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Minds Alike Animal Training & Behaviour Qualified dog behaviour support, 1:1 training and group training classes in Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire
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02/01/2025

🐕Hoopers Beginners at our new venue in Chesham!🤩

💫 Hoopers is an all-ability, low-impact sport, therefore it is suitable for dogs of all ages (6 months +), sizes, breeds and abilities. Handlers and their dog work together as a team to navigate through tunnels, hoops, and to go round barrels. Building confidence whilst working in partnership to have fun.

🖱Check out our website for more info and where to book - www.mindsalikeanimaltraining.com

🎖All sessions are carried out by qualified and accredited instructors (Animal Behaviour & Training Council) using kind, fair and effective methods.

01/01/2025

⭐Introducing our 6 week Puppy Training Course at our new venue in Chesham!🤩

Our six-week course covers
⭐basic obedience
⭐how your dog learns
⭐how to interpret their body language while ensuring appropriate socialisation
you and your dog will practice a range of skills including:
🐶 attention
🐶 stay
🐶 recall
🐶 lead handling
🐶 sit
🐶 down
🐶 leave
🐶 appropriate toy play
🐶 and drop exercises.

You'll learn how to communicate effectively with your dog through fun and engaging sessions, with training divided into manageable, bite-sized lessons. Clear guidance leads to success, and success creates happy, well-behaved dogs!

🖱Check out our website www.mindsalikeanimaltraining.com for more details and where to book

🎖All sessions are carried out by qualified and accredited instructors (Animal Behaviour & Training Council) using kind, fair and effective methods.

31/12/2024

⭐Introducting our Social & Recall Walks at our new training venue in Chesham! 🤩

🐾These sessions are for existing customers only, and are perfect if you struggle with recall and keeping your dog's attention whilst around other dogs. It is also great for socialisation purposes.

🐕🐕We will look at how the dogs are interacting and walking together, what is (and isn’t) appropriate play and socialisation, and learn to read the dogs’ body language and understand their interactions.

They are also a great opportunity to meet other like-minded owners, who may become future walking buddies that also want to instil good training and behaviour! These walks aren't suitable for reactive dogs.

🖱Check out our website www.mindsalikeanimaltraining.com for more details and where to book

🎖All sessions are carried out by qualified and accredited instructors (Animal Behaviour & Training Council) using kind, fair and effective methods.

30/12/2024

Puppy Pre School Socials at our new venue in Chesham! 🐕🐾

📆Our Puppy Pre School Social Sessions are suitable for puppies aged from their 1st vaccination until 18 weeks of age.

These controlled socialisation sessions are tailored to each group, this means every puppy has a positive and fun experience and doesn’t feel overwhelmed. We pride ourselves on providing a relaxed and welcoming environment to support you and your puppy during this early stage of your life together.

🐶Your puppy will have the opportunity to explore different surfaces, play with other pups and meet new people.

We will teach you how to read your puppy’s body language so you can understand how they are trying to communicate with you and with other dogs. You will have the opportunity to discuss any worries or challenges you are having.

🖱Check out our website for more details and where to book - www.mindsalikeanimaltraining.com

🎖All sessions are carried out by qualified and accredited instructors (Animal Behaviour & Training Council) using kind, fair and effective methods.

29/12/2024

Scentwork Beginners Course at our lovely new venue in Chesham! 🤩🐕

Our Scentwork Beginners Course will get you started with teaching your dog odour discrimination, independent searching and passive indication.

Scent-work is fantastic for:
⭐️ Bonding and team building - You will learn how to handle your dog so your dog views you as an asset, not a hindrance to his search
⭐️ Understanding the subtleties of your dogs scenting abilities and how to read his body language
⭐️ Confidence building - scent-work stimulates the reward centres in brain resulting in endorphin and dopamine release. The search for some dogs is more rewarding than the reward at the end. For this reason, it is great for rehabilitation.
⭐️ Improve focus - for those speedy busy pooches, this game will help them learn to slow down and approach the problem in a more cognitive manner
⭐️ We also offer progression courses and the opportunity to compete or achieve levels of achievement at our Scentwork UK trials

🖱Check out our website www.mindsalikeanimaltraining.com for more details and where to book

🎖All sessions are carried out by Scentwork UK Instructors

We are thrilled to share some exciting news—we now have our very own Training Centre in Chesham.This wonderful facility ...
27/12/2024

We are thrilled to share some exciting news—we now have our very own Training Centre in Chesham.

This wonderful facility is being designed with dog’s safety and comfort in mind. Inside, they’ll be a spacious training area complete with specialist flooring to protect our furry friends from slips or hard landings.

When the British weather is kind, we’ll take advantage of our outdoor training area, perfect for practising training with real life distractions.

Work starts tomorrow and we will be posting photos and videos as our plans begin to take shape!

