Angus Dog Training

03/01/2024

Never fear, Group Training Walks are here! 😆

There are training walks on both tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday in Montrose at 9.30am

We meet at the aerodrome, price is £10/dog. Please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

The pack are keen to see you all again so don't let them down!

02/01/2024

Don't forget that the first block of training classes starts in 7 days!

Spaces available for puppies under 6 months and older dogs too!

Get in touch today as spaces are limited.

31/12/2023

Morning everyone, today is the last Adventure Walk of 2023, don't miss out!

We meet in the usual spot at the aerodrome in Montrose, wellies/waterproof boots are a must after all that rain!

Price is £15/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Human drinks and snacks are also required as we will be walking for 2.5hrs ish.

See you soon!

28/12/2023

So the dogs are in need of a massive run after two days at home so there will be an Adventure Walk on tomorrow (Friday) at 12 noon in Montrose.

We meet at the aerodrome at the end of Broomfield Road at 12, for a 12.15 start.

We will be walking for 2.5-3hrs so please bring human drinks and snacks as well as suitable clothing and footwear! Wellies/waterproof boots will be essential due to all the recent rain.

Price is £15/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

28/12/2023

Morning all, hopefully you got through the storm yesterday and all stayed dry and warm!

There will be some walks later this week but Rob is a wee bit busy clearing fallen trees so he can get out 😆 watch this space for a schedule...

Guinevere has been busy killing Christmas elves while she's stuck at home 😅

21/12/2023

Apologies everyone but today's walk (Thursday) is cancelled... just gone to leave and there are 2 trees down across my access track 😕 this wind is a little crazy and won't let up until later today.

Stay out of any woodland areas today and the pack will see you tomorrow instead.

18/12/2023

NEW BLOCK OF TRAINING CLASSES:

The first block of training classes for 2024 is now open for bookings!

9th January 2024 is the date for your diary. The block will run for 6 weeks and will cover a huge range of training including but not limited to:

Basic obedience
Nutrition
Crate training
Daily routine
Lead walking
Socialisation
Much much more!

Puppy class (under 6months) is 6pm-7pm Tuesdays

Older dogs (over 6 months) runs 7pm-8pm Tuesdays.

Location is Borrowfield Community Centre in Montrose.

There are very limited spaces due to the size of the hall, places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Full payment of £90 (non-refundable) is required to reserve your space.

Get in touch today!

18/12/2023

Afternoon everyone, hopefully you've had a restful weekend. The walk schedule for this week is below, please note there is NO forfar walk this week.

Tuesday 9.30am Montrose
Wednesday 9.30am Montrose
Thursday 9.30am Montrose
Friday 9.30am Montrose
Saturday 12 noon Adventure Walk Montrose

Looking forward to seeing you all before Xmas!

11/12/2023

Evening all, hopefully you've all dried out after a wet weekend! The Group Training Walk schedule for this week is below:

Tuesday 9.30am Montrose

Wednesday 9.30am Montrose
Wednesday 9.30am Forfar Loch

Thursday 9.30am Montrose

Friday 9.30am Montrose

The gang are looking forward to seeing you!

02/12/2023

Don't let the snow put you off, lots of fun to be had tomorrow on our Adventure Walk!

We meet at 12noon at the aerodrome in Montrose, price is £15/dog. Please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Don't forget to wrap up warm and bring some human snacks/drinks too as we will be walking for 2.5-3hrs.

See you there...

29/11/2023

Many of you will have met Mike, Jess and the dogs out on the group training walks... if you or any of your friends are looking for a dog walker get in touch with him direct!

https://fb.watch/oD8p6kd_LR/

29/11/2023

Slight change to the walk schedule this week, there is NO Montrose walk on Wednesday, there is one at Forfar Loch at 9.30am though.

Walks are on as usual in Montrose on Thursday and Friday.

See you there!

