Dog Tales Puppy & Dog Training

21/03/2025

After a short break away I am SO looking forward to seeing Phoenix, Lola, Betty and Harry (not pictured, but extremely handsome 🥰) next week for Puppy Club AND to welcoming a new class of pups.

There's just one spot left in Puppy Club, and I'm now enrolling for upcoming juniors and teenage dog classes too.

In my classes you'll learn how to:

- build a strong bond and communicate effectively with your dog
- teach essential cues + life skills
- practice safe socialisation and puppy play
- have fun with your pup!

You'll also receive tips on enrichment, socialisation, canine learning and body language and more... 🐾

Reach out here or contact me at [email protected] for more information, and learn how to set your pup up for success with the best start using positive reinforcement and fun.

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15/03/2025

Just a few of the recent superstar pups who've graduated from Puppy Club + Junior Pupstars 🐾🎓🐾

My next puppy and junior classes start in April. If you have a new puppy, or older dog you'd like to do more training with, come and join and learn how to:

🐾 build a strong bond and raise a confident, happy dog
🐾 teach essential cues + life skills including recall, lead walking, settle, stay and more...
🐾 understand, communicate effectively and have fun with your dog!
🐾 practice puppy play + social skills

Classes are small and designed to help set you and your dog up for success 🌟

Message me here or contact me at [email protected] if you'd like to enrol, or book a one-to-one session 🐾

03/03/2025

A big thank you to Bluebell Pet Care + First Aid for a fun and informative day of learning all about Pet First Aid yesterday! Hoping I'll never need to use it, but so good to be prepared in case I do.

Highly recommend this course - Aubrey travels all over the UK teaching! - for pet professionals or anyone who has a pet in their lives 🐾

28/02/2025

So proud of these Puppy Club and Junior Pupstar pups, practising new cues, life and social skills - with play and brain breaks to help retain all their new learning! - and bonding with their humans 🐾

My current Puppy Club and Pupstars classes are full but I'm now taking enrolments for new puppy, junior and teenage classes starting end of March.

If you'd like to join, please message me here or at [email protected]

And BIG thanks to the amazing for the super cute and beautiful puppy pics this week 🌟

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15/02/2025

Just a few of the pups that stole my heart at this week's Puppy Club and Pupstars! 🐶

As well as teaching new cues and life skills, I also cover canine learning and body language, enrichment, socialisation, mouthing and biting, toilet training, and handling and grooming to help set my two and four legged clients up for their best life together 🐾

Big thanks to the wonderful Jenny from Spruced Up Dog Grooming for giving another fabulous talk on how to introduce your dogs to grooming this week 🙌

If you'd like to join my next Puppy Club or Pupstars course, please message me here or at [email protected]

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14/02/2025

It's the day of love and it's fair to say I'm a little in love with these two 🥰

Olive and Flossy getting all the treats for being the besets of pups in this week's junior pupstars 🐾🍗🌟

08/02/2025

Confidence building with Winnie, Arthur, Alfie, Socks, and friends at this week's Puppy Club - stepping up onto boxes, and through hoops, following their human's hand target, with puzzle toys, snuffle mats and kongs for puppy brain breaks. So well done! 🐶

01/02/2025

Feeling very lucky I got to hang out with Mabel, Alfie, Xavier, Socks and Rosie, and newcomers Monty, Winnie, Arthur, Bart and Dave and call it work again at Puppy Club this week 🐶

My Puppy Club courses are currently fully booked, but I have a new, three week Puppy Essentials course starting 19 February.

If you'd like to get off to the best start with your new family member, feel free to reach out here or contact me at [email protected] 🐾
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28/01/2025

A big thank you to Askham Bryan College, Middlesbrough for having me yesterday, and listening to me speak about my favourite topics - dogs and positive reinforcement 🐶

It was great to meet you all!

