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Scallywags Puppy School Course is aimed at puppies from 10 - 16 weeks of age and focuses on socialisation and an introduction to basic obedience behaviours.
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Scallywags Puppy School and Dog Training offers group classes and individual training sessions to enable you and your beloved four-legged companion to build the best relationship possible. Scallywags Puppy School and Dog Training offers group classes and individual training sessions to help you and your beloved four-legged companion have the best relationship possible. Scallywags Canine Good Manne

rs is a 6-week course focusing on teaching dogs from 6 months of age basic obedience behaviours. This course is offered on a rollover basis so you can enroll anytime. Each course consists of six sessions, each an hour long. Each owner will also receive a hand-out covering the topics in more detail and giving step-by-step instructions for training the basic obedience behaviours that will be demonstrated, taught and practiced in the practical sessions. Please be in touch (either via FB or email: [email protected]) if you would like to enroll in one of our Scallywags training courses or arrange for individual training sessions. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

27/04/2024

We all enjoy doggy cuddles, but do our dogs enjoy them too?
This article explains the body language to look out for when your dog uncomfortable 🐕

When we welcome dogs into our lives, we often treat them as part of the family, showering them with affection and cuddles. However, what many of us don't realise is that our well-intentioned hugs might not be as comforting to our canine friends as we think. This blog explores the importance of under...

22/03/2024

Some new & long overdue graduation photos of our latest amazing students! CONGRATULATIONS, everyone! 🎓👏🏻🤩

⭐️ Angelica, Kevin & Benji
⭐️ Ale & Cambur
⭐️Cassy & Baloo

⭐️Liana & Lance
⭐️Nicole & Bella
⭐️Alex & Truffle

For information on our courses and private training options, email [email protected] 🐾

22/02/2024

A note on etiquette around reactive dogs 🐕

A reactive dog is NOT a badly behaved dog. They might be very well trained.
A reactive dog is usually a scared dog, who just needs space or time to deal with their fear.

If you see a reactive dog or someone trying to move their dog away from you as you approach, STOP and give them space. Your patience will help everyone feel & stay safer.

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Polite request: if you are out walking, whether by yourself or with your dog, and you can see someone else's dog reacting towards you, please do not continue to approach them: either wait til they have gone out of sight, or turn and walk another way - especially (!) If the dog's guardian has asked you to. On that note, if you see a dog guardian hide their dog up a driveway, or turn & walk/jog their dog away the moment they see you & yours, for f's sake dont follow them at a quick pace. Just pick a different route!

Yes, your dog may be non-reactive. Yes, you have every right to walk right up to/past the reactive dog. Yes, you may think it is the guardian's problem.

Knowingly & deliberately setting a reactive dog off & not giving them space means that dog (and guardian) will be in a state of high stress for days afterwards.

Kindness really does cost nothing.

With 3 reactive dogs myself, I have experienced the worst of the worst: people trying to approach & touch my reacting dog (why?!) and trying to chat to me, horse riders cantering directly at us (more than once) when we have nowhere to go, the dirty looks, the unkind comments, the 'but I/my dog/my horse is fine'. That's great, good on you (you do know its mostly luck that means you have a non-reactive dog rather than your own doing?) but forcing your horse/dog past mine that is reacting will stress your animal out too.

With my own dogs & when out with my clients, I will always ask people to pause (very nicely) & will also be very explicit if you do something really selfish & potentially harmful (you'll get a bollocking, & loudly) around them.

We are trying to protect you & our dogs, so please let us.

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27/09/2023

Asking the right questions is key to understanding and training your dog 🐕

13/05/2023

CONGRATULATIONS to our latest Canine Good Manners graduates! 🎓🐕
🌟Esta and Luka, and Marlene & Charlie 🌟
Well done for all you’ve achieved with your sweet and clever pups! 🙌🏻

13/03/2023

CONGRATULATIONS to our latest Canine Good Manners graduates! 🌟 🎓 🐕 ❤️ 🌟
Well done for all your hard work & dedication, Michelle & Jasper; Karin & Bailey; and Francois, Lori & ‘Z’! 🙌🏻

For information on our courses and private training options, email [email protected] 🐾

22/02/2023

Just like us, all dogs are individuals. Some enjoy going out, exploring new places, and making new friends, while others prefer familiar spaces and the company of a few known friends. Very few dogs get along well with ALL other dogs. Do you get along with everyone you’ve ever met?

