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Teaching your dog skills and concepts through games, leading them to happy fulfilled lives. We work remotely as well as in person.
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This allows us to be flexible and help more and more people across the UK.
07/09/2024
Dogs, much like humans, communicate through a range of signals. Often, we only realise something is wrong when our dogs start behaving in ways that are impossible to ignore. However, much like human communication, many messages are conveyed long before the situation escalates. Consider a conversatio...
07/09/2024
Adolescence occurs between six months and 18 months of age—a time when guardians typically struggle the most with their dogs. Some guardians are so overwhelmed and underprepared for this developmental stage of their dog’s life, they choose to surrender the dog to a local shelter or rescue group. In a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science found that the majority of the surrendered dogs (47.7 percent) ) were between 5 months and 3 years of age (M.D. Salman,John G. New, Jr.,Janet M. Scarlett,Philip H. Kass,Rebecca Ruch-Gallie &Suzanne Hetts, 2010)
The neurobiology of adolescence is fascinating, with some key events that alter both the structure and function of the brain.
During canine adolescence, changing s*x hormones effect the animals stress responses. Adolescent dogs have a decreased ability to process information they are receiving from the environment including the presence of dogs, vehicles, people, or really anything around them. They behave in ways that might feel frustrating or upsetting for the dog’s person.
The connectivity between the frontal cortex (responsible for decision making) and amygdala (responsible for emotional processing) decreases, resulting in less behavioral control. We see increased risk taking and more sensitivity to fear.
So what does this mean? This could mean that what was once no big deal to the dog now feels scary; what was once easy to do is now stressful; what once made sense is now confusing. At times, the world can feel like ‘too much’ for the adolescent dog.
As your puppy undergoes this transition into adulthood their inner world is intense, even chaotic. Many pet owners experience an increase in undesirable behavior and find themselves becoming increasingly frustrated. In turn, our own frustration and impatience can cause us to act unpredictably. This adds to our puppy’s inner turmoil. When the inside and the outside are both unpredictable it can be difficult for our dogs to adjust.
If you have an adolescent dog, what can you do? You can give your dog the time and space to observe what is going on around them when on leash at a distance away from the activity when possible. You can give your dog long walks to sniff and explore in nature, giving their brain time to decompress. You can offer your dog a quiet space to sleep so that they can consolidate memories effectively. You can continue training various skills, breaking them down into easier steps that can be generously reinforced.
By understanding what our adolescent dog is experiencing we gain greater compassion and understanding. When we approach adolescence with patience we create a world that is predictable and gentle so our puppies grow up to be their best adult selves.
02/09/2024
Session 1 of our foundation class -calmness
02/09/2024
Lots of training and pet sitting over the last month.
Ready to start September!
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01/09/2024
Today my husband and I with our two guide dogs had another near miss with an electric car. We were crossing a side road and it came in off the main road and passed very close in front of us. If it’d been a petrol or diesel engine, or if it’d had a sound emitter fitted, we’d have heard it, but, apart from the sound of the tyres on the road, it was virtually silent.
I am a confident guide dog handler but I can honestly say that silent electric vehicles scare me. I fear that it will take serious injury to a blind person, or even worse, death, before any meaningful legislation is put into place. If it happens to me or someone that I care about, I’ll be in court and I won’t rest until we have justice.
So please, if you drive an electric vehicle, switch on your sound emitter. After all, you wouldn’t drive at night without your lights on, it’s the same thing.
Many people will like this post but please don’t. I ask anyone who would have hit the like button to please hit the share button instead and pass this far and wide. I fear for our lives and those of these two amazing dogs.❤️
Author - Mel Griffiths
13/08/2024
Come and join us at Woofy’s Dog Field on Sunday for boundary training.
Boundary training helps with many real life situations.
It teaches your dog a default stay, without you becoming a nag…. “stay, stay, stay” while walking backwards very slowly!
🐾 It stops your dogs jumping out the car or running out the door until you say.
🐩 It helps with vets and grooming visits,
🦮 It helps with loose lead and recall!
Only 3 places left
Call now to book
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31/07/2024
Come and join us for another popular calmness training session this Sunday!
Only 2 places left!
Call now to book 07861896407
29/07/2024
Another great training session at Woofy’s Dog Field yesterday. We worked on disengagement.
Disengagement is one of the top concepts reactive are missing.
We play games with our dogs to show them that coming away from something is ok! And by coming away there is more fun to be had with us!
Whether you’ve trained with PaddiWags Dog Training before or not, whether you’ve done some training or no training, all are welcome.
Our next training session is on Sunday 4th August 10.30am. We will be looking at calmness.
Please pop us a message for more details 🐾🐩🐾🦮🐩
20/07/2024
Hi guys,
I have 3 Buff Orpington Roosters that need rehoming. If anyone is interested or know if anyone who maybe interested please let me know. 🐓🐓🐓🐓
16/07/2024
Our next session at Woofy’s Dog Field is on reactivity.
You will learn a great behaviour modification as well as some nice disengagement games.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve trained with me before or not, or if you’ve come to a previous session.
