The art of doing nothing, makes for a more chilled and relaxed dog. An essential part of life for the dog in being balanced and well behaved along with making things easier for the dog to learn and process.
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Just a reminder that classes are on tonight. Hopefully see you all later.
Good morning everyone, given the extreme weather we received over night, unfortunately we will have to CANCEL all classes today. I’m also aware of people travelling in these conditions too, so stay in, stay warm. Sorry for the inconvenience. If you could please share, that would be greatly appreciated. The alternative Wednesday classes are going to be on from this Wednesday.
Sods Law it would be first class back, but health and safety is a paramount.
See you all next week
We would like to wish all our friend and clients old and new and the ones who haven’t met us yet, may you all have a happy new year and all the best for 2025, may it bring wonderful times, joy wealth and health. Have a great night tonight no matter what you are all doing.
Here is Cidd, who I’ve had in for some training, he was reactive to dogs and didn’t have much of a coping mechanism to deal with life. Now on walks with my dogs (Jinni) with no issues.
Remember we are back open on Sunday for classes.
9:30am Adult class
10:45 Puppy class. If you have a new puppy/young dog, get in touch for more information about training.
All the best or 2025 and thank you for all your support, let’s make next year even better.
A little drill to test and improve Diego with his impulse control, performing a stay while I’m away from him while another dog is being recalled.
Don’t forget everyone we are having a little pack walk around Liverpool Albert Dock and Christmas market on Sunday. We are meeting at 10:15 just outside the Tate Gallery by the multicoloured boulders. Ready to leave for 10:30.
Christmas will soon be on us next week, and I’m sure some people will be getting a puppy for Christmas or just after. Remember getting a dog is big commitment and takes a lot of time, patience and discipline to train it, to help it deal with life and cope in our world. Puppy’s aren’t commodities that you can just pick up when you feel or train it every now and again it’s not fair on the pup or dog, otherwise you will end up with so many behavioural issues especially when they hit adolescence, you can’t just get rid of them because a) you haven’t trained it and b) because it’s becoming a nuisance and not listening, but people do, so get it right from the beginning and create a balanced dog and mould it into the dog you would like to have for the rest of its life. Puppy stage can be so exciting, but also one of the more challenging times too, you can’t just think of the puppy now, but also 6 months, 18 months 4 years down the line too. Put the work in now, learn and reap the rewards.
We have spaces available after Christmas for our puppy class. For more information please get in touch and come along, pay as you go, just £10 a class. 07812089288
We reopen our classes on Sunday 5th January
A dog is for life, so think before you buy, so do the right thing for the dog, don’t be afraid to ask if you aren’t sure what dog to get, the internet IS NOT a place for research for dogs and your needs and capabilities.
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Cidd, progression from the last video, getting better as each day goes. Getting a lot calmer and learning how to behave and cope more. Here he is around 2 of my dogs and performing a stay too. The cart of doing nothing when something is going on, same principles as the first video. If I can start to see big changes in a dog in 2 weeks then you can too, just trust the process and stick to it.
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The art of doing nothing, As I was taught by my mentor Ian, “Be with the dog, without being with the dog”, this is everything, the nonsense and drivel I hear what trainers and behaviourists tell dog owners to do is beyond belief, and when I explain how the dog sees it and not the human thinking how the dog sees it it all makes sense. This is Cidd, the GSD on my right. I’ve got him in for residential training as he was reactive to dogs (and a lot of other things like noises etc) which stemmed from too much affection at the wrong times and the dog becoming needy and unable to cope and the human becoming the coping mechanism or the comfort and when this doesn’t work the dog goes into its own default behaviour of fight, flight, freeze or fidget response. There was no balance, causing anxiety, stress and nervousness in the dog. Now he’s learning to cope and work it out himself which is key and he’s improved dramatically in less over a week. He’s now choosing to chill out with one of my dogs and be comfortable a big step for him and his basics walks are great. Now I’ve got the basics in him those basics will transfer to all situations as this is becoming his default behaviour. People don’t listen when I tell them to do it first at home, no matter how good you think your dog is, when most of the time the dog is only being good because it’s getting what it wants, if you don’t change and work on it in the house don’t expect the dog to act any differently when outside because you haven’t taught it. I do all this first then I can expand in to the the bigger world.
