Canine Corrections

27/02/2025

🎉

14/02/2025

06/10/2024

There needs to be a culture shift in how people address fear in dogs.

Too few people don’t understand how confidence and resilience are built in an animal that cannot speak or be spoken to. An animal that lives to better it’s own state of affairs, based on experience.

You don’t overcome a fear of waves by being fed ice cream at the seaside.
Do you?

Any parent who has taken a baby into the sea will know.

You get wet. And you learn that ‘getting wet’ is the worst that happens.

Then you repeat that experience, gradually increasing the depth, the size of the waves and varying the location.

Fear becomes fun. Avoidance becomes approach or acceptance.

You deal with unnecessary, unhealthy fear by making nothing of it, because there is nothing to make of it.

The new experiences provide the animal with new information.

That information challenges and disconfirms pre-existing expectancies and so allows the animal to adjust their expectations.
Those adjusted expectations allow the animal to make new, more constructive choices.
Making those choices and realising that previous held fears were unfounded, kills those fears.

And sows the seeds for a far more confident future.

Then we all eat ice cream after a splash in the sea!!

Have a lovely Sunday! 😊

01/10/2024

Got to say a small part for Southwestfarmer with regards to livestock worrying - those of you who know me will know I could have said a lot more, but tried to keep it short and sweet!

Jodie's dog Miya chased sheep on moorland when she was younger, so she kept her on a lead constantly - until she met Jamie from Take the Lead.

29/09/2024

Please give this a read!

I have also chatted with Jess and given my side of the story with regards to ecollars and livestock worrying, which will be revealed over the next few days along with other owners and professionals experiences!

When you give an interview on a sensitive topic, it is very unusual for the journalist to avoid falling into the tempting trap of sensationalistic language and emotion whipping in order to increase the appeal of their article across a wider public audience.

In this instance however, the journalist remained true to her word about wanting to listen and interpret our discussion in a way in which people might understand, minus the usual agenda-circus that rolls into town with the article.

Thank you again Southwestfarmer for recognising that a very persistent threat to animal welfare requires joined up, grown up thinking.
Not playground point scoring and name calling. And not an insistence upon mindlessly repeating the same messaging which has been proven to make things worse, not better for decades.

Please give their page a follow and drop your experiences in the article comments section on the link.

Training AND restraining.






Experiences - not opinions!

🙂🐑❌🐕

The National Gamekeepers' Organisation Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association - INHFA National Sheep Association FarmingUK Irish Farmers' Association Farmers Weekly Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

https://www.southwestfarmer.co.uk/news/24614421.jamie-penrith-keep-dogs-away-livestock/

21/09/2024

‼️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT‼️

With a heavy heart, I have decided to temporarily cease offering behaviour and training sessions until at least Summer 2025 💔

As most of you will know, this has not been an easy decision as I love helping you all with your 'problem' dogs and seeing how far you and your dog can progress and improve. However, certain personal and professional situations have led to me no longer being able to dedicate the appropriate time and effort into these sessions and the aftercare that follows, and I do not deem it fair to continue if I cannot give you 100%. I am currently undertaking a substantial mental and emotional load, and something has got to give. Unfortunately, it is my business or me.

I will still be available to offer advice through messenger/email, however there may be a wait for a response.

I am extremely grateful for all of the support and kind reviews that have been given and this is by no means the end of Canine Corrections, however, I cannot give you all the gold standard you deserve if I have broken myself, so a much-needed pause is required.

I will keep this page active with occasional informative videos, helpful advice etc, but I will no longer be offering any in-person sessions.

The behaviourist/trainer pool is extremely flooded but the quality is hard to come by. If you need any in-person sessions or advice, I can only recommend the following trainers:

Take the Lead Dog Training
Unleashed - Danny Wells Dog Training
Atkinson

See you all next year with a revamp 🎉

25/07/2024

🎉🎉🎉END OF JULY DEAL🎉🎉🎉

🌟 ALL 2KG BAGS CANINE CUISINE JUST £12 🌟*

🐈🐱ALL 1.5kg BAGS CAT CANTEEN JUST £10 🐱🐈 (salmon, turkey or duck available for The Cat Canteen)*

Flavours available for Canine Cuisine:
British free range turkey (puppy, adult, senior)
Scottish Salmon (puppy, adult, senior)
Italian Buffalo (adult)
English Country Duck (adult)
British Grass Fed Lamb (adult)

HIGH MEAT CONTENT 🥩
HIGH PROTEIN 🍗
LOW CARB 🥔
NATURAL, SUSTAINABLY SPURCED INGREDIENTS 🥬

*While stocks last, until 31st July

25/07/2024

‼️LAST MINUTE BEHAVIOUR SESSION TOMORROW ‼️

Any time between 10am and 2pm!

🎉 20% off if you grab this one! 🎉

Message me to book!

21/07/2024

Healthspan are sharing my sweet potato dog biscuit recipe I shared with them a few years ago as a celebration for World Dog Day!

If your dog has a sensitive stomach these are great, and are naturally low in fat!

🐾 Happy World Dog Day to all the puppers out there! 🐶

Whip up a batch of these delicious homemade sweet potato biscuits by Canine Corrections to celebrate your furry best friend today. They're easy to make and healthy too, so your pup can enjoy a tasty treat without the guilt.

For the recipe, check out the image!