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26/08/2022

Happy international dog day to all your dogs love Steph

26/04/2022

If you have a dog or puppy you are struggling with, or preparing to get a dog or puppy why not give me a ring. Check out my website paws4asecond.co.uk for more information about me. Don't go on struggling Steph

25/04/2022

Blog 'doggy tips'.
Saying 'No'
April 25, 2022

Hi there , how often do you say the word ‘no’? In general I mean, not just to your dog , probably quite a lot.

A question I get asked is when I say ‘no’ to my dog it takes no notice, why? Well it can be a few reasons.

You haven’t actually taught the dog what ‘no’ means

You say the word ‘no’ so often the dog thinks it is his name, or has become so desensitised, it has lost its meaning.

You might jump up, chase it and shout at the dog ’no’ as he/she runs off with your sandwich . Added fun they not only got the sandwich but enjoyed a game of chase in the process.



Using another word as a mark for the dog to understand such as ‘leave’ or just a noise such as ’eh’ ‘eh’. just to interrupt the dog to stop whatever it is doing. As soon as it does stop, that’s when you redirect with lots of praise. If it is difficult like for example when you having food and the dog keeps jumping up on you, give the dog something to do of its own, such as a treat toy. If you use a crate put it in there for them. Meal time can become a positive experience for you and your dog.

In other situations you need to train your dog to ‘leave’, ‘give’ for example. even asking your dog to sit and rewarding them for doing it can stop some behaviour.

I have a Retriever who gets very impatient with standing around when he is out for a walk while I am talking to someone. Asking him to sit or down helps to keep him calm and helps prevent him barking. When he is in training mode , he then will focus on his job i.e. sitting.

I suppose the main point being you have to teach them , whatever behaviour that wants you to shout ‘no’ you need to find something positive to distract to a wanted behaviour. yelling ‘no’ does just not work.

Please add any comments would love to hear them below

23/04/2022

Blog 'doggy tips'.

Focus and Leads
April 23, 2022
As usual this blog is my own opinion and I do offer for comments in order to help people struggling with their dogs in any way when they look at my website.

We bring home our puppy, then at some point before we take the puppy out we put a lead to them attached to a harness or collar. I think we often think the puppy will just accept this as if they were born to understand the lead. If fact we expect a lot from our puppies , not to toilet in the house, what ‘no’ means, what to chew and what not to chew as if they come programmed with this knowledge. We forget a puppy is a baby of a completely different species, with a completely different set of natural behaviours, such as biting each other, chewing whatever is available, to toilet when they need to go, which can be a nice soft carpet. They are just beginning to learn what they can do and what they can’t when this foreign object get put on to them.

Puppies tend to act if a few different when they first have a lead put on.:-

They think it is a new chew toy.

They try and get it off

They won’t move as you try and get them to walk.

All puppies are different, but putting a lead on them when they are young will help them desensitize before the first time they go out. And if you make following you around the house or garden fun using treats, toys play with the lead on them you are beginning to get them to focus on you.

Whether it is lead walking, recall teaching your puppy to focus on you is the underlining key to good lead walking and recall. You go for a walk with your puppy or adult dog on their lead. They pull you out of the house, down the garden path and onto the pavement. In that scenario is the puppy or dog focussed on you? They are on their own path, you become just an object attached to the other end of the lead. We have all seen funny videos with dogs pulling their owners over!

Whether you have a puppy or adult dog, teaching focus in a fun way will really help you when out and about in the outside world with all the fun, smelly things dogs just love.

Check out my website paws4asecond.co.uk for more doggy tips. would love some comments and thoughts or if you want some advise and help. Thanks Steph

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13/04/2022

27/03/2022

Saw this on another site and thought it was really good. To all you dog mums on mothers day and dog dads of course. Happy Mothers Day. Steph xx

05/03/2022

Great day today working with two different puppies and their owners. Love working with puppies. Was great to see the relationship between puppy and the little toddler, it was brilliant. Both puppies were gorgeous xx

04/03/2022

Saw this today on Facebook and thought you dog owners especially will find this funny. Something to make you smile 😃

21/02/2022

A little something to make you smile on a rough Monday morning 🤣🤣🐾🐾

14/02/2022

Deputy Dog Daycare sending valentine wishes to all

Love is in the air 💕 happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Deputy Dog 🐾🥰

14/02/2022

Happy Valentines day. This is a photo of my valentines my husband, having cuddles with one of our dogs Barkley. Love to see photos of your valentine dogs, or person 😍

13/02/2022

Love some of the funny clips that I see on Facebook about dogs. Can you post any you see on here for everyone. Help brighten 🌞 this very wet, windy day ☔🌧 x

13/02/2022

Bedtime reading 📚 🤣🤣🤣

12/02/2022

🐕Hi all, my name is Steph and I am a dog trainer. After some time off I am back ready to sort out our canine friends! Contact me via Facebook, email or phone and let's get your dog how you dreamed it would be 🐕

12/02/2022

Its great when a customer writes a review. Thanks Sarah it was a pleasure Steph

11/02/2022

Tim Cox Verified 23 January 2022 Dog Training Really good advice given in a manor which was really easy to comprehend. I would highly recommend Paws4asecond...now to take all I have learnt and put it into practice, I feel confident that my new found knowledge will be the beginning of a new behav

08/02/2022

With so much advise out there on social media and television programs about how to overcome behaviour concerns with your dog is there a need to hire a dog trainer? Last week I worked with 2 ladies and their dogs. Both had researched and had watched videos to help them overcome the behaviours th

08/02/2022

Dog Training I found Steph to be very helpful in what was needed to training my Dog and was extremely easy to talk to and would highly recommend them

08/02/2022

its it's always great to get a good review and know you have helped someone and their dog

Tim Cox Verified 23 January 2022 Dog Training Really good advice given in a manor which was really easy to comprehend. I would highly recommend Paws4asecond...now to take all I have learnt and put it into practice, I feel confident that my new found knowledge will be the beginning of a new behav

25/01/2022

Very true

03/01/2022

29/11/2021

After a bit of a break, paws4asecond is back in business for one to one work. So if you live in Swansea or surrounding areas and need help with you dog give us a call.