😲 FREE PUPPY WORKSHOP
❓Have you, or are you about to welcome a new puppy into your life, or are you starting your research early?
❓ Are you finding it all a bit overwhelming and reading lots of confusing and conflicting information online?
❓ Would you prefer to speak to a human and learn how to set your puppy up for success from day one?
❓ Do you want no strings attached, completely free training?
In this 2 hour free workshop we will aim to cover...
ℹ️ How to puppy proof your home
ℹ️ What equipment to buy
ℹ️ How to settle your puppy in
ℹ️ The best food to feed and how much
ℹ️ Sleep training
ℹ️ Toilet training
ℹ️ Tackling teething and chewing
ℹ️ How to correctly exercise your pup
ℹ️ How to correctly socialise your puppy
ℹ️ How to safely have children and puppies together
ℹ️ What training exercises you should train first
ℹ️ How to find the best puppy classes and training
ℹ️ Plus more
This is a brand new workshop, taught by an experienced, ethical, qualified puppy training expert.
📆 Launching on the 5th September
🕕 6pm-8pm
📍 Land Rover social club, Solihull
Please note, this training is purely for the humans, no dogs allowed in the venue.
Limited spaces available. Click here to secure your free spot.
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📢 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
THERE'S ONLY 3 SPACES REMAINING FOR AUGUST!!!
Have you just welcomed a new puppy into your life?
Are you looking for the best start for your pup? That starts with a simple click 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
https://www.pawsintuition.co.uk/the-best-club-in-town
10 sessions over 8 weeks
Covering socialisation, fun, relaxed training both in a classroom environment and real life environments.
Based at Tidbury Green Village Hall and various Solihull locations.
Small class size
6 months unlimited support
Free masterclasses
Starting 12th August
🚨 DON'T MISS OUT... STARTING TOMORROW
ONLY A FEW PLACES REMAINING FOR JUNE. SECURE YOUR PUPPY'S FUTURE TODAY!
✅ 8 week course
✅ Small class size
✅ Fun & relaxed training & socialisation
✅ Basic life skills plus so much more
✅ Limited time only...6 months unlimited support included.
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Contact Leanne today on 07702592640 to start your puppy future off right.
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🚨 DON'T MISS OUT... STARTING SOON
ONLY A FEW PLACES REMAINING FOR JUNE. SECURE YOUR PUPPY'S FUTURE TODAY!
✅ 8 week course
✅ Small class size
✅ Fun & relaxed training & socialisation
✅ Basic life skills plus so much more
✅ Limited time only...6 months unlimited support included.
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Contact Leanne today on 07702592640 to start your puppy future off right.
Does you'd dog lose their head on a walk? This is absolutely normal. Walking perfectly to heel whilst staring at us is a lot to ask of our dogs, and generally unnecessary. As long as your dog isn't dragging you to distractions, if they need a bit of time to stop anxious sniff and to process the world, that's fine. Sometimes we need to help slow our dogs'worlds down and help them process life. If we don't, it can lead to over stimulation, over arousal and lunging behaviours on lead.
Do you need help with your dog? Get in touch today
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Water fun at the field on today's adventure with these two goons and Lucy
Is your dog a nosey parker like Diesel? Are you struggling to get focus from your dog? Does your dog find the environment more reinforcing than food?
Diesel is a scanner. He likes to scan for every possible distraction on a walk but mostly cats and dogs. This means that when his head goes, so does his lead work and he will pull to investigate. As Diesel is a strong boy, we don't want him dragging his parents everywhere, so we are giving him a little more responsibility when on the lead, so his focus is on walking, rather than scanning for triggers, however when he does spot a trigger, or when we do, we let him stand and watch for however long he needs to.
This helps keep his arousal level lower and makes him easier to handle. Remember, every dog is different so the technique we use for Diesel, may not the the same technique we would use for another dog. Please always work with a trainer if you need help with your dogs specific needs.
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*edit* I'm not pulling her forward at the start, previously she dived and ate the treat before we started so I'm just moving her closer to the treat whilst preventing her from eating it, with her doing her best to resist it.
After weeks of desensitisation and counter conditioning, we finally managed to get a blood test done today with the least amount of restraint and stress possible, whilst giving her as much choice as we could.
For those of you who don't know, Lucy has a lot of handling sensitivities and anxiety around the vets after being pinned by a vet when removing spay stitches when she was younger. She's also had lots of health problems during her earlier life (when fed a poor quality food prior to coming to me) which hasn't helped.
So here's some of the things we did to prepare Lucy for today...