25/11/2023

Evening all, hopefully you've been out enjoying the sun today 🤓

Tomorrow (Sunday) is the usual Adventure Walk in Montrose, starting at 12 noon at the aerodrome.

Price is £15/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Don't forget drinks and snacks for humans too as well as suitable clothing/footwear as we walk for 2.5-3hrs

See you there!

20/11/2023

Evening all, hopefully you've all had a great weekend and haven't been blown away by the gales tonight 😄

This week we have the usual schedule of Group training walks, classes on Tuesday night and a bunch of private 1:1 sessions booked.

Group Training walks are on at 9.30am in Montrose, on Tuesday through Friday.

There is also a walk on at Forfar Loch at 9.30am on Wednesday.

All walks are £10/dog, all ages and abilities of dogs and handlers are welcome.

See you there!

19/11/2023

Right folks, it's that time of the week again!

Despite the rain we will be doing the usual Sunday Adventure Walk at 12 noon tomorrow in Montrose.

We meet at the aerodrome, price is £15/dog. Please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Don't forget the human snacks and drinks too as well as weather appropriate clothing/footwear as we walk for 2.5hrs+

14/11/2023

For those of you that still believe dogs act like wolves... give it a listen!

https://www.facebook.com/100025742721434/posts/1384245579110186/?sfnsn=scwspmo

I don’t often share other podcasts since we do our own but this is so relevant and released yesterday - we were literally talking about Dr Mech at the behavioural weekend in Yorkshire.

Poor Dr Mech has for many years had to explain his retraction and watch the dog world pick what they wanted from it.
But very simply pack theory in zoo animals with non-related animals can’t exist.

In wild animals dominance of course exists.

I left behaviourism behind many years ago and instead studied with the experts in Ethology, attempting to make sense from a better and not so emotive science.

Mech has studied wolves in their natural and unnatural habitats for over 50 years and is the expert in this field.

Trainers everywhere please spend the time to listen from the horses mouth…

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TpVRE6QBAHnqhnsuHKdEN?si=hjy3KBERSHKnse5ts7Ywyw

13/11/2023

This week's walk schedule:

With the bridge back open we are are resuming the normal Montrose walks at 9.30am Tuesday to Friday.

There is no Forfar walk on this week due to other commitments.

See you all at the aerodrome!

11/11/2023

What a cracking day it's been! Fingers crossed its the same tomorrow the weekly Adventure Walk.

We meet at the aerodrome in Montrose at 12 noon for a 2.5-3hr ramble.

Price is £15/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Don't forget the human snacks and drinks too as well as footwear/clothing to covers all weather's.

See you there!

09/11/2023

Morning folks, the walk in Montrose today will start a little later due an accident blocking the road. Rob will be there as soon as possible but probably 10.30am now.

06/11/2023

Well it looks like it's time to publish this week's schedule of Group Training Walks:

With the bridge still being closed for the foreseeable, Rob is going to do a Tuesday morning walk at St Cyrus Nature Reserve at 10am. This way any of you North of the river can get to a walk without a crazy round trip!

Also please note the slightly later starting time of 10am for Montrose this week, this is to avoid the worst of the rush hour traffic on the diversion routes.

Tuesday: St Cyrus Nature Reserve 10am

Wednesday: Forfar Loch 9.30am

Thursday: Montrose Aerodrome 10am

Friday: Montrose Aerodrome 10am.

All walks cost £10/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

03/11/2023

Evening everyone, this weekend is a DOUBLE WALK WEEKEND!

we are doing 2x adventure walks, on both Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon at the aerodrome in Montrose.

Price is £15/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog.

As we walk for over 2hrs please bring human drinks and snacks and appropriate clothing for the weather too.

Nancy will see you there!

31/10/2023

Here's a few snaps of some of the gorgeous dogs that started this block of classes last week 🥰

The Montrose morning walks aren't happening right now as the bridge from St Cyrus is still closed. Keep an eye out for updates on this.

