Mar 3, 2019 | Dog Blog
We sometimes see habits in other people’s dogs which leave us saying to ourselves ‘that would really annoy me.’ So if i stood back and watched how my dogs act when people come to the house, I would secretly be horrified. Many years ago I wrote a blog...
Dec 13, 2018 | Dog Blog
I still regularly hear from clients that they have been told they shouldn’t play tug with their dog. It causes aggression; it creates a hard mouthed dog who will damage game (if you’re into that sort of thing); you’ll never get a decent...
Jul 26, 2018 | Dog Blog
It’s confession time again. My dogs occasionally sleep on my bed overnight and often join me for a lie-in at the weekend. This has zero impact on their day to day behaviour or whether they are willing or able to respond if I ask them to do something. If...
Jul 11, 2018 | Dog Blog
Many years ago, at a seminar in Edinburgh, I heard Patricia McConnell say that most dog walks wake the dog up, rather than tire the dog out. ‘But why is he not tired?’ I’m often asked. ‘I’ve taken him for a really long walk.’ We’re just back from a 10km walk followed...
Apr 12, 2018 | Dog Blog
At puppy class on Tuesday night, we started retrieve training. Students were shown this video, with the steps needed to train a reliable retrieve to hand. The video compresses quite a bit of learning (weeks of short sessions) into just under 2 minutes of...
Feb 8, 2018 | Dog Blog
I have a confession. I sometimes feed my dogs from the table. When I go out to eat with my dog we are sharing quality time, and a meal together. So as long as my dog is quiet and calm and settled, he gets to share my food or he gets a Kong of his own to enjoy.... 
