Pawsitive Intentions Dog Training

A special mention to the lovely Sonia and Mr.Darcy who completed their first full size course yesterday! 🥳 Whilst Sonia said it was the cooler weather she had to thank for their achievement 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 I felt it has been her hard work and dedication to training, she has not only turned up every week to her own class, but joined in on other classes too, as well as attending monthly workshops and training at home, hard work makes the dream work! 💪🏼 Exciting things to come from these two! 🤩 🐾💚

#mondaymotivation Let's talk about permissive handling in dog training.. 🤓 Permissive handling doesn't mean letting dogs do whatever they want—it's about building trust and mutual respect in your partnership. By using gentle guidance instead of force, we create a bond that encourages cooperation and a stress-free learning environment for our dogs. 🫶🏼 In this video we invite Freddie to sit at the first hoop, whilst he moves with Jane towards it, when she asks for the sit he quickly disengages and goes to sniff.. this is NOT because he is distracted. Sniffing releases several chemicals to the brain one of these is serotonin which helps to regulate mood and anxiety, he is telling her very politely that he's not ready. Jane listens and gives him space, he then OFFERS to re-engage when he feels ready and he runs the sequence beautifully. 🥰 Dogs cannot learn when they are in a state of fear or stress, nor can they perform behaviours we desire, no matter how well practiced they are. Permissive handling means listening to our dogs as to what they can and can't cope with and creating safe spaces for them to learn, promoting positive experiences for our dogs, fostering their confidence and happiness in every interaction. 🐾💚

Last weekend our dogs just couldn't get enough of our hoopers course running workshop! From novice course running to starters sequences, all the dogs did a super job and the handlers weren't too bad either 😉 🐾💚

The joy of scent work is that any dog can do it and it has so many benefits for them too! This is the lovely Reuben showing off his awesome linear search skills! 👊🏼 🤩 🐾💚

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Monday morning tracking club yesterday! We were working on indications again this session, so we had small tracks and made the article smaller each time! We finished with a short team track to test their skills! Looking forward to the next session when we can put the last few indication sessions into practice! 👍🏼 Well done teams! 👏🏼 🐾💚

A quick splish splash before the heat of the day kicks in! 💦 Early morning or late evening are the best times to allow your dogs to exercise in warmer weather, then keep them out of the main heat of the day. It can be tempting to stick to your normal routines but dogs can over heat quickly leading to sickness, diarrhoea, heat exhaustion or even heat stroke, so mixing your routine up or missing a walk won't do your dog any harm at all! 🐾💚

Alfie's big day out! We love receiving pup-dates from our clients! 🤩 Alfie is just 8 months old and this was his first big day out to the beach! I think it's safe to say he looks like he's having a great time and 😱what an amazing recall!! Alfie attended our puppy life skills and junior life skills training courses as well as a couple of one to one training classes for additional support and to advance his skills further. 😎 Alfie has very dedicated owners who have worked hard practicing exercises outside of classes and taken the time to progress his training slowly, working within his comfort zone which has absolutely paid off! 👊🏼 I'm so proud of their achievements so far and look forward to seeing more of Alfie's big adventures!! 🤩 🐾💚

A little appreciation post to our amazing team for all their hard work prepping the field ready for this Saturdays CHUK competition! 🤩 Thank you Gary and Mick it's looking good 😎! 👏🏼👏🏼 🐾💚

Looking for something to do this bank holiday weekend?! 👀 Why not pay Mina and Frens a visit at the Deer Park in Hoar Cross, Burton on Trent! 🤗 They stock a wide variety of products from leads and accessories, shampoos, a huge range of natural treats as well as toys, blankets, food and enrichment activities such as the snuffle mats we use in our classes! After you have treated your dog, you can treat yourself in the cafe and shop or you can take a stroll around the park! The girls agree it's worth a visit 😋 🐾💚

Please can we have a huge round of applause for the amazing team that is Bertie, Gary and Yvonne! They started training with us from puppy classes, completing our junior and graduates programs, carrying on to sports training in gundog, scent work and hoopers. They started competing regularly, attending the national finals last year and at our show last weekend they stepped up to novice in hoopers. Today at Jan's lovely Go-Go Hoopers show they had their first novice run and absolutely smashed it! 👊🏼🎉 So so proud of these guys and what they have achieved 🥰 🐾💚