The Forfar group walk s still happening at 9.30am on Wednesdays at Forfar Loch though.

Classes are still running on Tuesday evenings and Rob is available for private 1:1 training sessions.

28/10/2023

Who is up for a nice long Adventure Walk tomorrow? We meet at 12noon at the aerodrome in Montrose.

We will be walking for 2.5-3hrs so make sure you wear appropriate clothing for all weather's and bring plenty of human snacks and drinks too!

Price is £15/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Guinevere is excited to see you all!

25/10/2023

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Our latest offering podcast 76

Dawn hasn't seen Percival for at least 6 weeks, when he was first picked up. The change in him is remarkable. He lay down in Starbucks with very relaxed body language. He was alert and curious but not anxious, despite being next to a table with two noisy kids. At no point did he have to be given instructions on what to do.
His lead was loose.

And this led Jess and Dawn to talking about how much humans have a need to control everything, even in a positive way.
We teach puppies obedience and then control their every move. We do the same with kids - trying to control what they do so they don't get in trouble.

The need for control often comes from our own anxieties and issues. Accept that it is a normal human reaction, but then ask "What next?" rather than trying to control everything that happens.

Percival hit 12 weeks and started doing some innate behaviours - he started barking at people. This was not something that he could carry on doing, but also something that he shouldn't be told off for because we could end up with a very anxious dog. Teaching him that it's not ok (with a pattern interrupt) and getting him to do an alternate behaviour has led to a dog that can relax as he knows what's expected of him.

Jess introduces the word "Matriarchy" and how she’s been using that recently to discuss the leadership we use to cooperate with our dogs

https://spotify.link/mCykiOm4bEb

23/10/2023

Morning folks, hopefully you've all made it through the weekend and are ready to get back to training!

The new block of classes starts tomorrow evening (Tuesday), lots of people have said they want a space but haven't paid... this is your last reminder!

Walks will start later in the week once the roads situation has been clarified, the current rush hour chaos isn't worth fighting through!

Guinevere is looking forward to seeing you all!

21/10/2023

Hopefully you've all made it through the storm without any damage or injuries.
Unfortunately there is no prospect of there being a route from St Cyrus to Montrose until at least Monday/Tuesday so there won't be any walks until then.

Guinevere has been on an extended sleepover in Montrose and went down to inspect the state of the aerodrome/Kinnaber today and she says its hard work avoiding fallen trees!

Stay safe everyone, see you soon.

18/10/2023

Well considering there's a RED weather warning out its fair to say there will NOT be any training walks tomorrow or Friday. If its cleared up by Sunday we will have an Adventure Walk but watch this space.

Stay dry and warm everyone!

17/10/2023

Don't forget that there are TWO group training walks on Wednesday mornings.

9.30am at Montrose Aerodrome
9.30am at Forfar Loch

All group training walks are open to new attendees, dogs and handlers of all ages and abilities welcome.

Price is £10/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

16/10/2023

The next block of training classes is the last one of 2023! Get in touch today to reserve your space! It starts in just 8 days!

14/10/2023

Guinevere has been out and about experiencing the world, yesterday she went to sniff around Laurencekirk Pet Supplies, she's now all stocked up on quality food in time for the Adventure Walk tomorrow!

The Adventure Walks are a fun, social way to explore different areas of Angus with a group of dogs and like-minded owners.

We walk for around 2.5hrs-ish, exploring as we go and taking plenty of time to have fun.

The price is £15/dog, please bring weather appropriate clothing, drinks and human snacks as well as plenty of training food for your dog!

Tomorrow we will meet at the Aerodrome in Montrose at 12 noon and go for a ramble around the lesser used paths of Kinnaber.

See you there!

10/10/2023

NEW BLOCK OF TRAINING CLASSES:

The next block of training classes for both puppies and older dogs starts in 2 weeks!