🌈 New environment
🐶 New people
🦴 Always learning
🦮 Always practicing for real life
🐾 Only 3 places left
Mini consult prior to booking for reactive dogs.
07861896407
14/07/2024
Barney came for a 121 today. His guardians won a free lesson in a raffle.
Barney is 6 months old and hitting adolescence. We spoke about what this means and what to expect.
Relationship building is one of the most important concepts during this time as they like to push your buttons!
We looked at topping up loose lead, and playing proximity games, and generally having fun!
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14/07/2024
Today was our first calmness session at Woofy’s Dog Field. Thank you Claire xx
Everyone did so well, I’m proud of each and every one of you 😊
We had some reactive dogs there too who were working and focusing on their owners just beautifully ❤️
Our next one is on Reactivity Sunday 28th July 10.30-11.30am, £15
Pop me a message if you would like to book.
13/07/2024
This is Pippin, we have had two sessions with him. He is reactive outside of the house.
So session one was calmness, we looked at, how much rest he was getting and the things that fill his emotional bucket throughout the day and made some changes 😊
Session two was building confidence & optimism with some novelty.
His guardians have got down to business and are working on the games. This is fun as well as working on pippins missing skills.
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08/07/2024
This evenings class, working on calmness!
Two completely different pups, ones over excited and loves everything, the other is a rescue, very anxious about everything.
Both beautiful girls, both working on calmness but for two different reasons!
Concept training rocks! 🤘
03/07/2024
Come and join us for a calmness workshop at Woofy’s Dog Field on 14th July.
Please message or call to book your place.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
02/07/2024
Classes and pay as you sessions starting next week! Couple of spots left.
121 sessions also available
Message or call to book your spot.
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02/07/2024
I’m so terrible at remembering to take photos! But here are some I have taken from the last few months!
We have been very busy!
🌈 pet pop ins, dog walking
🐾 puppy classes, foundation classes, advanced classes
🐶 Behaviour modification: 121 reactivity lessons, 121 separation anxiety lessons, 121 resource guarding lessons.
🦴 121 Assistance dog lessons, and a Home Education Student 😃😅
As well as carrying out some observations and assessments for Paws Therapy. 🎉🍾🎊
New classes starting next week and some 121 slots becoming available in the next week or so. Message me for more info 😊
15/06/2024
I’ve been working on gated communities and presence doesn’t mean access for a while now.
It’s nice to see when your dog chooses to go into his quiet room and settle down without being asked to 😊
12/06/2024
The baby of the family, has to go to the vets tomorrow to have some X-rays on his chest & diaphragm.
He gets out of breath very quickly and takes a long time to recover. He’s healthy in every other way. Hopefully they can give us some answers. 🤞🐕🦺🐶🐕🦺
12/06/2024
🐾🐕🦺🐕New class dates below🐕🐕🦺🐾
Please message or call to book. Limited places.
🎉🍾 121 availability 🍾🎉
Monday 10.30am-11.30am
Thursday 10-30am - 11.30am
Friday - FULL
Message or call to book or for more info
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08/06/2024
Just a dog.
From time to time people tell me “chill out, it’s just a dog” or “it’s a lot of money just for a dog.” They don't understand the distance traveled, the time invested, or the costs incurred by "just a dog".
Some of my proudest moments have occurred with “just a dog.”
Many hours have passed being my only company "just a dog", but not for one moment did I feel despised. Some of my saddest moments have been because of “just a dog,” and on those gray days, the gentle touch of “just a Dog” gave me comfort and the reason to get through the day.
If you also think “it’s just a dog”, then you’ll probably understand phrases like “just a friend”, “just a sunrise” or “just a promise.” “Just a dog” brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust and pure unbridled joy. “Just a dog” brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.
For "just a dog" I will get up early, take long walks and look forward to the future. So for me and people like me, it’s not “just a dog,” but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the memories of the past, and the absolute joy of the moment. “Just a dog” brings out the good in me and takes my thoughts away from myself and daily worries.
I hope one day they can understand that it’s not “just a dog”, but the one that gives me humanity and keeps me from being “just a human.” So the next time you hear the phrase “just a dog”, just smile because they “just don’t get it”.
“Just A Dog,” by Richard A. Animals.
Painting by Steve Sanderson
Credits goes to the respective Owner ~
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Reactivity session
Another great training session at Woofy’s Dog Field yesterday. We worked on disengagement. Disengagement is one of the top concepts reactive are missing. We play games with our dogs to show them that coming away from something is ok! And by coming away there is more fun to be had with us! Whether you’ve trained with PaddiWags Dog Training before or not, whether you’ve done some training or no training, all are welcome. Our next training session is on Sunday 4th August 10.30am. We will be looking at calmness. Please pop us a message for more details 🐾🐩🐾🦮🐩
Calmness session
Today was our first calmness session at Woofy’s Dog Field. Thank you Claire xx Everyone did so well, I’m proud of each and every one of you 😊 We had some reactive dogs there too who were working and focusing on their owners just beautifully ❤️ Our next one is on Reactivity Sunday 28th July 10.30-11.30am, £15 Pop me a message if you would like to book.