Enrolling in Puppy School is a great way to help develop social skills, but sociability is a spectrum. Set your dog up for success from the start, and get to know their preferences when it comes to other dogs and activities 🐕❤️

Contact [email protected] for information on our Puppy School course and other training options.

17/02/2023

Sometimes your training feels like it’s going nowhere even when you’re sure you’re doing all the right things. Stop, take a breath, and ask yourself:
🐾 It’s my timing okay? Am I rewarding the right behaviour?
🐾 Am I using the right ‘currency’ for the situation? Are my rewards high enough value for the current level of distraction?
🐾 Is the environment more distracting than my dog is ready for at this stage of training?
🐾 Am I inadvertently reinforcing another behaviour?

If you need help or advice with any training or behaviour-related issues, contact us at [email protected] 🐕 ❤️

Happy Monday, all! 😂For information on our courses and private training options, please email scallywagspuppyschool@gmai...

06/02/2023

Happy Monday, all! 😂

For information on our courses and private training options, please email [email protected] 🐕

23/01/2023

Puppies greeting you on a Monday morning ❤️

Our next Scallywags Puppy School starts next week, if you’d like to find out more, comment, send us a message or email us at [email protected]

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06/01/2023

Our final Scallywags Puppy School graduates from 2022 🎓🏅🥇🐾

Franchise and Z
Karen and Bailey

You guys did an absolutely fantastic job with your incredible puppies and I was blown away by their performance in their graduation 🙌🏻

04/01/2023

Have you just brought your new adorable puppy home with you and want to ensure that you give him or her the best start in life?

One of the most important things you can do to help ensure that your puppy grows up into a well-rounded friendly adult is to socialise your puppy. Successful socialisation means that your puppy is exposed to as many pleasant, happy experiences with other dogs, animals and humans as possible. This will help your puppy develop essential life and social skills.

There is a unique socialisation period from 3-14 weeks of age where your puppy is more open and receptive of new experiences. It is important that you ensure that your puppy has numerous positive social interactions during this critical period which means that the clock is ticking!

Our new Scallywags Puppy School course is starting soon - covering basic obedience and socialisation and we still have some spaces left. Leave your email address or send us an email at [email protected] to find out more 🐾

25/12/2022

Happy Christmas to you all ❤️

14/12/2022

It’s the silly season! Are your dogs starting to feel the festive spirit too? 🐕 🎄

30/11/2022

As pitbulls (and other dogs mistaken for pitbulls) around the country are being abandoned, abused, and viciously destroyed, this is an important message.

Raised correctly, pitbulls can be amazing family dogs. The breed is not the problem; irresponsible breeders and ignorant owners are.

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17/11/2022

Contrary the wild theories you may have heard on social media lately, pitbulls are & always have been a loyal, people-oriented breed that thrive as part of the family - WHEN THEY ARE RAISED CORRECTLY.

Most dogs aren’t born dangerous - dangerous dogs are created by ignorant people. If you’re thinking of getting a dog off any breed, please do your research.

For behaviour or training-related queries, feel free to contact us on [email protected].

Good morning all, we just want to urge the public to stay calm & relax, Please don't panic and surrender your pitbulls to ANYBODY, nobody have the authority to just take you beloved pitbull companion, rather ask for confirmation of which the correct checks will be done to verify any statements or information. "Please Remember" social media is there to create sensationalism and frighten people with information. Rather play it safe and ask and the information will be verified. Thank You.

We say BAN THE ABUSERS and back yard breeders.
Please sign the petition to safe our loving Pitbull breed.
Thank you

Please remember to sign this petition against the ban of Pitbulls
Petition update · Say NO to Ban on Pitbul Breed · https://www.change.org/p/banning-the-pitbul-breed-is-discrimination-distinction-is-forever-we-as-pitbull-rescue/u/31003688

31/10/2022

Happy Halloween! 🎃 🐕

20/10/2022

Good training isn’t a one-size-fits-all thing. It requires patience, understanding and a willingness to see and accept your dog as they are and not how you expect them to be.

