Fetch Club

07/03/2025

Lovely first meeting with Trigger yesterday! What a little firecracker 😍

06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day!

I'm currently reading In Defence Of Dogs by John Bradshaw.

What are your favourite dog training/dog related books?

04/03/2025

Three happy dogs on their 121s today 🥰

03/03/2025

A fabulous loose lead and reactivity session today with Zoe and Ruby!

Really enjoying seeing this beautiful girl growing in confidence and building that all-important bond with her mum while out on her walks ❤️

28/02/2025

My superior technology skills have been tested again this week! 😂

At the start of this week my work phone was smashed. No idea how, probably a dog wrestling injury that I didn't notice at the time.

Replacement phone arrived but since the old one was broken I had no way to transfer my chat data across! I eventually took both phones and my laptop in to the wonderful man at Stephensons It Support Solutions Ltd, who patiently worked through my problem with me and figured out how to rescue my chat logs. Highly recommended! I will definitely be signposting everyone to them in the future.

The downside is that I have ended up losing a week's worth of messages. Unavoidable due to back up once a week and I unknowingly restored everything a day early 🤦) so if you have messaged me and not received a reply the chances are that I haven't seen it nor will see it. Please resend. I also have a few emails to catch up on which have been neglected due to the drama.

Catch up evening is on the cards for me tonight! If you haven't heard from me by this evening, feel free to give me a nudge.

Love 😘 x

*Photo of happy Claude at tricks club ❤️

24/02/2025

Morning all!

Unfortunately my work phone is broken. I will still have access to WhatsApp while it is getting repaired as this is linked to my laptop. Please only contact me via WhatsApp or email at the moment as I am unable to use the phone for anything at the moment.

Thanks,
Sam 🐾

23/02/2025

The best ever valentine's bouquet? 😍

21/02/2025

Loving working with the most handsome Moose at the moment! Such a clever boy and so much drive to please. A puppy in the body of a mammoth! Can't wait to watch this boy progress with his training 🥰

20/02/2025

Lovely Delilah has absolutely smashed her Reactivity Rehab training and has spent our last session today at relaxing indoors in a bustling cafe, with lots of people and dogs milling around.

On our first lesson it became clear that Delilah was so nervous she was unable to take treats outside of the house. She was nervous of me and would bark and lunge to make people or dogs stay away. Sitting or standing still were her main triggers. We started the course working on confidence building and teaching Lilah to train outside, practising sitting on a park bench and taking treats.

Fast forward to today. Lilah was able to relax and lay down INDOORS surrounded by people moving around and other customers with dogs, and even allowed the staff to bring our coffees to the table.

Well done Delilah and Sophie! 🐾❤️

18/02/2025

I met this gorgeous lad today! Can anyone guess his breed?!

Clue: he's not a crossbreed.

17/02/2025

Another great post by Thinkdog with Lewis Nicholls

Dog training is not just about the training.

When most people think of dog training they think it’s the only way to modify their dog’s behaviour.

What most people don’t realise is that dog training is more about training the human how to train their dog. When owners think their dogs are a bit on the dumb side, I’d bet if the dog could talk they’d be saying the same thing about their owners as well.

Training for the dog is just one of five major things we need to get right if we want to see behaviour change long term.

The 5 things we need to get right are:

Management. If we keep allowing our dogs to do the things we want them to stop doing or change we are never going to get anywhere. The amount of people that say their dog just runs off and doesn’t come back but then keep letting them off leash to run off and not come back is mind boggling to me. We have leashes for a reason and we have long leads too to help even more.

Health. Pain and aggression go hand in hand. Pain is one of the most correlated issues when it comes to aggression. Any dog that is not feeling 100%, whether that be due to itchy skin, or bad teeth will need to have these issues looked at before training should even be considered.

Nutrition. Dog nutrition is a bit of a mine field. There are so many dog foods that have misleading branding that are just full of crap it’s unbelievable. I know if I have a day eating cookies and ice cream it might feel momentarily amazing but within a few hours I will feel headachey and miserable. Check what ingredients are in your dogs food and if you’re still not sure we even have dog nutritionists to help these days.

Enrichment/lifestyle. How good is your dog’s life? Not from your perspective but from your dog’s biological perspective. An hour walk a day might just not cut it for most dogs. What natural behaviours are they allowed to practice on a regular basis and what fills their days when you’re out working.

And finally training. Once we can tick off the 4 previous things we can then implement a training plan. If we don’t and just focus on the training then it would be like going to the gym but still eating pizza and cake every day and wondering why we can’t lose any weight.

So if you’re not happy with how the training is changing your dog’s behaviour, ask yourself if you have everything else put it place as well.

Here’s Sunny exploring her new backyard. She’s a great example with how lifestyle and management have been the main factors that have kept her alive.

www.Thinkdog.nz

17/02/2025

A couple of our graduating puppies from our most recent puppy course! Well done to everyone who attended 🐾

Our next Puppy School course starts this coming Sunday 23rd Feb. 9am class at our training field in Greasbrough. Only TWO spaces left! Message quickly to book your space 🐶

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you're all being spoiled by your loved ones.

We've come away for the weekend with friends and will get back to messages when we can 🥰

12/02/2025

Taking bookings for 121 training in March. WhatsApp 07720294832 to find out how we can help!

Picture of me training the brothers Mr. Toes and Havoc because they are lovely ❤️

09/02/2025

The puppies have been practicing their sit stay this morning!

Our next Puppy School starts on 23rd Feb. Get in touch to book your space!

08/02/2025

A lovely relaxing group walk today. With it being a small group this morning we were able to really relax with the dogs, chatting and nattering all the way around. We even had time to discuss other behaviours at home and ways to address them.

Well done to both Elvis and Woody for the amazing progress you have made ❤️

08/02/2025

Price List!

From March 1st our prices will be increasing. This is due to increasing running costs to the business and brings us in line with our competitors.

Any training booked before March 1st will be charged at the current rate, so if you have been planning on booking but haven't got around to it yet now is the time before the price increase!

121s are currently £45 and behaviour work starts at £140. WhatsApp 07720294832 or email [email protected] with all enquiries. Please note that we do not monitor social media messages.

06/02/2025

Our friends at Leaps and Hounds are celebrating 2 years in business!

My two absolutely love Hazel, as do I 🥰 she specialises in one to one walks for dogs that want to fit some training into their walks, need a little extra attention, or prefer not to go out in groups of other dogs.

Happy 2 years 🥳🎉