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Diego, with a Little open blind search for one article on the whole field. I purposely walked some tracks around and stopped and walked back creating dead ends, some loops. He has to keep searching and figure it out on his own with no influence from me. If I had an aerial view you’d see he’s searching around my pathways. The longer he searches and finds the reward at the end the more the dog will actively keep searching, no stopping for wee, he hangs around one area for a bit figuring out the scent, even checks the shovel out after going past a few times to double check it’s not the article. Our job is to get the dog to the area, it’s the dog’s job to search the area. My mentor told me that with his Gundogs, and when you see them work you know it works, they find everything, so why not apply the same principles to other search’s.
So I decided to do this little video about some basics I sometimes do when out on walks, it’s nothing fancy but then basics aren’t meant to be. I hope this gives you some ideas of things to practice while out with your dog to keep the fundamentals in the dog or a progression point depending were you are up to, the stays don’t need to be for 10 minutes a mile away or recall from a thousand yards, repeating the fundamentals is what is key, which creates conditioned responses, steadiness, impulse control along with a bond and a good balanced relationship and dog, along with creating a default behaviour or being able to switch the dog off. I get people saying they haven’t had time to do training, you are training your dog all the time you are with it (and not with it), so throw little things like this into your walks and make it part of reality not just on the training field or class room, then you can build on the foundations, that’s why we teach principles or as I was also taught a key that is the opening to so many things, outside there is more distractions to try to entice your dog away from you, little sessions and little wins. Things like these little drills are just as important in working dogs too no matter what their discipline is, you just adapt accordingly. These are things people don’t see dog trainers do. Training and owning a dog is a discipline and a responsibility no matter what you want it for.
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So I had these lovely 2 people contact me over their 12 month Golden Doodle, literally at the end of their tether. They had had various trainers of the 12 months to try and help them, with basically talking and showing them nonsense. I kid you not when I say they have spent over more than a couple of thousand pounds, with one set of trainers charging them £90 a session twice a week for nearly 6 months. This makes me sick people basically ripping people off, the dog was pulling them everywhere, couldn’t sit still, barking at other dogs and they had basically followed what they where shown and told, which when analysed didn’t make any sense and no wonder it wasn’t working. It’s not the fact they were charged those prices, it’s the fact they were charged those prices for so long and not got anywhere. One trainer wanted to put a prong collar on, definitely no no. The poor lady hadn’t been able to walk the dog since it was 9/10 weeks old. Her dream was to to see the dog just walking by her husbands side when they went out as she didn’t think she could control him, so we went one better and had her do it, even past a dog. Let’s just say she was more than happy. Once I explained how everything works and how the dog learns and sees things, it made sense to them. We didn’t just address the symptoms we addressed the root cause. UNDERSTANDING THE DOG’S MIND is crucial in training and behaviours. One you start teaching a dog something you also need to keep on top of the behaviour you are creating, it’s not I’ve shown the dog how to do something and that’s it, you have to keep on top and making sure the dog doesn’t divert from what you are teaching it until it becomes conditioned. Having and training a dog is a big COMMITMENT & DISCIPLINE for many years, be aware of this when you get a dog. I didn’t get a before video because I was that gobsmacked of what they had been through, and I’m sure they’ll vouch and say I literally had the dog doing th
The adult good behaviour class getting into the swing of it with a bit of Latin music to accompany them 🤣. We went inside to push and test the dogs and owners in a more confined space, no where to run or hide. Building it up through the class, especially for the ones who haven’t really been in this tight situation before, this was one of our last drills. Impulse control, counter conditioning and desensitisation. The owner and dogs learning how to cope and deal with situations. It’s ok being in small groups with plenty of space but if you don’t practice the reality, especially when it’s more confined and busy as this generally makes people panic, practice only helps you get better and how to deal with situations. This class is all about reactive dogs in some way and teaching them how to act and cope, it’s actually more about the owners than the dogs, how you react and deal with it will influence your dog. General good behaviour is essential to having a balanced well behaved dog, it’s nothing fancy, but it’s everything. Understanding your dog’s mind and the communication between you both goes a long way to good relationship. There’s no shortcuts, there’s no overnight fix, it’s discipline and putting the work in.
Well done everyone, proud of you all. Excellent class.
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