Katherine and Candy have the best partnership. We don’t teach agility but we support and work on specific skills to enable Katherine teach Candy on polishing up her agility skills. “I just want to say a massive thank you for all your patience with us from a pup who a year ago couldn’t even handle training to this now is so unreal and I couldn’t of done it without both of you”
This is Wurzel, I like to describe him as horizontal 😂😂. Wurzel favourite thing to do is chill! Wurzel came to our 6 week foundation course, and it wasn’t until week 6 that we found something that Wurzel liked and we got him moving!! To the majority of people Wurzel is the perfect dog, and for the most part he is. But, he does struggle with disengagement! So the plan for them is to work on the concept of disengagement and to get Wurzel moving.
Lead work
Great lead work with Jax today. I have only ever trained loose lead with a 2 point harness and double ended lead. From this I have then, in some cases, moved to collar and lead, BUT only once they have a reliable loose lead. By using these tools, it gives you flexibility to extend lead, use in one hand, or clipped just to the back or front. Jax is only 6 months old, he is a collie x Labrador. Look at him and his owner working beautifully together. 🐾🐕🦮🐾
Fantastic session with Jax today. disengagement and proximity training, along with putting “sniffing” on command. 🐾🐕🦮
🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉 PADDIWAGS DOG BEHAVIOUR TRAINING 🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉⭐️🎉 ⭐️ Here at Paddiwags we understand that no two dogs are the same, we tailor our training plans to you and your dog’s needs no matter their background.⭐️ 🌈We teach skills and strategies that work on your end goal, whilst also creating a strong bond between you and your dog in a fun environment. 🌈 ⚡️Book a 1-2-1 discovery session to get advice and to kick start you & your dog’s training journey. ⚡️ 💥All our training is force free, fun and game based using positive reinforcement.💥 What you will get from us: 🐕 Assessment 🐩 A Plan 🦮 Training 🐕🦺 Support through your journey 🐾Offering 1-2-1s, group classes and training packages we can tailor to every dogs needs.🐾 If you think we can help & support you please send us a message. https://www.facebook.com/paddiwagstraining
Retrieve
Goose gets very excited when we use an object to retrieve and struggles with the whole process. I’ve broken the behaviours down and start by using food. I start with where I want him to be, so in this case sat nicely by my left side. I then throw food out and on his return I want him in front of me in a sit position. I reward him with a high value reward. Charlie came to join us which I used to my advantage and continued my training with a distraction!
We restarted foundation levels of retrieve today. Part of our Gundog program. No we aren’t traditional gundog trainers we are game based trainers. 😊
Disengagement training worked well here! Poor boy only had 3 chases of the ball 😂😂
Someone is finding it hard to give in! 😂😂
Do your dogs know how to “switch off” are you able to have calmness in your home. Or do your dogs still demand walks, even when they are unable to, for the sake of their health?? I have a range of breeds here with 2 high energy dogs a 15 month working cocker spaniel and a 3 year old Cockapoo, my old boy is 11 years old and happy sleeping regardless and the other 2 are boarders. 4.5 year old lively cavachon and a 3 year old shih tzu. I get told all the time but my dog is high energy, mine “needs” to have a good run every single day! My dogs have been inside, since Sunday, they do have access to a shaded garden. No outside walks and even, have had no intense training! They aren’t bouncing off the walls and they aren’t “demanding” any walks!! So ask yourself “ are your dogs calm and chilled on this rather hot day 🐶 🥵 🐕🦺🥵🦮🥵” If the answer is no then get in touch today for us to help you 😊
A little video from our tricks class tonight. We are teaching the foundations of how to ride a skateboard 😊
Part 2, changed the picture for Billy, I asked for down when he was in middle, that he found hard, and to stay on boundary after a slightly high arousal game. Both dogs are panting after just 10 mins of low level games. Charlie currently is recovering from discomfort in his back so low level games as he has been on rest for a few days xx
Boundary training with multi dogs. Charlie has done very little boundary training, which is why I was feeding a lot more than Billy. I’m working on Billy staying on his boundary when it’s not his turn, and when we have finished a short session to stay in his bed. I am now at the stage where I put commands on to tell my dogs what want, but this only happens once the behaviour has been taught! This short session of just 10 mins has covered boundary/crate training, calmness, arousal up/down, are you listening, impulse control, proximity. 🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️🐶
The beautiful Diesel doing some boundary training. Diesel has a brother Thor, we have had a few sessions, both boys are coming along nicely. Our main goals are, loose lead walking and walking together! Diesel has a little separation anxiety so we are working on that too. They are both 7/8 months old, and adolescence has kicked in. We had to make some drastic changes as the boys started to behave inappropriately with each other! A few changes to the set up in the house and the training regime and calmness has resumed! Don’t forget anything can be a boundary!
Too hot to walk dogs today so we did some training in the shade this morning. Teaching Rupert middle. The very beginning. He picked it up quickly xx
Reggie and Winston are two reactive boys. We’ve been working on calmness, presence doesn’t mean access, confidence, arousal up/down. Lovely video just received 😊 “Jack did some training with Winston while I was at work and reggie was very chilled in his crate”
