Lets be honest about some breeds are better than others at recalling, but no matter how good a dog is at recall, you probably wish it was better. Being able to recall your dog from anything has to be the goal that we are all working towards. There’s a lot spoken about how dogs should …
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Puppy Zoomies.
Puppy Zoomies. Every puppy owner dreads them and nearly every pup has them at some point. The question has ro be why do they happen and understanding the answer to that question is the key to understanding how to help them when they happen and to stop them. The most common reason for them happening …
Fireworks
If you get to 12:30 on the 5th November to get your dog ready for fireworks, then I hate to say, you’ve left it too late to help you dog. Its not just one night either, bonfire night seems to stretch from early October right through to early December and then theres Christmas, New Years, …
Canine Nutrition and Training
How a dog is fed makes a huge difference to their behaviour and their ability to learn, as well as affecting their day to day health. The better a diet you feed your dog the better they’ll behave. Much like children the better we put in, the better we get out. If your dog is …
Dogs Off Leads in the Royal Parks
Deer birthing is now over. We can walk our dogs off leads again in the Royal Parks, deer birthing season is now over. That doesn’t give free rein to lets your dog(s) run out of control. Female deer will still aggressively defend their fawns, what they see as aggressive behaviour from a dog may well …
Walking to Heel.
It’s something which, if we’re honest, we all wish we were better at. It can make the difference between a really enjoyable walk and a difficult experience. Remember any skill needs to be trained. You wouldn’t expect a dog to learn any other skill without training it, like any other skill you need to train …
Ticks
They’re horrible aren’t they?. But we need to chat about ways to keep their numbers down and to keep our dogs free from them, or at least as free as we can. Ticks love warm, damp weather. A bit like we get lots of in the UK so ticks are fairly prevalent. If you walk …
Cueing
Is that even a word? If it is or isn’t it’s an important concept for our dogs. In all areas of our dogs lives the little cues (& not so little) often dictate how they interact with us, what they expect us to do and their behaviour as a result is often prompted by them. …
Dogs on Leads in the Royal Parks.
From the 1st of May until 31st July Richmond and Bushy Parks both become all dogs on leads. This is to protect the deer who are giving birth and the fawns. It’s also worth remembering the female deer are vert aggressive in their protections of fawns. They often leave their fawns safely hidden while they …
Canine Body Language Part 2- Displacement Behaviour.
Way back in November I wrote a blog post about Canine Body Language – it’s taken me much longer than I’d intended to write part 2. On current form I guess part 3 will land around September, I do intend to write it sooner though.Time will tell if that will happen or not. What is …