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Dog be Praised Dog training and behaviour. Modern, fun and force free methods. Teaching you how to teach your dog. Dog training should be fun!

Training your dog is not about power or conflict it is about focus and partnership. I am a full member of the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers, an IMDTB behaviourist and a member the Pet Professional Guild (British Isles). This means you can be confident that the methods are effective and will not harm your dog physically, mentally or emotionally. I continue to learn so I am able to use the most u

p to date methods. I offer tailored one to one training and behaviour consultations and can help with anything from preparing for a new puppy to reactivity and aggression.

Hurrah!Another Level 1 Pass.Pyrrha proving that age and health issues won't stand in her way!!!
18/08/2025

Hurrah!
Another Level 1 Pass.
Pyrrha proving that age and health issues won't stand in her way!!!

Whatever you are teaching your dog, ensuring you have good solid foundations is crucial, and going back to basics to str...
16/08/2025

Whatever you are teaching your dog, ensuring you have good solid foundations is crucial, and going back to basics to strengthen those foundations is never a waste of time.
Let's take Hoopers as an example.
Can you spot which vital skill needs a bit more work here?
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08/08/2025

This week we have been practising one dog working while the others settle and watch.

Not an easy task for these three, for different reasons.
🐕Eric can't bear to be left out.
🐕Grace is all about the food.
🐕Ludo thinks he should always be the one doing the thing!

I'd rather post videos of me doing real stuff than posts telling you what you should be doing.
Not a great marketing strategy, but what you see is what you will get!

07/08/2025

Clicker Trained Retrieve Part 4.

Now Java has started to realise mouthing is the desired behaviour I want to shape a hold.
If he has a huge reinforcement history for holding in front of me until I mark and reward then in time it will make sense to him to go the the item, pick it up, and return to the reinforcement history position.
I tried popping it on the ground to see if he offered picking-up, but he wasn't ready yet.
So we went back to where he had been successful.
We stopped when it became clear he'd had enough.
Again, my criteria was a bit flaky, but he forgave me!

Ludo earned his Canine hoopers world Level 7 progress award last week!I helped a bit...We needed to run 3 courses for th...
16/07/2025

Ludo earned his Canine hoopers world Level 7 progress award last week!
I helped a bit...
We needed to run 3 courses for this.
The runs we submitted are in the comments.
Hoopers is such fun, you really should try it!

15/07/2025

Clicker Trained Retrieve Part 3
Although placing the dummy on a step made pawing it less likely to occur, I noticed that as he started to target it with more gusto he was pushing it off the step and I could see him quickly learning that the desired behaviour was knocking the dummy to the floor!
So another rethink was needed.
Holding the dummy between my knees worked well because -
🐾Less likely to paw at it
🐾It couldn't fall to the ground when targeted.
🐾The position should encourage him to present nice and close.
🐾Both my hand were free allowing me to deliver the food rewards and safely click the behaviour, we don't want to be clicking the clicker near those super sensitive ears.
We *may* have the beginnings of a hold! Good job Java ❤️🐾❤️

10/07/2025

Training Multiple Dogs.
If you have more than one dog training can sometimes be problematic, but it does give you the opportunity to teach the most important skill.
Do Nothing!
Doing nothing is a skill often overlooked and rarely reinforced, and I believe this is one of the reasons some dogs can't settle.
The key to teaching any behaviour is a high rate of reinforcement in the early stages.
We need to look at the 'treats' we give in 2 ways.
They reward the behaviour we want, but they also provide vital information to the dog.
If I was stingy with the treats here the two dogs doing nothing would keep seeking me out because they don't yet understand that remaining where they are is the behaviour I want.
Rehearsing the behaviour we want leads to it becoming a habit and then there is no need for a high rate of reinforcement.
If this happens and we repeat the 'treat in the mat, get up, lure back to mat, treat on the mat' sequence what do you think the dogs will learn?
And don't forget the release cue!

Team Sparky and Team Java achieved their Canine hoopers world Level 1 Progress Award.🧡🧡We are going to continue their t...
05/07/2025

Team Sparky and Team Java achieved their Canine hoopers world Level 1 Progress Award.🧡🧡
We are going to continue their training with 121 sessions and work through the levels.🐾
Hoopers is suitable for all dogs and handlers, regardless of age or mobility, everyone is welcome!

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