Origin Dog Training

Origin Dog Training - Dog Training
- Behaviour & Reactivity
- Scentwork - Mantrailing - Gun Dog

Stop in the woods. Take a breath. Ask your dog for focus.Focus is built in the brain. The prefrontal cortex controls att...
31/08/2025

Stop in the woods.

Take a breath.

Ask your dog for focus.

Focus is built in the brain. The prefrontal cortex controls attention. The amygdala reacts to distraction.

Training strengthens the pathways that calm and guide.

Check in with your dog. Watch the eyes, ears and stance. Every signal is information. Every pause shapes learning.

The brain learns through repetition and reward.

Each walk is an opportunity to build stronger focus.

Origin Dog Training: teaching dogs and owners the science of attention.

This looks incredible ⬇️
15/08/2025

This looks incredible ⬇️

I have the best job in the world. Training Malinois on private jets. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
14/08/2025

I have the best job in the world.

Training Malinois on private jets.

Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

RECALL BOOTCAMP Sunday 24th August 10am - 1230pm Two and a half hours of Recall. Add recall tools to your dog training t...
14/08/2025

RECALL BOOTCAMP
Sunday 24th August
10am - 1230pm

Two and a half hours of Recall.

Add recall tools to your dog training toolbox. Learn new recalls. Top up old recalls.

Practice recalls in a safe environment.

Drink coffee and biscuits and chat recall.

Basically, loads of recall.

Ideal for puppies to improve their recall.

Or adolescents/adults who have lost their recall.

Reserve your space.

DM the word RECALL.

Or WhatsApp 07700712025.

So Wales was fun. Training dogs:Behaviour. Mantrailing. Bitework. Exploring rivers and waterfalls. Watching dolphins. Re...
17/06/2025

So Wales was fun.

Training dogs:

Behaviour. Mantrailing. Bitework.

Exploring rivers and waterfalls.

Watching dolphins.

Reading Dylan Thomas.

Now back briefly before away again all of July.

Dog training really is an adventure.

We're very lucky to have Origin students around the world and UK. Here's me and my little dog trainer assistant helping ...
01/06/2025

We're very lucky to have Origin students around the world and UK.

Here's me and my little dog trainer assistant helping in Wales.

With Ruth & Ruby (the dog).

Working on Focus & Play.

All week.

Dogs have had jobs for millennia. It's what makes them happy. Purpose. No purpose and you'll get unwanted behaviours. Do...
20/05/2025

Dogs have had jobs for millennia.

It's what makes them happy.

Purpose.

No purpose and you'll get unwanted behaviours.

Does it need to be carrying medical supplies through trenches?

Probably not.

But Searching. Carrying. Tracking. Biting. Tugging. Scenting. Guiding. Herding. Sniffing. Rescuing. Comforting. Patrolling. Watching. Alerting. Detecting. Calming.

All of these a modern dog can do.

Plus they don't sell canine gas masks in K9 Wellness Centre

Xenophon. Historian. Philosopher. Hunter. Wrote a book on hunting. Called Cynegeticus. Or "On Hunting". 400BCE. 2425 yea...
19/05/2025

Xenophon.

Historian. Philosopher. Hunter.

Wrote a book on hunting.

Called Cynegeticus. Or "On Hunting". 400BCE.

2425 years ago.

In it, he provides a detailed account of dog training.

Such as.

1. Emphasis on physical traits when breeding.

2. Start training from a young age.

3. Gradual exposure to hunting terrains.

4. Dogs should be exercised regularly.

5. Dogs respond to verbal cues and gestures.

6. Use hunting and training as the reward.

7. Emphasize the importance of training through habit, repetition, and guidance.

8. Give lots of verbal direction and near constant praise.

9. The collar should be wide and soft so as not to damage the dog.

10. Hand feed the dog. This builds bond.

All absolutely correct.

With no mention of prongs. Or chains. Or force of any kind.

And he couldn't rely on an e collar.

It's as if he knew what he was doing.

“A dog that is trained with care becomes not only skillful in the hunt, but also noble in spirit, loyal in nature, and a joy to his master.”
— Cynegeticus, Chapter 7

Police Dog Training. Rule 10. Read the manual. Your dog's origin isn't just some interesting facts. It's the manual they...
18/05/2025

Police Dog Training.

Rule 10.

Read the manual.

Your dog's origin isn't just some interesting facts.

It's the manual they come with.

Understand the GSD history; utility and loyalty.

Tracker. Protector. Guardian. Herder. Messenger.

And you'll understand how to get the best out of them.

Same for every breed.

WW1 French messenger GSD.

Caption translates as;

"German Soldiers, keep away
If you wish to live another day"

Police Dog Training. Rule 9.Keep your fingers out the way. Or. Every toy is on a rope. Saves being nipped. Turns every p...
16/05/2025

Police Dog Training.

Rule 9.

Keep your fingers out the way.

Or.

Every toy is on a rope.

Saves being nipped.

Turns every play session into fetch. Or tug.

Play fixes many problems. Recall being one of them.

With balls on rope, the dog flies back faster than they ran out.

A good sign that the handler is more fun.

Police dog training. Rule 8. Let the dog win. An easy win doesn't feel good. But dominating the dog. Winning to be alpha...
13/05/2025

Police dog training.

Rule 8.

Let the dog win.

An easy win doesn't feel good.

But dominating the dog. Winning to be alpha. Or any of that old fashioned nonsense doesn't feel good either.

Let the dog win the toy.

Let them parade.

Like Liverpool winning the league.

Let them have their five minutes.

No matter how annoying it might be.

Police dog training.Rule 7. Reward eye contact. Whether your dog is a puppy, adolescent or adult, reward eye contact. In...
07/05/2025

Police dog training.

Rule 7.

Reward eye contact.

Whether your dog is a puppy, adolescent or adult, reward eye contact.

Increases oxytocin. Builds bond. Relationship. Trust. Presence. Focus. Engagement.

All the good stuff.

Plus when your dog is looking at you, they're not doing the "bad" thing.

ORIGIN PUPPY COURSE
SUMMER TERM

Starts 23rd May at 1800 hrs.

Five week puppy course.

Two spaces left.

Comment PUPPY for more info.

Or email [email protected]

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