24th October is the date for your diary. The block will run for 6 weeks and will cover a huge range of training including but not limited to:

Basic obedience
Nutrition
Crate training
Daily routine
Lead walking
Socialisation
Much much more!

Puppy class (under 6months) is 6pm-7pm Tuesdays

Older dogs (over 6 months) runs 7pm-8pm Tuesdays.

Location is Borrowfield Community Centre in Montrose.

There are very limited spaces due to the size of the hall, places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Full payment of £90 (non-refundable) is required to reserve your space.

Get in touch today!

09/10/2023

Happy Monday everyone, hopefully you all got through the weekend without getting too soggy!

We had a fun time on the adventure walk yesterday despite the rain, a record number of labradors I think 🤔

There is no walk today (Monday) but they are on the rest of the week. All mid week walks are at 9.30am.

There's also a new block of training classes starting in two weeks so keep an eye out!

07/10/2023

Well it's rather wet out there but fir the brave ones amongst you we will still be doing the Adventure Walk(paddle?) Tomorrow in Montrose.

We meet at the aerodrome at 12 noon, price is £15/dog.

Please bring waterproofs, wellies, snacks and a drink as we will be out for 2.5hrs plus.

See you there!

06/10/2023

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03/10/2023

Another of the wee Mali pups getting out and about, exploring the world.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1355806725287405&id=100025742721434&sfnsn=scwspmo

Little Hades is brother to our Percival & Guinevere.

And yes they are out learning about their world from very young and no we don’t count the minutes of exercise! If you want robust, resilient, reliable, confident and stable dogs then you must get them out to see the world and what’s going to be normal for them as YOUR adult dog.

I don’t need a dog to be ok around helicopters but I do need friendly and calm around new people and dogs, especially dogs that haven’t yet learned how to be socially stable.

Our pups development is currently being used as educational footage for you to learn more …

You’ll find more info here:

https://honesthounds.circle.so/checkout/the-pack

01/10/2023

Right folks, here is the updated schedule of Group Training Walks for this week. We're now on morning walks due to the fading light and the famous Sunday Adventure Walks make a return!

Note that on Wednesdays there will be walks in both Forfar AND Montrose.

Monday: no walks.
Tuesday: 9.30am Montrose Aerodrome
Weds: 9.30am Montrose Aerodrome
Weds: 9.30am Forfar Loch
Thursday: 9.30am Montrose Aerodrome
Friday: 9.30am Montrose Aerodrome

Sunday: 12 noon Adventure Walk Montrose.

The normal group training walks are £10/dog, the Sunday Adventure Walks are £15/dog.

See you there!

29/09/2023

Don't forget that tonight at 6pm is the last evening Group Training Walk this year.

We meet at 6pm at the Aerodrome in Montrose, all are welcome! Price is £10/dog, please bring a fixed length lead, lots of training food and a hungry dog!

Guinevere will see you there!

27/09/2023

No surprises here, the Forfar walk is CANCELLED tonight... when the dogs don't even want to walk from the door to the truck you know it's time to stay inside by the fire 😅

See you tomorrow night in Montrose if Madam Agnes has petered out by then...

25/09/2023

This is the last week of the evening training walks, same times as last week. Next week it will be all change!

Monday Montrose 6pm
Tuesday Montrose **10am**
Wednesday Forfar 6pm
Thursday Montrose 6pm
Friday Montrose 6pm

Note that the Tuesday walk is in the morning as we have classes on Tuesday evening.

We hope to see you all out and about this week!

18/09/2023

Here's just a few of the adorable puppers from last week's class, we are looking forward to seeing them all again tomorrow night.

This week we have a full schedule of Group Training Walks, two busy training classes and lots of 1:1 sessions too!

Monday Montrose 6pm
Tuesday Montrose **10am**
Wednesday Forfar 6pm
Thursday Montrose 6pm
Friday Montrose 6pm

Note that the Tuesday walk is in the morning as we have classes on Tuesday evening.

We hope to see you all out and about this week!