FurryTails Dog Training and Behaviour

FurryTails Dog Training and Behaviour FurryTails Dog Training & Behaviour. Reactivity specialist, puppy trainer & scentwork instructor in Easingwold, York.
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IMDT qualified & UK Sniffer Dogs instructor. Kind, reward-based training for reactivity, recall, loose lead, Rally & Gundog workshops. FurryTails - Dog Training

Iโ€™m Jo and I am a qualified accredited trainer through the IMDT (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) and through positive reward based training, I will help you and your puppy, to set you and them up for success and advise you on how to hav

e a calmer, happier, well behaved puppy. I will teach you and your pup invaluable life skills, all through fun and positive training. Training

Loose lead walking
Recall problems
All aspects of puppy care
Jumping up
Trick training
Stay
Leave
Emergency stops
Barking at home or away from the home
Canine enrichment and its benefits
Behavioural Enrichment

Separation anxiety
Resource Guarding
Barking at home or away from the home
Pulling on the lead (reactivity)
Reactivity
Canine enrichment and its benefits

๐Ÿคฉ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐ŸคฉThe most important thing to us has always been how our clients feel working wit...
22/12/2025

๐Ÿคฉ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿคฉ

The most important thing to us has always been how our clients feel working with us. Supporting our clients and their dogs, and making a positive difference day to day, is at the heart of everything we do.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€.

Iโ€™d also like to say a huge thank you to my two amazing assistants, Abby and Christine. I couldnโ€™t do this without you ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿพ

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Does it get much cuter than this gorgeous girl? ๐ŸฅนBefore 9-week-old Pip even came home, her owners booked in because they...
22/12/2025

Does it get much cuter than this gorgeous girl? ๐Ÿฅน

Before 9-week-old Pip even came home, her owners booked in because they wanted to start her off on the right path. Theyโ€™d had older rescue dogs before - but this was their first puppy, and they wanted guidance they could trust.

Our first session focused on:
๐Ÿงก Sleep and rest (so important for puppies)
๐Ÿงก Toileting routines
๐Ÿงก Gentle enrichment
๐Ÿงก Using her brain in calm, age-appropriate ways
๐Ÿงก Setting realistic expectations for puppy life

Puppy training isnโ€™t about drilling in behaviours. Itโ€™s about helping owners feel confident and prepared - and making puppies ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž.

Pip is an absolute joy, and sheโ€™s already picking things up wonderfully ๐Ÿงก

If youโ€™re going to be a new pup parent soon, I have some slots available for my 1:1 Puppy Programmes in Jan & Feb: https://furrytails.dog/puppy-training-1

Love, love, love it when I hear that my support has helped dogs and families like this โ˜บ๏ธ
21/12/2025

Love, love, love it when I hear that my support has helped dogs and families like this โ˜บ๏ธ

This is Chip ๐Ÿค๐ŸพA very gorgous boyโ€ฆ who is doing brilliantly in his Training & Behavioural programme.When Chip first came...
20/12/2025

This is Chip ๐Ÿค๐Ÿพ

A very gorgous boyโ€ฆ who is doing brilliantly in his Training & Behavioural programme.

When Chip first came to see me, he found children and busy places quite hard. Things like scooters, sudden noise and fast-paced environments could feel a bit too much for him, and he wasnโ€™t always sure how to cope.

So, we took everything at Chipโ€™s pace - helping him feel safer and more confident, one step at a time.

๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ .

In a recent session, we had children running past and scooters going by - and instead of reacting, Chip stayed calm. He watchedโ€ฆ then chose to look back at his owners for reassurance ๐Ÿค
๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ซ, and seeing this gorgeous boy feeling more settled and relaxed really does make my day ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿพ

16/12/2025

River Pup / Adolescence Update ๐Ÿค

As River is moving through puppyhood into adolescence, Iโ€™m being reminded (daily ๐Ÿ˜…) that this stage can come with its own challenges as well as lots of learning for both dog and human.

Iโ€™d love to know
What struggles have you had or do you currently have with your dogs?

It could be anything
Recall becoming unreliable
Over excitement
Frustration on the lead
Big feelings
Teenage brains switching off
Confidence dips
Sudden selective hearing ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Youโ€™re definitely not alone and itโ€™s always reassuring to hear that others are going through similar things too.

Letโ€™s normalise it and support each other ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿถ

This is Monty - and his story is one ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸพMonty had an extreme fear of the sound of windโ€ฆ even when he ...
15/12/2025

This is Monty - and his story is one ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿพ

Monty had an extreme fear of the sound of windโ€ฆ even when he was indoors. He was so terrified he jumped out of an upstairs window twice when his owners werenโ€™t home ๐Ÿ’”

They genuinely thought theyโ€™d been burgled the first time until someone turned up at the vets with him.

Unbelievably - he was okay.

When I first met him, he was living in a constant state of panic.
Kids on scooters, bikes, sudden movement - everything overwhelmed him.

After his 1:1 Training & Behaviour sessions, his owners said ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐  ๐Ÿงก

โ›ˆ๏ธHeโ€™s coped calmly through thunderstorms

๐Ÿ›นHe can settle as children skate past him

๐Ÿ˜ŒHis stress levels have come right down because he finally understands what to do when heโ€™s worried

Monty now has the strategies he needs to cope, process and settle - ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ.