Start with what you’ve got and what you build together will be stronger 🐕

For information on our courses and private training options email [email protected] 🐾

17/10/2022

Happy Monday, all! 😂

15/10/2022

This is something we often get asked about in our courses or private sessions - “How soon can I stop rewarding?”

Take a read below -

DON’T STOP REWARDING
WHY DOGS SHOULD ALWAYS BE REWARDED FOR A JOB WELL DONE
Many people are initially willing to use rewards when teaching a particular behaviour, but often seem to be overly concerned about when they can stop doing this. There seems to be a focus on “the sooner I can stop doing this the better”. Surely my dog should just listen to me because I’m in charge, because they need to be obedient and should just do what I say because I say so! or “If my dog always gets rewarded it’s a bad reflection of my “authority” over them – It’s a weakness and I’m bribing or spoiling them”.
A common analogy used to explain this is a person starting a new job. You are offered a good salary and are excited to learn new skills. You are enthusiastic, motivated and learn quickly. Your employer is really happy with your progress and you are rewarded at the end of that month with your salary. At the end of your second month, you are told that you will no longer be earning a salary. You are told that because you now know the job and really perform well, it's become no longer necessary to pay you to do it. How would that affect your motivation, excitement and willingness to continue performing or even showing up for work?
The same applies to our dogs. To maintain a behaviour, motivation, satisfaction, a sense of achievement and to keep communicating in a way our dogs understand, we need to continually reward the behaviour we are looking for. Yes, there are different ways of rewarding or reinforcing our dogs if we are going to get technical - differential rates of reinforcement, fading, distance, duration or distraction or building behaviour chains etc. but the principle of rewarding a dog for a job well done, remains unchanged.

11/10/2022

A massive congratulations to our latest Scallywags Puppy School graduates 🎓

🐾 James and Ruby
🐾 Amber and her two lovely puppies, Kiara and Maximilian

You put a lot of hard work into training your gorgeous pups and it certainly shows 🏅🏆🥇

06/10/2022

Comforting a scared dog DOES NOT make them more fearful!

As thunderstorm season approaches (here’s hoping!), consider how frightening they can be for your dog. If your dog struggles with thunder and other loud noises, gently comforting them won’t make it worse - it can only help.
For extremely fearful dogs, a thunder jacket can also be helpful, and for dogs who are in danger of injuring themselves & others we suggest consulting with your vet.

For information on our courses and private training options email [email protected] 🐾

Happy (hot!) Monday, all! 😂Contact us at scallywagspuppyschool@gmail.com for information on our courses and private trai...

03/10/2022

Happy (hot!) Monday, all! 😂

Contact us at [email protected] for information on our courses and private training sessions 🐕

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Videos

Kaeli the Irish Terrier rolling around in the hay

Does you dog have a strange favourite activity? Please share with us! Below is Kaeli, a 7 year old Irish Terrier, whose absolute favourite activity is rolling in hay!

Simone & Milah: Paw 🌟

HOMESCHOOLING, Scallywags style! 🐕 Like & follow us to see what some of our awesome students have been up to with their clever pups during lockdown! 😁 Simone Braun & Milah 🌟

Chloë & Scout: Sit on stop 🌟

HOMESCHOOLING, Scallywags style! 🐕🌟 Like & follow us to see what some of our awesome students have been up to with their clever pups during lockdown! 😁 Chloë Cooper & Scout ♥️

Francois & Ragnar: down stay & recall (with distractions)🌟

HOMESCHOOLING, Scallywags style! 🐕🌟 Like & follow us to see what some of our awesome students have been up to with their clever pups during lockdown! 😁 @Francois Adlem & Ragnar ♥️

Pippa & Bruno: Shake/Paw 🌟

HOMESCHOOLING, Scallywags style! 🐕🌟 Like & follow us to see what some of our awesome students have been up to with their clever pups during lockdown! 😁 Pippa Moolman & Solly ♥️

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #19 Thanks to Stacey & Stuart Isham Fairbairns for this idea - for slightly more advanced problem solvers! 😄 To make the tea towel roll easier, simply slide on less paper roll tubes. As always, supervision is recommended for all enrichment activities. Thanks again to The Safari Expert for this video creation!