1. Visited the vets numerous times for some fun training and chew time
2. Introduced her to everything that was going to happen to her, at home with me doing it, then with friends and family, then with me at the vets.
3. Booked multiple vet nurse appointments to do some smaller trial runs at Lucy's pace
4. Gave her as much choice to say no, and stopped when she did.
5. Used lots of positive reinforcement
6. Had the appointment in a larger space and didn't restrain her or back her into a corner.
Massive thanks to the staff at James Horner Vets in Sheldon. Sophie was amazing. This was our 3rd session at the vets, doing a little more each time. So proud of my girl.
If you're looking for a recommendation for a great vet practice, I can personally recommend James Horner.
📢 NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR MAY'S PUPPY CLUB
Are you looking for something more than a standard puppy class?
Do you want to learn important life skills, both in class and in the real world?
If so, join puppy club, where you'll be fully prepared to successfully tackle puppyhood. You'll learn...
✅ HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR NEW ARRIVAL AND SETTLE THEM INTO THEIR NEW HOME
✅ HOW TO MASTER SLEEP ROUTINES, TOILETING, SOCIALISATION, TEETHING AND CHEWING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH HAVING A PUPPY
✅ HOW TO TEACH YOUR DOG THOSE ALL IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS BOTH AT HOME, IN CLASS AND IN REAL LIFE TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS
✅ ALL WITH 6 MONTHS UNLIMITED SUPPORT
😀 ALL TAUGHT USING KIND, ETHICAL METHODS WITH A QUALIFIED PUPPY TRAINING SPECIALIST
📆 10 IN PERSON SESSIONS OVER A 6 WEEK COURSE. STARTS 19TH MAY
🌍 BASED A TIDBURY GREEN VILLAGE HALL
🐶 MAX 7 PUPS OER COURSE
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For more information or to book, please contact Leanne on 07702592640
👌🏼 WANT TO KNOW WHAT A YEAR OF TRAINING LOOKS LIKE...
Ava here is just over a year old and from day 1, she has been training for a very important role, to become a life changing assistance dog for a young girl. Whilst she's not quite there yet, let me tell you what a journey it has been so far.
Ava was/is a very lively girl. Throughout puppyhood she had many challenges. She would launch herself head hight at her parents, bite, mouth, grab the lead, she would drag on the lead, chase cyclists, jump up at children. She really struggled to manage her arousal levels and hormones, had a phantom pregnancy and two seasons, and there were a lot of times where we all questioned whether she would make it as an assistance dog. Ava's parents had regrets multiple times, were at the brink of giving up and rehoming her but they stuck it out. Every day involved training and if she couldn't cope with life, she came back home and just had down time in the house or garden. We contemplated a head collar as she was so strong, wasn't interested in food for a good period. We conditioned it properly and found a head collar that didn't tighten... but...so far, we haven't really had to use it and now she seems like she's over the worst of her hormones.
This is what hard work, patience and commitment look like. 1 year in, not even through adolescence yet and this was our walk today in busy Leamington Spa.
I'm so proud of Ava and all the hard work her parents are putting in. Well done all
Does your dog range too far away from you on a walk? Don't rely on having to recall them all of the time, that's a great way to de-value your recall and turn it into a nag. Instead of saying anything to your dog, simply change direction. Your dog will soon realise you won't always be following and they will learn to keep a better eye on you.
Obviously, if you are around other people and dogs and you don't have full control of your dog or their recall, please keep them on a long line. In this area, we were lucky not to have any distractions or when we did, we took hold of the line to prevent her from running over.
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Meet little Winnie, the golden retriever pup. This was her second session on loose lead walking. Her parents mentioned that whilst she was great in the home and garden, she would pull and get distracted when outside the house.
With a few small changes, we were able to get some lovely loose lead walking and engagement.
Some of the reasons your loose lead walking isn't working...
The environment is too challenging
Not giving the dog enough stops to process the world
Starting outside before your dog has good foundations in the home
Having unrealistic expectations
Covering too much new ground too quickly
Walking from a-b, rather than focusing on training
The wrong kind of treats
Not helping your dog to manage their arousal or giving them time to build confidence.
Are you struggling with your dogs lead walking? If so, get in touch today
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❓DID YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR DOG BREEDS, THERE ARE BOTH WORKING LINES AND SHOW LINES WITHIN THAT BREED?
So many people I come across, when asked if their dog is from show or working lines, don't have any idea. This is especially true for Cockerpoos but for so many other breeds, including Labradors, Spaniels, Golden Retrievers, Terriers, Collies, German Shepherds, Belgium Shepherds, Dachshunds, just to name a few.
