Nina's Wolfpack

21/11/2025

I’ve just started doing scentwork with Arlo again - it’s something we have picked up and put down a lot but it always amazes me how quickly he remembers 😅

So I’ve been working on his mini searches & indications just inside for his mealtimes.

Scent Article: keys

(I lost my keys the other day while walking Arlo. I was searching for hours trying to find them in the park and realised it was time to actually get back to scentwork and make Arlo useful 😂🤣)

(Am going to make this a little series as we progress & work in more distraction environments)

18/11/2025

Mixed signals can ruin your training & cause conflict with your dog:

Our dogs cannot read our minds, or understand that we’ve had a tough day and are stressed out, which is why we’re snappy.
Just like any good relationship, the key is communication, but we can’t explain what we want to our dogs, we have to show them, consistently what we want.

If some days a behaviour gets rewarded, and others it gets punished, our dogs don’t know what you want, this is mixed signals.

If we take the to places and expect them to “behave”, again we’re causing conflict - because “behave” isn’t a behaviour, it’s a concept.

Where we can’t simply tell our dogs what we need from them, we have to teach them slowly & consistently until they understand how to “behave” in certain situations & environments!

11/11/2025

My best friend ❤️

It’s been a bit crazy this far with Arlo. 2026 is leaning towards a slightly slower way of life for us but some exciting things to come!

11/11/2025

NEW Intensive Training Programme

December 2025 - 2 week programme available, just in time for the family to come over for Christmas! Work on your dogs behaviour before the chaos!

Starting in January 2026 - 2 & 4 Week Intensive Programmes - Start your new year off right with your puppy, adolescent or adult dog by way of obedience. Or overcome reactivity or challenging behaviours with our 4 week course aimed at making walks enjoyable again!

For more information, check out my website

We start with an initial consultation via zoom, WhatsApp video or FaceTime in which we will discuss your dogs behaviours and make a training plan. I will also set you homework on the foundations so that everything is ready and we can hit the ground running, once we have made a plan & discussed every...

10/11/2025

A few of the most common mistakes I see people make when trying to work on recall with their dog.

The other thing that is important here is even if you are practicing recall from the first few weeks with your puppy, take it back a step and put them back on lead during adolescence as they will likely start to ignore recall during this time.

Recall is so often something people try to rush & say “it’s good enough so we can have them off lead” but the more your dog ignores recall or we build conflict around recall, the worse it will get later down the line.

Don’t make these mistakes & if you’d like help with your recall, drop me a message & we can book in a consultation!!

06/11/2025

Nina’s Wolfpack Dog Training Services - 2025-2026

I’ve been having an update on my training services with some exciting new things coming 2026.

I will be staying in the south east for the foreseeable future which has opened up my calender to more regular groups in person clients! However my calendar is still open for virtual sessions!

Follow the link in my bio for more info or DM to book.

05/11/2025

LAST PACK WALK DATES FOR 2025:

Locations around Kent & Sussex (we have a WhatsApp group with specific locations sent before each walk).

These pack walks are the perfect environment to work on your dogs neutrality & obedience training and help nervous dogs build confidence.

(Please note you must have worked with either myself or another trainer on obedience or reactivity training to be able to join these pack walks & have full control of your dog)

31/10/2025

Happy Halloween!
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29/10/2025

On Instagram it’s easy to get swept up in all the things you need to do with your dog by way of sports, obedience, cooperative care, etc.
And while all these things are amazing for you and your dog, just experiencing nature, being outside and being able to just be a dog should be just as much of a priority and having a period of time during the day where your dog is able to sniff, run and not have anything asked of them is super important.

28/10/2025

Coexisting over Interacting

Your dog doesn’t need to interact with everything and if they are expecting an interaction to happen, it increases their stimulation around certain things (whether that be stress, excitement, frustration, etc)

If we had the idea that socialising your dog means COEXISTING rather than interacting, our dogs would be calmer, well balanced and less likely to react.

When I first started working on my own dogs reactivity towards people, I believed that the more positive interactions he has with them, the more confident he would get. However the opposite happened, he became more reactive, more unpredictable, because the interactions were overwhelming for him.

So instead we worked towards coexistence - you don’t have to interact with anyone and I will stop people from interacting with him, you just need to be able to exist near to that thing (in our case people) and this changed everything!

So if you have a dog that is getting overwhelmed when socialising with people, other dogs, the sight of livestock or strange things in their environment, take the focus off interaction and start to look at rewarding your dog for just existing near to that thing.

24/10/2025

I told George we HAVE to do this with the dogs this year. So this morning I cut up sheets for Sunny, Arlo and Poppy and unfortunately they didn’t last incredibly long but the results were so good 😂😂