Alicia's Obedience Dog Training

Alicia's Obedience Dog Training Friendly & professional puppy & dog training Inc gundog training. Behavioural training. 1-1 & classes

Full Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers - MAPDT 01512

AODT - a lifetimes passion for Dog Training! Experienced, Practical, Qualified, Passionate, Knowledgeable and Proven. We love what we do, and we could not be more driven about producing well trained, happy dogs, fabulous bonds & understanding. The AODT Story

Alicia was lucky to be born into a dog owning family. As a child she kept

various animals from fish, to guinea pigs, and even a pet duck. Her love of animals, forming a bond with them & inevitably spending a huge amount of time with them shaped her outlook on life, animal care and compassion. At the age of 9 she joined her Father training the family dogs at a local obedience school. She had already been training her pet rats on agility courses (in lieu of being allowed ponies), and the rabbits to come when called - but dog training took her on a whole new journey, & her enthusiasm to a whole new level. Always the child who would question everything she found herself both enthralled and disappointed. There was nothing better than training a dog to get something right and the level of teamwork that was required. But the ways in which she was tutored by dog trainers of the time, and the methods they suggested she use on her ‘friends’ left a sour taste. Like a sponge she soaked up experiences and advice, watched closely & took great delight as a teenager in rebelling against the norm, and introducing play, fun and huge amounts of praise to her training. She was rewarded & encouraged to realise this slightly ‘odd’ approach paid dividends. The dogs she worked with learnt quicker, were more reliable competition dogs and were eager to please. During this time she worked as a Kennel Maid, a stable hand and attended many courses and events. She went on to work with Adults with Learning disabilities and qualify as a Certificated Advocate with a specialism in Learning Disabilities. From her mid twenties she shadowed and was mentored in various training schools while embarking on Instructing qualifications and starting to teach. Fast forward to 2011 & Alicia realised she could no longer instruct under programs dictated by others, and that struggled to keep pace with both scientific evidence and her own ethos and growing determination to change the way people trained their dogs. Alicia’s Obedience Dog Training was born - and going back to her own roots Alicia started with young handler classes, hoping to inspire the next generation, before embarking on companion obedience classes later the same year. Since then Alicia has grown the areas she serves, the services she provides, her own knowledge even further and the team around her. Whilst initially named as a person ‘Going Solo’ AODT is now so much more than that - it’s a family, a format and a growing ambition to change the quality of life for dogs, and their owners. When you entrust AODT with training you and your dog, you benefit from years of experience, backed up by the latest available information & studies, combined with a super supportive structure to help you both succeed.

🎬 And that’s a wrap! We’re off to take a few days well earned break We wish you & your 4 paws a very peaceful Christmas ...
24/12/2024

🎬 And that’s a wrap!

We’re off to take a few days well earned break We wish you & your 4 paws a very peaceful Christmas 🥂

We’re back from January 2nd for enquiries

🎄Glittering Graduates Our final Graduation of 2024 is complete and produced these wonderful teams;Billy, his boys & Pabl...
24/12/2024

🎄Glittering Graduates

Our final Graduation of 2024 is complete and produced these wonderful teams;

Billy, his boys & Pablo, Gemma & Bea,
Kim & Stephen with Belle, Mel & Bjorn and Georgia & Rocco 👏🏻

Congratulations all, we hope to see you again soon! 🫶🏻

🎄 Feeling Festive 🧑🏻‍🎄 Christmas fun & games yesterday brought a close to our Belhus Woods classes until January. 🦌 We’r...
22/12/2024

🎄 Feeling Festive

🧑🏻‍🎄 Christmas fun & games yesterday brought a close to our Belhus Woods classes until January.

🦌 We’re very grateful to the Woods & their Rangers for supporting us for another year.
Thank you ☺️

🥰 Belhus Beauties Our final Beginner & Pup graduates at Belhus Woods Country Park aced their graduation yesterday, we mi...
22/12/2024

🥰 Belhus Beauties

Our final Beginner & Pup graduates at Belhus Woods Country Park aced their graduation yesterday, we missed little Rubi and hope she feels better soon!

🥳 Congratulations to Julie & Bailey, Jayne & Purdy, Megan & Bonnie, Ria & Nala, Perry & Jax and Chris & Maple.
You’ve been a committed and consistent group, great job!

