⚠️The Power of Praise and Corrections in Dog Training ⚠️
✅When it comes to training your dog, how you communicate is just as important as what you’re teaching. At Southdowns Dog Services, we believe in the balanced use of praise and corrections, but the real secret lies in your tone of voice.
✅Why Tone MattersDogs are incredibly intuitive creatures, especially when it comes to picking up on the nuances in your voice. A warm, upbeat tone can make praise more effective, helping your dog understand they’ve done something right. On the flip side, a calm, firm tone during corrections can convey seriousness without instilling fear.
💡 **Tips for Effective Training:**1. **Consistency is Key:** Always use the same tone for praise and a different, consistent tone for corrections.
2. **Match Your Tone to the Message:** Happy, high-pitched tones for praise; low, firm tones for corrections.
3. **Immediate Feedback:** Praise or correct immediately after the behavior so your dog can link your tone with their action.Remember, your dog looks to you for guidance.
✅By mastering your tone of voice, you can create a clear and positive communication channel, making training a more rewarding experience for both of you!
🏆Getting a decent negative marker as well as the good boy we all have is key to all your training journey. 💪🏼
🏆Here is Ragnar 4.5 month old having a go at a dead partridge which was predated!
✅All controlled by tone of voice 🙂
How to stimulate but yet create engagement that will make your dog tired!
🏆Here is Thor on a retrieve he miss marked at 4 months old! This is five mins of his day which was breed specific training, engaging, stimulating outside and fun. He went home and had his 17 hours sleep with no toys or games just a few minutes hunting in grass and a few retrieves. One happy pup who has never been hectic indoors or even thought about nipping or biting us!
✅Minimal training at this age.
✅Correct breed specific training.
✅Training with an aim.
✅Training made easy.
✅Stimulation and enrichment!
✅Train your Gundog even if it will never work as it’s fun for the dog and what the dog craves genetically.
✅This little dog is 4months old and loves to retrieve and hunt, loves to do what he was bred to do…so we enhance this and use this to bond with him and create the fun and satisfying his natural desires and drive.
✅No food or distractions needed just a solid good boy/bad boy and time having fun.
💪🏼Get the right advice and training to set you and your puppy up to succeed. Start as you mean to go on!
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⚠️TIPS⚠️
✅Make sure your clear with your commands.
✅Use the same word you taught.
✅use the word you mean.
❌Don’t undo your hard work.
❌Don’t confuse your dog.
❌Don’t make it harder than it should be!
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⚠️We have just tried out “The flying bomb” made by Gamekeepers Goods the dogs love it, it’s unique and is different from other dummies on the market. It has flopping wings that can cover a dogs eyes on a retrieve similar to in real life. Great addition to your training.
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Training it right at the start
😍Happy dog and happy owner😍
✅This boy had previously been taught left and rights but not as thoroughly as we do. Owner was super pleased with the distance he achieved because before he would divert off and take random lines.
✅We believe in not letting you run before you can walk.
✅We believe in guiding you at a pace your dog understands whilst pushing you both to better yourselves but yet not rushing or allowing any cracks forming in your foundations
✅We help clients layer the training so they know their dog fully understands what they are asking.
✅Little bespoke tweaks to training are essential to get the most gains from your dog.
✅Getting the right support for you and your dog is essential for success.
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✅Puppy socialising isn’t all about a free for all bundle and playing/ fighting, this can actually have a negative effect on your dogs social skills!
✅Correct social skills will help you keep your dog calm, focused on you and safe.
✅Correct social skills will help you have a calm dog in public with manners.
✅Correct social skills will help your dog see you as the leader and fun and not everyone else or every other dog.
✅Correct social skills is about how not to act when your puppies sees other dogs or people.
✅Get your foundations correct from day one and help your puppy learn immediately what is acceptable and what isn’t. This is much fairer on your dog, rather than keep changing boundaries and showing your self to be an inconsistent leader.
✅Get the foundations right and the training is easier in the long run and actually a joy and very rewarding and fun.
🏆Get it right and you won’t be that person who has a dog charging up to others and then say:
“it’s ok he just wants to play, he is friendly”
This actually means, “oh crap not again….I have no recall and my dog won’t engage with me and isn’t under control”
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📣 **Attention Hampshire Dog Owners!** 📣
Are you ready to take your dog’s training to the next level? 🐾✨ At South Downs Dog Services, we pride ourselves on amongst the best trainers in Hampshire. Whether you’re dealing with a playful pup, a stubborn senior, or a working dog, our expert team is here to help you achieve a well-behaved, happy companion.
💡 Why Choose Us?
✅ Experienced and certified trainers
✅ Customized training programs
✅ Skilled Instructors for working dogs and pets
✅ Group classes and one-on-one sessions
Don’t settle for less when it comes to your furry friend’s training. Come to South Downs Dog Services and experience the difference for yourself! 🌟
📍 Located in the South Hampshire.
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🌐 Visit our website: www.southdownsdogservices.co.uk
Let’s make training fun and effective! 🐶❤️
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✅The Importance of Being a Leader to Your Dog 🐾
Owning a dog is a rewarding experience, but it also comes with responsibilities. One of the key aspects of a healthy and happy relationship with your furry friend is establishing yourself as a leader.
🐕 Why is leadership important?
• Creates Structure and Stability: Dogs thrive on routine and knowing what to expect. Being a leader helps establish a clear structure, reducing anxiety and confusion.
• Encourages Good Behavior: When you lead with confidence, your dog is more likely to follow commands and exhibit good behavior.
