Ultimutt Dog Training

24/08/2024

Today we began a brand new puppy and beginners class. We were joined with 4 super adorable youngsters with two more joining us next week!!

Please join me in welcoming them all to Ultimutt Dog Training!

23/08/2024

We are having so much fun testing the amazing toys with

Wow is this one so much fun. Ideal for food motivated dogs who like to use their nose and find things!
Also good for dogs who love a catch of catch and fetch!

A super rewarding toy as it will dispense rewards whilst playing!
The perfect size toy to take in your bag to use at any time and love the fact it is machine washable!

Absolutely love this one!

To grab your clam, visit the link

https://www.tug-e-nuff.co.uk/?ref=ultimuttdogtraining

And use the discount code ULTIMUTTDOGTRAINING to grab your discount.

23/08/2024

🍃Weather Warning🍃

Another storm is currently hitting us and we are experiencing high winds again.

The area is now on a weather warning with potential risks to life throughout the country.

Please all stay safe, and keep your dogs safe.

The high winds can be very alarming to some dogs and moving debris can often spook them leading to an increased risk of missing dogs.

Keep time outdoors to a minimum, keep dogs on lead and avoid areas of increased risk of falling and moving debris.

Check fences and gates prior to allowing dogs out in gardens.

Stay safe

22/08/2024

Saturday sees the start of a new puppy and beginners course!
I can't wait to meet you all!

22/08/2024

💨Urgent Post💨

Please be careful outdoors this morning. The wind is awful due to hurricane Ernesto.
Since the early hours I have seen and heard flying debris and this poses a risk of injury to you and your dog so please be extra careful until this storm passes.

If your dog does need to go out, keep time to a minimum, use leads if you can. Check all fences and gates and don't leave unsupervised.

Ensure your dog's name tag and chips are up-to-date too.

Please be careful.

21/08/2024

🐾WORKING HOURS🐾

Please be aware today I am travelling to Wakefield to a specialist vets with my own dog to see his neurologist.

This does mean I will possibly be unable all day and won't be responding to any messages or calls.

I will catch up as soon as possible, but I do ask if it is urgent, please send me a text message and I will ensure these are dealt with first upon my return.

Many thanks for your understanding and patience

Amy
Ultimutt Dog Training

20/08/2024

Tonight we started a brand new puppy and beginners course and welcomed 6 amazing new adorable pups and their families.

It's been a brilliant night and we cracked straight onto our training by looking at a number of basics including name response, marker words, and basic obedience cues.

I'm really looking forward to working with all of them over the next few weeks.

20/08/2024

Yesterday we started a brand new intermediate course!

It was an absolutely fantastic session were we 'Jumped' straight into our first weeks topic of...
Why dogs jump?

18/08/2024

We are about to set a date for our next Parkour Course.

Parkour is an amazing activity you can do with your dog, it's accessible to all and it can be done just about anywhere.

You will see your dog's confidence build before your eyes and see them take part in an enriching activity l, helping both mentally and physically.

17/08/2024

We looked at the benefits of play and enrichment today and how this can affect behaviour.

It's safe to say both these adorable youngsters had lots of fun in class today!

17/08/2024

I am continually blessed to work with the most incredible dogs and their owners.

Today we ended an intermediate training course and seeing how far both of these amazing dogs have come over 10 weeks of training has made me so proud of them.

They have gone from strength to strength each session and are both credits to their owners.

I am actually really sad that today was the last of our training on the 5 week courses, but I do hope I will be seeing them both around and receive regular updates.

Good luck and have lots of fun!

16/08/2024

I can't tell you how excited I am to be taking part in such a fantastic event.

Raising Awareness for Humane, Ethical, and Effective Pet Training and Care.

This is something I am so passionate about and I can't wait to spend the next three days learning from some of the most incredible people in the industry.

The Pet Professional Guild

15/08/2024

🐾Can you help?🐾

This post is being shared to help a young dog, its not here to attract negative comments so if you have nothing nice to say, please just walk away from the post. The full picture will be explained to anyone who is seriously interested in her.

This is a message from Lotties mum.

Hi, let me introduce a very special little girl. This is Lottie and she’s nearly two years old. She’s lived with our family since she was a puppy and we absolutely adore her so this is extremely heartbreaking to have to even be considering re-homing her.

Unfortunately, through no fault of her own, things have become very difficult at home. A relationship breakdown and my own ill health as put added pressure on myself, and now being a single mum, I feel I no longer have the time to be able to give my special girl.

Lottie as lived with another female rottie with no issues until recently. Our other girl is sadly under the vets with suspected joint issues, and this as led to some issues between the girls in recent weeks. Meaning now I feel the need to keep the girls separate to ensure they are both are kept safe especially whilst my other girl is undergoing treatment.

I think between the recent changes in our home and life, paired with our other dogs health issues this has not helped the situation.

This is not fair on Lottie as it’s not the life she is used too.

She enjoys nothing more than her family time, walks and playing. She’s highly intelligent and excelled in all her training classes she attended.

I have made this heartbreaking decision so I can ensure she gets the life she deserves.

Lottie will only be going to the very best of home. Her new home will not only be vetted, but will be required to sign a contract.

14/08/2024

🐾Response Time🐾

Please be aware my dog will be visiting Croft Vets Bolsover for some tests today.
Therefore I may not be available today.
Please drop me a message and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience and understanding

13/08/2024

Unfortunately night one of our puppy class is being postponed until next week due to the high temperatures we are experiencing.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience

Amy
Ultimutt Dog Training

13/08/2024

🐾URGENTLY WANTED🐾

XL DOG CAGE TO FIT A GERMAN SHEPHERD TO HELP A DOG NEEDING TO BE MOVED.
THIS DOG IS UNDER A LOCAL RESCUE WHICH IS DESPERATE FOR HELP.