So what's the difference between the two and why is it so important to choose wisely?
Working lines are bred for a purpose. To do a job, to be hard wired, on the go all the time, highly driven and rarely have an off switch. They have been bred to work for thousands of years and it's deep in their genetics.
Why might this be a problem for the average pet owner? Firstly, we very rarely provide enough stimulation to satisfy a working breed. We think a walk in the park or a chase of a ball is enough to satisfy a dog that has been bred to be out all day on a hunt, or herding sheep or protecting live stock. Unfortunately, it's not. People get working lines because they think they are active people and want to do some agility once a week with them. Unfortunately, this is still not enough for these hard wired dogs. If not given the right stimulation, these dogs will end up with behavioural problems and you will likely end up with your own mental health problems from having a challenging dog that has no offence switch. Whilst there are some fantastic working dogs in pet dog homes, sadly, many just aren't getting the lifestyle they need to thrive. Training is not enough, if the lifestyle is wrong. Unfortunately, this is why so many of these breeds end up with punishment based trainers. People get these breeds thinking they can train thousands of years of genetics out of them, then jump to aversive equipment when they realise they can't and they can't provide the correct outlet their dog needs to be happy.
Show lines are bred more for appearance.
Are you making this common recall mistake?
Most of us will wait for our dogs to finish what they are doing, whether that's playing with another dog, saying hi to a person or sniffing. Your dog learns that you're not going anywhere and they can take their time doing what they're doing. Instead, when your dog gets distracted, walk off in the opposite direction. They will soon learn you're not hanging around and will chase after you.
When you do then reward them, make sure you are throwing the treats or toys past you, this will speed up their recall.
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In today's session with Bella, we worked on recall and building value into her mom. Bella likes her food and food can be a great reinforcer for her, but it doesn't compete with her desire to play with dogs. When we look at reinforcement, we have to use what is reinforcing for our dogs, not what we decide is reinforcing. We discovered that toys do compete with playing with dogs, so thats the one we focused on when teaching recall from distractions.
We did use food on various parts of our walk to reinforce check-ins when there were no dogs and to get her using her nose to find them. However, when her arousal level was high from playing with toys, her desire to eat food reduced. When her arousal level dropped, she was more keen to eat food.
Do you need help with your dog's recall? If so, drop me a message today
How do you know when to let your dog off the lead? Well my general recommendation is not until they've gone through both puppyhood and adolescence and even then, only once you have full control over them. If you need to pick up or hold that lead even just once, to prevent your dog from running over to a distraction, then they aren't ready for complete freedom yet. Does that mean your dog can't have some freedom? Absolutely not. In the early stages of training, I would recommend holding on to the line, but as your dog progresses through their training, drop the lead on the floor, so they have more freedom, but you still have the safety of a 10 metre line to pick up at any time you need to.
I generally recommend no longer than a 10 metre line because if your dog is more than 10 metres away from you, you're asking for trouble.
Don't feel under pressure to have your dog off lead if they aren't ready for it. Most of my walking dogs are on long lines until i can fully trust them to be off lead safely and I can fully control them around all distractions.
Don't be that irresponsible dog owner that lets their dog run riot.
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It's not too late to get your XL bully exempt. So many of these beautiful dogs are being needlessly abandoned and killed. Why, when getting exemption is so easy?
Here is how to apply for exemption...
1. Book your dog in to be neutered asap!
2. Purchase a muzzle and make sure your dog does not leave the house without wearing it. Now is too late to desensitise them, as from the 31st December, all XL bullies must wear one when outside. You can still desensitise them in the house.
3. Do not let your dog off lead. They must remain on a short lead at all times, unless in a private, secure field, home or private, secure garden.
4. Make sure you have third party liability insurance. Joining the dogs trust will cover this.
5.Ensure your dog is microchipped and details are up to date and correct
6. Apply for an exemption certificate and pay £92.40 application fee.
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!
Time is of the essence as from the 1st of February, it will be illegal to own an XL bully without a certificate of exemption. Applications must be in and received by noon on the 31st of January.
DO NOT DELAY. SAVE YOUR DOGS LIFE TODAY!!
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Who else has missed their work bestie over the festive break? I definitely think Hudson and Lenny have missed each other and their Tuesday adventures. It's a great opportunity for them to burn off some energy whilst developing social skills with like minded furry friends.
If you're interested in an adventure for your dog, get in touch
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