Fun Dog Training

27/03/2024

Our book of dog stories is now ready for sale in aid of dog rescues. PM for details.

27/03/2024

An inside page of Collie Tails.

02/03/2024

A book of delightful dog stories by my friend Anthea who is raising funds for border collie rescue.

23/12/2023

Nail clipping.............not likely!

17/10/2023

Our Lovely pup group has now finished for the winter months. Thanks to all who came , what a super bunch of sociable pups who will all do well! Great to meet you all! Happy Training!

06/10/2023

Barley got it at last! Learned to put the quoits on the cone.

10/08/2023

Any breed, any size, they all love Fun Agility! Bob, Barley, Bella, Ted and Katie.

10/08/2023

Our Fun Agility group waiting their turns.

05/08/2023

Reggie shows us Paws Up!

05/08/2023

Billy learns Paws up!

05/08/2023

Pups learn Paws Up!

15/03/2023

Ruby's long distance search and retrieve. Brilliant send away across flooded stepping stones, she searches for ball, then carries it back across those pesky steps. My collie watching from the bank. One of our superdogs, trained by John .

09/12/2022

Pups in the Pub. This year's pup group celebrate a year of training with a walk from Masham, lots of off lead fun, perfect recalls, and a rest by the fire in The King's Head. Well done doggies!

02/12/2022

Excellent article by Eileen, featured on theglasgowdogtrainers website.

Dogs learn to jump. When they are puppies, people jump all over them, the pups jump up for a variety of reasons and are then touched, spoken to, looked at and otherwise interacted with for jumping. In other words, the jumping behaviours are then reinforced. Pup then gets bigger and jumping behaviours are not not as cute as they were before. The adolescent dog jumps up and the dog is now shouted at, corrected on the collar, pulled back etc. Not fair on the dog.
How to deal with it -
1. Teach 4 on the floor behaviours. These have to be actively taught by taking time out of our schedule to train them. The protocols need to be practiced EVERY TIME our dog is in a position where they'd previously jumped up
(If you don't already have a copy of the counting game lesson from me, comment and I'll send you it, it will solve this problem)
2. Keep your dog on a lead/leash and stand out if range of the person they are going to jump on. This is often further away than we would stand from someone socially. Ask the person to stand back and stand back on them.
We often worry more about upsetting a stranger/acquaintance than teaching our dog not to jump. The dog is yours, not theirs.
3. This is a difficult one - stop petting other people's puppies, and young dogs. Ask yourself who is getting benefit from you petting the dog - you, the dog or the dog's human. Be honest. If the benefit is heavily weighted towards you, please stop. You are training that puppy to jump on the next person and making life harder for dog and their human. Stand out of range and ask the human about their dog. They are proud of their dog, often enjoy the social interaction and we can do so without touching the dog.
4. Great your own dog down on their level. Use your hands to block jumping and say hello with 4 on the floor. This is a significantly more effective and fairer way to reach this than turning your back on the dog. Imagine being ignored when you came home by your family. It's brutal and outdated.
5. Teach your dog that hands on them is a cue for 4 on the floor, not jumping.
6. As Eileen says in the article, if your dog jumps on guests, have them on a lead when guests arrive and train 4 on the floor.
7. Do not ask for a sit after the dog jumps. They just learn jumping and sitting after the game.
4 feet on the ground does not have to mean sit. We are ridiculously obsessed with making our dogs sit, it's insidiously ingrained in dog culture. Your dog is finding 4 on the floor hard enough as it is, please don't make it harder.
More content on this to come.
If you share this, it will only share the link. You're welcome to copy and paste my words, please give credit if you do so.
Love and peace.

29/06/2022

How many dogs can you get in a box?

21/04/2022

Some of our Fun Agility dogs.

25/03/2022

02/10/2021

This video is on how to train your puppy to be calm in his pen when you are doing stuff around the house as well as leaving the puppy in the pen. It's impor...

05/08/2021

Young dogs searching at our basic training class.

03/08/2021

Lexi helping to tidy up!

03/08/2021

Fun agility stars!