A completely different dog from the one I first met, and Iโ€™m so proud of them all ๐Ÿค๐Ÿพ

13/12/2025

Weโ€™ve added a new service to FurryTails ๐Ÿคฉ
Watch on as all will be revealed ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿคฉ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐Ÿคฉ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐ŸพWeโ€™ve had two amazing workshops so f...
12/12/2025

๐Ÿคฉ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐Ÿคฉ
๐—™๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐Ÿพ

Weโ€™ve had two amazing workshops so far and the dogs have all been absolutely fantastic ๐Ÿคฉ
Weโ€™ve also got another fully booked workshop happening tomorrow, which is just lovely to see โ˜บ๏ธ
Every workshop so far has sold out straight away and the feedback has been really positive and lovely.

Weโ€™re offering:

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€

followed by

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€
for anyone who has completed the beginners workshop or has already worked with FurryTails Dog Training and Behaviour.

This ensures all dogs and their humans know the foundation exercises and that everyone feels comfortable and supported in the session.

๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ
๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€

โ€œIt was a really great session. Abby and Figgy are just brilliant. Abby clearly knows her stuff and explains what we need to do and, more importantly, the background and why, which is super helpful.โ€

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โฌ‡๏ธ
https://furrytails.dog/book-a-class/ola/services/beginners-gundog-training-for-pet-dogs

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐Ÿถ

Anyone who works with me knows this is exactly my ethos too ๐ŸงกHelping dogs feel safe and comfortable isnโ€™t just for peopl...
12/12/2025

Anyone who works with me knows this is exactly my ethos too ๐Ÿงก
Helping dogs feel safe and comfortable isnโ€™t just for people who live with reactive dogs. We can all do our bit ๐Ÿงก

This is the dopamine box - one of my favourite gentle, science-backed ways to ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ“ฆIt works ...
10/12/2025

This is the dopamine box - one of my favourite gentle, science-backed ways to ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ“ฆ

It works a bit like a comfort blanket for busy brains ๐Ÿพ

The dog chooses to put their head inside โ†’ food appears โ†’ and their whole body begins to soften.

Both of the dogs in these photos - Loki and Maggie - arrived at their sessions holding a lot of tension in their bodies for completely different reasons.

But the moment the box came out, you could see the change in them. The dopamine box doesnโ€™t โ€œfixโ€ behaviour on its own - but it gives dogs the emotional space they need so real learning can happen. ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž-๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐Ÿค

If youโ€™ve got a dog who struggles to relax outside, gets stuck in โ€œsurvival modeโ€, or finds the world a bit too much sometimes, this might be something we explore together during your training sessions ๐Ÿงก

This handsome boy is Chester - an 18 month working breed living in a very busy household ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸพKids, school runs, people com...
08/12/2025

This handsome boy is Chester - an 18 month working breed living in a very busy household ๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿพ

Kids, school runs, people coming and goingโ€ฆ and all that excitement had turned walks into a full-on battle. He pulled like a train, and his lovely owners were actually getting hurt.

After building up his foundations in the house, we took things outsideโ€ฆ

And they couldnโ€™t believe the difference ๐Ÿคฉ

Chester was:

๐ŸงกChecking in
๐ŸงกThinking instead of rushing
๐ŸงกSofter on the lead
๐ŸงกFar more connected to his owners

I see so many dogs like this - they donโ€™t need โ€œstronger handlingโ€. They need clarity, calmness, and training that works with their brain, not against it.

So proud of you, Chester ๐Ÿงก

Heโ€™s only just getting started.

05/12/2025

Four dogsโ€ฆ one indoor training centreโ€ฆ and they ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿพ

During the winter months, Rally moves into the FurryTails Training Centre - which means weโ€™re all working much closer together than we would in the secure outdoor field we use in the spring.

Itโ€™s where the real learning happens.

These four were a brilliant mix, all of them capable of getting a bit excited or overwhelmed around other dogs. But in this environment, they can safely practise the skills theyโ€™ll need in real life:

๐ŸถMaking good choices when other dogs are close
๐ŸถSettling their busy brains
๐ŸถFocusing on their owners instead of the room
๐ŸถStaying calm when space feels a little tighter

And because everything is ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, the owners feel confident too. If anything pops up, we work through it right there and then - no panic, no embarrassment, just learning together ๐Ÿค

Once spring arrives, we head back outside to our larger secure Corners K9 Fieldsโ€ฆ but these winter sessions indoors give the dogs something really special: a chance to feel safe, supported and successful even in more challenging environments.

Iโ€™m so proud of every single one of them ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿพ

If youโ€™re wondering whether Rally might suit your dog, ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

And if youโ€™d like to try a session out, book here: https://furrytails.dog/book-a-class

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York

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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+447973216148

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About FurryTails

FurryTails - Dog Training in Newbury Iโ€™m Jo and I am a qualified accredited trainer through the IMDT (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers) and through positive reward based training, I will help you and your puppy, to set you and them up for success and advise you on how to have a calmer, happier, well behaved puppy.

I will teach you and your pup invaluable life skills, all through fun and positive training.

Training


  • Loose lead walking