Canine Behaviour
Why is my gundogs recall so bad? – Most Common Mistakes To listen to the audio version of this blog please click the button to the right > Click here Remember mistakes are just lessons we learn from…. Welcome, fellow gundog lovers! If you are wondering “why is my gundogs recall so bad?” then you […]
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It’s a shame To listen to the audio version of this blog please click the button to the right > Click here It’s a shame Do you own a dog with issues? Not necessarily reactivity, perhaps your dog is always jumping, stealing, barking, chasing or similar? I will be focusing heavily on reactivity in this blog, fear based
Good gundog training habits for creating change To listen to the audio version of this blog please click the button to the right > Click here Good gundog training doesn’t have to take up all of your time. Many gundog owners worry that gundog training will be a full-time task but if you create lifetime
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Reactive gundog It can be hard work living life with a reactive gundog, but, imagine how much harder it must be for your gundog. Reactivity isn’t a choice, it is an emotional response that normally comes from fear (there can be other causes of reactivity but for the purposes of this article I will be
Always trade up My youngest, homebred girl, has always had a great retrieve. Her first retrieve to hand was completed at 6 weeks old, clicker trained and to her just another game to play. Bearing this in mind, her retrieve is by now very ingrained. When she finds things or steals something her instinct is
“Please give me time” I was recently on a training course and was inspired to write this blog. This blog explains just how one of the most important training tools you can give to your dog(s) is time! I do not mean time as in taking the time to actually training them, I am talking about how that
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There were a couple of things I saw this week that prompted me to type this up. The first was a question in a dog training group, just a general one about some gundog retrieves and some answers received, and the second was feedback from a student of mine. Firstly the online question. The question
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Training for confidence I recently had a client join me for 121’s, she happened to choose Scentwork as her dog already loved to play ‘find it’ games at home so it seemed a natural progression. Her dog had recently had a traumatic experience and this had caused a loss of confidence in the dog and owner
Dare I say you may even be enjoying your new position and feeling quite proud of yourself and how well you are coping with the whole situation, its a whole new feeling and its positive! Now return to dogs, is it really fair that we expect different of them? Changing a dogs emotions will change
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I am very much looking forward to meeting a certain little puppy next week. His new owners are having some trouble settling him down for alone time and crate time. There are lots of different hints and tips to be shared and various methods that can help your pup cope with alone time and learn
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Gundogs, bonfire night & fireworks Gundogs, bonfire night and fireworks can be a difficult combination and with fireworks night fast approaching, for those who have pets that do not cope, it’s a time of dread. Make sure you think ahead and get prepared, it really does make life so much easier if you do! Below
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So, you have your lovely new puppy at home and it’s time for that first visit for a check up and perhaps their first vaccination dose so what should you be thinking about before you go? Well firstly the car journey, depending on how your car journey home with your new puppy went, you might
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What is wrong with this? What is wrong with this child and dog interaction? LINK TO VIDEO SHARED ON FB What is wrong with this child and dog interaction? There is nothing in this video to be laughed at, it is a great example of how children and dogs should not be left to interact,
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There’s a storm coming There’s a storm coming? But we’ve had such a year of them this year! Storms can often cause dogs to exhibit fearful behaviour such as shaking, whining, drooling and desperately trying to hide or escape. I’ve had a few people contact me asking how they can help their dogs when the
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