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How to help dog reactive dogs
Capa is 9 months old is hitting a challenging period in her development. It's not uncommon for things to get really tough from when dogs...
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When dog greetings go wrong: What to look out for and how to recover
It's a blanket rule with our guys - if they are on lead they simply don't get to meet other dogs. It's a personal preference for us...
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When should you let your dog greet another dog?
Introducing dogs can be a challenge. Sometimes they will hit it off straight away and have a life long bond. Other times it can be the...
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Calm Vs. Inhibited
Often what our client sees as ‘calm’, I am seeing as extremely inhibited.
So what’s the difference and how can we tell?
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How subtle behaviour helps to avoid conflict
One of the biggest challenges we face with dogs is that most of us don't realise that to understand our dogs we need to learn a new...
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Is your dog comfortable playing within a group
In this video we look at how Sunny behaves in a group setting. Here's some background on the dogs. Poodle, Sunny, and Tory have all lived...
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How to help your dog feel safe
Fearful dogs need extra TLC to help them feel safe. Here are a few of the things we've implemented to help our own fearful dog feel safe.
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Kobe's first few weeks - Board and train.
Kobe is our newest board and train. He is a 6 month old Lagotto. Kobe becomes very scared and overwhelmed with new people and new places....
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Breaking down a training session - Looking out for subtle behaviours.
In this video we have our newest board and train, Kobe. He's an adolescent Lagotto. He's with us due to his nervousness around new people...
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4x Games to help win over a fearful dog
For dogs that are fearful or nervous around new people, or that have a history of handling aggression - first impressions really matter.
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Body Language breakdown
I was called out to help someone with how to introduce and integrate two dogs from seperate households. The greyhound lives in the house...
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Things YOU need to know to help your reactive dog
Without question, the most common issue a lot of dog owners face is aggressive-like or reactive displays when on a leash. This is a...
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How to socialise your puppy before you can take them to places
One of the most important things we need to do with puppies is 'socialise' them to new places, people, environments, sounds etc to help...
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Working with a nervous dog - PART 2
One of the biggest and most critical mistakes we see people make when starting to train dogs that show nervous tendencies is that we tend...
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How to build trust with a nervous dog
This is our new foster dog, Jasper. He's quite nervous of new people and has a tendency to bark when meeting or seeing strangers. Before...
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The First Things to Teach any Dog
We get lots of enquiries asking for help with some pretty serious and challenging issues. We can't simply say NO don't do that and expect...
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Focusing on associations, not just behaviours
In the first part, I'm creating expectations along with associations toward the car. I don't want it to JUST mean exciting things. So...
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Week 1 board & train with a dog who's wary of strangers
This is Gem, a recent foster of ours. Gem was found wandering the streets with a litter of puppies, even though the vets think she's...
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Using Reverse Luring to teach a sustained chin rest
Stella has yucky feelings about being handled. It’s not an uncommon problem at all. She can get snarly with things like her harness being...
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Charlie - Wk1 B&T with a worried doggo
Charlie can be reactive to some other dogs and is worried about new people. This is the first in a three-part series for Charlie's board...
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