Our next course to start at Belhus is now full!
We do still have limited availability for Bulphan.

⭐️ Gold Stars Just in time to adorn their Christmas Trees with their spoils these guys smashed their Royal Kennel Club G...
21/12/2024

⭐️ Gold Stars

Just in time to adorn their Christmas Trees with their spoils these guys smashed their Royal Kennel Club Gold Good Citizen Awards 👏🏻

Huge congratulations to Bev & Murph, Heidi & Obi and Steve & Jasper - you should be incredibly proud of yourselves 🥰

👋 Everyone say ‘Hi Alan’ This week we had a Zoom session with Alan’s Guardians to help them work through settling in con...
20/12/2024

👋 Everyone say ‘Hi Alan’

This week we had a Zoom session with Alan’s Guardians to help them work through settling in conundrums.

💻 While it’s always a shame to not get to meet bundles of fluff like Alan in person, zoom remains a super useful tool to support people & their pooches around the UK.

With a quick summary email sent following the session we were delighted to receive a reply explaining how they now felt reassured and were grateful for solutions to move forwards 🥰☺️

❤️ You’ve got a friend in me This week was our final private session of the year with these boys and their Mums. 😊 It wa...
19/12/2024

❤️ You’ve got a friend in me

This week was our final private session of the year with these boys and their Mums.

😊 It was lovely to step back and see just how far Chester & Otis have come thanks to their regular training sessions.

But more than that to see the friendship that has grown, between the dogs & their humans. They’ve been regularly meeting up outside of training practising in public and sharing time together 🤗

See you next year boys xx

💞 Bright as a button Beautiful Tilly the Chow Chow recently paid us a visit ahead of joining us in January for classes. ...
17/12/2024

💞 Bright as a button

Beautiful Tilly the Chow Chow recently paid us a visit ahead of joining us in January for classes.

💡 It’s always a pleasure to work with dogs & their owners at the start of their training journeys, even more so when you see a real zest to learn start beaming out of a furry face.

🕰️ Don’t miss out! Our January class dates are filling fast! The following courses all now have limited spaces;🐾 Beginne...
15/12/2024

🕰️ Don’t miss out!

Our January class dates are filling fast!

The following courses all now have limited spaces;

🐾 Beginners & Pups

6th Jan 6.30pm Bulphan Hall
11th Jan 11am Belhus Woods
13th Jan 11.15am Bulphan Hall

🐾 And for our budding Gundog’s!

11th Jan
Novice Gundog 10am Belhus Woods
Beginner Gundog 11am Belhus Woods

🐺 Teen Wolf vibes anyone? Meet cheeky Pablo, a young Spanish rescue who came minus his ears & tail 😢 💔 The idea of ‘savi...
13/12/2024

🐺 Teen Wolf vibes anyone?

Meet cheeky Pablo, a young Spanish rescue who came minus his ears & tail 😢

💔 The idea of ‘saving a soul’ and the reality of that soul sharing your home can be two very different things.

❤️‍🩹 It really isn’t uncommon for those first few weeks or even months to leave you feeling guilty for thinking ‘what have we done’

⏰ The main thing to do is give everyone time to settle, get good advice from the start (📞call us!) and to be consistent.

Also, any idea as to what breeds this boy is? We’d love to hear your thoughts.

🥳 Happy Birthday!Today Dionne celebrates another turn around the Sun 🌞 Join us in wishing her many happy returns 🎉
12/12/2024

🥳 Happy Birthday!

Today Dionne celebrates another turn around the Sun 🌞

Join us in wishing her many happy returns 🎉

🐾 ‘Paw’some Foursome!Our latest graduates were crowned on Monday morning after completing their 6 week course. 🆕 Heading...
10/12/2024

🐾 ‘Paw’some Foursome!

Our latest graduates were crowned on Monday morning after completing their 6 week course.

🆕 Heading into 2025 our Beginners course will be jam-packed with more learning than ever!

For now we congratulate Emma & Maisie, Karen & Bertie, Keith & Eric and Julie & Pepper 👏🏻

We expect to see those hard earned rosettes adorning your Christmas Trees (high enough to avoid being stolen of course 😂)

👋 Say ‘Hola’ Little Carlos the Pom recently travelled to see us about his reactivity. 🔈 What became clear was some noise...
09/12/2024

👋 Say ‘Hola’

Little Carlos the Pom recently travelled to see us about his reactivity.

