We all know that the fastest way to tire a dog out is to stimulate their brain. Give them something to do and you’ll not only wear them out, but you’ll have a well stimulated, happy pet. Win-win all round. A simple way to get you dog playing, with rewards is to use a towel …

A single pip on a whistle to stop your dog doing whatever he or she is doing and to sit or stand and look at you for further instruction. It looks fantastic, but it’s not that difficult to teach. One of the difficulties we need to overcome when teaching this is our dogs aren’t used …

Hugh and Henry has been around for a little while now. I train pet gun dogs in South West London. My thought process on this is two fold. A well trained dog makes a better pet and its our responsibility to make our dogs the best they can be. I’ll only ever use positive training …