Lovely young Poppy - showing a great memory retrieve. This is where we show the dog where the dummy is then carry on walking - she then has to remember where the dummy was left. As this is a new exercise for Poppy we keep it simple by giving her a obvious track to run back on - this will make sure she is successful and build her confidence. 🐾🐾 #labradorlove #dogtrainingisfun #kingssombornedogtrainer #thehappydoghavenhampshire #fungundoggames
Lovely Roma getting the hang of targeting an object to gain her reward.A great way to mentally stimulate a dog - really gets them thinking! No prompting or luring - giving Roma time to think and problem solve herself. Great confidence builder. #leonbergerlove💞 #dogtrainingkingssomborne #thehappydoghavenhampshire #leonbergers #getoutandtrainyourdog #dogtrainingisfun #rewardbasedtraining
Team Toby having a go at a scentwork exercise - great focus and enthusiasm! #springerspaniel #spanieltraining #thehappydoghavenhampshire #dogtrainingkingssomborne #dogtrainingisfun #getoutandtrainyourdog
Fun Agility
Team Monty loving some fun agility!🐾😁#jackrusselfun #terriersrule #funagility #thehappydoghavenhampshire #dogtrainingkingssomborne #dogtrainingisfun
Fun gun dog class. Steadiness challenge! 😁Can the dogs stay steady while the handlers play catch! Very nice work from dogs and handlers. 👍 #fungundoggames #labsandspanielsrule #thehappydoghavenhampshire #kingssombornedogtrainer #dogtrainingisfun #getoutandtrainyourdog
Miniature dachshund CeCe is a retired breeding bitch. Her new owners have been experiencing some issues with CeCe`s reactivity around other dogs, people and anything new. It seems likely that CeCe did not see much of the outside world or had much exposure to people and dogs. The first session she literally barked non - stop at everything! She also has shown a tendency to run up to people/dogs and nip if given the opportunity. This is her way of dealing with scary situations. We introduced some simple pattern games, along with building focus on Jess and Paul. Also, learning to disengage from things that are scary. This short video is from the 2nd session, it may not look like much, but is a huge improvement from the week before! CeCe looks much more relaxed, her little tail is wagging happily, and she focused beautifully on Jess! We also introduced her to the clam toy to get her using her nose to find the treats - sniffing is something she very much enjoys and will help her to relax. Well done team CeCe! 👍🐾#thehappyghavenhampshire #minituredachshund #dogtrainingkingssomborne #getoutandtrainyourdog #rehomingdogs #dogtrainingisfun
Puppy Group
Older puppy group practicing disengagement from other dogs - such an important skill to learn!🐾 Nice work everyone! #getoutantrainyourdog #thehappyghavenhampshire #puppytraining#dogtrainingkingssomborne#spanielsaregreat #vizslasarethebest
1-2-1 Session with team Tama, Josh and Lauren. Warming up with some around the cones. Then on to some perch work, introducing pivoting - this exercise has many purposes - we teach it through shaping - breaking a behaviour into tiny increments, marking and rewarding each part, then gradually putting it together into the desired behaviour - a great way to get that spaniel brain working! It also creates stillness, focus and produces a more advanced level of heelwork. We finished the session with some fun gun dog games - retrieving over the bales! Well done team Tama!🐾
Team Monty & Nicola🐾 round the cone game - Monty absolutely loving it!
Some great work from the Saturday morning group! Perfect wait and recalls with other dogs creating a distraction. These dogs are all young adolescents, which is a challenging period for many dogs - all did brilliantly! Well done everyone!
Springador puppy Rupert enjoying some proximity games. Great for the first stages of recall and building confidence in being close to his handler. #springadorpuppy #puppytraining #thehappydoghaven #kingssombornedogtraining #puppytrainingstockbridge #getoutandtrainyourdog
Marley the Vizsla puppy practicing proximity to his owner. Building confidence in being close is so important at this age. #pupptraining #vizslapuppy #thehappydoghaven #kingssombornedogtraining #puppygames #getoutandtrainyourdog
Young Bess learning the sit whistle cue. We will gradually increase the distance between her and Steve plus adding distractions. Such a good exercise for pups to learn. #puppytraining #spanielpuppy #thehappydoghaven #dogtrainingkingssomborne #getoutandtrainyourdog
Having some fun with gundog games! Some of these dogs are more experienced than others - but at this stage the main aim is to build confidence, enthusiasm and a desire to find and retrieve the dummy. Dogs and handlers thoroughly enjoyed themselves!
Great Focus around other dogs in the adolescent group - good work everyone! 🐾
#thehappydoghaven #pupsaregrowingup #lifeskillsfordogs #getoutandtrainyourdog #dogtrainingkingssomborne
Some great focus from the lovely Raffi - who knew Irish terriers had such talent! Love the way he moves! Despite Olive, the spaniel trying her best to distract him - Raffi stays totally focused. When she gets in the way, the look on his face is like - no I don`t want to play ball Olive, can you not see I`m doing serious stuff here! 🐾#irishterrier #thehappydoghaven #dogtrainingkingssombourne #getoutandtraindogs #TrainYourDogMonth #rewardbaseddogtraining
Meet the handsome Bruno! He was adopted from a rescue in Greece by Steph and Barry. Still very young at 11months - he can struggle with over-arousal at times, which result in some fairly strong mouthing behaviour towards his handler. Along with other basic behaviours, we have introduced pattern games to create a more predictable situation that helps him to cope when he feels over-whelmed. In the video Steph is counting steps out loud then rewarding away from her - this creates a pattern that Bruno will start to recognise and can be adjusted as he progresses. #dogtrainingkingssombourne #thehappydoghaven #rescuedog #dogtrainingisfun #getoutandtrain