🔈 What became clear was some noise sensitivities and a lack of confidence were a couple of pieces of the jigsaw causing some of his behaviour, it’s was a pleasure to watch his Mum have some lightbulb moments too!

He’s been sent home with a plan and his Mum has already reported some nice changes to his reactions 👏🏻

🤩 Fun Working Test!Special thanks to those that supported the gundog fun mini test this morning, even with the slightly ...
08/12/2024

🤩 Fun Working Test!

Special thanks to those that supported the gundog fun mini test this morning, even with the slightly less than balmy weather!

The results were;

Beginner;
1st Colette & Hazel
2nd Dionne & Malice
3rd Amie, Reece & Luna

Novice;
1st Luisa & Skye
2nd Colette & Hazel
3rd Dionne & Digger
COM Helen & Emma

Special mention to Suzanne & Hattie who received an AODT Harmony Award, they’ve worked so hard but this morning shot proved too much, Suzanne didn’t skip a beat withdrawing her and popping her back in her safe space (her car)
Doing right by our dogs is ALWAYS the right thing to do 🫶🏻

🚨 New courses starting January! 🐶 Beginner gundog is open to ALL breeds of dog 6 month of age or older. The foundations ...
07/12/2024

🚨 New courses starting January!

🐶 Beginner gundog is open to ALL breeds of dog 6 month of age or older.
The foundations of positive gundog training help tap into your dogs natural abilities, helps to build greater understanding between dog & handler while being a whole heap of fun!

🐶 Novice Gundog is for those dogs that have completed their Beginner course and are looking to add more skill, with challenges such as directions, memory retrieves & hunting!

We currently still have spaces available on both courses, these are held in the enclosed events paddock at Belhus Woods Country Park
Starting on the 11th of Jan Novice is at 10am Beginner is at 11am

🤫 Pssst - these course would make a great Christmas present if you’re still struggling with ideas for that dog crazy person on your Xmas list! 💝

‼️ Saturday 7th December Classes at Belhus Woods Country Park are cancelled! With winds set to reach 50mph & beyond, pai...
06/12/2024

‼️ Saturday 7th December
Classes at Belhus Woods Country Park are cancelled!

With winds set to reach 50mph & beyond, paired with lashing rain we’ve taken the decision to cancel all classes.

Stay safe, warm & dry and remember;

⭕️ Check those fences each time you let the dog out

⭕️ Comfort your dog if high winds freak them out

⭕️ Be prepared if they refuse to go outside to toilet when the storm is at its worst.

👂‘ear, ‘ear Just look at those lugs 😂Let us introduce you to cute little Monty Papillion. 💧 His parents confided in the...
05/12/2024

👂‘ear, ‘ear

Just look at those lugs 😂

Let us introduce you to cute little Monty Papillion.

💧 His parents confided in their groomer that they’re having some issues with marking at home, we love that her advice was to seek behavioural support (thanks Nikki at Just Think Dog 🫶🏻)

It’s far too easy to think of neutering as a ‘fix it all’ procedure, but hormones play a huge role in brain development, overall health and behaviour.

📝 With that in mind and due to his young age we’re going to work through the why’s and wherefores of Montys unwanted behaviour.

I think he’s relieved that he gets to keep his 🍒 for a little longer 🤣

👏🏻 Another cracking Corgi! We’re loving working with Percy, his family and his Dog Walker! (Shout out to Rachel at Dog T...
04/12/2024

👏🏻 Another cracking Corgi!

We’re loving working with Percy, his family and his Dog Walker! (Shout out to Rachel at Dog Tired Pet Services ✌🏻)

🥰 He’s such a sweet boy and we’re hopeful our team work is going to bring him stability in his health & behaviour - because these always go hand in hand 🤝

Whether it’s those perky ears, gleaming eyes or cheeky smile were pretty sure you’re going to fall for him too!

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Church Road
Upminster
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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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AODT - a lifetimes passion for Dog Training

Experienced, Practical, Qualified, Passionate, Knowledgeable, and Proven.

We love what we do, and we could not be more driven about producing well trained, happy dogs and fabulous bonds & understanding.

We are delivering friendly, professional pet dog obedience classes, 1:1 home & location visits, behavioural consultations, Agility, Scent & Trick Training - across Thurrock & Havering.

The AODT Story;