Peterson Canine Care & Training

09/02/2025

Congrats on pumpkin for completing her 1:1 Puppy package 🎃 ❤️

03/02/2025

🔅HAPPY MONDAY 🔅

This is your Monday reminder that lots of things you may see on tik tok and insta reels about dog training, are probably not what they seem. Social media has a great way of showing people what they want to see to draw them in. Lots of videos are edited and only show snippets of what actually goes on.
I’ve found lately that it’s been leading people into a false sense of security. Making them think that behaviour issues can be fixed in an hour.

THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES!!

Sorry to dissapoint but it’s true. The real change comes from meeting your dogs physical & emotional needs. Then CONSISTENTLY putting in the work. It may not be straightforward and there are going to be days when you think it’s not working but as long as you are consistent it will.

PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT 🥰

Trainers are here to help educate, guide and support you. We will provide you with the skills & knowledge to make progress, but ultimately it comes down to you to actually continue the work to change your dog’s behaviour permanently.

Keep pushing through and you will get there 😆❤️

03/02/2025

Our first set of Adolescent classes for 2025!
Start dates:
8th March : 9:30-10:30am *(FULLY BOOKED)**
11:00-12:00 am (2 SLOTS AVAILABLE)
5 week course
£90

*payments must be made prior to secure your place*

01/02/2025

✨ 2 SPACES AVAILABLE!! ✨

Only 2 slots left for the adolescent course in March. Drop us a message to book in !!

Our first set of Adolescent classes for 2025!
Start dates:
8th March : 9:30-10:30am *(FULLY BOOKED)**
11:00-12:00 am (2 SLOTS AVAILABLE)
5 week course
£90

*payments must be made prior to secure your place*

31/01/2025

Little Bruno being an absolute star 🤩❤️

16/01/2025

15/01/2025

Aside from my day job …

81 Followers, 59 Following, 39 Posts

07/01/2025

We have added another time slot for an adolescent class because our first one is fully booked !! 😆

06/01/2025

🌟PUPPY & ADOLESCENT CLASSES !! 🌟

These are taking place March 2025

Drop us a message to book in. Payments are required upon booking to secure your place. We cannot hold spaces.

🐶 Groups are kept small to ensure each dog gets the required attention through training so there are limited spaces available.

🍃They are 5 weeks long. The last week is an “in the wild” session so we can apply our training in the real life scenarios.

✅ Please click on the photos to see dates & times etc.

📍 Based in Portishead.

21/12/2024

✨THATS A WRAP FOR 2024 !!! ✨

I’m now off and won’t be responding to messages so I can have a proper break (haven’t had time off this year whoops 😬). I will be responding to all messages when I’m back so please be patient.

Thanks again for all the lovely clients who I’ve had the pleasure of working with this year.

❤️🎄🥰

21/12/2024

Congratulations to this lovely lot on completing their adolescent course today!! A pleasure working with you all 🥰

19/12/2024

The biggest head out there … all the more to squish 🐶

17/12/2024

14/12/2024

⚠️‼️As Christmas is approaching it’s important to prepare in advance to make Christmas Day go as smoothly as possible.

🥔 🥦🥕You may be thinking about how you will be preparing your vegetables and bits the night before to reduce prep on the day.

🎁 Wrapping presents this week so you don’t have to cram everything in the week of Christmas.

🚗 sorting out travel and routes if you’re visiting family so you aren’t relying on the satnav who may not take into account road closures etc.

🎄 checking over the Christmas list one more time so you know you haven’t forgot anyone’s presents … and even labelling them to avoid awkward moments where your mum accidentally receives your wife’s chrimbo underwear 👙😅😬

However !! ….

We must not forget one of the most important things to prepare for as Christmas approaches… our DOGS 🐶

Here are some things I’m doing to make Christmas go smoothly, that may help give you some ideas into how you can too:

✨ ENRICHMENT: bulk prepping lick mats/ kongs in the freezer/ knuckle bones. This is so I can give my dogs an outlet to calm themselves down. It also will create a positive association with the fact there are more people around than normal and people who may not be regular visitors.

✨ CRATES. I have fabric pop-up crates (as shown below) as they are easier to pop up or down and my dogs are used to them. Metal crates may be more effective, especially for dogs who may be more restless in a crate and require something more sturdy. They may not have to be in there all day… just for periods of time to give themselves time to calm back dowN/rest without disturbance etc.

It’s important to think about how more people in the household and higher levels of noise could impact them while in the crate. It may be that they are put in a quieter room (still in the crate) or just in a different room altogether (providing they are used to this and find this somewhat comforting). The added kong/lick mat or even juicy knuckle bone could accompany this to make it more enjoyable.

You know your dog. However, dogs who usually are fine with guests may exhibit levels of stress especially if there are more unfamiliar ones and with the added noise levels. Therefore what works for them normally, may not be the best option for the day. Therefore try and put in place some options:

- settle training in the other rooms (if thats an option) leading up to the day.
- crate training if they aren’t used to a crate
- noise desensitising: put on some Christmas music while they are chewing a nice tasty chew so that on the day this isn’t suddenly a “new” thing.

✨ EXERCISE: thinking about when/where etc. if you can get your dog out nice and early before the chaos of Christmas begins that may be helpful in getting rid of some energy for the day… making it easier for them to settle. (Sniffy walks would be best rather than ball play = higher arousal )

Also thinking about whether they need to even go on a walk. It’s okay to skip a day. They may be on higher alert/arousal if you’re taking them out in the afternoon/evening if they have had a lot of stimulation through the day.

✨ Boundaries with guests. It’s important to put in boundaries with your guests especially if they aren’t frequent visitors. Advocate for your dog. YOUR DOG DOESNT NEED TO BE PETTED!! Granted some may love this…. Again judge this on your dog.

Hopefully this can help with some ideas on managing your dog around Christmas. Listen to your dog and have a lovely Christmas!! 🤶🎄💚❤️💚

14/12/2024

3 beasties 🐻

13/12/2024

It’s the most wonderful time… training walks with friends 🥰💚 🎄

12/12/2024

Naughty 😈 or nice 😇