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #18 A dog’s nose is a wonderful thing, but most dogs need a little help connecting their noses to their brains for certain kinds of problem solving. The cup game can therefore be challenging for beginners to nosework. You can help them along by placing the cup with the treat under it closer to them a few times. Feel free to share your dog’s attempts with us in the comments! Thanks again to The Safari Expert for this video creation! 😊

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #17 Your loo rolls just got a lot more valuable... Start saving those tubes! If your dog is new to enrichment activities & problem solving, simplify each activity so that your dog finds it easy to succeed. With the tube box activity, this just means removing some tubes (and adding a few extra tasty treats for incentive!). Once your dog is familiar with the exercise you can start making it more challenging by adding more tubes. Supervision is recommended for all enrichment activities. Huge thanks to The Safari Expert for another video creation! 🌟

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #16

A little late (internet connectivity in the bushveld can be a problem) but here is the next post about easy at-home enrichment ideas using readily available household items. Our enrichment ideas will predominantly focus on food - so extending meal times as well as mentally stimulating treats during the day. The goal is to make meal times more fun and exciting for your dogs. Please supervise dogs during these activities to ensure they dont accidentally ingest items they shouldn't or resource guard. It is usually advisable to separate dogs during enrichment activities if you have more than one dog. Today we are playing the laundry basket game, which is a variation of the blanket game.

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #15

As promised, here is the next post about easy at-home enrichment ideas using readily available household items. Our enrichment ideas will predominantly focus on food - so extending meal times as well as mentally stimulating treats during the day. The goal is to make meal times more fun and exciting for your dogs. Please supervise dogs during these activities to ensure they dont accidentally ingest items they shouldn't or resource guard. It is usually advisable to separate dogs during enrichment activities if you have more than one dog. Today we are making two types of treat dispensing toys from old tennis balls. These toys work best for dogs that like to chew their toys. Tip: If you dog still finds the first type too easy, you can tuck the flap into the rest of the ball to make it more challenging.

LOCKDOWN #12

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #12 As promised, here is the next post about easy at-home enrichment ideas using readily available household items. Our enrichment ideas will predominantly focus on food - so extending meal times as well as mentally stimulating treats during the day. The goal is to make meal times more fun and exciting for your dogs. Please supervise dogs during these activities to ensure they dont accidentally ingest items they shouldn't or resource guard. It is usually advisable to separate dogs during enrichment activities if you have more than one dog. Today we do something easy - hiding kibble and treats under plastic cups.

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #10 Dogs are natural scavengers so snuffling through and under things for food comes naturally to them - it’s much more stimulating than eating out of a bowl! The blanket scatter is another activity that’s easy for dogs that haven’t had much experience with problem solving. And it’s easy for the human setting it up too! Feel free to share your dogs’ attempts in the comments below 😊 As always, we recommend supervision for all enrichment activities. Special thanks again to The Safari Expert for another wonderful video creation!

LOCKDOWN ENRICHMENT IDEAS #9 Barkour (parkour for dogs - sort of 😋) is a higher energy physical activity your dog may enjoy if they aren’t able to move much during lockdown. It’s a bit like a gym visit so take it easy the first few times, especially if your dog isn’t/hasn’t been very active - we don’t want anyone to get injured! Non-slip mats are handy if you’ve got tiles or other slippery floors. If you have older or less physically active dogs (or dogs with very short legs!) you can also build a ‘bendy’ course by building higher obstacles but leaving open bits for them to pass through. As always, we recommend supervision for all enrichment activities 😊 Special thanks to The Safari Expert for another awesome video creation! It can be a great recall game with two people - just call them back & forth & reward when they reach you.