Did you know that we have a small shop on site?! 🤩 We stock Fish4Dogs, JR Pet Products, Feelwells and Natural Dog Treats, ranging from training treats to pate, chewy sticks and larger longer lasting chews! Whether you run out in class or need to stock up at home we have got you covered! Discounts available, orders welcome, collection only currently, please get in touch to see how we can help! 🐾💚

You know by now if our social media goes quiet we are super busy behind the scenes and last week we were away with the The IMDT learning all things tracking! We already hold our regular Tracking Club but we've added a few more skills and thrills to our training repertoire which we can't wait to share with you! Interested in tracking? Comment below or join our community group Pawsitive Intentions Community for first dibs on our upcoming tracking workshop!! 🐾💚

Puppy training at Pawsitive Intentions 🤗 These lovely puppies are on week 4 of our puppy life skills course and this week they have all been practicing their recall, off lead, in a field together! Every puppy completely focused on having fun with their human, feeling safe and able to engage with them with all sorts of distractions going on! 💚 We're a different type of puppy course at Pawsitive Intentions, our focus is confident, resilient puppies, giving owners the tools to help their puppies to feel safe and relaxed in all environments, setting puppies up for successful learning! We cover all the important life skills, such as loose lead, recall and wait, as well as introducing puppies to livestock safely (for both puppy and livestock!), desensitisation to fireworks, lots of exploratory activities to build confidence and nurture puppy curiosity and much much more! With pre course materials covering teething, toilet training and much more to start you off right before you even get to class, with materials to add each week to make a complete puppy guide, we are here to support you on every step of your puppy parenting journey! Interested?! Get in touch or visit our website for more information and booking! 🐾💚

It was a very happy 5th birthday to Iris on Tuesday so of course she had to have cake! 🎂 and she was kind enough to share it with the big girls too! 🐾💚 #pawsitiveintentionsdt #poweredbyplay #birthdaygirl

A few snippets from hoopers training yesterday! From collies to sprollies, Gordon setters to German shepherds and labs! the joy of hooper's is that it is for everyone! 🥰 🐾💚 #pawsitiveintentionsdt #poweredbyplay #DogTraining #dogsports #hoopers

A couple of weeks ago we held an Easter themed tracking workshop! Roger Rabbit was wanted for the murder of Marvin Acme and the team had to track where the real perpetrator had been, collect the evidence, put together all the clues to solve the crime! 🕵🏼‍♀️ Luckily they had their detective hats on that day so Roger Rabbit was cleared of all charges and gave them all Easter eggs for their efforts!! 😆 Happy Easter Monday everyone! 🐣 🐾💚

Doggy dancing!! 💃🏼 A little snippet from a one to one training session this afternoon, the aim of the session was loose lead walking and recall.. this super spaniel team progressed to off lead focus work by the end of the hour, weren't they awesome! 🤩 💚🐾 #pawsitiveintentionsdt #poweredbyplay #dogtraining #looselead #recall

Some very sleepy dogs after this morning's Easter themed scent workshop! 5 searches, 6 hides, each hide won them an edible mini egg as well as a plastic egg containing part of a word. They had to collect all six hides to make three words, which put together made a what three words location of their Easter Eggs! 🐣 🐾💚 #pawsitiveintentionsdt #poweredbyplay #scentwork #dogtraining

A very happy third birthday to super spaniel Tess !! 🥳🥳 Tess has been training with us since she came to us for puppy classes 🥰 she takes part in hooper's, gundog, tracking and scent work training with her super mum Sue! 😀 Yesterday Tess was showing what a good girl she is practicing her stay with distraction 💃🏼 and today she has been super sniffing in tracking club and brought some yummy birthday treats for the doggos! 🎂🎁 Happy birthday Tess!!! 🐾🎉

The video is a bit rubbish but last night I had the girls 🐕 help me bring in the girls 🦆 😆 Herding ducks in, across two fields on your own, can be a little challenging! The girls 🐕 were already out doing jobs with me so I thought why not get them to help? 🤷🏼‍♀️ Well, I think they did an egg-cellent job!! 🐣😉 Same time tomorrow ladies?! 🐾💚