St Paws Training Academy

22/02/2025

It's national walking the dog day!

Where does your dog like walking the most?

Just a big fat reminder (rather than a gentle one!) to stay away from livestock. 🐑🐏

20/02/2025

https://fb.watch/xTj08FKmS4/?mibextid=z4kJoQ Bless Ruby. How painful.

19/02/2025

RECALL WEBINAR - HAPPENING IN 10 MINS TIME! https://st-paws-training-academy.kit.com/e725fc3919?fbclid=IwY2xjawIipU1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUiJKzW5TO2GIulgmtmQ-biWpc-xTKvAHlyS3wKtDXLZc_71beouvVcg7A_aem_yv-qt2iGAHVNg14_XQBg9Q

19/02/2025

Bless Peanut x

Peanut the lurcher is nursed back to health after being found close to death on a country lane.

19/02/2025

Happy National Whippet Day! Let’s see your gorgeous whippets! Does anyone remember Lady, Niles’ dog in Fraiser? She was a little whippet! Let's see your beauties.. do they go to cafe's with you?

PS: Mine's a Double decaf non-fat latte, medium foam, dusted with just the faintest whisper of cinnamon.. not really.. just a tea! 🫖

17/02/2025

Please encourage schools NOT to get involved in this... 😞

17/02/2025

Did you know scruffing or full body handling can be a significant stressor as the animal cannot escape? Lack of autonomous control can cause frustration and the rage system can be activated (check out Panksepp’s work) which can lead to the experience of anger. Target training gives some element of control as the animal moves themselves which will minimise or may eradicate handling in certain circumstances. Target training using positive reinforcement methods has also been utilised in zoo animals to assist with medical treatment in horses squirell and owl monkeys and in cats!

Have you trained any co-operative care tasks with your pets?

16/02/2025

Hey I run and I help people understand what the emotion and motivation is behind a pets behaviour. I then help them change or rechannel the behaviour through training and behaviour modification. I do this because there is still far too much misunderstanding about pets behaviour and outdated, painful and methods based on fear are still being used by some 'trainers'.

14/02/2025

💕 Puppy Love

Well done Ginny Winnie and Mylo on graduating puppy class! We missed you Winnie! xx

14/02/2025

💕Valentines day is a day to celebrate those we love.. and I know you all adore your dogs! Today is also pet theft awareness day and with that in mind, here is some guidance:

• Make sure they have excellent recall

• Make sure their microchip details are up to date

• Avoid saying that you’re out and about on Facebook.

• Make sure the garden is fully fenced in

• If you post photos of your dog make sure that your address cannot be easily identified

12/02/2025

EASY MISTAKES TO MAKE

It can be easy to say the same recall word over and over if you’re dog is not responding but this can poison it and it means the meaning can be lost.

There are free resources on my website that you can download. Check them out here. https://www.stpawstrainingacademy.co.uk/free-resources

09/02/2025

🍫Today is chocolate day. Here is a beautiful choccie, Bob, to remind you to keep that valentines day chocolate in your tummy only!

Gobbling it up can make them really poorly. Dark chocolate is the most dangerous.

In my school talks the children always guess that dogs aren’t allowed Mars Bars and explain that chocolate needs to be put up high out of reach.

If you want to book talks you can do so via my website: www.stpawstrainingacademy.co.uk

05/02/2025

It's dog training education awareness month. This post by the Muzzle Movement really resonated with me as I've come across videos of dogs with muzzles on in situations with other dogs, that they don't feel comfortable in. Presumably the people that are doing this think that as the dog has the muzzle on , that it's ok to put them in this situation. IT'S NOT.

People may think that because a dog is not reacting (lunging, barking) that they are comfortable. But actually, they can be feeling shut down and scared. Fighting is costly and a dog will avoid it if they can. Just because a dog is not going into fight mode, it doesn't mean that they are not in freeze mode (feeling immobilised by fear) and dampening down their reaction (or not showing it at all). Flooding can make a dog feel scared, stressed and less likely to show lower level signs that they are scared.. this can mean they skip steps in a ladder of communication.

A big dog, a German Shepherd, Husky or Viszla can have big feelings. Being bigger does not mean they are braver! It's not fair just or wise to put a dog in a situation that it can't cope with in the park, just because they have a muzzle on. That's like putting a baby on an upside down topsy turvy stomach churning ride just because they have a seat belt on...

05/02/2025

https://www.stpawstrainingacademy.co.uk/are-puppy-pad-s-the-magic-cure-toilet-training-a-puppy - are you toilet training your puppy at the moment? Wondering whether to use puppy pads? Read my blog here

Professional dog training and behaviour including puppy classes. Lisa Sinnott, Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Animal Behaviour.

05/02/2025

05/02/2025

Looking forward to this! ☀️

The Princes Trust (now Kings Trust was a great source of support for my business). Book tickets here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/sarahduguid/1563459 ✨ Trinder Hair Studios are sponsoring 🍳🥞

03/02/2025

Happy Golden Retriever Day! Here's some gorgeous goldies I've worked with 💛 Lets see pics of yours ⬇️