Freston Pet Dog Training

03/11/2023

22/09/2023

New Puppy and Pet Dog Training courses start on 6th October at Tattingstone Village Hall. See the website for details or email [email protected].

Pet dog training and puppy training for dogs in the Ipswich area of Suffolk. We use reward based training and are Kennel Club Good Citizens Dog Scheme listed.

22/09/2023

Pet dog training and puppy training for dogs in the Ipswich area of Suffolk. We use reward based training and are Kennel Club Good Citizens Dog Scheme listed.

09/08/2023

There is still a place for working dogs!

Sea eagles, an endangered species, are growing in numbers in Scotland and preying on lambs.

24/06/2023

03/04/2023

The next Puppy Foundation Course will start on Friday 14th April at 6.30 pm. at Tattingstone Village Hall. For more details and booking please email [email protected], or call 07599 807643.

27/03/2023

**Edit - surrogate mum now found. Thank you everyone for spreading the word! **

Urgent appeal for surrogate dog! 🐶❗️

We are currently spreading the word to help find a surrogate dog to foster nine 11 day old cocker spaniel/lab cross puppies.

Unfortunately their mum is unable to feed them at the moment but they are being well looked after by their owners.

Please share this post and message us if you can help.
Colchester based.

23/10/2022

***** SORTED.. AND IN RECORD TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO OFFERED*****

DOG PROFESSIONAL IP23 (Suffolk) - COULD YOU HELP?

We are looking for a dog professional in or close to IP23/Suffolk who could do a home visit for us to assess the needs of a dog we've been asked to take.

By dog professional, we mean trainer or someone who works with dogs for a living.

This is for a newfie x boy. Other than hating cats and geese, this dog does not have any obvious behavioural issues so this is just a general assessment to help us get more of a feel for him.

If you are also a dab hand with a camera, that would be a bonus!

IF you could help, please PM!

30/08/2022

The five greyhounds that were in the care of Greyhound Trust Suffolk are now being homed by Mildenhall Greyhound Trust, and their details are on the website at https://mildenhallgreyhounds.org.uk/homing/

In particular, we'd like to make a renewed appeal for brindle brothers Max and Zola, who are still looking for a home together. They are both lovely lads who have always lived with each other, and behaved impeccably when they were in a home for a few months.

17/07/2022

Good morning as temperatures become extreme over the next few days please guys be super mindful …… you may like to be out in the sunshine but it’s not for the dogs ….
As they say no dog died from missing a walk
Stay cool 😎

11/11/2021

Friday Live this week is at 10.30am and I'll be talking about recall training!!

Jane Ardern BSc Hons Dip CABT
Kennel Club Dog Trainer of the Year 2015
ICAN Accredited Behaviourist
ABTC Registered Animal Trainer
Gundog Club Accredited Trainer
Author of Mission Control - How to train the High Drive Dog
Riverirk Working Cocker Spaniels

01/10/2021

Hi everyone,

I’m going to point out something here that’s really really important and in fact is ruining dogs across the country.

And that is the fact that people still think they need to ‘dominate’ their dogs or show them ‘whos boss’ or stop them wanting to ‘take over’

This is absolutely incorrect.

There is no dominance.

We found out quite a few years ago now that Wolves (who dogs share a common ancestor with) have ZERO dominance hierarchy.

They do NOT live in a world where they’re trying to dominate each other.
They live in a family group... a social group who are all related.

The dominance theory was coined because the scientists early on put together a group of unrelated young male Wolves in captivity who all started to fight because they were stressed.

They studied these.

They did not study them in the wild.

Eventually they realised this was inaccurate - that the wild Wolves in a natural environment living normally in family groups did NOT have any kind of dominance hierarchy.

There is a breeding pair and then the offspring.

No one is trying to ‘take over’. There is no ‘Alpha’.

Old school trainers have not updated their methods because they haven’t studied or they don’t care about the myth de-bunking.
For us humans it makes sense in our minds that we need to be the ‘boss’ and punish and all of this rubbish because... that’s how we deal with people.

However it’s not the case.. we need to understand and support our dogs.

If you are using any kind of supposed ‘rank reduction’ techniques or dominance based training then you are simply being cruel.

And it’s absolute rubbish.

Your dog does not have a clue - it will just feel intimidated and scared.

Any questions?

30/08/2021

30/08/2021

A lovely collie who needs an active home.

24/07/2021

Monthly advice emails

16/07/2021

Be careful with your dog's in the hot weather!

This is Nala.

She is a young fit Labrador who was playing football on a overcast 21⁰c day.

At 1.30pm she was rushed to Hook Vets with heat stroke.

Her temperature was at a whopping 41.3⁰c. A dogs normal temperature range is 38 - 39⁰c

Heat stroke can cause irreversible damage or even death. Thankfully her owner noticed and reacted quickly and Nala is doing well 💜 His quick actions saved her life.