OR EVEN BETTER A FOSTER PLACEMENT NEEDED FROM TODAY OR KENNEL SPACE.

12/08/2024

☀️WEATHER UPDATES☀️

Please be aware we may be experiencing more changes to this week's training due to the increased temperatures.

Updates will be posted each day.

Thank you for your understanding.

12/08/2024

Unfortunately tonight's training is now cancelled due to increased temperatures.

Although it's currently very overcast and currently we are hearing a few rumbles of thunder, after dinner we are predicted to see highs of 29°C.

Sorry for any inconvenience but your dogs health must always come first.

Please stay safe and keep your dogs at home.

12/08/2024

So today we could possibly experiencing temperatures again over 24°C.
It's already 16 degrees at 6am.

Please remember our dogs are not acclimatised to the hotter temperatures we are seeing.
Heatstroke is a silent killer, signs often come to late.

Please keep them at home wherever possible with plenty of fresh water.

Avoid all rigorous actives, especially running about in temperatures, especially if you own a breed which is classified as high risk.

This includes

- Puppies
- Seniors
- Dogs suffering from poor health
- Flat faced breeds
- Thick coated breeds
.. it's important to understand all dogs are at risk, some some are more prone than others.

Please be responsible, walks can be missed, but if needed change to earlier or late evening times.

Research types of enrichment which you can do to keep your dog entertained without putting them at risk.

Don't be fooled by thinking a shaded area in your garden is ok, your dogs temperature can still quickly rise.

And unfortunately I need to say, familiarisation of the signs of heatstroke, and what to do in an emergency is vital.

At 11am we will update on regards to training, although it is highly likely training tonight will be cancelled.

11/08/2024

☀️WEATHER UPDATE☀️

With the current temperatures, we maybe postponing tomorrow's training sessions.

This will include the puppy and beginners class and the new intermediate class.

I will post a further update tomorrow by midday.

Thank you for your understanding.

Amy 🐾

10/08/2024

A massive congratulations to our Saturday puppy group for completing our 5 week training course!!

It's been an absolute pleasure spending time with you all..

You are all absolutely incredible dogs and it's been so much fun watching you learn each week!

I can't wait to see you all soon for our next course!

10/08/2024

Please be aware I will be taking an early finish today.

As many of you are aware my dog is still poorly and he needs to go back to the vets this afternoon for another pain injection.

Puppy Class and intermediate class will run as normal this morning, but I will be taking a few hours off later on.

I will be catching up with messages this weekend so please be patient and I will contact you asap.

I'm still having ongoing issues with my email address change over so if urgent please drop me a text message.

Amy 🐾

08/08/2024

Recently we ran a little football competition and oopsy...winners didn't get posted!!

Thank you to Mandy for judging this for us!

Although all entries were amazing, Mandy had the difficult decision in picking just two!

Her chosen winners are the wonderful Olie and Arthur.

If their owner could drop me a message to redeem their prizes!!

07/08/2024

Our next intermediate course is starting on Monday!

Who is signed up??

02/08/2024

Pet Remedy are hosting the summer of love awards.

A chance for you to nominate people throughout the UK that run pet related businesses which look after or help with your amazing furry family members!

This is your chance to vote and spread a little love.

Maybe your dog walker, your vet, pet sitter or even your trainer... So many wonderful people work with your amazing animals so this is a fantastic opportunity to say thank you.

Please share and spread the love.

The Pet Remedy Summer of Love Awards are a chance to recognise all those amazing pet related businesses and people throughout the UK who look after our furry,

01/08/2024

01/08/2024

Our next course is now fully booked pending confirmation from two enquiries from today.

If you are interest in a place please drop me a message for more upcoming dates.

31/07/2024

Imagine being scared of spiders and being put in a room full of them with no escape. How would you feel? Would you be screaming and shouting? Would your heart be racing? Maybe you will be in a state of panic?

Eventually when you realise nobody is coming to help and you are still stuck, do you eventually give up screaming?

Maybe you begin to shut down as you feel your cries for help are not being heard.
This doesn't mean you have gotten over your fear at all, it just means you have just stop exhibiting the fear response.

In the world of dogs this is no different and for years trainers have used a flooding technique to deal with behavioural issues.
Sadly even now we know the issues association with flooding in regards to behaviour modification, some trainers and owners still carry out this process.

Back in 2014 I adopted a dog who was fear reactive, which was understandable knowing her history. We were actively encouraged to flood her to get over this fear! Unaware of the issues this could cause.
I was told to keep taking her out each day, walking her past other dogs and eventually she would get over it.
Thankfully I quickly realised this wasn't right as I saw before my eyes my dog beginning to shut down. To the untrained eye this may have looked like the technique was working as she began to stop reacting to things but something didn't feel right to me.
Luckily, I pulled her from the training and began learning about reactivity myself. We implemented management, understood her trigger stacking, looked further into the cause of her issues and then began a tailored plan to help work on everything. Not only did we begin to make huge positive steps in regards to her reactivity, our relationship changed too. Our bond become unbreakable and her confidence began to show. Our journey as been one of many challenges, but one thing I quickly learnt is to understand my dog and how to be kind, patient and understanding. Something I think is key to success.

If you are struggling with reactivity yourself, why not book in for a free telephone consultation and I will be more than happy to chat with you.

31/07/2024

The heat is getting to our dogs and especially those at increased risk.

I have a precious senior who we were lucky enough to adopt in 2014.
This week Moo has barely ventured outdoors as she knows herself it's far too hot for her, but it's important we keep her mentally stimulated, even at her age she needs to keep her brain active. (Shes possibly 13+ years old, unsure of her real age)

I vary her food enrichment and this morning she got an extra little treat with her breakfast!

Venison Pate!!