• Strengthens Your Bond: Leadership built on trust and respect fosters a stronger, more loving relationship between you and your dog.
•. Helps you both communicate and understand each other with clear boundaries and rules. Using praise and correcting unwanted behaviour consistently.
At South Downs Dog Services, we understand the unique needs of each dog and their owners. Our training programs are designed to help you become the best leader for your dog, ensuring a harmonious and happy home.
🐾 Join us and learn how to:
• Communicate effectively with your dog
• Set boundaries and establish rules
• Reinforce positive behavior and address issues
Ready to take the lead?
To learn more about our services and how we can help you and your dog achieve a balanced and fulfilling relationship visit:
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🚀 **Mastering Gundog Directional Control on Water happens first on the ground** 🚀
🏆Enhance your gundog’s performance with precise directional control! 🌊
✅ **Directional Commands**: Use a combination of hand signals and whistles to guide your dog. Start with basic commands like “left”, “right”, and “back”. 🐾
✅ **Stop Whistle**: Train your dog to stop on a single whistle blow. This is crucial for maintaining control at a distance. 📏
✅ **Practice on Water**: Begin on land and gradually introduce water retrieves. Consistency is key—practice regularly in different water conditions. 🌿
✅ **Teamwork**: Success relies on a strong handler-dog bond. Celebrate small wins and maintain patience throughout the training process. 🤝
Build trust, have fun, and watch your dog excel in any environment! 🐶💦
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⚠️Puppies and their first few outings⚠️
⚠️Many owners make the mistake of letting their puppy run up to strange dogs.
⚠️Many owners let strangers dogs run up to their puppy.
⚠️Many owners think it’s great watching their puppy “play fight” or even worse run around with other strange dogs and allow their puppy to ignore them.
⚠️Many owners have not built the bond and skills to interact with their puppy in new places before they allow the meeting of new dogs.
⚠️Many owners go to puppy classes that allow puppies to run around chasing each other, become over stimulated at the sight of other dogs and then throw high value treats into the chaos.
✅Get your foundations right first in new environments.
✅Get some element of control in new environments before meeting dogs.
✅Make sure you’re teaching your puppy what you expect from it for the rest of its life….to engage with you!
✅Make sure you are the fun and important one not other people and dogs.
✅Master your flipping from praise and correction in new environments before making it impossible for you by adding other dogs.
✅When you’re both ready you can allow the greeting process with dogs to be swift, short and under control. The way you want it as an adult.
✅Don’t allow unwanted behaviours now that you don’t want in 6 months as that isn’t fair to your dog and it also makes life hard for you!
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Crate and door manners.
⚠️crate manners and doorway manners are life savers.
✅They
💪🏼show respect
💪🏼show leadership
💪🏼keep your dog safe
Some of you know Cheryl my other half and some of you know she has followed my footsteps and been in hardcore training to become an Accredited PetGunDog Instructor, so she can stand out above the rest as a qualified to NVQ Level 3 and with experience and also the gained knowledge of Lez Graham.
I am super proud of her as the past 18months have been a real hard slog for her learning academically and also in the field.
Well done Cheryl 🏆
Over the weekend all the APGI’ers met up for CPD, proud to be made up to an Advanced Instructor 🐶
The power of “No” or “Ahh ahh” universal use a simple “No”
✅We are all great at saying “yes” or “good dog”.
✅Being fair and helping our dogs understand will mean saying “No” or “Ahh ahh”
✅Praise the wanted behaviour!
✅Correct the unwanted behaviour!
✅Help your dog understand what we want by using both sides of the spectrum.
✅Here the yellow lab thinks about picking the retrieve before the spaniel can get it, a simple “ahh ahh” corrects this!
✅Our puppies that we are presently training will stop behaviours such as:
Biting
Eating rubbish
Jumping
Ignoring us
Cheering unwanted items
Etc
All from a simple corrective “ahh ahh”, they are happy and balanced puppies 🐶
⚠️Never believe the lie that it’s cruel or unfair to teach “No”. In fact question the training advice that suggests you can’t help your dog by teaching a “No” as it’s goes against how dogs learn!
✅A solid “No” helps guide your dog to understand what we want. This includes manners and obedience as well.
✅”No” or corrections helps your dog learn fast and they are fair and actually more inline with how dogs communicate!
😍Little break away in Wales 🏴 and having fun spending time with this little pup Ragnar (Ftch Rytex Ringo x Ftch Shiveck of Beretta of Deepfleet)
🙋♂️More stop whistles🛑
✅Mastering a stop takes time
✅Mastering a stop needs practice
✅Mastering a stop needs consistency
✅Mastering a stop needs you to be insistent
✅Mastering a stop needs you to be persistent
✅Mastering a stop needs obedience
✅Mastering the stop is achievable for all of you apply the above and with help from us!
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🙋♂️The stop whistle 🛑
✅The stop whistle could save your dogs life
✅The stop whistle gives you control
✅The stop whistle stops your dog on wildlife
✅The stop whistle helps with directional control
✅The stop whistle shows obedience
✅The stop whistle can be fun
🏆Need help? Contact us for professional and friendly support and training.
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Whistle stops
✅what’s is a whistle stop?
whistle stop or stopping and sitting when a stop whistle is blown!
✅What is this used for?
In walked up shooting/ working tests/ trialling if your dog flushes a bird or rabbit or a dummy is launched, your dog has to sit to get a safe shot, your dogs job is to flush and not chase!
✅This has multiple uses as we can stop and redirect our dogs on a dummy or bird. We can also stop our dog like an emergency stop!
✅once we have the obedience installed Gundog training is fun and stimulating for our dogs
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