Dogs that are more prone to heat stroke are old dogs, overweight dogs, flat faced breeds and puppies. However any dog of any age or breed or fitness can get heat stroke.

Signs of heat stroke are:
⚠️ Faster, heavier breathing
⚠️ Excessive thirst and drooling
⚠️ Increased heart rate and pulse rate
⚠️ Dark coloured gums/ tounge (red/purple)
⚠️ Glassy eyes
⚠️ Staggering or weakness
⚠️ Seizures
⚠️ Unconsciousness

If you think your dog has heat stroke DO NOT throw cold water on them as this can cause the body to go into shock.

On warm days you can help your dogs by:
✅ Restricting exercise
✅ Make sure they have access to cool, shaded areas
✅ Give them access to fresh water
✅ Walking them first thing in the morning or last thing at night when it's cooler
✅ If your pet is over weight start them on a weight loss journey

Please share this post to raise awareness

10/07/2021

Should dogs be 'smacked' or 'tapped' in training?

We hope you agree 💯 the answer is no.

Normally we'd give you some Friday facts to end the week - but we got asked to comment on a news story for this week and we wanted to highlight it to you, our followers, on our position with coercive and aversive styles of training.

The APDT was set up to provide a space for trainers using Kind, Fair and Effective methods. Our founders didn't believe that tools and methods that caused pain or fear were right, and they wanted to help educate the public to help them find suitable, qualified and assessed trainers.

Sadly, we've seen a resurgence in these kind of methods in the last few years, these methods hurt dogs, and they also cause huge emotional pain for the owners.

You can read the full article we were asked to comment on in the link below.

We're so pleased people have CCTV cameras and can find out when abuse like this happens, it needs reporting on more, our dogs deserve better than this.

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/ring-doorbell-camera-catches-reading-20980486

Blue background with quote from Reading Live. Quote reads 'Should dogs ever be 'smacked' or 'tapped' in training'? The Association of Pet Dog Trainers an organisation that provides accreditation to dog trainers, training resources and advice to trainers - was shown the video by BerkshireLive and asked whether this form of training was acceptable.

They said: "Physical corrections have no place in modern dog training. The latest behavioural science and ethical thinking all point to the fact that dogs trained with Positive Reinforcement based methods, learn faster and learn in a way that is conducive to positive emotional health. Positively reinforced dogs are more optimistic about life, and work because they have a joy in doing it.

"Sadly the dog training industry is still unregulated, the Association of Pet Dog Trainers was formed over 25 years ago to push back against the old fashioned methods of using coercion and punitive methods, and all of our fully assessed trainers use Kind, Fair and Effective methods.

"We would ask the public to complain if they see dog trainers using punitive or abusive methods, both to their local council and the RSPCA, in order to highlight this issue."

09/07/2021

Special Appeal
Our Kings Lynn branch are seeking a home for a dear little girl called Lacey.
Lacey has been in a home but has been returned because she suffers from separation anxiety. She is 6 years old, very friendly, walks well on her lead and despite her separation anxiety she is clean in the house.
Ideally Lacey would benefit from a home with another Greyhound or with a family who have the time and the willingness to work with Lacey to help her overcome her fears.
If you would like to know more about Lacey or would like to meet her please contact Debbie on 07944578125 or email [email protected]
Please share this post and help Lacey to find the forever home she truly deserves. Thank you.

31/05/2021

APPEAL: Police appeal to find owner of suspected stolen dog

Police are appealing for help in tracing the owner of a suspected stolen dog.

The female Cocker Spaniel, believed to be around five years old, was found during a recent police search at a farm near East Bridgford.

Nottinghamshire Police executed a warrant at the site on 15 April as part of an investigation into stolen vehicles and found the canine living in an abandoned vehicle.

Officers are now seeking to trace the owner of the dog, who has a distinctive tuft of fur on top of her head.

In the meantime she is being cared for at a local kennels and is in good health.

Police are not trying to rehome the dog and urged people to only call if they have information that could help trace the rightful owner.

Chief Inspector Amy Styles-Jones, dog theft lead for Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This dog has been in our care for several weeks now and we have every reason to believe that she is either missing or stolen.

“We are determined to return her to her true home and would like to speak to anyone who may recognise her, acknowledging that she may not be originally from Nottinghamshire.

"Whilst we appreciate support from well-wishers I would urge people not to call the police with offers to rehome the dog as this could tie up our control room resources and we are not looking to rehome her - we simply want to find the rightful owner. So I would ask that people only call us if they have information about who owns the dog.

"Please share this story far and wide across your social media networks and help us to find her rightful owner. Claimants will be asked to provide proof of ownership.”

Anyone with information about this dog is asked to call 101 quoting incident 529 of 6 May.

01/05/2021

Doglaw Webinar Usually at weekends specialist Doglaw Solicitor Trevor Cooper provides seminars which are intended to both inform as well as entertain on a range of Doglaw issues.  Due to the current pandemic, we’ve unfortunately decided to cancel our programme of seminars for the rest of 2020. So...