also want to make clear that i am a safe space for clients. I dont judge you on the state of your house, your lifestyle choices, if you are a member of the LGBTQIA+ or other marginalised community, none of that is my concern. I want to help you help your dog enjoy and feel good about their grooming session. I groom in your house, and our relationship is often very different to a salon based groomer. Trust is incredibly important, between my clients and i, between your dogs and I. It can take time to build, but its worth the effort.

I intend to focus on bringing tailored home grooming, with the dogs wellbeing and welfare as top priority, to all my clients, both new and established.

With this in mind i want to ask you for feedback.
Is there anything you wished i did? Anything you wished i didnt do? How can i make the grooming experience better for you and your pet? If you dont want to comment here, please do message me privately, all thoughts will be taken in the spirit they are given.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, for trusting me with your precious pups, and for welcoming me into your homes. It has always been a privilege and an honour.

12/12/2024

Look at Bella's eyelashes. Can you see them? They're gingery, Hollywood long, and actually go out past the end of her muzzle. So cute!
Bella is not just a pretty face, but also a great comfort to the residents of her local care home where she visits regularly. They all comment on her gorgeous lashes, and she adores all the attention. She's all pretty and clean for her next visit there, and ready to meet Santa too! 😃😃

09/12/2024

18 months old, full of nonsense. He's such a good boy. Sometimes.

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