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for a successful and joyful 2025. From Sam, Laura,...
24/12/2024

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for a successful and joyful 2025. From Sam, Laura, Amy and Lorna🎄🐾🎅🐕‍🦺

14/12/2024

Understand Horses presents a series of monthly equine webinars - usually on the first Tuesday of each month - on a range of topics including equine behaviour, horse training, ethology, nutrition, physiology and welfare.

This is Milo. He is 4 years old. He was rehomed  two years ago because his previous home was not giving him the attentio...
09/12/2024

This is Milo. He is 4 years old. He was rehomed two years ago because his previous home was not giving him the attention or walks he deserved.

Milo deserves the Improvement if the Year badge!! 🥳
He used to manically pull and he is a strong dog! He used to cause absolute carnage, dragging his mum into dog interactions and just jumping all over everyone.

With careful socialisation and A LOT of recall training and perseverance from mum and dad, Milo is now an off lead dog. 🥳

Milo now recalls (well most of the time), but most importantly he now makes social choices. He approaches dog interactions slowly. He head turns and pauses and adjusts his approach. He leaves dogs alone who are signalling to disengage, and engages with those who are giving him yes signals. He also has a group of friends he can play with. 🥳

I'm so happy to see Milo so happy. He is living the best life!

09/12/2024
This is Penny. She is a lovely rescue I have worked with this year for dog reactivity. The way her reactivity presented ...
09/12/2024

This is Penny. She is a lovely rescue I have worked with this year for dog reactivity. The way her reactivity presented caused some alarm bells to ring in my head. Her social skills were impeccable. Bit she was defensive of her back end (as often was often triggered if dogs sniffed her bum) which then started to generalise to close interactions full stop. She would often lower her bum away or avoid dogs getting there full stop. She walked with a swagger but had been obese in her previous home so it was thought this was because of her body shape. After her second session I sent her back to the, xrays were done and she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia. This explained a lot, and was managed.

A few months later Penny had some tummy upsets and was low on energy. The vet decided to test for addisons disease (the body does not produce enough steroid hormones from the adrenal glands). Symptoms can be very varied including lethargy, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss, increased thirst, increased urination, trembling and weakness. Interestingly it can also affect collagen and cause hypermobility of the joints - maybe a factor concerning Penny's hips).

It is also quite rare. Because these symptoms can also mean other things, addison's could easily have been missed.

I am so grateful the vet tested, as Penny started treatment and is now a different dog. She is walking better (stronger, less wobbly), has more energy (she's trotting a long and no longer lying down or plodding) and her tummy is settled. What a difference!!
Our bodies are amazing things, and our ability to treat disease when our bodies go wrong is truly amazing. Thank you Vets4Pets Newbury South ! And thank you to Penny's mum and dad for helping her get better ❤️

Who else is enjoying an Advent Calendar this year? 🖐️🐶🖐️Pip certainly enjoys her doggie friendly one!
07/12/2024

Who else is enjoying an Advent Calendar this year? 🖐️🐶🖐️

Pip certainly enjoys her doggie friendly one!

30/11/2024

Empowering dog owners, vet professionals and dog training and grooming professionals through cooperative care training

🐶Build trust
🐶Build resilience
🐶Create predictability via training routines
🐶Reduce stress
🐶Have fun
🐶Learn the nuances of canine body language, the biology of stress responses, how dogs learn and how to change behaviour
🐶Learn what we can do to reduce stress in practice, and how to transfer your learning to the vet clinic, grooming salon or husbandry at home
🐶For professionals, become an assessed practitioner
🐶For dog owners - find a professional to work with
🐶Community Support: Join a network of like-minded individuals dedicated to improving the well-being of dogs.

Be the Advocate Your dog needs!

Get Started Today!

Visit www.petprepinitiative.com now to learn more about our courses and take the first step toward transforming the way you care for dogs.

Because happy dogs mean happy handlers!

22/11/2024

Advanced Dog Training Class.

In our latest class, we had the pleasure of witnessing the incredible skills of our advanced group of dogs. Four remarkable dogs demonstrated their expertise by maintaining a sit-stay position. Meanwhile, one exceptional dog, off-lead, skillfully weaved through the stationary dogs. This event highlighted the beautiful connection between each dog and their handler, emphasizing the trust and communication developed through training.

Always a little sad when a puppy class comes to an end, although the Thank You chocolates have definitely helped. 🤗     ...
18/11/2024

Always a little sad when a puppy class comes to an end, although the Thank You chocolates have definitely helped. 🤗

Aww I just found another picture and now I am spamming! (I am meant to be looking for an entirely different picture)
24/10/2024

Aww I just found another picture and now I am spamming! (I am meant to be looking for an entirely different picture)

Gone but never forgotten 💔
24/10/2024

Gone but never forgotten 💔

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Monday 09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 18:00
Thursday 09:00 - 18:00
Friday 09:00 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday 09:00 - 18:00

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