Yesterday, our Level 3 T-Level Animal Management (Welfare & Behaviour Pathway) learners, welcomed guest Dog Tales Puppy & Dog Training to discuss the importance of positive reinforcement in dog training. It was a fantastic and informative session. Enormous thank you to Nicole for hosting this talk 🌿🦮

23/01/2025

Congrats to Puppy Clubbers Rosie, Luna, Oakley, Wilson, Goose and Morris - and their lovely humans! - who graduated this week. I'm going to miss you all - come back soon!

And welcome (back!) to Clive and Walter, and to newbies Bruno and Jasper who joined me for Junior Pupstars this week 🐾

Looking forward to seeing these juniors and welcoming a new Puppy Club crew to Great Ayton next week 🐶

If you'd like to join group classes, or book a one to one session with your puppy or adult dog, you can contact me here or at [email protected]

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19/01/2025

So good to see gorgeous Grey, Ruby, Tex, Douglas, Nala and Peggy, and Luna, Rosie, Wilson, Morris, Goose and Oakley's progress in week 4 of Puppy Club this week! They can now 'walk close' to their humans on lead, respond to cues and focus around distractions - with a few puppy brain breaks of course 🐶

These classes are all about teaching essential life and social skills that will set these pups up for success in their human world 🐾

Can't wait to see you all next week!

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17/01/2025

A big welcome to this cute crew of Puppy Club newbies, Xavier, Mabel, Alfie, Socks, Rosie and Molly who smashed their first session, learning new life skills including name response, hand targeting, bed and drop, whilst their humans learned all about puppy enrichment, and how to survive life with little land sharks...🦈

Can't wait to see you all next week 🐾

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11/01/2025

Congrats to Hector - who literally jumped for joy! - Finn, who celebrated with a kong, and handsome superstar Clive (and their humans) who graduated from Puppy Club on the coldest of nights this week!

And, welcome back to the rest of the crew, who've all been practising over the Christmas break. Here they are nailing a 'settle' cue - such an important life skill, but not one that comes naturally to lively pups 😀

If you'd like to join my next puppy or juniors class, message me here or email me at [email protected] 🐾

22/12/2024

Superstar pups Goose, Oakley, Luna, Wilson, Morris and Rosie and Tex, Nala, Peggy, Grey, Dougie and Ruby learning new life and social skills in our last Puppy Club before Christmas🎄

A BIG thank you to each and every one of you who has supported my small business this year 🙏

Puppy Club is back in January, as well as new junior and teenage classes and workshops (more on this soon!).

Contact me here or at [email protected] for more details and in the meantime, have a happy, dog-filled Christmas and New Year 🌟 🐾 🌟

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06/12/2024

Is this just the best head tilt you've ever seen? SO excited to finally welcome Tex, who's been patiently waiting to join Puppy Club, to class next week 🥰

My December classes are full, but if you'd like to join puppy or junior classes in January, reach out here or at [email protected]

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21/11/2024

Meet Hector, the handsomest of boys (and ALL of his toys!). Hector's humans asked for some help with typical puppy behaviours - bitey zoomies, sofa surfing and all round puppy mayhem JUST as everyone sits down to watch TV.

We moved Hector's bed (and all of his toys!) close to the sofa so he's still with his family and practised reinforcing calm behaviour - with a few brain breaks in between - making his bed the best spot in the house, where chew toys, chews, and kongs are delivered...

Hector was super quick to learn - as were his fabulous family! - who are all involved in his training, helping him thrive and live his best life 💛

See you again in a few weeks for Puppy Club Hector!
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18/10/2024

A big welcome to this absolutely gorgeous group of pups of all shapes and sizes who joined Puppy Club this week 🐾🖤🤍💛🤍🤎🐾

Finn the Border Collie, Wren the Havanese, Mabel and Betsy the Cockerpoos, Clive the Labrador, and last but not least, Hector the Labradoodle (too fast-moving for photos 😀).

This week's learning was all about positive reinforcement, enrichment, socialisation and foundation cues. See you next week for walk close, recall and play time...!